ISO 26262 Job Trends in Wales

ISO 26262
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring ISO 26262 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 73 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing ISO 26262 1 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.11% 0.49% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.91% 4.08% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +15.38% +24.47%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

ISO 26262 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 110 147 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.74% 12.06% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 65 85 96
10th Percentile £28,700 £35,000 £26,125
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% +2.22% -7.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £57,500 £76,063
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO 26262 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

ISO 26262 job vacancy trend in Wales

ISO 26262
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ISO 26262.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ISO 26262

ISO 26262
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 26262 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +3 1 £57,500 +15.00% 5
ISO 26262
UK

ISO 26262
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware