MISRA Job Trends in the West Midlands

Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring MISRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 - 168
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 4 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% - 0.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.88% - 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 16
10th Percentile - - £46,875
25th Percentile £51,250 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £60,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.59%
75th Percentile £54,063 - £66,250
90th Percentile £54,625 - £73,125
England median annual salary £53,750 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% +5.93% +5.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

MISRA 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 452 845 517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.15% 15.25% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 282 419 415
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,119 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,875 £33,750 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,800 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £63,250 £66,650 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.35%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MISRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

MISRA job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

MISRA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing MISRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing MISRA

MISRA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Worcestershire - 4 £52,500 - 1
MISRA
England

MISRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) GPRS
1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) RS-232
1 4 (100.00%) RS-485
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware