Hybrid/Remote ISO 26262 Job Trends

ISO 26262
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring ISO 26262 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 429 464
Rank change year-on-year +61 +35 +202
Permanent jobs citing ISO 26262 2 8 19
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.013% 0.049% 0.088%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.074% 0.29% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 19
10th Percentile - £43,750 £52,500
25th Percentile - £55,938 £53,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - +19.66% -2.50%
75th Percentile - £80,000 £71,000
90th Percentile - - £81,800
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +17.39% -4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,702 2,803 3,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.76% 17.02% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 1,499 2,470
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,643
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.09% +0.25%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO 26262 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISO 26262 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ISO 26262
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO 26262.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO 26262

ISO 26262
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) EU AI Act