MISRA C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MISRA C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MISRA C over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 673 834
Rank change year-on-year +94 +161 -130
Contract jobs citing MISRA C 11 26 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.045% 0.011%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.18% 0.34% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £339 £385
25th Percentile - £378 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £500
75th Percentile - £581 £594
90th Percentile - £593 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - £67.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

MISRA C is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,144 7,733 11,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.29% 13.38% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,904 5,308 7,915
10th Percentile £288 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £741 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.83% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 235 309
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.38 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £68.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.19 £32.94 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.78% +46.41% +6.89%

MISRA C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MISRA C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MISRA C.

Daily rate trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MISRA C.

Hourly rate trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MISRA C over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA C within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +38 11 - - 10
England +87 7 - - 8
Midlands +31 5 - - 1
West Midlands +19 5 - -
Scotland - 4 - - 1
South East +1 1 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 2

MISRA C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Simulink
2 5 (45.45%) Stateflow
2 5 (45.45%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Bitbucket
1 6 (54.55%) Git
2 5 (45.45%) Subversion
3 2 (18.18%) JIRA
3 2 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (9.09%) GitLab
4 1 (9.09%) MagicDraw
4 1 (9.09%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (45.45%) Automotive
2 4 (36.36%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Control Systems Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Principal Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Node.js
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Algorithms
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Device Driver
2 4 (36.36%) IoT
2 4 (36.36%) PCIe
2 4 (36.36%) Verilog
2 4 (36.36%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
1 5 (45.45%) VxWorks
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) UML
3 6 (54.55%) Requirements Management
3 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Black-Box Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (45.45%) Functional Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Line Management
4 5 (45.45%) Project Management
4 5 (45.45%) QMS
4 5 (45.45%) Quality Management
4 5 (45.45%) Software Audit
4 5 (45.45%) Validation
4 5 (45.45%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (45.45%) White-Box Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Defect Tracking
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C
2 6 (54.55%) MATLAB
3 4 (36.36%) Embedded C
4 2 (18.18%) C++
5 1 (9.09%) Assembly Language
5 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) MISRA
2 5 (45.45%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (45.45%) ISO 26262
3 1 (9.09%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Atlassian
2 4 (36.36%) Intel