MISRA C Contracts

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 653 831
Rank change year-on-year +91 +178 -107
Contract jobs citing MISRA C 13 29 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.052% 0.008%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 0.38% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 0
10th Percentile £39.42 £50.00 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.94 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
75th Percentile £60.75 - -
90th Percentile - £66.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -

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 5,992 7,585 11,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.92% 13.53% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 5,156 7,966
10th Percentile £280 £289 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.35% +9.05%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £454
% change year-on-year -2.26% +7.17% +6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 244 308
10th Percentile £10.98 £13.29 £12.05
25th Percentile £13.20 £18.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% +33.38% +33.88%
75th Percentile £47.81 £63.23 £49.44
90th Percentile £69.44 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +6.41%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +22 13 - - 9
England +66 9 - - 10
Midlands +25 5 - - 2
West Midlands +17 5 - - 1
Scotland - 4 - -
North West - 3 - - 3
North of England - 3 - - 4
South East -7 1 - - 1

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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Simulink
2 5 (38.46%) Stateflow
2 5 (38.46%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Bitbucket
1 6 (46.15%) Git
2 5 (38.46%) Subversion
3 4 (30.77%) JIRA
3 4 (30.77%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (7.69%) GitLab
4 1 (7.69%) MagicDraw
4 1 (7.69%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (38.46%) Automotive
2 4 (30.77%) Electronics
3 3 (23.08%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Software Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Node.js
1 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Algorithms
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 4 (30.77%) Device Driver
2 4 (30.77%) IoT
2 4 (30.77%) PCIe
2 4 (30.77%) Verilog
2 4 (30.77%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
1 5 (38.46%) VxWorks
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Agile
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) UML
3 8 (61.54%) Requirements Management
3 8 (61.54%) Software Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Black-Box Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (38.46%) Functional Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 5 (38.46%) Integration Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Line Management
4 5 (38.46%) Project Management
4 5 (38.46%) QMS
4 5 (38.46%) Quality Management
4 5 (38.46%) Software Audit
4 5 (38.46%) Validation
4 5 (38.46%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (38.46%) White-Box Testing
5 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) C
2 6 (46.15%) MATLAB
3 4 (30.77%) C++
3 4 (30.77%) Embedded C
4 1 (7.69%) Assembly Language
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) MISRA
2 5 (38.46%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (38.46%) ISO 26262
3 1 (7.69%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Atlassian
2 4 (30.77%) Intel