MISRA C Contract Job Trends in England

MISRA C
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing MISRA C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	651	540	496
Rank change year-on-year	-111	-44	+57
Contract jobs citing MISRA C	14	11	11
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.030%	0.036%	0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.16%	0.21%	0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	1	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£481	£475	-
Median % change year-on-year	+1.26%	-	-
UK median daily rate	£481	£475	-
% change year-on-year	+1.26%	-	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	9	3
10^th Percentile	-	£61.25	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£37.55
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£40.33
Median % change year-on-year	-	+61.19%	-37.96%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	-	£53.43
90^th Percentile	-	£70.00	£59.62
UK median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£51.41
% change year-on-year	-	+26.43%	-20.90%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

MISRA C falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	8,980	5,356	4,107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	18.99%	17.73%	13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,579	3,470	2,404
10^th Percentile	£331	£308	£296
25^th Percentile	£413	£402	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£520	£500	£513
Median % change year-on-year	+4.00%	-2.44%	-5.09%
75^th Percentile	£625	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£745
UK median daily rate	£510	£500	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.00%	-	-4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	761	276	172
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£15.13	£12.25
25^th Percentile	£16.60	£17.69	£16.04
Median hourly rate	£32.40	£27.05	£29.50
Median % change year-on-year	+19.76%	-8.31%	-21.33%
75^th Percentile	£67.50	£60.15	£62.59
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£80.00	£70.00
UK median hourly rate	£32.00	£25.83	£27.35
% change year-on-year	+23.91%	-5.58%	-27.07%

MISRA C Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MISRA C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MISRA C Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MISRA C.

MISRA C Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MISRA C.

MISRA C Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South West	-29	14	£481	-	1
MISRA C UK

MISRA C Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing MISRA C also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region citing MISRA C.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Ada	100.0%	14
1	C++	100.0%	14
1	MISRA	100.0%	14
1	Software Engineering	100.0%	14
5	Multithreading	85.7%	12
6	Def Stans	57.1%	8
6	IEC 61508	57.1%	8
6	Qt	57.1%	8
9	SDLC	50.0%	7
10	Code Quality	42.9%	6
10	Configuration Management	42.9%	6
10	FreeRTOS	42.9%	6
10	Functional Testing	42.9%	6
10	Hardware-in-the-Loop	42.9%	6
10	Integration Testing	42.9%	6
10	Issue Tracking	42.9%	6
10	JIRA	42.9%	6
10	Linux	42.9%	6
10	Microsoft Office	42.9%	6
10	Project Management	42.9%	6
10	Project Planning	42.9%	6
10	Python	42.9%	6
10	Rational DOORS	42.9%	6
10	Rational Rhapsody	42.9%	6
10	UML	42.9%	6
26	Software Architecture	35.7%	5
27	SC Cleared	28.6%	4
27	Security Cleared	28.6%	4
29	Middleware	21.4%	3
30	Collaborative Working	7.1%	1

MISRA C Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	MISRA	100.0%	14
2	Def Stans	57.1%	8
2	IEC 61508	57.1%	8