ISO 26262 Contracts

ISO 26262
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO 26262 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO 26262 over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 577 690
Rank change year-on-year +50 +113 +153
Contract jobs citing ISO 26262 1 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.021% 0.12% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £55.63 £36.50
25th Percentile - £56.25 £38.75
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +35.29% -
75th Percentile - £58.75 £46.25
90th Percentile - - £48.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 26262 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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,758 5,985 7,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.09% 13.70% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,028 3,738 5,138
10th Percentile £278 £281 £298
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £645
90th Percentile £718 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £486
% change year-on-year - -2.26% +6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 431 250
10th Percentile £15.12 £11.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £21.44 £13.18 £19.07
Median hourly rate £32.25 £23.80 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +35.50% -36.95% +36.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £63.62
90th Percentile £83.31 £70.00 £77.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £19.18 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.49% -48.87% +67.45%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 26262 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 26262.

Daily rate trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 26262.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 26262 within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +60 1 - - 30
UK excluding London +54 1 - - 29
Midlands +15 1 - - 5
West Midlands +4 1 - - 4
Work from Home - 1 - - 13

ISO 26262
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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive SPICE
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