RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Bolton

RISC-V
Manchester > Bolton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Bolton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bolton 3.03% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Bolton

RISC-V falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 21.21% 46.67% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £240
25th Percentile £375 £178 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £193 £500
Median % change year-on-year +107.79% -61.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £425 £225 £519
90th Percentile - £270 £530
Manchester median daily rate £477 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +6.06% -9.09% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile - £43.83 £93.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £57.44 £94.38
Median hourly rate £29.50 £70.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.86% -28.21% +108.11%
75th Percentile £30.00 £77.81 £99.38
90th Percentile £47.50 £78.38 £99.75
Manchester median hourly rate £57.50 £63.75 £25.63
% change year-on-year -9.80% +148.78% -1.44%

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware