RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

RISC-V
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.29% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £440 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 400 215 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.45% 28.36% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 152 228
10th Percentile £250 £313 £400
25th Percentile £450 £453 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 61
10th Percentile £15.72 £22.61 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £45.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -4.10% +20.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £83.60 £65.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.83% +1.05% -5.00%

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RISC-V relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

RISC-V job vacancy trend in Hampshire

RISC-V
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RISC-V within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth - 5 £440 - 4
RISC-V
South East

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

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (100.00%) Firmware