RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

RISC-V
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.49% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £63.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £69.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 228 138 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 27.87% 39.20% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 65 76
10th Percentile £160 £360 £258
25th Percentile £350 £463 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +19.44% -13.46%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £566
90th Percentile £714 £683 £663
East of England median daily rate £480 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.95% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 35 57
10th Percentile £16.18 £16.95 £51.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £26.10 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +10.64%
75th Percentile £74.69 £81.18 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.09 £65.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -61.40% +9.24% +1.28%

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

RISC-V job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

RISC-V
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Stevenage - 4 - - 3
RISC-V
East of England

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ada
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 4 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 4 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware