RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Manchester

RISC-V
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Manchester. 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 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.054% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 602 267 375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 32.44% 29.02% 25.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 196 239
10th Percentile £325 £269 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -9.09% -3.41%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £695 £750
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +5.56% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 10 38
10th Percentile £20.38 £33.20 £13.19
25th Percentile £29.00 £49.13 £16.15
Median hourly rate £57.50 £63.75 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +148.78% -1.44%
75th Percentile £85.00 £76.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £128.50 £79.33 £64.41
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £40.59 £25.63
% change year-on-year +8.30% +58.40% -6.82%

RISC-V
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Bolton - 1 - - 1
RISC-V
North West

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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