RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

RISC-V
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.24% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 95 84 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 22.73% 38.18% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 50 32
10th Percentile £161 £324 £145
25th Percentile £170 £362 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £500 £466
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% +7.41% -28.38%
75th Percentile £505 £625 £532
90th Percentile £575 £653 £645
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -17.95% +8.33% -30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £56.50 - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £69.44 - £47.50
75th Percentile £70.00 - £51.56
90th Percentile - - £56.63
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £69.44 - £47.50

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware