RISC-V Contract Job Trends in the North West

RISC-V
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 166 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.028% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £440 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,093 573 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.03% 28.64% 25.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 407 441
10th Percentile £325 £269 £297
25th Percentile £400 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £587 £553 £585
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 34 74
10th Percentile £20.85 £23.96 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.46 £26.88 £15.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £40.59 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.30% +58.40% -6.82%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.33 £57.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £37.00
% change year-on-year +29.73% -8.42% +64.54%

RISC-V
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester - 1 - - 1
RISC-V
England

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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