RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

RISC-V
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.10% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire 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 - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 43 27 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 18.07% 22.13% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 45
10th Percentile £325 £383 £400
25th Percentile £461 £520 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £613 £609 £698
90th Percentile - £675 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 45
10th Percentile - £49.50 -
25th Percentile £15.72 £50.00 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.50 £56.25 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -1.92% -4.48%
75th Percentile £58.13 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £76.67
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year - -4.10% +20.74%

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

RISC-V job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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