RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

RISC-V
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.15% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire 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 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 90 58 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 25.86% 41.43% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 16 22
10th Percentile £256 £263 £261
25th Percentile £425 £425 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +27.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £625 £638
90th Percentile £595 - £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £538 £450
% change year-on-year -11.63% +19.44% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 54
10th Percentile £49.25 £66.20 £60.00
25th Percentile £67.81 £68.13 £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% +3.59%
75th Percentile £85.00 £83.05 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £87.00 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +10.64%

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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