RISC-V Contract Job Trends in Surrey

RISC-V
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RISC-V 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.21% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 145 105 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 30.66% 35.47% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 63 92
10th Percentile £204 £154 £215
25th Percentile £316 £195 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -30.00% -
75th Percentile £563 £513 £613
90th Percentile £654 £651 £737
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.60% -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 19
10th Percentile £45.80 £20.58 £11.47
25th Percentile £66.25 £24.18 £11.71
Median hourly rate £67.50 £24.42 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +176.41% +33.08% -70.64%
75th Percentile £74.93 £28.94 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £70.98 £77.66
South East median hourly rate £68.75 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +111.54% -18.75% -15.79%

RISC-V
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Guildford - 1 - -
RISC-V
South East

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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