RISC-V Contract Job Trends

RISC-V
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend

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

RISC-V
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

RISC-V
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, contractor job vacancies citing RISC-V also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for RISC-V.

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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: