RISC-V Job Trends in Cambridge

RISC-V
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs citing RISC-V 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.30% - 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% - 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £110,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £120,000
75th Percentile - - £130,000
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £85,000 - £120,000

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

RISC-V falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 287 127 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 28.61% 38.25% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 193 73 186
10th Percentile £33,500 £38,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,720 £106,000 £80,625
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

RISC-V job vacancy trend in Cambridge

RISC-V
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Rust Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Rust Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Rust
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) QEMU