RISC-V Job Trends in Portsmouth

RISC-V
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in permanent job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing RISC-V 11 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 3.36% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 - -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 112 75 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 34.25% 25.34% 31.52%
Number of salaries quoted 61 40 64
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,500 £35,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.13% -9.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £64,660
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,375 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £48,924 £53,050 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% -3.55% -

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RISC-V relative to all permanent 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 11 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 11 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 11 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 11 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 11 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 11 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 11 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C
1 11 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 11 (100.00%) Firmware