RISC-V
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term RISC-V in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited RISC-V over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 889 948
Rank change year-on-year +198 +59 +281
Permanent jobs citing RISC-V 20 21 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.021% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.098% 0.059% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 2
10th Percentile - £93,000 £60,375
25th Percentile - £107,500 £70,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £120,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year - +35.21% -
75th Percentile - £130,000 £105,313
90th Percentile - £133,000 £114,125
UK excluding London median annual salary - £120,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year - +35.21% -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,320 35,437 42,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.16% 34.69% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,321 23,080 22,873
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,647
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,043 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

RISC-V
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RISC-V as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RISC-V in the UK

RISC-V
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RISC-V.

Salary trend for RISC-V in the UK

RISC-V
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RISC-V within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +130 20 - - 24
UK excluding London +192 16 - - 54
England +155 16 - - 66
South East - 16 - - 9

RISC-V
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 20 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 20 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 20 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 20 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 20 (100.00%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 20 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Agile
1 20 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 20 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 20 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C
1 20 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 20 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 20 (100.00%) Firmware