PCIe Contract Job Trends in Bristol

PCIe (PCI Express)
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PCIe over the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PCIe 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.82% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Bristol

PCIe 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 277 140 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 28.29% 23.41% 31.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 60 190
10th Percentile £220 £140 £299
25th Percentile £400 £165 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £560
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -15.18% +12.00%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £650
90th Percentile £650 £668 £720
South West median daily rate £523 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -4.56% -0.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 18 55
10th Percentile £18.22 £47.50 £31.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £53.88 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +537.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £78.08
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £84.86
South West median hourly rate £52.50 £58.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -9.48% +45.00% +308.16%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PCIe relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

PCIe job vacancy trend in Bristol

PCIe
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PCIe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PCIe

PCIe
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PCIe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PCIe

PCIe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 7 (87.50%) Ethernet
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Validation Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Software Validation Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) FPGA
2 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded C
2 3 (37.50%) Python
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware