PCIe Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

PCIe (PCI Express)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PCIe over the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing PCIe 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.33% - 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.85% - 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £84 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £88 - £560
75th Percentile £421 - -
90th Percentile £618 - -
East of England median daily rate £88 - £560
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £83.75 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £91.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +14.04%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 130 93 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 34.57% 30.59% 24.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 55 69
10th Percentile £184 £313 £233
25th Percentile £335 £415 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -2.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £611 £563 £588
90th Percentile £708 £650 £655
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 21
10th Percentile £23.00 £17.30 £22.00
25th Percentile £26.42 £20.75 £35.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.30% -58.18% +41.03%
75th Percentile £46.25 £42.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £48.75 £56.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £22.75 £67.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.30% +22.73% -15.38%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

PCIe job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

PCIe
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing PCIe

PCIe
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCIe in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PCIe in Cambridgeshire

PCIe
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing PCIe

PCIe
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 5 £88 - 1
PCIe
East of England

PCIe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Verification Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (60.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Adaptive Web Design
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (20.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Power Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) UVM
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Altera
2 1 (20.00%) Cadence