PCIe Contracts in England

PCIe (PCI Express)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PCIe over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 540 651
Rank change year-on-year +66 +111 +125
Contract jobs citing PCIe 11 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.017% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £340
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - £340
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £71.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £86.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.40% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £89.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £60.50 -
% change year-on-year +40.50% - -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PCIe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PCIe in England

PCIe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCIe in England.

Daily rate trend for PCIe in England

PCIe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCIe in England.

Hourly rate trend for PCIe in England

PCIe
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PCIe in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PCIe in England

PCIe
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +36 7 £550 - 14
London +41 4 - - 7
PCIe
UK

PCIe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (27.27%) Electronics
1 3 (27.27%) Games
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) FPGA Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) FPGA
1 7 (63.64%) Verilog
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 4 (36.36%) VHDL
3 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Machine Learning
2 4 (36.36%) FPGA Design
2 4 (36.36%) Prototyping
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 3 (27.27%) Cryptography
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (27.27%) Physics
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 3 (27.27%) SysML
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) UML
3 3 (27.27%) UVM
4 1 (9.09%) Memory Management
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SystemVerilog
1 7 (63.64%) Tcl
2 4 (36.36%) C
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 3 (27.27%) MATLAB
4 1 (9.09%) C++
4 1 (9.09%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) HNC
1 3 (27.27%) HND
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) DO-254
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Firmware
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (9.09%) KVM
2 1 (9.09%) QEMU
2 1 (9.09%) Xen
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Intel
1 7 (63.64%) Xilinx
2 3 (27.27%) Actel
2 3 (27.27%) Altera
2 3 (27.27%) Microsemi