PCIe Contract Job Trends in the South West

PCIe (PCI Express)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in contract job vacancies in the South West. 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 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PCIe 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.30% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -5.00% -10.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +14.04%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 756 479 1,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 28.30% 25.63% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 282 624
10th Percentile £210 £185 £259
25th Percentile £363 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% -0.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £712 £708
England median daily rate £508 £548 £546
% change year-on-year -7.31% +0.23% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 25 124
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.33 £26.12 £15.17
Median hourly rate £52.50 £58.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +45.00% +308.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £68.03
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £31.65 £39.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% +20.00% +44.54%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PCIe job vacancy trend in the South West

PCIe
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCIe.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCIe

PCIe
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCIe.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCIe

PCIe
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol - 8 £475 - 3
PCIe
England

PCIe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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