PCIe Contracts in the UK excluding London

PCIe (PCI Express)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PCIe over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 394 446
Rank change year-on-year +63 +52 +57
Contract jobs citing PCIe 8 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.024% 0.004%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.082% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - £340
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £66.30 - -
25th Percentile £76.25 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.50% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £60.75 -
90th Percentile £88.80 £62.55 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £60.50 -
% change year-on-year +40.50% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,246 6,122 7,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.19% 29.50% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,666 5,259
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £376 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 724 436
10th Percentile £16.81 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.28 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +27.84% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.64 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PCIe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PCIe in the UK excluding London

PCIe
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCIe in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PCIe in the UK excluding London

PCIe
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCIe in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PCIe in the UK excluding London

PCIe
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PCIe in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PCIe in the UK excluding London

PCIe
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +35 7 £550 - 18
Scotland +10 1 - - 3
PCIe
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PCIe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Games
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) FPGA
1 4 (50.00%) Verilog
2 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (12.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) UVM
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Cryptography
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 3 (37.50%) SysML
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA Design
3 1 (12.50%) Memory Management
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
1 4 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 4 (50.00%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (37.50%) Tcl
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) HNC
2 3 (37.50%) HND
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) KVM
2 1 (12.50%) QEMU
2 1 (12.50%) Xen
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Altera
1 4 (50.00%) Microsemi
1 4 (50.00%) Xilinx
2 3 (37.50%) Actel
2 3 (37.50%) Intel
48 PCIe jobs Nationwide