PCIe Job Trends in the East of England

PCIe (PCI Express)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PCIe over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - -39
Permanent jobs citing PCIe 7 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.083% - 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.30% - 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £110,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 - -
75th Percentile £130,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £77,500 £90,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% +71.43% -41.67%

All Generic Skills
East of England

PCIe falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,330 1,261 1,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.65% 38.05% 32.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,609 568 598
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,628 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,400 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.55% -8.33% -4.00%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PCIe relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

PCIe job vacancy trend in the East of England

PCIe
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PCIe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PCIe

PCIe
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire - 3 £120,000 - 7
Essex - 2 - - 1
Bedfordshire - 2 - - 2
PCIe
England

PCIe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (71.43%) Ethernet
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) FPGA Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Design Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Hardware Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) FPGA
2 3 (42.86%) Verilog
2 3 (42.86%) VHDL
3 2 (28.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) FPGA Design
1 4 (57.14%) Signal Processing
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Low Latency
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) People Management
3 2 (28.57%) Physics
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) HNC
3 2 (28.57%) HND
3 2 (28.57%) PhD
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) EMC
1 2 (28.57%) Intel