PCIe Job Trends in England

PCIe (PCI Express)
UK > England

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 - 676
Rank change year-on-year - - +273
Permanent jobs citing PCIe 34 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.064% - 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £75,500
25th Percentile £85,000 - £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.77%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £98,750
90th Percentile - - £102,500
UK median annual salary £90,000 - £85,000
% change year-on-year - - +30.77%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,545 18,027 17,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.09% 37.45% 36.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,384 8,461 13,288
10th Percentile £27,750 £34,000 £31,592
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PCIe job vacancy trend in England

PCIe
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PCIe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PCIe

PCIe
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North of England - 16 - - 6
Yorkshire - 8 - - 4
North West - 8 - - 1
South East - 6 £90,000 - 13
South West - 4 - - 12
West Midlands - 4 - - 3
Midlands - 4 - - 8
London - 3 - - 4
East of England - 1 - - 17
PCIe
UK

PCIe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Towers Watson Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) InfiniBand
2 1 (2.94%) 4G
2 1 (2.94%) 5G
2 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (2.94%) Electronics
1 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (82.35%) Verification Engineer
2 3 (8.82%) Architect
2 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 3 (8.82%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (2.94%) Development Engineer
3 1 (2.94%) Senior
3 1 (2.94%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) NVMe
2 3 (8.82%) FPGA
3 2 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.94%) IoT
4 1 (2.94%) Smart City
4 1 (2.94%) Verilog
4 1 (2.94%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.82%) AI
1 3 (8.82%) Performance Analysis
1 3 (8.82%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (2.94%) Configuration Management
2 1 (2.94%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (2.94%) FPGA Design
2 1 (2.94%) Information Assurance
2 1 (2.94%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (2.94%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (2.94%) Roadmaps
2 1 (2.94%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (2.94%) Signal Processing
2 1 (2.94%) Software Testing
2 1 (2.94%) System Testing
2 1 (2.94%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (2.94%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) C
1 2 (5.88%) C++
1 2 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) Assembly Language
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.94%) Perl
2 1 (2.94%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
1 1 (2.94%) PhD
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) GPFS
1 3 (8.82%) Lustre
2 2 (5.88%) Firmware
3 1 (2.94%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) NVIDIA
2 2 (5.88%) Altera
3 1 (2.94%) Xilinx