PCIe Job Trends in Scotland

PCIe (PCI Express)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PCIe over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 142 244
Rank change year-on-year +8 +102 -
Permanent jobs citing PCIe 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.029% 0.080% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.28% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £57,500
75th Percentile £33,750 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -41.67%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 930 702 2,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.38% 28.14% 44.16%
Number of salaries quoted 511 281 691
10th Percentile £27,125 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -9.48%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £97,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,591 £56,811 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.37% +3.29% -13.39%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PCIe job vacancy trend in Scotland

PCIe
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PCIe.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PCIe

PCIe
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
Glasgow +13 1 £32,500 - 1
PCIe
UK

PCIe
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Edge Computing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware