PCIe (PCI Express)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PCIe in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PCIe over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 867 978 1187
Rank change year-on-year +111 +209 -314
Permanent jobs citing PCIe 27 11 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.010% 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.078% 0.024% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 23 2 4
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,650 -
25th Percentile £43,125 £36,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% -14.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £59,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,950 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.70% -14.55% +10.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

PCIe is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,794 45,109 72,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 42.89% 47.14%
Number of salaries quoted 22,980 24,192 33,986
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

PCIe
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PCIe as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PCIe in the UK

PCIe
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCIe.

Salary trend for PCIe in the UK

PCIe
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCIe over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PCIe in the UK

PCIe
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCIe within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +22 27 £52,500 +11.70% 33
England +123 24 £52,500 +11.70% 33
Work from Home - 23 £52,500 - 7
South East +28 11 £52,500 +81.03% 11
East of England +31 9 £80,000 - 20
South West -17 4 - - 4
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
Scotland - 1 £57,500 - 2

PCIe
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (25.93%) OrCAD
2 4 (14.81%) Windchill
3 3 (11.11%) Simulink
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 26 (96.30%) Ethernet
2 6 (22.22%) 5G
2 6 (22.22%) 5G NR
2 6 (22.22%) 802.11
2 6 (22.22%) LTE
2 6 (22.22%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (22.22%) Wireless
3 2 (7.41%) RS-232
3 2 (7.41%) RS-422
3 2 (7.41%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 3 (11.11%) Rational Rhapsody
1 3 (11.11%) Rational Team Concert
2 2 (7.41%) Git
2 2 (7.41%) Subversion
General
1 12 (44.44%) Electronics
2 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.81%) Military
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.70%) Automotive
5 1 (3.70%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Hardware Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) Senior
2 7 (25.93%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Radio Specialist
3 5 (18.52%) Technical Specialist
4 4 (14.81%) Graduate
4 4 (14.81%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Junior
4 4 (14.81%) Junior Hardware Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Design Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) 802.1X
2 4 (14.81%) Flash
3 3 (11.11%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 18 (66.67%) FPGA
2 7 (25.93%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (25.93%) VHDL
3 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.70%) ASIC
4 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Robotics
4 1 (3.70%) State Machine
4 1 (3.70%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Software Engineering
2 9 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 9 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 9 (33.33%) UML
3 7 (25.93%) Signal Processing
3 7 (25.93%) Validation
4 6 (22.22%) Design for Manufacturing
4 6 (22.22%) Design for Test
4 6 (22.22%) Digital Signal Processing
5 4 (14.81%) Change Management
5 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (14.81%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (14.81%) PLM
5 4 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 3 (11.11%) SysML
6 3 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) Python
2 6 (22.22%) Bash
3 5 (18.52%) C
4 3 (11.11%) MATLAB
5 2 (7.41%) Embedded C
5 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.70%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Degree
2 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 8 (29.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (7.41%) HNC
4 2 (7.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) JTAG
2 3 (11.11%) Def Stans
2 3 (11.11%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (48.15%) Firmware
2 6 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) EMC
2 5 (18.52%) Intel
2 5 (18.52%) Xilinx
3 4 (14.81%) Mentor Graphics
3 4 (14.81%) Siemens
4 3 (11.11%) IBM
5 2 (7.41%) Altera
5 2 (7.41%) Cadence
5 2 (7.41%) Lattice Semiconductor