MathWorks MATLAB
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MATLAB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MATLAB over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 583 544
Rank change year-on-year +64 -39 +34
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 427 412 999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.42% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.27% 0.98% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 247 132 326
10th Percentile £39,150 £32,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £105,000 £93,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +23.53% -25.76%

All Programming Languages
UK

MATLAB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,562 41,867 90,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.71% 43.01% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25,071 26,942 43,619
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,772 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +4.76% +5.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +96 414 £55,000 -15.38% 253
UK excluding London +12 370 £55,000 +4.76% 225
South West +75 117 £54,500 +6.86% 32
Work from Home +97 111 £60,000 +17.65% 73
South East -16 100 £55,000 - 75
East of England +33 70 £55,000 +4.76% 37
Midlands -92 59 £55,000 -8.33% 56
London +138 52 £80,000 +3.23% 29
West Midlands -94 39 £60,000 - 44
East Midlands -5 20 £42,500 -5.56% 12
North of England +60 15 £51,500 +13.19% 22
Yorkshire - 10 £68,750 - 4
Scotland -67 9 £65,000 +36.84% 14
North West +9 5 £50,000 +29.87% 14

MATLAB
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (4.68%) SAS
2 12 (2.81%) Confluence
3 9 (2.11%) Apache
4 8 (1.87%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.87%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.23%) IIS
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 189 (44.26%) Simulink
2 50 (11.71%) Stateflow
3 24 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (4.45%) GNU Octave
5 12 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.87%) CANalyzer
7 5 (1.17%) Doxygen
8 2 (0.47%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.23%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 28 (6.56%) AWS
2 23 (5.39%) GitHub
3 14 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
3 14 (3.28%) Amazon S3
4 5 (1.17%) Amazon SageMaker
4 5 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.17%) Power Platform
4 5 (1.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (0.47%) Azure
5 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.47%) Serverless
6 1 (0.23%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.23%) GCP
6 1 (0.23%) IaaS
6 1 (0.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.56%) J1939
2 13 (3.04%) 5G
3 12 (2.81%) SD-WAN
3 12 (2.81%) WAN
4 9 (2.11%) PPP
4 9 (2.11%) Wireless
5 8 (1.87%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.87%) OFDM
6 5 (1.17%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.70%) Tactical Data Link
8 2 (0.47%) Modbus
8 2 (0.47%) RS-485
9 1 (0.23%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.23%) 4G
9 1 (0.23%) 5G NR
9 1 (0.23%) GSM
9 1 (0.23%) LTE
9 1 (0.23%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.45%) Amazon QuickSight
1 19 (4.45%) Tableau
2 16 (3.75%) Amazon Redshift
2 16 (3.75%) NoSQL
3 14 (3.28%) Data Mining
3 14 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.28%) DynamoDB
4 4 (0.94%) Metadata
5 2 (0.47%) Big Data
5 2 (0.47%) OLAP
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.23%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 40 (9.37%) Git
2 30 (7.03%) LabVIEW
3 29 (6.79%) JIRA
4 23 (5.39%) Rational DOORS
5 22 (5.15%) ClearCase
6 21 (4.92%) Plastic SCM
7 14 (3.28%) ClearQuest
8 13 (3.04%) Visual Studio
9 8 (1.87%) GitLab
10 7 (1.64%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.64%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.64%) Rational Rhapsody
11 5 (1.17%) NetBeans
12 3 (0.70%) Rational Team Concert
12 3 (0.70%) Subversion
13 2 (0.47%) CANoe
13 2 (0.47%) PetaLinux
14 1 (0.23%) Chocolatey
14 1 (0.23%) GCC
14 1 (0.23%) GDB
General
1 94 (22.01%) Electronics
2 92 (21.55%) Automotive
3 82 (19.20%) Social Skills
4 68 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.03%) Aerospace
6 28 (6.56%) Retail
7 25 (5.85%) Military
8 21 (4.92%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (4.22%) Legal
11 15 (3.51%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.28%) Finance
13 11 (2.58%) Aviation
13 11 (2.58%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.87%) Law
15 6 (1.41%) Games
15 6 (1.41%) Marketing
16 5 (1.17%) Banking
17 4 (0.94%) French Language
17 4 (0.94%) German Language
Job Titles
1 109 (25.53%) Software Engineer
2 82 (19.20%) Senior
3 64 (14.99%) Systems Engineer
4 49 (11.48%) Embedded Engineer
5 41 (9.60%) Developer
6 37 (8.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 27 (6.32%) Lead
8 23 (5.39%) Architect
9 22 (5.15%) Data Scientist
10 19 (4.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 16 (3.75%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (3.51%) Test Engineer
13 12 (2.81%) .NET Developer
13 12 (2.81%) Analyst
13 12 (2.81%) Control Systems Engineer
13 12 (2.81%) Team Leader
14 11 (2.58%) FPGA Developer
14 11 (2.58%) Graduate
14 11 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.58%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.26%) TensorFlow
2 26 (6.09%) NumPy
3 16 (3.75%) Keras
4 12 (2.81%) .NET
4 12 (2.81%) .NET Framework
4 12 (2.81%) PyTorch
5 8 (1.87%) pytest
6 7 (1.64%) OpenCV
7 5 (1.17%) JavaFX
8 4 (0.94%) CSS
8 4 (0.94%) ONNX
8 4 (0.94%) Rendezvous
9 3 (0.70%) Qt
10 2 (0.47%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.47%) Lambda Expressions
10 2 (0.47%) Pandas
10 2 (0.47%) POSIX
10 2 (0.47%) scikit-learn
10 2 (0.47%) Torch
10 2 (0.47%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 141 (33.02%) Algorithms
2 47 (11.01%) Embedded Systems
3 32 (7.49%) FPGA
4 27 (6.32%) VHDL
5 21 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (4.45%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.45%) Robotics
7 18 (4.22%) GNSS
8 11 (2.58%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (2.58%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.87%) Acoustics
9 8 (1.87%) BBC
9 8 (1.87%) MicroBlaze
10 7 (1.64%) PMI
11 5 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
11 5 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.17%) Semantic Web
11 5 (1.17%) Verilog
12 4 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.90%) Linux
2 21 (4.92%) Windows
3 9 (2.11%) Unix
4 5 (1.17%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.23%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (34.19%) Software Engineering
2 112 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (25.53%) Agile
4 90 (21.08%) Mathematics
5 77 (18.03%) Validation
6 72 (16.86%) Signal Processing
7 65 (15.22%) Machine Learning
8 64 (14.99%) Physics
9 63 (14.75%) Computer Science
10 52 (12.18%) Artificial Intelligence
11 49 (11.48%) Systems Engineering
12 44 (10.30%) Software Testing
13 43 (10.07%) Visualisation
14 39 (9.13%) Data Science
15 38 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
16 34 (7.96%) Test Automation
17 33 (7.73%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
18 32 (7.49%) Analytics
18 32 (7.49%) Data Analysis
18 32 (7.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 218 (51.05%) Python
2 137 (32.08%) C
3 97 (22.72%) C++
4 63 (14.75%) C#
5 38 (8.90%) Embedded C
6 30 (7.03%) R
7 28 (6.56%) Java
8 26 (6.09%) SQL
9 23 (5.39%) JavaScript
9 23 (5.39%) Perl
10 17 (3.98%) VBA
11 12 (2.81%) VB.NET
12 11 (2.58%) PHP
13 10 (2.34%) Fortran
14 8 (1.87%) Tcl
14 8 (1.87%) VB
15 6 (1.41%) Embedded C++
16 3 (0.70%) Assembly Language
17 2 (0.47%) Bash
17 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 239 (55.97%) Degree
2 147 (34.43%) Security Cleared
3 58 (13.58%) SC Cleared
4 36 (8.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (7.03%) DV Cleared
5 30 (7.03%) PhD
6 29 (6.79%) Master's Degree
7 22 (5.15%) HND
8 16 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.64%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.94%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.47%) HNC
14 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.23%) CFA
14 1 (0.23%) MCSA
14 1 (0.23%) MCSE
14 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.60%) ISO 26262
2 34 (7.96%) Automotive SPICE
3 30 (7.03%) AUTOSAR
4 28 (6.56%) MISRA
5 9 (2.11%) Def Stans
6 6 (1.41%) IEC 61508
7 5 (1.17%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.17%) PMO
7 5 (1.17%) TickIT
8 4 (0.94%) QA
9 3 (0.70%) JTAG
10 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.23%) IFRS
11 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.23%) MISRA C
System Software
1 27 (6.32%) Firmware
2 15 (3.51%) Docker
3 11 (2.58%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (5.39%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.23%) Ansible
2 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.23%) SCCM
2 1 (0.23%) SCOM
2 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (5.85%) IBM
2 21 (4.92%) Lauterbach
3 16 (3.75%) Xilinx
4 15 (3.51%) Oracle
5 12 (2.81%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.87%) Altera
6 8 (1.87%) Google
6 8 (1.87%) Green Hills
6 8 (1.87%) Motorola
7 7 (1.64%) Facebook
7 7 (1.64%) Instagram
7 7 (1.64%) SAP
8 6 (1.41%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.41%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.17%) MathWorks
10 4 (0.94%) NVIDIA
10 4 (0.94%) Rockwell
11 3 (0.70%) ANSYS
11 3 (0.70%) Riverbed
11 3 (0.70%) Thales