The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 31 40 37
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 5 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.608% 2.018% 0.347%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.165% 3.346% 0.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £271 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.20% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £296 £331
% change year-on-year
+4.64% -10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +6.06%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.64 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-0.96% +5.71%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
158 269 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 50.80% 60.31% 57.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 142 85
Average daily rate £323 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.03% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £200 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 42 25
Average hourly rate £41.25 £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.65 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.50 £60.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
MATLAB
Cambridgeshire

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MATLAB across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge MATLAB Jobs Demand Trend

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MATLAB across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge MATLAB Daily Rate Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MATLAB across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing MATLAB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MATLAB.

1 11 (68.75%) C++
2 9 (56.25%) C
3 8 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 8 (50.00%) Wireless
4 7 (43.75%) Embedded C++
4 7 (43.75%) 3GPP
4 7 (43.75%) LTE
5 6 (37.50%) Degree
5 6 (37.50%) Signal Processing
5 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
6 5 (31.25%) Digital Signal Processing
7 4 (25.00%) Multithreading
7 4 (25.00%) Simulink
8 3 (18.75%) Electronics
8 3 (18.75%) .NET
8 3 (18.75%) Linux
8 3 (18.75%) Python
8 3 (18.75%) LabVIEW
8 3 (18.75%) OFDM
8 3 (18.75%) MIMO
9 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
9 2 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
9 2 (12.50%) 4G
9 2 (12.50%) R
9 2 (12.50%) Bioinformatics
9 2 (12.50%) Ruby
9 2 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (12.50%) Biology
9 2 (12.50%) Computer Science

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing MATLAB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MATLAB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (12.50%) jQuery
3 1 (6.250%) STL
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Wireless
2 7 (43.75%) 3GPP
2 7 (43.75%) LTE
3 3 (18.75%) OFDM
3 3 (18.75%) MIMO
4 2 (12.50%) 4G
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (18.75%) Electronics
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) DSP Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Test Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Embedded C Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
1 2 (12.50%) Biology
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 2 (12.50%) Life Science
1 2 (12.50%) ASIC
2 1 (6.250%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Signal Processing
1 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) Digital Signal Processing
3 4 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Bioinformatics
5 1 (6.250%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C++
2 9 (56.25%) C
3 8 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 7 (43.75%) Embedded C++
5 3 (18.75%) Python
6 2 (12.50%) R
6 2 (12.50%) Ruby
6 2 (12.50%) Perl
7 1 (6.250%) SQL
7 1 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Twitter
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CONTRACT £400 p/day Embedded C, DSP, Matlab, Algorithms Our Cambridge based client has an urgent requirement for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer with significant...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Role: - Software Engineer - Design and development of software in support of instrumentation related to our terahertz systems, either individually or as part of a wider team - Simulation...
Computer Futures
Posted: 5 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Web tools such as JQuery and/or web application frameworks like Ruby on Rails... Analytical languages such as R or Matlab... Degree or Masters in computer science, software...
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Rate: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Role: - Part of a team of highly capable individuals- Have a direct impact on engineering processes Required: - Strong MATLAB experience - Data acquisition, visualisation, analysis and physical interpretation -...
Computer Futures
Posted: 14 June 2013