The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 70 92 -
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 7 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.615% 0.486% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.695% 1.218% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £400 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £280 £350
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +6.47%
All Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
413 657 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 36.26% 39.91% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 345 346
Average daily rate £345 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £260 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 31
Average hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £25.50 £23.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £44.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Woking +2 5 £400 +25.00%
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (66.67%) C#
1 6 (66.67%) OO
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Scrum
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) Data Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) WPF
2 5 (55.56%) Multithreading
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (55.56%) Expression Blend
2 5 (55.56%) MVVM
3 4 (44.44%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (22.22%) Simulink
6 1 (11.11%) Electronics
6 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
6 1 (11.11%) Automotive
6 1 (11.11%) Validation
6 1 (11.11%) C++
6 1 (11.11%) Java
6 1 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 1 (11.11%) VSS/SourceSafe

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 5 (55.56%) .NET
1 5 (55.56%) WPF
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Expression Blend
2 1 (11.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) WPF Developer
3 3 (33.33%) C# Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (11.11%) RF Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) OO
2 5 (55.56%) Multithreading
2 5 (55.56%) MVVM
2 5 (55.56%) Scrum
2 5 (55.56%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft