The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MATLAB over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 95 107 97
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -10
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.239% 0.131% 0.108%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.772% 0.386% 0.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £280 £375
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -25.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £36.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.28% +17.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +5.71%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
518 777 595
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.89% 34.00% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 394 306
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 30 30
Average hourly rate £36.25 £31.00 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.93% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.65 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MATLAB Hourly Rate Trend

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MATLAB across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands MATLAB Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Staffordshire - 2 - -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) Electronics
1 4 (80.00%) Simulink
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Automotive
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) PhD
4 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (20.00%) IPv4
4 1 (20.00%) IPv6
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (20.00%) Telematics
4 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (20.00%) HTML5
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (20.00%) CAN bus
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) HTML5
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (20.00%) IPv4
1 1 (20.00%) IPv6
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Development Team Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Software Development Team Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Software Team Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (20.00%) Telematics
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PhD
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt