The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 114 - 92
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 2 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.119% - 0.150%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.267% - 0.377%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Average salary £37,000 - £53,750
90% offered a salary of more than £34,200 - £50,750
10% offered a salary of more than £39,800 - £56,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
749 655 531
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 44.69% 45.08% 39.92%
Number of salaries quoted 651 610 483
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +18.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
MATLAB
West Midlands

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham MATLAB Jobs Demand Trend

MATLAB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MATLAB across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham MATLAB Salary Trend

MATLAB
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MATLAB.

1 5 (83.33%) C++
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
1 5 (83.33%) Physics
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) MFC
2 4 (66.67%) OO
2 4 (66.67%) VC++
2 4 (66.67%) Borland
2 4 (66.67%) CAD
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) DO-254
3 1 (16.67%) Front Office
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Simulink
3 1 (16.67%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) EMC

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MATLAB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) MFC
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Simulink
General
1 1 (16.67%) Front Office
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Quantitative Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
1 5 (83.33%) Physics
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) OO
1 4 (66.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) VC++
2 4 (66.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) DO-254
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Borland
2 1 (16.67%) EMC