The first table below looks at the demand for MATLAB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 82 86 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 10 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.946% 0.522% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.739% 1.040% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 0
Average salary £45,000 £36,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
575 673 648
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 54.40% 50.22% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 349 520 468
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,150
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,200 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
MATLAB
Scotland

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh MATLAB Salary Trend

MATLAB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 7 (43.75%) C
1 7 (43.75%) Wireless
1 7 (43.75%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 5 (31.25%) Firmware
2 5 (31.25%) C#
2 5 (31.25%) C++
2 5 (31.25%) .NET
2 5 (31.25%) Bluetooth
2 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 4 (25.00%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
4 3 (18.75%) Investment Management
4 3 (18.75%) OOP
4 3 (18.75%) OO
4 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 3 (18.75%) Front Office
4 3 (18.75%) Back Office
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (12.50%) OpenCV
5 2 (12.50%) xDSL
5 2 (12.50%) Signal Processing
5 2 (12.50%) Validation
5 2 (12.50%) EMC
5 2 (12.50%) Data Validation
5 2 (12.50%) Image Processing
5 2 (12.50%) Photography
5 2 (12.50%) Mathematics

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 5 (31.25%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) OpenCV
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Wireless
2 5 (31.25%) Bluetooth
2 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (12.50%) ZigBee
3 2 (12.50%) xDSL
General
1 3 (18.75%) Front Office
1 3 (18.75%) Back Office
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) .NET Developer
3 2 (12.50%) C# Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Communications Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 2 (12.50%) C# Software Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (12.50%) .NET Software Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 5 (31.25%) Firmware
3 2 (12.50%) Statistics
3 2 (12.50%) Photography
3 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (6.250%) Physics
4 1 (6.250%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) OOP
1 3 (18.75%) OO
1 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
1 3 (18.75%) Investment Management
1 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
1 3 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
2 2 (12.50%) Data Validation
2 2 (12.50%) Image Processing
2 2 (12.50%) Signal Processing
2 2 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C
2 5 (31.25%) C#
2 5 (31.25%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) Python
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) EMC