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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
MathWorks MATLAB
Rank 180 174 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.024% 0.081% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.039% 0.134% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £30,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2576 2232 1937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.74% 60.55% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2308 2025 1811
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
MATLAB
North West

MATLAB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester MATLAB Salary Trend

MATLAB
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) SAS
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Prolog
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (50.00%) C++
3 2 (50.00%) Java EE
4 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Pattern Recognition
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (25.00%) Automotive
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
4 1 (25.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) .NET

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (50.00%) Java EE
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Graduate
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DSP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Pattern Recognition
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Prolog
2 2 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
Manchester, North West
Specification: - Degree qualified (ideally to Master's level) in electronics / computer science or similar discipline. - Fully competent in analogue design and verification techniques, with extensive commercial experience using...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£65k + extensive benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013