MathWorks MATLAB
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MATLAB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MATLAB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 547 559
Rank change year-on-year +58 +12 +30
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 456 491 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.47% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.38% 1.08% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 239 133 319
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
UK

MATLAB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MATLAB.

Salary trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +83 402 £55,000 -15.38% 220
UK excluding London +1 400 £55,000 +4.76% 197
South West +100 113 £55,000 +10.00% 42
Work from Home +113 108 £60,000 +4.35% 70
South East +6 94 £55,000 +10.00% 54
East of England +40 69 £55,000 +4.76% 45
Midlands -112 60 £55,000 -8.33% 34
London +122 51 £75,000 -4.76% 32
Scotland -37 50 £65,000 +30.00% 9
West Midlands -100 40 £60,000 -7.69% 29
East Midlands -8 20 £42,500 -5.56% 5
North of England +59 14 £65,000 +23.81% 14
Yorkshire +99 10 £67,500 - 3
North West +15 4 £58,250 - 11

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (5.04%) SAS
2 11 (2.41%) Confluence
3 9 (1.97%) Apache
4 8 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.75%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 226 (49.56%) Simulink
2 85 (18.64%) Stateflow
3 28 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (3.51%) GNU Octave
5 14 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.75%) CANalyzer
7 5 (1.10%) Doxygen
8 2 (0.44%) EViews
8 2 (0.44%) SPSS
8 2 (0.44%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.22%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 26 (5.70%) AWS
2 23 (5.04%) GitHub
3 11 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
3 11 (2.41%) Amazon S3
4 6 (1.32%) Amazon SageMaker
5 5 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.10%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.10%) PowerApps
6 3 (0.66%) Serverless
7 2 (0.44%) Azure
7 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.22%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.22%) GCP
8 1 (0.22%) IaaS
8 1 (0.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.14%) J1939
2 16 (3.51%) 5G
3 15 (3.29%) SD-WAN
3 15 (3.29%) WAN
4 9 (1.97%) Wireless
5 8 (1.75%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.75%) PPP
6 5 (1.10%) OFDM
6 5 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.66%) Tactical Data Link
8 2 (0.44%) Modbus
8 2 (0.44%) RS-485
9 1 (0.22%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.22%) 4G
9 1 (0.22%) 5G NR
9 1 (0.22%) GSM
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
9 1 (0.22%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.39%) Amazon QuickSight
1 20 (4.39%) Tableau
2 18 (3.95%) Data Mining
3 14 (3.07%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.85%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.41%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.88%) Metadata
7 2 (0.44%) Big Data
7 2 (0.44%) OLAP
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle OLAP
8 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.22%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 38 (8.33%) Git
2 35 (7.68%) LabVIEW
3 28 (6.14%) JIRA
4 22 (4.82%) ClearCase
5 21 (4.61%) Plastic SCM
5 21 (4.61%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (3.07%) ClearQuest
7 13 (2.85%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.54%) GitLab
8 7 (1.54%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
9 6 (1.32%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.10%) NetBeans
11 3 (0.66%) Rational Team Concert
12 2 (0.44%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) CANoe
13 1 (0.22%) Chocolatey
13 1 (0.22%) CMake
13 1 (0.22%) GCC
General
1 96 (21.05%) Electronics
2 88 (19.30%) Automotive
3 83 (18.20%) Social Skills
4 71 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (7.46%) Retail
6 32 (7.02%) Aerospace
7 28 (6.14%) Finance
8 25 (5.48%) Military
9 24 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (4.39%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.29%) Legal
11 15 (3.29%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.41%) Aviation
12 11 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.75%) Banking
13 8 (1.75%) Law
14 6 (1.32%) Marketing
15 5 (1.10%) Games
15 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.88%) French Language
Job Titles
1 106 (23.25%) Software Engineer
2 91 (19.96%) Systems Engineer
3 88 (19.30%) Senior
4 58 (12.72%) Lead
5 43 (9.43%) Embedded Engineer
6 41 (8.99%) Control Systems Engineer
7 39 (8.55%) Developer
8 34 (7.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 25 (5.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 24 (5.26%) Team Leader
11 23 (5.04%) Architect
12 21 (4.61%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 16 (3.51%) Data Scientist
13 16 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
14 15 (3.29%) Graduate
14 15 (3.29%) Test Engineer
14 15 (3.29%) Verification Engineer
15 13 (2.85%) Product Engineer
16 12 (2.63%) Analyst
16 12 (2.63%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.14%) TensorFlow
2 25 (5.48%) NumPy
3 14 (3.07%) Keras
4 12 (2.63%) PyTorch
5 11 (2.41%) .NET
5 11 (2.41%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.75%) pytest
7 7 (1.54%) OpenCV
8 5 (1.10%) JavaFX
9 4 (0.88%) CSS
9 4 (0.88%) ONNX
9 4 (0.88%) Rendezvous
10 3 (0.66%) Pandas
10 3 (0.66%) Qt
11 2 (0.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.44%) Lambda Expressions
11 2 (0.44%) POSIX
11 2 (0.44%) scikit-learn
11 2 (0.44%) Torch
11 2 (0.44%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 171 (37.50%) Algorithms
2 47 (10.31%) Embedded Systems
3 41 (8.99%) Renewable Energy
4 28 (6.14%) FPGA
5 25 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (5.04%) VHDL
7 20 (4.39%) GNSS
7 20 (4.39%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.17%) Robotics
9 11 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.41%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.75%) Acoustics
10 8 (1.75%) BBC
11 7 (1.54%) MicroBlaze
11 7 (1.54%) PMI
12 5 (1.10%) Fibre Optics
12 5 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.10%) Verilog
13 4 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
13 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.89%) Linux
2 24 (5.26%) Windows
3 13 (2.85%) Unix
4 5 (1.10%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.44%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (31.14%) Software Engineering
2 118 (25.88%) Validation
3 106 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (23.03%) Agile
5 83 (18.20%) Mathematics
6 71 (15.57%) Verification and Validation
7 69 (15.13%) Physics
8 67 (14.69%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 67 (14.69%) Prototyping
9 65 (14.25%) Machine Learning
10 64 (14.04%) Signal Processing
11 57 (12.50%) Computer Science
12 47 (10.31%) Artificial Intelligence
12 47 (10.31%) Systems Engineering
13 44 (9.65%) Software Testing
14 42 (9.21%) Visualisation
15 41 (8.99%) Commercialisation
15 41 (8.99%) Decarbonisation
16 40 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
17 38 (8.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 213 (46.71%) Python
2 132 (28.95%) C
3 90 (19.74%) C++
4 61 (13.38%) C#
5 37 (8.11%) Embedded C
6 32 (7.02%) R
7 28 (6.14%) SQL
8 26 (5.70%) Java
9 22 (4.82%) JavaScript
9 22 (4.82%) Perl
10 17 (3.73%) VBA
11 11 (2.41%) PHP
11 11 (2.41%) VB.NET
12 10 (2.19%) Fortran
13 7 (1.54%) Tcl
13 7 (1.54%) VB
14 6 (1.32%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.66%) Assembly Language
16 2 (0.44%) Bash
16 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 236 (51.75%) Degree
2 142 (31.14%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.28%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (7.24%) Master's Degree
6 28 (6.14%) DV Cleared
6 28 (6.14%) PhD
7 25 (5.48%) HND
8 14 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.54%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.88%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.44%) CFA
14 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.22%) HNC
14 1 (0.22%) MCSA
14 1 (0.22%) MCSE
14 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.21%) ISO 26262
2 34 (7.46%) Automotive SPICE
3 30 (6.58%) AUTOSAR
4 28 (6.14%) MISRA
5 12 (2.63%) PMO
6 9 (1.97%) Def Stans
7 6 (1.32%) IEC 61508
8 5 (1.10%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.10%) TickIT
9 4 (0.88%) QA
10 3 (0.66%) JTAG
11 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 25 (5.48%) Firmware
2 15 (3.29%) Docker
3 10 (2.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (5.26%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.22%) Ansible
2 1 (0.22%) SCCM
2 1 (0.22%) SCOM
2 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (5.48%) IBM
2 21 (4.61%) Lauterbach
3 13 (2.85%) Xilinx
4 12 (2.63%) Microsoft
4 12 (2.63%) Oracle
5 8 (1.75%) Google
6 7 (1.54%) Altera
6 7 (1.54%) Facebook
6 7 (1.54%) Green Hills
6 7 (1.54%) Instagram
6 7 (1.54%) Motorola
6 7 (1.54%) SAP
7 6 (1.32%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.10%) MathWorks
9 4 (0.88%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.88%) Rockwell
10 3 (0.66%) ANSYS
10 3 (0.66%) Riverbed
10 3 (0.66%) Thales