The MathWorks Simulink
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Simulink skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Simulink 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 627 733 977
Rank change year-on-year +106 +244 -202
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 272 240 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Applications category 2.79% 2.60% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 164 26 67
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £37,125 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £48,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +29.41% -22.73%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Simulink is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,754 9,239 13,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 8.83% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,111 5,038 7,125
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,666 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -0.74% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.85% -1.89%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink 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
UK excluding London +44 271 £60,000 +9.09% 120
England +106 225 £60,000 - 115
Work from Home +154 100 £62,500 +4.17% 40
South East +69 93 £60,000 +9.09% 34
South West +55 57 £55,000 - 18
Scotland -17 47 £65,000 +30.00% 6
Midlands -91 40 £60,000 - 23
East of England +28 33 £65,000 - 37
West Midlands -72 33 £62,500 +4.17% 21
East Midlands -16 7 £50,000 -16.67% 2
North of England +51 1 £65,000 +23.81% 9
North West - 1 £65,000 - 8

Simulink
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:

Applications
1 85 (31.25%) Stateflow
2 8 (2.94%) CANalyzer
3 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.10%) TargetLink
5 2 (0.74%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.25%) AWS
1 17 (6.25%) Azure
2 7 (2.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.29%) J1939
2 8 (2.94%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.84%) Wireless
4 3 (1.10%) Tactical Data Link
5 2 (0.74%) Modbus
5 2 (0.74%) RS-485
6 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.68%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (11.03%) Git
2 22 (8.09%) ClearCase
2 22 (8.09%) JIRA
3 21 (7.72%) Plastic SCM
4 15 (5.51%) Rational DOORS
5 14 (5.15%) ClearQuest
6 10 (3.68%) LabVIEW
6 10 (3.68%) Vagrant
7 7 (2.57%) Subversion
8 6 (2.21%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (1.10%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.10%) Rational Team Concert
10 2 (0.74%) PetaLinux
11 1 (0.37%) CANoe
11 1 (0.37%) MSTest
11 1 (0.37%) TestComplete
General
1 89 (32.72%) Automotive
2 69 (25.37%) Electronics
3 39 (14.34%) Social Skills
4 22 (8.09%) Retail
5 17 (6.25%) Military
6 14 (5.15%) Legal
7 13 (4.78%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.94%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.47%) French Language
11 4 (1.47%) Games
11 4 (1.47%) German Language
11 4 (1.47%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.47%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.10%) Aviation
12 3 (1.10%) Finance
12 3 (1.10%) Law
13 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 94 (34.56%) Software Engineer
2 75 (27.57%) Systems Engineer
3 56 (20.59%) Senior
4 45 (16.54%) Lead
5 43 (15.81%) Embedded Engineer
6 41 (15.07%) Control Systems Engineer
7 40 (14.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 21 (7.72%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 20 (7.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 19 (6.99%) Team Leader
11 18 (6.62%) Architect
12 16 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 14 (5.15%) Developer
14 11 (4.04%) Principal Engineer
14 11 (4.04%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 10 (3.68%) Embedded Developer
15 10 (3.68%) Embedded Software Developer
15 10 (3.68%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
15 10 (3.68%) Software Developer
16 9 (3.31%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.41%) PyTorch
2 10 (3.68%) Middleware
3 6 (2.21%) AngularJS
3 6 (2.21%) React
3 6 (2.21%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.47%) ONNX
5 3 (1.10%) Qt
6 2 (0.74%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.74%) POSIX
6 2 (0.74%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.74%) Torch
6 2 (0.74%) Yocto
7 1 (0.37%) HTML
7 1 (0.37%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 121 (44.49%) Algorithms
2 50 (18.38%) Embedded Systems
3 41 (15.07%) Renewable Energy
4 16 (5.88%) FPGA
5 15 (5.51%) VHDL
6 14 (5.15%) Robotics
7 11 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (4.04%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.94%) Device Driver
8 8 (2.94%) Verilog
9 7 (2.57%) CAN bus
9 7 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.47%) PMI
11 3 (1.10%) Analogue Electronics
11 3 (1.10%) PCIe
12 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.74%) State Machine
13 1 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.56%) Linux
2 12 (4.41%) Android
3 10 (3.68%) CentOS
3 10 (3.68%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (3.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (3.68%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.84%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (44.49%) Software Engineering
2 84 (30.88%) Validation
3 65 (23.90%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 60 (22.06%) Verification and Validation
5 55 (20.22%) Agile
6 52 (19.12%) Prototyping
7 51 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
8 49 (18.01%) Machine Learning
9 41 (15.07%) Commercialisation
9 41 (15.07%) Computer Science
9 41 (15.07%) Decarbonisation
10 37 (13.60%) Signal Processing
11 35 (12.87%) Change Management
11 35 (12.87%) Mathematics
11 35 (12.87%) Rapid Prototyping
12 34 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (11.76%) Systems Engineering
14 31 (11.40%) Software Testing
15 27 (9.93%) Collaborative Working
16 26 (9.56%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 226 (83.09%) MATLAB
2 115 (42.28%) C
3 92 (33.82%) Python
4 70 (25.74%) C++
5 34 (12.50%) Embedded C
6 24 (8.82%) Java
7 23 (8.46%) JavaScript
8 14 (5.15%) Perl
9 12 (4.41%) C#
10 11 (4.04%) PHP
11 10 (3.68%) Kotlin
11 10 (3.68%) SQL
12 6 (2.21%) Embedded C++
13 4 (1.47%) R
13 4 (1.47%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.37%) Bash
15 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 160 (58.82%) Degree
2 111 (40.81%) Security Cleared
3 41 (15.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 39 (14.34%) SC Cleared
5 31 (11.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (8.82%) DV Cleared
7 14 (5.15%) Master's Degree
8 12 (4.41%) HND
9 6 (2.21%) PhD
10 4 (1.47%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.37%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (15.44%) ISO 26262
2 34 (12.50%) Automotive SPICE
3 30 (11.03%) AUTOSAR
4 28 (10.29%) MISRA
5 9 (3.31%) Def Stans
6 6 (2.21%) IEC 61508
7 4 (1.47%) QA
8 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 23 (8.46%) Firmware
2 11 (4.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (2.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (8.82%) Functional Safety
2 17 (6.25%) Terraform
3 10 (3.68%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (10.66%) Xilinx
2 24 (8.82%) IBM
3 21 (7.72%) Lauterbach
4 7 (2.57%) Facebook
4 7 (2.57%) Instagram
5 6 (2.21%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.47%) Intel
6 4 (1.47%) MathWorks
6 4 (1.47%) Microsemi
6 4 (1.47%) Microsoft
6 4 (1.47%) NVIDIA
6 4 (1.47%) Rockwell
7 3 (1.10%) ANSYS
7 3 (1.10%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.37%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (0.37%) SAP