MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

MathWorks MATLAB
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.62% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £358 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
75th Percentile £373 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £365 £359 £618
% change year-on-year +1.67% -41.86% +37.22%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

MATLAB falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 325 407 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 22.84% 25.44% 19.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 251 259
10th Percentile £358 £390 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £650 £638
90th Percentile £618 £670 £695
South East median daily rate £488 £504 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% -4.05% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £34.13 £44.62 -
25th Percentile £57.19 £55.87 £48.40
Median hourly rate £75.00 £56.75 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% +4.00% -26.02%
75th Percentile £81.50 £72.28 £58.48
90th Percentile £84.20 £79.92 £66.36
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.41
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.87% -4.32%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MATLAB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Berkshire

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MATLAB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MATLAB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 2 £365 -
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Ada Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Assembler Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
1 2 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared