MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

MathWorks MATLAB
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.65% - 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.83% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
Scotland median daily rate £65 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +46.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £66.00 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - £62.50
90th Percentile £74.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 219 202 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 35.55% 24.88% 28.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 112 191
10th Percentile £406 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £467 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -4.21% +2.20%
75th Percentile £555 £535 £538
90th Percentile £625 £611 £575
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.98% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £57.13 - £44.25
25th Percentile £62.19 - £48.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £53.10
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +41.24% +134.08%
75th Percentile £73.13 - £55.94
90th Percentile £74.25 - £59.88
Scotland median hourly rate £60.61 £19.59 £59.03
% change year-on-year +209.41% -66.81% +38.08%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA
1 3 (75.00%) PCIe
1 3 (75.00%) VHDL
2 1 (25.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA Design
1 3 (75.00%) UVM
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Altera
1 3 (75.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (50.00%) Microsemi
3 1 (25.00%) Actel
3 1 (25.00%) Intel
3 1 (25.00%) Siemens