MATLAB Contracts in Essex

MathWorks MATLAB
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring MATLAB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MATLAB over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.86% 3.04% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.38% 8.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £454 £350 £488
% change year-on-year +29.64% -28.21% -23.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
East of England median hourly rate £72.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +31.82% -15.38% +8.33%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 47 81 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 44.76% 35.22% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 38 51
10th Percentile £315 £263 £223
25th Percentile £319 £420 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +6.80% +2.83%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £575
90th Percentile £546 £616 £606
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 4
10th Percentile £32.85 £47.50 £58.95
25th Percentile £34.88 £52.50 £63.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £59.50 £69.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% -14.70% +4.79%
75th Percentile £137.50 £80.00 £76.88
90th Percentile £200.00 - £78.45
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +16.07%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in Essex

MATLAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in Essex.

Daily rate trend for MATLAB in Essex

MATLAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for MATLAB in Essex

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Essex region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Basildon -1 1 - - 5
MATLAB
East of England

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Image Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematical Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Software Quality Assurance