MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

MathWorks MATLAB
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 1 0 17
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.070% - 1.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% - 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £585
25th Percentile £709 - £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.19%
75th Percentile £726 - £646
90th Percentile - - £655
South East median daily rate £541 - £623
% change year-on-year - - +18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £52.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -19.23% +15.11%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 247 204 281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 17.24% 27.91% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 141 155
10th Percentile £360 £395 £400
25th Percentile £450 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £650 £618 £638
90th Percentile £725 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 38
10th Percentile £42.43 £47.08 £46.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £59.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +0.81% +16.98%
75th Percentile £55.63 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £70.00 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.54% +7.27%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Hampshire

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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
Southampton - 1 £718 - 2
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware