The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
28
31
32
Rank change year-on-year
+3
+1
-
Contract jobs citing MATLAB
1
1
2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
30
29
56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire
17.14%
14.87%
23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted
19
6
25
10th Percentile
£453
£506
£269
25th Percentile
£511
£534
£401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£538
£613
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-12.16%
+11.36%
+15.79%
75th Percentile
£601
£644
£600
90th Percentile
£615
£650
£663
North West median daily rate
£470
£475
£500
% change year-on-year
-1.05%
-5.00%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
3
13
6
10th Percentile
£46.25
£39.28
£17.09
25th Percentile
£53.38
£45.88
£24.16
Median hourly rate
£65.50
£46.18
£40.59
Median % change year-on-year
+41.84%
+13.77%
-4.49%
75th Percentile
£65.75
£48.43
£50.59
90th Percentile
-
£49.69
£54.69
North West median hourly rate
£70.00
£48.43
£40.59
% change year-on-year
+44.54%
+19.32%
-2.19%
MATLAB Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
MATLAB Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in Lancashire.
MATLAB Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing MATLAB also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region with a requirement for MATLAB.
MATLAB Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:
