MATLAB Contract Job Trends in London

MathWorks MATLAB
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 334 369
Rank change year-on-year -64 +35 +104
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 2 12 21
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.012% 0.094% 0.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.035% 0.24% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £442 £325
25th Percentile £763 £448 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £650 £460
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +41.30% -23.33%
75th Percentile £788 £677 £666
90th Percentile - £756 £668
England median daily rate £496 £650 £590
% change year-on-year -23.69% +10.17% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - £61.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,724 4,974 6,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 34.41% 39.03% 34.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,868 3,433 4,802
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £813
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -6.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 33 60
10th Percentile £18.72 £29.91 £25.75
25th Percentile £39.75 £38.25 £40.58
Median hourly rate £54.75 £46.50 £51.13
Median % change year-on-year +17.74% -9.05% -11.09%
75th Percentile £66.50 £61.50 £60.44
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.30 £70.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in London

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (50.00%) CPLEX
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Research
1 1 (50.00%) Optimization Problems
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
1 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens