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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 335 379
Rank change year-on-year -62 +44 +106
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 3 15 16
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.019% 0.11% 0.088%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.054% 0.29% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 7
10th Percentile - £444 £378
25th Percentile - £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile - £650 £666
90th Percentile - £756 £670
England median daily rate £500 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £59.38
90th Percentile - - £62.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -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 5,597 5,250 6,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.91% 38.77% 34.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,763 3,486 4,801
10th Percentile £363 £373 £385
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 £690 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.52% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 36 69
10th Percentile £23.38 £35.00 £26.75
25th Percentile £36.25 £38.44 £39.85
Median hourly rate £54.75 £50.00 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -3.38% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66.50 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £81.38 £95.63 £72.10
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £61.05
% change year-on-year +3.17% +3.19% -6.08%

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MLflow
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) MLOps
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
2 1 (33.33%) Siemens
MATLAB jobs