MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

MathWorks MATLAB
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.25% 0.46% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.88% 1.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £725 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - £725 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 113 66 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 28.61% 30.41% 23.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 43 14
10th Percentile £376 £315 £206
25th Percentile £400 £357 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £409 £476
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% -14.08% -16.12%
75th Percentile £567 £530 £528
90th Percentile £595 £605 £599
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -15.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £42.80 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £60.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £62.50 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Radar Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared