Simulink Contract Job Trends in the North West

The MathWorks Simulink
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Simulink skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 116 136
Rank change year-on-year -24 +20 -
Contract jobs citing Simulink 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.041% 0.093% 0.19%
As % of the Applications category 0.45% 1.35% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £63 £400 £600
% change year-on-year -84.25% -33.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £47.35 -
25th Percentile - £56.13 -
Median hourly rate £81.00 £71.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.29% +43.00% -
75th Percentile - £86.13 £50.38
90th Percentile - £94.45 £51.05
England median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +7.69%

All Software Application Skills
North West

Simulink falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 222 148 285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.03% 6.91% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 75 158
10th Percentile £165 £159 £145
25th Percentile £263 £206 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £363 £261
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% +38.76% -38.53%
75th Percentile £475 £512 £438
90th Percentile £579 £627 £500
England median daily rate £448 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +8.48% +3.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 28 44
10th Percentile £18.57 £17.48 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.26 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +45.77% -14.25%
75th Percentile £26.43 £33.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £35.50 £49.06 £49.70
England median hourly rate £20.35 £24.75 £28.30
% change year-on-year -17.78% -12.54% +4.81%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Simulink relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Simulink job vacancy trend in the North West

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Simulink.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Simulink

Simulink
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Lancashire -11 1 - -
Simulink
England

Simulink
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aeronautics
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) MathWorks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft