MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

MathWorks MATLAB
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 16 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +10
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 0.86% 2.80% 1.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.09% 23.08% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate - - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £28.85 £27.23
25th Percentile £22.05 £35.38 £27.94
Median hourly rate £23.10 £47.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.37% +54.47% -21.15%
75th Percentile £24.15 £48.75 £33.44
90th Percentile - - £34.08
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £32.80 £47.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year -30.95% +54.47% -21.15%

All Programming Languages
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11 13 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 9.48% 12.15% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile £213 £431 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% -6.25% +19.40%
75th Percentile £238 £523 £581
90th Percentile - £524 £615
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £26.65 £28.85 £27.23
25th Percentile £31.25 £35.38 £27.94
Median hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +54.47% -16.89%
75th Percentile £43.75 £48.75 £33.44
90th Percentile - - £34.08
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -13.04% +47.44%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Peterborough

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CANoe
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree