MathWorks MATLAB
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring MATLAB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MATLAB over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | - | 21 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
Contract jobs citing MATLAB | 0 | 0 | 2 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | - | - | 2.56% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 33.33% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
Lancashire median daily rate | - | - | - |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £47.18 |
25th Percentile | - | - | £48.72 |
Median hourly rate | - | - | £52.99 |
75th Percentile | - | - | £55.55 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £56.06 |
Lancashire median hourly rate | £43.00 | £79.17 | £52.99 |
% change year-on-year | -45.69% | +49.42% | - |
All Programming Languages
Preston
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 Preston.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 3 | 8 | 6 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 4.35% | 15.09% | 7.69% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £366 |
25th Percentile | £625 | - | £372 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £650 | £389 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +67.20% | -7.16% |
75th Percentile | £675 | - | £400 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £402 |
Lancashire median daily rate | £538 | £613 | £550 |
% change year-on-year | -12.16% | +11.36% | +15.79% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 4 |
10th Percentile | - | £37.63 | - |
25th Percentile | - | £39.76 | £37.80 |
Median hourly rate | - | £46.18 | £45.08 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.44% | +7.33% |
75th Percentile | - | - | £53.84 |
90th Percentile | - | £47.09 | £55.38 |
Lancashire median hourly rate | £65.50 | £46.18 | £40.59 |
% change year-on-year | +41.84% | +13.77% | -4.49% |
MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

MATLAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in Preston.