MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Scotland

MathWorks MATLAB
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.25% - 0.088%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.67%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £488 £460 £538
% change year-on-year +5.98% -14.42% -20.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £66.00 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - £62.50
90th Percentile £74.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +11.54% +6.12% +5.69%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 620 512 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.04% 27.45% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 313 416
10th Percentile £358 £348 £374
25th Percentile £419 £380 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.98% +0.99%
75th Percentile £550 £519 £550
90th Percentile £625 £611 £650
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 11
10th Percentile £48.76 £17.99 £50.00
25th Percentile £52.81 - £52.48
Median hourly rate £60.61 £19.59 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year +209.41% -66.81% +38.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £48.00 £70.16
90th Percentile £72.75 £64.20 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.73%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Scotland

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MATLAB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Edinburgh - 4 £65 - 5
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (75.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA
1 3 (75.00%) PCIe
1 3 (75.00%) VHDL
2 1 (25.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA Design
1 3 (75.00%) UVM
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Altera
1 3 (75.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (50.00%) Microsemi
3 1 (25.00%) Actel
3 1 (25.00%) Intel
3 1 (25.00%) Siemens