Simulink Contract Job Trends in Scotland

The MathWorks Simulink
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Simulink skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Simulink 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% - 0.041%
As % of the Applications category 2.29% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
UK median daily rate £258 £400 £525
% change year-on-year -35.63% -23.81% -10.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -

All Software Application Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 131 168 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 8.16% 9.57% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 99 119
10th Percentile £171 £134 £152
25th Percentile £275 £191 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £390
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.26% +9.70%
75th Percentile £500 £453 £513
90th Percentile £580 £538 £629
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £416
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.79% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 14
10th Percentile £16.15 £13.12 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.81 £13.85 £12.95
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.98 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% +3.59% +4.06%
75th Percentile £32.50 £26.09 £30.09
90th Percentile £58.00 £29.95 £49.88
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £22.09 £25.19
% change year-on-year +2.44% -12.31% +6.31%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Simulink job vacancy trend in Scotland

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Simulink

Simulink
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 Simulink within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 November 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 - 3 £65 - 4
Simulink
UK

Simulink
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA
1 3 (100.00%) PCIe
1 3 (100.00%) VHDL
2 1 (33.33%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 3 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Altera
1 3 (100.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (66.67%) Microsemi
3 1 (33.33%) Actel
3 1 (33.33%) Intel
3 1 (33.33%) Siemens