MATLAB Contract Job Trends in the South East

MathWorks MATLAB
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 171 195
Rank change year-on-year +4 +24 +65
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 2 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.056% 0.12% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.22% 0.44% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile - £358 £231
25th Percentile £358 £359 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £360 £594
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -39.37% +31.94%
75th Percentile £373 £468 £654
90th Percentile - £532 £669
England median daily rate £500 £460 £538
% change year-on-year +8.70% -14.42% -20.37%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 904 1,129 1,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 25.32% 26.09% 24.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 719 927
10th Percentile £255 £331 £313
25th Percentile £380 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £613
90th Percentile £625 £660 £679
England median daily rate £515 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.07% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 56 70
10th Percentile £50.00 £27.00 £32.32
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.94 £48.73
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.53
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% +16.62% -9.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.94 £70.00
90th Percentile - £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.46% - +8.33%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the South East

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MATLAB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MATLAB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire - 2 £365 - 3
Thames Valley - 2 £365 - 8
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Ada Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Assembler Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
1 2 (100.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared