Simulink Contract Job Trends in the South East

The MathWorks Simulink
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Simulink skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 - 181
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing Simulink 1 0 15
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% - 0.28%
As % of the Applications category 0.24% - 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £359
25th Percentile £663 - £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £688 - £635
90th Percentile - - £636
England median daily rate £374 £438 £360
% change year-on-year -14.63% +21.53% -34.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £46.46
25th Percentile - - £49.43
Median hourly rate - - £54.36
75th Percentile - - £65.93
90th Percentile - - £72.87
England median hourly rate £71.50 £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.67% +25.00% +6.25%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 423 271 370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.43% 7.93% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 136 196
10th Percentile £223 £150 £161
25th Percentile £325 £185 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £354 £375
Median % change year-on-year +30.65% -5.60% -
75th Percentile £538 £500 £503
90th Percentile £594 £600 £600
England median daily rate £450 £420 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% +5.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 55 63
10th Percentile £12.60 £13.64 £11.71
25th Percentile £13.40 £14.20 £13.23
Median hourly rate £22.86 £15.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.45% -13.89% -24.61%
75th Percentile £49.06 £32.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £47.02 £54.09
England median hourly rate £23.34 £25.00 £16.44
% change year-on-year -6.65% +52.07% -36.06%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Simulink job vacancy trend in the South East

Simulink
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Simulink
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Simulink
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 Simulink within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. 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
Hampshire - 1 £675 - 2
Simulink
England

Simulink
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance