Simulink Contracts in the South West

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England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Simulink skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Simulink over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 145 137
Rank change year-on-year +33 -8 -
Contract jobs citing Simulink 3 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.18% 0.28% 0.55%
As % of the Applications category 1.86% 3.64% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 £525 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +37.50% -
75th Percentile £688 £575 £444
90th Percentile - - £540
England median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +18.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 3
Median hourly rate £75.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -15.38% -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +30.43% -11.54% +8.33%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 161 247 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 9.48% 7.80% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 106 179
10th Percentile £205 £135 £198
25th Percentile £220 £208 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £613 £698 £612
England median daily rate £413 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 57 24
10th Percentile £27.33 £14.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £31.25 £14.54 £20.32
Median hourly rate £58.75 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% -18.18% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.75 £56.45 £75.50
England median hourly rate £24.66 £16.23 £32.40
% change year-on-year +51.94% -49.91% +47.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Simulink as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Simulink in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Simulink in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Simulink in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Simulink in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Simulink in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Gloucestershire +18 2 - - 14
Dorset - 1 £675 -
Simulink
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Statemate
General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OOD
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Fortran
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel