MATLAB Contracts in the South West

MathWorks MATLAB
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MATLAB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MATLAB over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 141 164
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 -43
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 16 34 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.50% 0.92% 0.080%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.58% 3.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile - £375 -
25th Percentile £625 £394 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% - -
75th Percentile £675 £481 -
90th Percentile - £563 -
England median daily rate £566 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.95% -8.33% -9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 0
10th Percentile £37.50 £51.25 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +31.87%

All Programming Languages
South West

MATLAB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 619 1,072 1,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.33% 29.09% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 764 780
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £647 £614 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £630
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 103 69
10th Percentile £40.00 £50.00 £46.62
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.42 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +37.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.18 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -0.52% +25.00% +16.46%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the South West

MATLAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for MATLAB in the South West

MATLAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for MATLAB in the South West

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MATLAB in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MATLAB in the South West

MATLAB
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 MATLAB within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Bristol +10 10 - - 26
Dorset 0 3 £650 - 6
Devon - 2 - - 2
Wiltshire -7 1 - - 2
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
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:

Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Simulink
2 5 (31.25%) Stateflow
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) LabVIEW
1 2 (12.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (31.25%) Automotive
1 5 (31.25%) Legal
2 4 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (18.75%) Military
4 2 (12.50%) Aviation
4 2 (12.50%) Avionics
4 2 (12.50%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) MATLAB Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Product Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Integration Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) MATLAB Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
1 6 (37.50%) Validation
1 6 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
2 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
2 5 (31.25%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
3 3 (18.75%) Data Science
4 2 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 2 (12.50%) UML
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Signal Processing
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C
1 3 (18.75%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) Ada
2 2 (12.50%) Ada 95
2 2 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) QinetiQ