MATLAB Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

MathWorks MATLAB
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 113 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% - 0.037%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £358 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
75th Percentile £373 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £365 £360 £594
% change year-on-year +1.39% -39.37% +31.94%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 420 506 588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.71% 23.34% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 329 430
10th Percentile £325 £380 £313
25th Percentile £403 £430 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% +3.00% +1.71%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £620
90th Percentile £600 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £493 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -4.37% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 12
10th Percentile - £35.58 £32.30
25th Percentile £18.75 £55.87 £32.32
Median hourly rate £19.50 £58.49 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -66.66% +20.85% -24.88%
75th Percentile £20.25 £72.28 £54.94
90th Percentile - £87.50 £63.66
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.53
% change year-on-year -15.07% +16.62% -9.71%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MATLAB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MATLAB.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Thames Valley 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
MATLAB
South East

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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