MATLAB Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

MathWorks MATLAB
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring MATLAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.23% 0.41% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.85% 1.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £725 -
North East median daily rate - £725 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £70.00 £46.18 -
% change year-on-year +51.58% - -

All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 118 72 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 27.63% 29.88% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 48 17
10th Percentile £370 £321 £249
25th Percentile £400 £343 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -15.93%
75th Percentile £566 £526 £523
90th Percentile £596 £593 £578
North East median daily rate £475 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -16.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £42.80 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £60.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £62.50 - -
North East median hourly rate £57.50 £46.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +24.51% -2.78% -17.39%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MATLAB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -15 1 - - 1
MATLAB
North East

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Radar Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared