MATLAB Contracts in the UK excluding London

MathWorks MATLAB
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MATLAB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MATLAB over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 308 369
Rank change year-on-year -4 +61 +79
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 24 91 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.44% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% 1.87% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 27 35
10th Percentile - £388 £229
25th Percentile £379 £456 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £583 £475
Median % change year-on-year -30.04% +22.63% +9.83%
75th Percentile £562 £635 £575
90th Percentile £637 £653 £596
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 47 30
10th Percentile £39.50 £49.20 £51.25
25th Percentile £49.38 £52.50 £56.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +8.33%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
East of England +16 13 £408 +5.16% 110
South West +36 4 £675 +3.85% 79
South East +32 3 - - 189
Midlands +9 2 - - 143
East Midlands +9 1 - - 59
North West +4 1 - - 59
West Midlands +2 1 - - 78
North of England +2 1 - - 128
Scotland - 1 - - 29
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Confluence
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (70.83%) Simulink
2 2 (8.33%) CANalyzer
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (8.33%) Hadoop
1 2 (8.33%) Text Mining
2 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Rational Statemate
2 1 (4.17%) CANoe
2 1 (4.17%) LabVIEW
2 1 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.17%) VectorCAST
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (25.00%) Automotive
2 6 (25.00%) Electronics
3 3 (12.50%) Games
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.33%) Military
4 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Performance Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Verification Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Information Scientist
4 2 (8.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Algorithm Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Control Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Performance Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Algorithms
2 4 (16.67%) FPGA
2 4 (16.67%) PCIe
2 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.67%) Verilog
3 2 (8.33%) Life Science
3 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Validation
2 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) Cryptography
3 5 (20.83%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 5 (20.83%) Signal Processing
3 5 (20.83%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) UVM
4 4 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (12.50%) Data Management
5 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 3 (12.50%) Model Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) PDM
5 3 (12.50%) Physics
5 3 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
1 4 (16.67%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (12.50%) C
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Tcl
3 2 (8.33%) C++
3 2 (8.33%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Degree
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) HNC
3 3 (12.50%) HND
4 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) DO-254
2 2 (8.33%) ISO 26262
3 1 (4.17%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (4.17%) DO-178B
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Altera
1 4 (16.67%) Intel
1 4 (16.67%) Microsemi
1 4 (16.67%) Xilinx
2 3 (12.50%) Actel
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft