Simulink Contracts in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 306 391
Rank change year-on-year -6 +85 +72
Contract jobs citing Simulink 26 72 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Applications category 2.00% 3.68% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 11
10th Percentile - £350 -
25th Percentile £413 £515 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £625 £425
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +47.06% -1.73%
75th Percentile £438 £635 £575
90th Percentile - £638 £588
UK median daily rate £425 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -27.66% +6.82% +18.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 49 17
10th Percentile £49.00 - £47.50
25th Percentile £67.19 £52.50 £56.12
Median hourly rate £72.50 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 -
90th Percentile - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.09% -11.54% +8.33%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,299 1,955 2,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.13% 9.60% 9.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 859 1,278
10th Percentile £160 £156 £168
25th Percentile £225 £203 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £388
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £586 £615 £600
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 535 190
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.09 £13.91
25th Percentile £15.22 £13.50 £17.28
Median hourly rate £21.70 £16.06 £26.49
Median % change year-on-year +35.09% -39.37% +35.85%
75th Percentile £48.13 £37.03 £49.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £16.66 £31.92
% change year-on-year +35.05% -47.81% +48.47%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Simulink in the UK excluding London

Simulink
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Simulink in the UK excluding London

Simulink
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Simulink in the UK excluding London

Simulink
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Simulink in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Simulink in the UK excluding London

Simulink
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 Simulink within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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 +9 19 - - 85
Midlands +1 3 £425 -15.84% 109
South West +35 2 - - 75
West Midlands +5 2 £425 -5.56% 74
South East +34 1 - - 89
East Midlands +6 1 - - 29
Scotland - 1 - - 23
Simulink
UK

Simulink
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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) CANalyzer
1 2 (7.69%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Rational Statemate
2 1 (3.85%) CANoe
2 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 7 (26.92%) Electronics
2 6 (23.08%) Automotive
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Games
3 4 (15.38%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) Design Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Firmware Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Software Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Lead
7 2 (7.69%) Performance Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Control Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) FPGA
1 13 (50.00%) Verilog
2 12 (46.15%) Algorithms
3 9 (34.62%) VHDL
4 5 (19.23%) PCIe
5 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Signal Processing
2 13 (50.00%) UVM
3 9 (34.62%) FPGA Design
4 8 (30.77%) Validation
5 6 (23.08%) Digital Signal Processing
6 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
6 5 (19.23%) Verification and Validation
7 4 (15.38%) Application Security
7 4 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (15.38%) Cryptography
7 4 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (15.38%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 4 (15.38%) Machine Learning
7 4 (15.38%) Physics
7 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
7 4 (15.38%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (11.54%) Embedded Software Development
8 3 (11.54%) Model Validation
9 2 (7.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) MATLAB
2 13 (50.00%) SystemVerilog
3 9 (34.62%) C
4 4 (15.38%) Tcl
5 1 (3.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) Degree
2 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (15.38%) HNC
4 4 (15.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) DO-254
2 1 (3.85%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsemi
1 13 (50.00%) Xilinx
2 12 (46.15%) Intel
3 5 (19.23%) Altera
4 4 (15.38%) Actel