MathWorks MATLAB
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 581 739
Rank change year-on-year +107 +158 -129
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 124 138 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.97% 0.66% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 67 38
10th Percentile £325 £330 £413
25th Percentile £413 £425 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -6.98%
75th Percentile £635 £675 £713
90th Percentile £785 £875 £722
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 £433
% change year-on-year +15.79% +9.83% -32.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 33 30
10th Percentile £34.54 £51.25 £41.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £56.40 £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +31.15%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +31.15%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,747 20,965 32,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.44% 35.05% 36.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,054 15,147 23,495
10th Percentile £350 £400 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £783 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.20% +3.09% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 477 511
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.39 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.07 £60.70 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +21.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £77.00 £67.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £49.25
% change year-on-year - +26.90% +15.88%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England +109 117 £550 - 221
UK excluding London +64 92 £550 +15.79% 198
Work from Home +126 43 £438 -20.45% 71
East of England +18 27 £388 -13.89% 45
London +83 24 £530 -18.46% 32
North of England +47 19 £488 +25.81% 14
South East +23 17 £634 +21.92% 55
North West +28 16 £500 +42.86% 11
Midlands +31 15 £528 -10.59% 34
South West +2 14 £650 +48.57% 42
West Midlands +36 13 £550 -6.78% 29
Yorkshire +22 3 £450 +5.88% 3
East Midlands - 2 £505 - 5

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 72 (58.06%) Simulink
2 31 (25.00%) Stateflow
3 5 (4.03%) TargetLink
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (2.42%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.06%) Power Platform
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (4.03%) Power Automate
2 5 (4.03%) PowerApps
3 2 (1.61%) GCP
3 2 (1.61%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.81%) AWS
4 1 (0.81%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.26%) InfiniBand
2 5 (4.03%) Wireless
3 1 (0.81%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) Power BI
2 7 (5.65%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.03%) Metadata
4 3 (2.42%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.61%) Looker
5 2 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (12.10%) Git
2 9 (7.26%) Subversion
3 7 (5.65%) JIRA
4 6 (4.84%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.23%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (1.61%) Rational Team Concert
7 1 (0.81%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.81%) GitLab
7 1 (0.81%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.81%) MagicDraw
7 1 (0.81%) Xcode
General
1 30 (24.19%) Automotive
2 19 (15.32%) Aerospace
2 19 (15.32%) Legal
3 14 (11.29%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.48%) Military
5 11 (8.87%) Finance
6 9 (7.26%) Electronics
7 7 (5.65%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.84%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.03%) Marketing
10 4 (3.23%) Banking
10 4 (3.23%) Law
11 3 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (2.42%) Aviation
11 3 (2.42%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.61%) Avionics
12 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (28.23%) Software Engineer
2 26 (20.97%) Systems Engineer
3 18 (14.52%) Developer
4 14 (11.29%) Principal Engineer
5 10 (8.06%) Embedded Engineer
6 9 (7.26%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 8 (6.45%) C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (6.45%) Consultant
8 7 (5.65%) C Software Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Linux Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Real Time Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Senior
9 5 (4.03%) Automation Developer
9 5 (4.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.03%) Control Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.03%) Power BI Developer
10 4 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.42%) .NET
1 3 (2.42%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.61%) NumPy
3 1 (0.81%) AVFoundation
3 1 (0.81%) COM
3 1 (0.81%) iOS SDK
3 1 (0.81%) Node.js
3 1 (0.81%) OpenAPI
3 1 (0.81%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (0.81%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.81%) React
3 1 (0.81%) Spring
3 1 (0.81%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.81%) Swagger
3 1 (0.81%) SwiftUI
3 1 (0.81%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 50 (40.32%) Algorithms
2 7 (5.65%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.23%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.23%) Clustering
4 4 (3.23%) Device Driver
5 3 (2.42%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.42%) FPGA
5 3 (2.42%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.42%) VHDL
6 1 (0.81%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.81%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.87%) Linux
2 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.81%) VxWorks
2 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (36.29%) Software Engineering
2 41 (33.06%) Validation
3 35 (28.23%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 29 (23.39%) Computer Science
4 29 (23.39%) Verification and Validation
5 21 (16.94%) Test Automation
6 15 (12.10%) Mathematics
7 14 (11.29%) Physics
7 14 (11.29%) Signal Processing
7 14 (11.29%) Visualisation
8 13 (10.48%) Data Analysis
9 12 (9.68%) Deep Learning
10 11 (8.87%) Agile
10 11 (8.87%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (8.87%) Data Science
11 10 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (8.06%) Software Testing
12 9 (7.26%) Stress Testing
12 9 (7.26%) Systems Engineering
13 8 (6.45%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.39%) Python
2 27 (21.77%) C
2 27 (21.77%) C++
3 11 (8.87%) SQL
4 6 (4.84%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.84%) VBA
5 5 (4.03%) Assembly Language
6 4 (3.23%) Embedded C
6 4 (3.23%) Embedded C++
6 4 (3.23%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.42%) C#
7 3 (2.42%) Fortran
7 3 (2.42%) R
7 3 (2.42%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.61%) Ada
8 2 (1.61%) Ada 95
9 1 (0.81%) Java
9 1 (0.81%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (32.26%) Degree
2 39 (31.45%) Security Cleared
3 36 (29.03%) SC Cleared
4 16 (12.90%) Master's Degree
5 7 (5.65%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.84%) PhD
7 3 (2.42%) CFA
7 3 (2.42%) MBA
7 3 (2.42%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.81%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.65%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (4.84%) ISO 26262
2 6 (4.84%) MISRA
2 6 (4.84%) MISRA C
3 5 (4.03%) QA
4 4 (3.23%) JTAG
5 1 (0.81%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 16 (12.90%) Firmware
2 11 (8.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.03%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (7.26%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (1.61%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 11 (8.87%) Dell
1 11 (8.87%) Isilon
2 9 (7.26%) Red Hat
3 5 (4.03%) Databricks
3 5 (4.03%) MathWorks
4 4 (3.23%) SAP
5 3 (2.42%) Keysight
6 2 (1.61%) BMC
6 2 (1.61%) Google
6 2 (1.61%) HP
6 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.61%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.81%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.81%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.81%) QinetiQ
7 1 (0.81%) Twitter