Simulink Contracts

The MathWorks Simulink
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Simulink skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Simulink 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 508 649 799
Rank change year-on-year +141 +150 -151
Contract jobs citing Simulink 90 70 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.12% 0.056%
As % of the Applications category 2.63% 1.59% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 5
10th Percentile £375 £394 -
25th Percentile £459 £478 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +18.28% -38.00%
75th Percentile £635 £644 £500
90th Percentile £638 £675 £540
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £438 £433
% change year-on-year +42.86% +1.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 21 25
10th Percentile £35.52 £47.50 £47.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £56.12 £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +28.07%
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +28.07%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Simulink is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,418 4,408 6,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.89% 7.37% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,901 4,333
10th Percentile £161 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 634 264 438
10th Percentile £11.55 £13.91 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.76 £36.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.34% +69.77% +13.16%
75th Percentile £39.92 £53.45 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £32.30 £19.00
% change year-on-year -50.28% +70.00% -

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 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 +144 85 £600 +9.09% 115
UK excluding London +90 74 £625 +42.86% 120
Work from Home +141 41 - - 40
East of England +36 35 £350 - 37
South East +30 12 £634 +15.32% 34
London +92 11 £513 -6.82% 4
Midlands +32 11 £505 - 23
South West +12 11 £550 +33.33% 18
West Midlands +37 9 £450 - 21
North of England +37 6 - - 9
North West +21 6 - - 8
East Midlands - 2 £505 - 2

Simulink
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 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (34.44%) Stateflow
2 5 (5.56%) TargetLink
Development Applications
1 8 (8.89%) Git
2 6 (6.67%) Bitbucket
3 5 (5.56%) Subversion
4 4 (4.44%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (3.33%) JIRA
5 3 (3.33%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (2.22%) Rational Team Concert
7 1 (1.11%) ClearCase
7 1 (1.11%) GitLab
7 1 (1.11%) MagicDraw
General
1 30 (33.33%) Automotive
2 19 (21.11%) Legal
3 13 (14.44%) Aerospace
4 8 (8.89%) Military
5 5 (5.56%) Law
6 4 (4.44%) Aviation
7 3 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.33%) Social Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Avionics
8 2 (2.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (32.22%) Software Engineer
2 22 (24.44%) Systems Engineer
3 19 (21.11%) FPGA Engineer
4 16 (17.78%) Design Engineer
4 16 (17.78%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) C Software Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Linux Engineer
5 7 (7.78%) Principal Engineer
6 6 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (6.67%) Real Time Engineer
6 6 (6.67%) Real Time Software Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Control Systems Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) Communications Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (2.22%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (2.22%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.11%) Node.js
1 1 (1.11%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.11%) React
1 1 (1.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (42.22%) Algorithms
2 19 (21.11%) FPGA
2 19 (21.11%) VHDL
3 17 (18.89%) Verilog
4 5 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.11%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.11%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (1.11%) VxWorks
2 1 (1.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.11%) Software Engineering
1 37 (41.11%) Validation
2 36 (40.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 28 (31.11%) Verification and Validation
4 21 (23.33%) Computer Science
4 21 (23.33%) Test Automation
5 19 (21.11%) FPGA Design
5 19 (21.11%) Signal Processing
6 17 (18.89%) UVM
7 10 (11.11%) Mathematics
8 9 (10.00%) Software Testing
8 9 (10.00%) UML
9 8 (8.89%) Agile
9 8 (8.89%) Physics
9 8 (8.89%) Project Management
10 7 (7.78%) Integration Testing
10 7 (7.78%) Mathematical Modelling
10 7 (7.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 7 (7.78%) Multithreading
10 7 (7.78%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 72 (80.00%) MATLAB
2 39 (43.33%) C
3 17 (18.89%) SystemVerilog
4 14 (15.56%) C++
5 11 (12.22%) Python
6 3 (3.33%) Embedded C
6 3 (3.33%) Embedded C++
6 3 (3.33%) Fortran
6 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.22%) Ada
7 2 (2.22%) Ada 95
8 1 (1.11%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (40.00%) Degree
2 19 (21.11%) Security Cleared
3 17 (18.89%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 5 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.78%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (6.67%) ISO 26262
2 6 (6.67%) MISRA
2 6 (6.67%) MISRA C
3 5 (5.56%) QA
4 2 (2.22%) IEC 61508
5 1 (1.11%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 19 (21.11%) Xilinx
2 17 (18.89%) Intel
2 17 (18.89%) Microsemi
3 5 (5.56%) MathWorks
4 1 (1.11%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (1.11%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.11%) Twitter