MATLAB Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 429 595
Rank change year-on-year +122 +166 -127
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 41 47 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.18% 0.061%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 0.49% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 27 11
10th Percentile £325 £350 £463
25th Percentile £353 £456 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% -8.33% -9.91%
75th Percentile £540 £675 £758
90th Percentile £656 £880 £985
UK median daily rate £566 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.95% -8.33% -5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 1
10th Percentile £43.01 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% +41.94%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +41.18%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,078 9,530 16,958
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.51% 37.32% 38.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,680 6,970 12,590
10th Percentile £350 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 204 191
10th Percentile £26.50 £32.03 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.63% +11.17%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £88.38 £78.80 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% +14.94%

MATLAB
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MATLAB trend for jobs with a WFH option

MATLAB
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MATLAB.

MATLAB daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

MATLAB
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

MATLAB daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MATLAB.

MATLAB hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

MATLAB hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (56.10%) Simulink
1 23 (56.10%) Stateflow
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.88%) GCP
2 2 (4.88%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Wireless
2 1 (2.44%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) BigQuery
2 2 (4.88%) Looker
2 2 (4.88%) Tableau
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
2 5 (12.20%) JIRA
3 4 (9.76%) Subversion
4 1 (2.44%) ClearCase
4 1 (2.44%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 22 (53.66%) Automotive
2 19 (46.34%) Legal
3 6 (14.63%) Aerospace
3 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.32%) Finance
6 3 (7.32%) Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Electronics
7 2 (4.88%) Military
8 1 (2.44%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Software Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Developer
3 7 (17.07%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Python Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Senior
5 2 (4.88%) .NET Developer
5 2 (4.88%) Data Scientist
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (2.44%) C++ Developer
6 1 (2.44%) Credit Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) SAP Developer
6 1 (2.44%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Systems Test Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
1 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
1 2 (4.88%) NumPy
2 1 (2.44%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 27 (65.85%) Algorithms
2 4 (9.76%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.44%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (68.29%) Software Engineering
2 26 (63.41%) Computer Science
2 26 (63.41%) Validation
3 20 (48.78%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 20 (48.78%) Test Automation
4 19 (46.34%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (9.76%) Analytics
5 4 (9.76%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (9.76%) FMEA
5 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.76%) Signal Processing
5 4 (9.76%) Software Optimisation
6 3 (7.32%) Agile
6 3 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.32%) Data Science
6 3 (7.32%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (7.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (7.32%) Decision-Making
6 3 (7.32%) Visualisation
7 2 (4.88%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (29.27%) Python
2 7 (17.07%) C++
3 4 (9.76%) Assembly Language
3 4 (9.76%) C
3 4 (9.76%) Shell Script
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 3 (7.32%) R
4 3 (7.32%) VBA
5 2 (4.88%) C#
5 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Master's Degree
2 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) PhD
4 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) CFA
5 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.44%) MBA
5 1 (2.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Firmware
2 4 (9.76%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Dell DRAC
1 1 (2.44%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) MathWorks
2 2 (4.88%) Dell
2 2 (4.88%) Google
2 2 (4.88%) Isilon
2 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.88%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Databricks
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) Red Hat