The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring MATLAB skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
6 months to 3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
54
56
50
Rank change year-on-year
+2
-6
+49
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB
1
8
7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge
MATLAB falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
119
265
183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge
32.51%
42.54%
38.53%
Number of salaries quoted
97
185
119
10th Percentile
£30,956
£44,850
£42,500
25th Percentile
£45,000
£53,750
£50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£55,000
£70,000
£67,500
Median % change year-on-year
-21.43%
+3.70%
+12.50%
75th Percentile
£65,000
£85,000
£83,750
90th Percentile
£76,000
£93,750
£92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary
£55,000
£65,000
£60,000
% change year-on-year
-15.38%
+8.33%
+9.09%
MATLAB Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
MATLAB Salary Trend in Cambridge
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing MATLAB.
MATLAB Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge
For the 6 months to 3 September 2025, job vacancies citing MATLAB also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region with a requirement for MATLAB.
MATLAB Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:
