MATLAB Job Trends in the East Midlands

MathWorks MATLAB
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 150 114
Rank change year-on-year +33 -36 +40
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 13 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.59% 0.17% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.84% 0.75% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £48,540 £35,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,825 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,592 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.59% +16.87% +55.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £55,983 £48,125
90th Percentile - £57,643 £48,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,530 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% -4.12% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 458 797 641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.95% 23.03% 40.49%
Number of salaries quoted 375 460 535
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,842 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -13.02% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MATLAB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

MATLAB
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire -3 7 - - 7
Nottinghamshire - 4 - - 1
Leicestershire +22 2 £65,000 +13.04%
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GNU Octave
General
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithm Engineer
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (92.31%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) Lidar
1 1 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) AI
1 12 (92.31%) Computer Science
1 12 (92.31%) Data Privacy
1 12 (92.31%) Machine Learning
2 1 (7.69%) Agile
2 1 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (7.69%) Linear Algebra
2 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
2 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
2 1 (7.69%) Signal Processing
2 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
2 1 (7.69%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) C++
1 13 (100.00%) Python
2 12 (92.31%) C#
2 12 (92.31%) Dart
2 12 (92.31%) Java
2 12 (92.31%) JavaScript
2 12 (92.31%) PHP
2 12 (92.31%) R
2 12 (92.31%) Ruby
2 12 (92.31%) Rust
2 12 (92.31%) SQL
2 12 (92.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Computer Science Degree
1 12 (92.31%) Degree