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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 172 119
Rank change year-on-year +47 -53 +43
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 17 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.73% 0.075% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.30% 0.32% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £48,665 £48,540 £34,500
25th Percentile £50,137 £49,825 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,342 £52,592 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.13% +31.48% +37.93%
75th Percentile £66,296 £55,983 £45,000
90th Percentile £70,018 £57,643 £46,500
England median annual salary £57,560 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.10% -8.00% +27.55%

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 515 948 630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 22.18% 23.81% 36.59%
Number of salaries quoted 378 553 516
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,195 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.61% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £63,075 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -3.85% +1.63%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB 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
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the East Midlands

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 18 September 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 - 7 - - 1
Leicestershire +44 5 £65,000 +13.04%
Nottinghamshire - 4 - - 1
Northamptonshire +14 1 £47,683 - 1
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Simulink
2 1 (5.88%) GNU Octave
General
1 3 (17.65%) Aerospace
1 3 (17.65%) Automotive
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Development Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Principal Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Algorithm Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (70.59%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
1 1 (5.88%) Lidar
1 1 (5.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Artificial Intelligence
1 12 (70.59%) Computer Science
1 12 (70.59%) Data Privacy
1 12 (70.59%) Machine Learning
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Validation
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (5.88%) Linear Algebra
5 1 (5.88%) Mathematics
5 1 (5.88%) MODAF
5 1 (5.88%) Prototyping
5 1 (5.88%) Signal Processing
5 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Statistics
5 1 (5.88%) SysML
5 1 (5.88%) UML
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) C
1 13 (76.47%) C++
1 13 (76.47%) Python
2 12 (70.59%) C#
2 12 (70.59%) Dart
2 12 (70.59%) Java
2 12 (70.59%) JavaScript
2 12 (70.59%) PHP
2 12 (70.59%) R
2 12 (70.59%) Ruby
2 12 (70.59%) Rust
2 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 12 (70.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Degree
2 12 (70.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance