MATLAB Job Trends in the East of England

MathWorks MATLAB
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 156 151
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +45
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 7 13 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.14% 0.43% 1.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.28% 1.23% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 55
10th Percentile - £39,780 £42,500
25th Percentile - £44,467 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.14%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile - £71,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% -8.33%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 545 1,061 1,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 10.84% 35.02% 31.59%
Number of salaries quoted 377 637 1,367
10th Percentile £28,456 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the East of England

MATLAB
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the East of England region over the 6 months to 8 March 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire +6 4 - - 8
Hertfordshire -5 3 - - 1
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Simulink
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
General
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics
2 3 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (57.14%) FPGA
2 4 (57.14%) PCIe
3 3 (42.86%) Arduino
3 3 (42.86%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (57.14%) Kalman Filter
1 4 (57.14%) Schematic Capture
1 4 (57.14%) Signal Processing
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) AI
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematical Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 3 (42.86%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C
1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) Assembly Language
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) Objective-C
3 3 (42.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) PhD
3 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Altera