MATLAB Job Trends in England

MathWorks MATLAB
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 440 495
Rank change year-on-year -81 +55 -83
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 91 311 195
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.89% 1.62% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 40 160 118
10th Percentile £40,138 £35,802 £37,125
25th Percentile £53,314 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,225 £71,250 £74,063
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,203 19,160 18,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 21.69% 32.97% 41.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,625 11,526 15,448
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in England

MATLAB
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in England

MATLAB
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the England region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
South East -1 42 £72,500 +20.83% 29
South West -4 17 £44,625 -15.16% 32
North of England -19 13 £57,280 +20.13% 3
North West +10 12 £57,000 +25.07% 2
London +15 10 £40,138 -63.51% 7
East of England +2 8 £72,500 +3.57% 22
West Midlands +37 1 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Midlands +26 1 £65,000 +23.81% 5
Yorkshire -7 1 £63,150 +9.71%
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.30%) SAS
3 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (26.37%) Simulink
2 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.49%) Mathcad
4 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.30%) Stata
5 2 (2.20%) OrCAD
6 1 (1.10%) CATIA
6 1 (1.10%) GNU Octave
6 1 (1.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (1.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.40%) GitHub
1 4 (4.40%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.38%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (3.30%) 5G
2 3 (3.30%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Git
1 7 (7.69%) LabVIEW
1 7 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (4.40%) MLflow
3 3 (3.30%) GitLab
3 3 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.30%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 26 (28.57%) Electronics
2 22 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.89%) Military
4 8 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.59%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.49%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.40%) Finance
7 4 (4.40%) Marketing
8 3 (3.30%) Agriculture
8 3 (3.30%) Avionics
8 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.30%) Retail
9 2 (2.20%) Automotive
9 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.10%) Advertising
10 1 (1.10%) Aviation
10 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (36.26%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (27.47%) Lead
3 19 (20.88%) Senior
4 11 (12.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 11 (12.09%) Radio Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Mathematical Modeller
6 6 (6.59%) Radar Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Test Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Senior Test Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Graduate
8 4 (4.40%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Product Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Product Test Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Senior Verification Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Verification Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Principal Modelling Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Professional Services Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Quantitative Risk Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Senior Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Senior Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) pytest
2 1 (1.10%) Caffe
2 1 (1.10%) NumPy
2 1 (1.10%) Pandas
2 1 (1.10%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.10%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.10%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 11 (12.09%) FPGA
3 7 (7.69%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.49%) GNSS
5 4 (4.40%) Satnav
6 3 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.30%) Arduino
6 3 (3.30%) Credit Risk
6 3 (3.30%) Derivative
6 3 (3.30%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.30%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (3.30%) Robotics
6 3 (3.30%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.10%) Verilog
8 1 (1.10%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.59%) Linux
1 6 (6.59%) Unix
2 4 (4.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.66%) Physics
2 29 (31.87%) Systems Engineering
3 28 (30.77%) Signal Processing
4 25 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (26.37%) Agile
6 22 (24.18%) Innovative Thinking
6 22 (24.18%) Mathematics
6 22 (24.18%) Validation
7 18 (19.78%) Digital Signal Processing
8 17 (18.68%) Data Analysis
8 17 (18.68%) SysML
9 15 (16.48%) Computer Science
9 15 (16.48%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 13 (14.29%) UML
11 12 (13.19%) AI
11 12 (13.19%) Test Automation
11 12 (13.19%) Verification and Validation
12 11 (12.09%) Data Science
12 11 (12.09%) MODAF
13 9 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 44 (48.35%) Python
2 15 (16.48%) C
2 15 (16.48%) C++
3 8 (8.79%) R
4 3 (3.30%) Assembly Language
4 3 (3.30%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (3.30%) Java
4 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.30%) Objective-C
4 3 (3.30%) Swift
4 3 (3.30%) Tcl
4 3 (3.30%) VBA
5 1 (1.10%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.10%) SQL
5 1 (1.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 61 (67.03%) Degree
2 41 (45.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (39.56%) Security Cleared
4 30 (32.97%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 4 (4.40%) HND
6 4 (4.40%) PhD
7 3 (3.30%) CFA
7 3 (3.30%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.10%) MCAD
8 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (2.20%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (2.20%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (12.09%) Embedded Firmware
1 11 (12.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (6.59%) MathWorks
2 4 (4.40%) Databricks
3 3 (3.30%) Google
4 2 (2.20%) ANSYS
4 2 (2.20%) Cadence
4 2 (2.20%) EMC
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.20%) SAP
4 2 (2.20%) Siemens
5 1 (1.10%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.10%) IBM
5 1 (1.10%) Keysight
5 1 (1.10%) PTC
5 1 (1.10%) Sparx
5 1 (1.10%) YouTube