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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 426 499
Rank change year-on-year -26 +73 -77
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 165 310 201
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.51% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.55% 1.59% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 46 156 122
10th Percentile £41,454 £36,651 £37,625
25th Percentile £54,793 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,675 £72,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £92,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% -4.07% +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 10,623 19,518 19,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.09% 32.06% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,853 11,640 16,057
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,566 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £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 £111,250 £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 15 November 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 15 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
South East +13 72 £75,000 +25.00% 28
North of England +13 28 £57,280 +25.68% 5
Midlands +49 21 £65,000 +23.81% 7
South West +7 21 £49,250 -6.37% 34
North West +17 18 £57,000 +31.13% 4
London +18 15 £70,000 -41.67% 5
East Midlands +30 13 £65,000 +36.32% 5
Yorkshire +6 9 £63,150 +9.71%
West Midlands +32 8 - - 2
East of England -1 8 £72,500 +20.83% 32
North East - 1 - - 1
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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.82%) SAS
3 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (17.58%) Simulink
2 10 (6.06%) Mathcad
3 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (1.82%) GNU Octave
5 3 (1.82%) Stata
6 2 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.21%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.61%) CATIA
7 1 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.42%) GitHub
1 4 (2.42%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.94%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (3.03%) 5G
2 5 (3.03%) SD-WAN
2 5 (3.03%) WAN
3 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.82%) Big Data
2 1 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.61%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.24%) Git
1 7 (4.24%) LabVIEW
2 4 (2.42%) GitLab
2 4 (2.42%) MLflow
2 4 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.82%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 25 (15.15%) Electronics
2 24 (14.55%) Social Skills
3 9 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.45%) Military
4 8 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (4.24%) Aerospace
5 7 (4.24%) Finance
6 5 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.03%) Marketing
6 5 (3.03%) Retail
7 3 (1.82%) Agriculture
7 3 (1.82%) Avionics
7 3 (1.82%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.21%) Automotive
8 2 (1.21%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.61%) Aviation
9 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (26.06%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (17.58%) Lead
3 22 (13.33%) Senior
4 20 (12.12%) Radio Engineer
5 11 (6.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 9 (5.45%) Mathematical Modeller
7 6 (3.64%) Radar Engineer
7 6 (3.64%) Test Engineer
8 5 (3.03%) Analyst
8 5 (3.03%) Professional Services Engineer
8 5 (3.03%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (2.42%) Graduate
9 4 (2.42%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 4 (2.42%) Product Engineer
9 4 (2.42%) Product Test Engineer
9 4 (2.42%) Qualitative Analyst
9 4 (2.42%) Quantitative Analyst
9 4 (2.42%) Senior Verification Engineer
9 4 (2.42%) Verification Engineer
10 3 (1.82%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (29.70%) HTML
2 4 (2.42%) pytest
3 1 (0.61%) Caffe
3 1 (0.61%) NumPy
3 1 (0.61%) Pandas
3 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.61%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.61%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.12%) FPGA
2 15 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 7 (4.24%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.03%) GNSS
4 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.03%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (2.42%) Robotics
5 4 (2.42%) Satnav
6 3 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.82%) Arduino
6 3 (1.82%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.82%) Derivative
6 3 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.61%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.61%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.61%) Lidar
8 1 (0.61%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.45%) Linux
2 6 (3.64%) Unix
3 5 (3.03%) Windows
4 1 (0.61%) Android
4 1 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (41.82%) Computer Science
2 62 (37.58%) AI
3 54 (32.73%) Machine Learning
4 50 (30.30%) Physics
5 49 (29.70%) Data Privacy
6 39 (23.64%) Signal Processing
7 35 (21.21%) Systems Engineering
8 33 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (19.39%) Innovative Thinking
10 31 (18.79%) Mathematics
11 27 (16.36%) Digital Signal Processing
12 26 (15.76%) Validation
13 22 (13.33%) Agile
14 18 (10.91%) Data Analysis
15 17 (10.30%) Mathematical Modelling
16 16 (9.70%) SysML
16 16 (9.70%) Verification and Validation
17 15 (9.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
18 14 (8.48%) Data Science
18 14 (8.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 106 (64.24%) Python
2 72 (43.64%) C++
3 67 (40.61%) C
4 57 (34.55%) R
5 55 (33.33%) Java
6 53 (32.12%) C#
7 52 (31.52%) JavaScript
8 50 (30.30%) SQL
9 49 (29.70%) Dart
9 49 (29.70%) PHP
9 49 (29.70%) Ruby
9 49 (29.70%) Rust
9 49 (29.70%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.42%) Tcl
11 3 (1.82%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.82%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.82%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.82%) Swift
11 3 (1.82%) VBA
12 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 116 (70.30%) Degree
2 50 (30.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 47 (28.48%) Security Cleared
4 46 (27.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 39 (23.64%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.45%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.42%) HND
7 4 (2.42%) PhD
8 3 (1.82%) CFA
8 3 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.21%) MCAD
9 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.21%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.21%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.61%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (12.12%) Embedded Firmware
1 20 (12.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.21%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 11 (6.67%) MathWorks
2 4 (2.42%) ANSYS
2 4 (2.42%) Databricks
2 4 (2.42%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.82%) EMC
3 3 (1.82%) Google
4 2 (1.21%) Cadence
4 2 (1.21%) SAP
5 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.61%) IBM
5 1 (0.61%) Keysight
5 1 (0.61%) PTC
5 1 (0.61%) QNX
5 1 (0.61%) Sparx
5 1 (0.61%) YouTube