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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 363 463
Rank change year-on-year -210 +100 +104
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 127 293 430
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.74% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.84% 2.32% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 66 139 238
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £38,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74,688 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £133,125 £133,000 £77,375
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -15.38%

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 15,180 12,652 29,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.24% 31.99% 30.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,948 8,485 23,144
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,289 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 17 June 2026.

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 17 June 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
South East -47 77 £60,000 +9.09% 43
East of England -3 16 £65,000 +36.32% 32
South West -75 15 £50,000 -4.94% 29
London -56 11 £132,500 +1.92% 9
North of England -90 5 £51,722 +3.33% 7
North West -45 3 £52,325 +4.54% 3
Midlands -61 3 £67,500 +41.56% 17
West Midlands -33 2 £67,500 -10.00% 11
Yorkshire -54 2 £51,722 -10.14% 4
East Midlands -54 1 £52,500 +10.10% 6
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 1 (0.79%) Jupyter
Applications
1 67 (52.76%) Simulink
2 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.51%) CATIA
4 3 (2.36%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.79%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.09%) GitHub
2 1 (0.79%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.09%) 5G
1 9 (7.09%) SD-WAN
1 9 (7.09%) WAN
2 7 (5.51%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.94%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.57%) Modbus
4 2 (1.57%) MQTT
4 2 (1.57%) RS-422
4 2 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.79%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.79%) FTP
5 1 (0.79%) RS-232
5 1 (0.79%) RS-485
5 1 (0.79%) RTP
5 1 (0.79%) RTSP
5 1 (0.79%) SCTP
5 1 (0.79%) SS7
5 1 (0.79%) VoIP
5 1 (0.79%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.72%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.94%) GIS
3 2 (1.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (29.92%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (14.17%) Git
3 9 (7.09%) LabVIEW
4 4 (3.15%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.57%) JIRA
5 2 (1.57%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (43.31%) Electronics
2 41 (32.28%) Aerospace
3 36 (28.35%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.32%) Finance
5 21 (16.54%) Military
6 15 (11.81%) Social Skills
7 6 (4.72%) Aviation
8 5 (3.94%) Automotive
8 5 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.36%) Advertising
9 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.36%) Swedish Language
10 2 (1.57%) Digital Health
10 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.57%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.79%) Avionics
11 1 (0.79%) Law
11 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (42.52%) Systems Engineer
2 51 (40.16%) Senior
3 21 (16.54%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 21 (16.54%) Software Engineer
4 14 (11.02%) Lead
5 12 (9.45%) Hardware Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Principal Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Test Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Embedded Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 10 (7.87%) FPGA Engineer
7 10 (7.87%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (7.09%) Product Engineer
8 9 (7.09%) Product Test Engineer
8 9 (7.09%) Team Leader
8 9 (7.09%) Verification Engineer
9 8 (6.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 7 (5.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (4.72%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.09%) pytest
2 4 (3.15%) Yocto
3 2 (1.57%) Middleware
4 1 (0.79%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.79%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.79%) HTML
4 1 (0.79%) JSON
4 1 (0.79%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.79%) Web Services
4 1 (0.79%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.79%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.32%) Algorithms
2 16 (12.60%) FPGA
3 15 (11.81%) Analogue Electronics
3 15 (11.81%) Management Information System
4 12 (9.45%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (7.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (7.09%) PCIe
6 9 (7.09%) Reinsurance
6 9 (7.09%) Self-Driving Car
7 7 (5.51%) Robotics
7 7 (5.51%) Verilog
7 7 (5.51%) VHDL
8 6 (4.72%) SCADA
8 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (3.94%) Driving Licence
10 3 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.57%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.57%) GNSS
11 2 (1.57%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Unix
2 10 (7.87%) Windows
3 4 (3.15%) Linux
4 3 (2.36%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.36%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (2.36%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (45.67%) Systems Engineering
2 47 (37.01%) Physics
3 45 (35.43%) Mathematics
4 39 (30.71%) Software Engineering
5 28 (22.05%) Coaching
6 27 (21.26%) Requirements Management
7 26 (20.47%) Agile
7 26 (20.47%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (18.90%) Validation
9 23 (18.11%) Software Testing
9 23 (18.11%) Test Automation
10 22 (17.32%) SysML
11 21 (16.54%) Kalman Filter
11 21 (16.54%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 20 (15.75%) Information Assurance
13 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (13.39%) Signal Processing
14 16 (12.60%) Customer Requirements
14 16 (12.60%) Decision-Making
15 13 (10.24%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (43.31%) Python
2 43 (33.86%) C++
3 30 (23.62%) C
4 19 (14.96%) C#
5 12 (9.45%) Embedded C
5 12 (9.45%) Embedded C++
5 12 (9.45%) SQL
6 11 (8.66%) Julia
7 10 (7.87%) R
8 7 (5.51%) Java
9 3 (2.36%) Delphi
10 1 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 88 (69.29%) Degree
2 56 (44.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (17.32%) HND
4 21 (16.54%) Security Cleared
5 14 (11.02%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.15%) PhD
8 3 (2.36%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) ARP4754
1 7 (5.51%) Def Stans
1 7 (5.51%) GDPR
1 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (4.72%) DO-254
3 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (1.57%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (1.57%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.57%) MISRA
4 2 (1.57%) MISRA C
4 2 (1.57%) QA
5 1 (0.79%) ARP4761
5 1 (0.79%) DO-160
5 1 (0.79%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.79%) ECSS
System Software
1 18 (14.17%) Firmware
2 3 (2.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (22.83%) Siemens
2 11 (8.66%) Mentor Graphics
3 7 (5.51%) EMC
3 7 (5.51%) IBM
4 4 (3.15%) Altera
4 4 (3.15%) Facebook
4 4 (3.15%) Instagram
5 1 (0.79%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.79%) Xilinx