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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 436 533
Rank change year-on-year +33 +97 -80
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 245 343 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.50% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.10% 1.64% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 88 189 136
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £36,125
25th Percentile £48,652 £45,000 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -8.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,240 £80,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,796 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.41% -4.07% +22.45%

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 11,681 20,872 22,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.19% 30.54% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7,668 13,605 18,613
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -3.85% +1.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB 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 September 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 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
South East +41 102 £60,000 - 37
North of England +22 51 £52,424 +4.85% 16
North West +11 37 £50,055 +4.97% 11
Midlands +51 30 £65,000 +19.82% 48
South West +35 29 £52,600 +5.20% 40
London +52 23 £80,000 -23.81% 18
East Midlands +40 17 £56,342 +7.13% 12
West Midlands +40 13 £75,000 +38.25% 35
Yorkshire +15 12 £60,355 -10.59% 4
East of England -33 10 £70,000 +7.69% 32
North East - 2 £115,000 - 1
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.63%) SAS
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 72 (29.39%) Simulink
2 18 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (6.53%) Mathcad
4 14 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.63%) GNU Octave
7 3 (1.22%) Stata
8 1 (0.41%) CATIA
8 1 (0.41%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.41%) SPSS
8 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.63%) Google Workspace
2 2 (0.82%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.69%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (3.67%) WAN
3 7 (2.86%) 5G
3 7 (2.86%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.82%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.82%) Modbus
4 2 (0.82%) MQTT
4 2 (0.82%) Profibus
4 2 (0.82%) Wireless
5 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.22%) Big Data
2 2 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.82%) GIS
2 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.27%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.04%) Git
2 5 (2.04%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.63%) GitLab
3 4 (1.63%) MLflow
4 3 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.22%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 41 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.24%) Electronics
3 28 (11.43%) Aerospace
4 21 (8.57%) Automotive
5 18 (7.35%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.31%) Military
7 10 (4.08%) Finance
8 7 (2.86%) Retail
9 5 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.04%) Marketing
9 5 (2.04%) Publishing
10 4 (1.63%) Advertising
11 3 (1.22%) Agriculture
11 3 (1.22%) Avionics
11 3 (1.22%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 100 (40.82%) Systems Engineer
2 38 (15.51%) Lead
3 33 (13.47%) Senior
4 30 (12.24%) Radio Engineer
5 15 (6.12%) Mathematical Modeller
6 14 (5.71%) Software Engineer
7 11 (4.49%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 10 (4.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (3.67%) Integration Engineer
9 9 (3.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 7 (2.86%) Development Engineer
10 7 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (2.86%) Professional Services Engineer
11 6 (2.45%) Analyst
11 6 (2.45%) Radar Engineer
11 6 (2.45%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (2.45%) Software Development Engineer
12 5 (2.04%) Qualitative Analyst
12 5 (2.04%) Quantitative Analyst
13 4 (1.63%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.41%) HTML
2 2 (0.82%) .NET
2 2 (0.82%) gRPC
2 2 (0.82%) Kafka
2 2 (0.82%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.88%) FPGA
2 17 (6.94%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.27%) Robotics
4 7 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.86%) Self-Driving Car
5 6 (2.45%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.63%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.22%) Arduino
7 3 (1.22%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.22%) Derivative
7 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.22%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.82%) Acoustics
8 2 (0.82%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.82%) IoT
8 2 (0.82%) VHDL
9 1 (0.41%) ASIC
9 1 (0.41%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.94%) Linux
2 5 (2.04%) Unix
3 1 (0.41%) Android
3 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (36.73%) Systems Engineering
2 76 (31.02%) Computer Science
3 69 (28.16%) Artificial Intelligence
4 66 (26.94%) Physics
5 65 (26.53%) Mathematics
6 60 (24.49%) Machine Learning
7 57 (23.27%) Validation
8 54 (22.04%) Signal Processing
9 49 (20.00%) Data Privacy
10 45 (18.37%) Innovative Thinking
11 42 (17.14%) Verification and Validation
12 41 (16.73%) SysML
13 40 (16.33%) Agile
13 40 (16.33%) Digital Signal Processing
14 38 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (13.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
16 31 (12.65%) Software Engineering
17 28 (11.43%) Mathematical Modelling
18 19 (7.76%) Performance Analysis
18 19 (7.76%) UML
Programming Languages
1 122 (49.80%) Python
2 83 (33.88%) C++
3 67 (27.35%) C
4 58 (23.67%) R
5 57 (23.27%) C#
6 56 (22.86%) Java
7 55 (22.45%) JavaScript
8 51 (20.82%) SQL
8 51 (20.82%) TypeScript
9 49 (20.00%) Dart
9 49 (20.00%) PHP
9 49 (20.00%) Ruby
9 49 (20.00%) Rust
10 4 (1.63%) Tcl
11 3 (1.22%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.22%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.22%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.22%) Swift
11 3 (1.22%) VBA
12 2 (0.82%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 162 (66.12%) Degree
2 78 (31.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 63 (25.71%) Security Cleared
4 54 (22.04%) SC Cleared
5 49 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (12.65%) HND
7 29 (11.84%) HNC
8 10 (4.08%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.86%) PhD
10 6 (2.45%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.22%) CFA
12 2 (0.82%) MCAD
12 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (0.82%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (0.82%) Def Stans
2 2 (0.82%) IEC 61131
2 2 (0.82%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.41%) DO-254
3 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.41%) PMO
3 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 35 (14.29%) Firmware
2 30 (12.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.82%) Functional Safety
1 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (6.94%) MathWorks
2 16 (6.53%) ANSYS
3 13 (5.31%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.63%) Databricks
4 4 (1.63%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.22%) EMC
5 3 (1.22%) Google
5 3 (1.22%) Siemens
6 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.82%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.41%) Cadence
7 1 (0.41%) IBM
7 1 (0.41%) Keysight
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle
7 1 (0.41%) PTC
7 1 (0.41%) QNX
7 1 (0.41%) SAP
7 1 (0.41%) Sparx
7 1 (0.41%) Vertica