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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 416 424
Rank change year-on-year -132 +8 +108
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 219 232 338
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.54% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.30% 1.99% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 117 82 184
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,217 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,560 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% +0.10% -8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,450 £85,700 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £57,560
% change year-on-year +3.39% +0.82% -6.03%

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 16,875 11,646 20,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.48% 27.22% 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,292 7,680 13,223
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% -3.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -42 104 £56,000 -6.67% 84
Midlands -31 43 £48,750 -25.00% 45
East of England -2 35 £52,500 -25.00% 84
West Midlands -32 29 £67,500 -10.00% 26
South West -82 24 £62,500 +18.82% 31
East Midlands -31 14 £45,000 -20.13% 19
London -77 11 £132,500 +65.63% 62
North of England -107 3 £53,236 +1.55% 26
Yorkshire -51 2 £51,722 -18.10% 10
North West -68 1 £54,750 +9.38% 8
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 2 (0.91%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) Kinematics
Applications
1 130 (59.36%) Simulink
2 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.83%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.83%) Mathcad
4 3 (1.37%) CATIA
4 3 (1.37%) Mathematica
4 3 (1.37%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (1.37%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.91%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.91%) MicroStation
5 2 (0.91%) Revit
6 1 (0.46%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.83%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.57%) Ethernet
2 9 (4.11%) Wireshark
3 8 (3.65%) Wireless
4 6 (2.74%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (2.28%) MQTT
6 4 (1.83%) 5G
6 4 (1.83%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.83%) WAN
7 2 (0.91%) Modbus
7 2 (0.91%) RS-422
7 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.46%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.46%) FTP
8 1 (0.46%) HTTP
8 1 (0.46%) LAN
8 1 (0.46%) LTE
8 1 (0.46%) RS-232
8 1 (0.46%) RS-485
8 1 (0.46%) SCTP
8 1 (0.46%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.74%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.28%) GIS
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 56 (25.57%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (10.05%) LabVIEW
3 20 (9.13%) Git
4 9 (4.11%) Eclipse
5 8 (3.65%) PetaLinux
6 3 (1.37%) JIRA
6 3 (1.37%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.46%) Subversion
7 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (43.38%) Aerospace
2 65 (29.68%) Finance
3 63 (28.77%) Electronics
4 53 (24.20%) Social Skills
5 52 (23.74%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (12.79%) Military
7 23 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (6.39%) Automotive
9 13 (5.94%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.65%) Aviation
12 7 (3.20%) Advertising
13 5 (2.28%) Law
13 5 (2.28%) Retail
14 3 (1.37%) Aeronautics
14 3 (1.37%) Legal
14 3 (1.37%) Police
14 3 (1.37%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.91%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 83 (37.90%) Systems Engineer
2 54 (24.66%) Senior
3 45 (20.55%) Lead
4 31 (14.16%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 31 (14.16%) Software Engineer
5 24 (10.96%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 20 (9.13%) Embedded Engineer
7 16 (7.31%) Team Leader
8 15 (6.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (6.39%) Principal Engineer
10 12 (5.48%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.57%) Electronics Engineer
11 10 (4.57%) FPGA Engineer
11 10 (4.57%) Research Scientist
11 10 (4.57%) Test Engineer
12 9 (4.11%) Applications Engineer
13 7 (3.20%) DSP Engineer
14 6 (2.74%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 6 (2.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 5 (2.28%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.65%) Yocto
2 4 (1.83%) pytest
2 4 (1.83%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.91%) HTML
3 2 (0.91%) Middleware
4 1 (0.46%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.46%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.46%) JSON
4 1 (0.46%) React
4 1 (0.46%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
4 1 (0.46%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.46%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.81%) Algorithms
2 30 (13.70%) FPGA
3 27 (12.33%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (9.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (6.85%) Robotics
6 14 (6.39%) VHDL
7 13 (5.94%) Verilog
8 12 (5.48%) SCADA
9 9 (4.11%) Driving Licence
10 8 (3.65%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (3.65%) PCIe
10 8 (3.65%) Reinsurance
11 7 (3.20%) Analogue Electronics
12 5 (2.28%) IoT
13 4 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.83%) Self-Driving Car
14 3 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (1.37%) Synthetic Data
15 2 (0.91%) ARM Cortex
15 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.02%) Linux
2 6 (2.74%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (2.74%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (2.74%) Unix
3 5 (2.28%) Windows
4 3 (1.37%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (39.73%) Physics
2 83 (37.90%) Systems Engineering
3 74 (33.79%) Mathematics
4 64 (29.22%) Validation
5 51 (23.29%) Software Engineering
6 43 (19.63%) Agile
7 41 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (18.26%) Requirements Management
9 29 (13.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 28 (12.79%) Software Testing
11 27 (12.33%) SysML
12 26 (11.87%) Signal Processing
12 26 (11.87%) Verification and Validation
13 25 (11.42%) Test Automation
14 24 (10.96%) Coaching
15 23 (10.50%) Technical Leadership
16 20 (9.13%) Customer Requirements
16 20 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
17 19 (8.68%) AI
17 19 (8.68%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 82 (37.44%) Python
2 62 (28.31%) C++
3 54 (24.66%) C
4 28 (12.79%) Embedded C
5 19 (8.68%) Embedded C++
6 17 (7.76%) Java
7 15 (6.85%) C#
8 11 (5.02%) SQL
9 10 (4.57%) Julia
9 10 (4.57%) R
10 4 (1.83%) Rust
11 3 (1.37%) Delphi
12 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.91%) Perl
13 1 (0.46%) Go
13 1 (0.46%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 144 (65.75%) Degree
2 67 (30.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 62 (28.31%) Security Cleared
4 42 (19.18%) SC Cleared
5 41 (18.72%) Master's Degree
6 37 (16.89%) PhD
7 24 (10.96%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.02%) HND
9 9 (4.11%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.91%) HNC
11 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.94%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.02%) DO-254
3 9 (4.11%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.20%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.20%) GDPR
5 4 (1.83%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.83%) DO-160
5 4 (1.83%) ECSS
5 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.37%) QA
7 2 (0.91%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.91%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.91%) MISRA
7 2 (0.91%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.46%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.46%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.46%) IFRS
8 1 (0.46%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.46%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 30 (13.70%) Firmware
2 12 (5.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.74%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (19.63%) Siemens
2 8 (3.65%) EMC
3 6 (2.74%) DIgSILENT
3 6 (2.74%) YouTube
4 5 (2.28%) IBM
4 5 (2.28%) Xilinx
5 4 (1.83%) Facebook
5 4 (1.83%) Instagram
5 4 (1.83%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.83%) Thales
6 2 (0.91%) MathWorks
6 2 (0.91%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.46%) Intel
7 1 (0.46%) Mentor Graphics