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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 434 489
Rank change year-on-year -82 +55 -75
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 93 311 191
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.55% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.89% 1.63% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 38 162 115
10th Percentile £40,138 £35,972 £36,750
25th Percentile £54,793 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +17.07%
75th Percentile £75,675 £71,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £92,500
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 10,392 19,051 18,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 21.77% 33.53% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,784 11,474 15,115
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,972 £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 £112,500 £108,750
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 4 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 4 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 -6 40 £75,000 +25.00% 38
South West -2 18 £44,625 -15.16% 31
North of England -3 16 £57,280 +20.13% 17
North West +13 15 £57,000 +25.07% 16
London +25 10 £40,138 -63.51% 1
East of England 0 8 £72,500 +3.57% 23
West Midlands +28 1 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Midlands +25 1 £65,000 +23.81% 4
Yorkshire -6 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 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.23%) SAS
3 1 (1.08%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.08%) Confluence
3 1 (1.08%) Jupyter
Applications
1 24 (25.81%) Simulink
2 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.30%) Mathcad
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.23%) Stata
5 2 (2.15%) OrCAD
6 1 (1.08%) GNU Octave
6 1 (1.08%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.38%) GitHub
2 4 (4.30%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.05%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (4.30%) 5G
2 4 (4.30%) SD-WAN
2 4 (4.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.08%) TCAP
3 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.23%) Big Data
2 1 (1.08%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.08%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Git
1 8 (8.60%) LabVIEW
2 6 (6.45%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.30%) MLflow
4 3 (3.23%) GitLab
4 3 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (2.15%) JIRA
General
1 27 (29.03%) Electronics
2 23 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.68%) Military
5 7 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.45%) Aerospace
7 5 (5.38%) Finance
7 5 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.38%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.30%) Marketing
9 3 (3.23%) Agriculture
9 3 (3.23%) Avionics
9 3 (3.23%) Financial Institution
9 3 (3.23%) Retail
10 2 (2.15%) Automotive
10 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.08%) Advertising
11 1 (1.08%) Aviation
11 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (36.56%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (26.88%) Lead
3 18 (19.35%) Senior
4 11 (11.83%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) Radio Engineer
5 7 (7.53%) Test Engineer
6 6 (6.45%) Mathematical Modeller
6 6 (6.45%) Radar Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Product Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Product Test Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Senior Test Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Verification Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Graduate
8 4 (4.30%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Verification Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Principal Modelling Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Professional Services Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Quantitative Risk Manager
9 3 (3.23%) Senior Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.38%) pytest
2 2 (2.15%) Pandas
3 1 (1.08%) Caffe
3 1 (1.08%) NumPy
3 1 (1.08%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.08%) REST
3 1 (1.08%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Algorithms
2 11 (11.83%) FPGA
3 7 (7.53%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.38%) GNSS
5 4 (4.30%) Credit Risk
5 4 (4.30%) Satnav
5 4 (4.30%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.23%) Arduino
6 3 (3.23%) Derivative
6 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.23%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (3.23%) Robotics
6 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.15%) CAN bus
8 1 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.08%) Market Risk
8 1 (1.08%) Verilog
8 1 (1.08%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.53%) Unix
2 6 (6.45%) Linux
3 5 (5.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (40.86%) Physics
2 29 (31.18%) Systems Engineering
3 28 (30.11%) Signal Processing
4 27 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (25.81%) Agile
5 24 (25.81%) Validation
6 22 (23.66%) Innovative Thinking
7 21 (22.58%) Mathematics
8 18 (19.35%) Digital Signal Processing
9 17 (18.28%) Data Analysis
10 16 (17.20%) Computer Science
10 16 (17.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 16 (17.20%) SysML
11 14 (15.05%) Verification and Validation
12 13 (13.98%) AI
12 13 (13.98%) Test Automation
13 12 (12.90%) Data Science
13 12 (12.90%) UML
14 11 (11.83%) MODAF
15 9 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 44 (47.31%) Python
2 15 (16.13%) C
2 15 (16.13%) C++
3 9 (9.68%) R
4 4 (4.30%) Java
5 3 (3.23%) Assembly Language
5 3 (3.23%) Google Apps Script
5 3 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.23%) Objective-C
5 3 (3.23%) Swift
5 3 (3.23%) Tcl
5 3 (3.23%) VBA
6 2 (2.15%) SQL
6 2 (2.15%) VB
7 1 (1.08%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 65 (69.89%) Degree
2 41 (44.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (38.71%) Security Cleared
4 30 (32.26%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.60%) Master's Degree
6 5 (5.38%) HND
6 5 (5.38%) PhD
7 3 (3.23%) CFA
7 3 (3.23%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.08%) MBA
8 1 (1.08%) MCAD
8 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (2.15%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (2.15%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.08%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (11.83%) Embedded Firmware
1 11 (11.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (4.30%) Databricks
1 4 (4.30%) MathWorks
2 3 (3.23%) Google
3 2 (2.15%) ANSYS
3 2 (2.15%) Cadence
3 2 (2.15%) EMC
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.15%) Siemens
4 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.08%) Keysight
4 1 (1.08%) PTC
4 1 (1.08%) SAP
4 1 (1.08%) YouTube