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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 406 419
Rank change year-on-year -162 +13 +108
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 193 247 356
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.57% 0.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.15% 2.08% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 104 99 194
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £48,434 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,560 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% +0.10% -8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £102,475 £89,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £57,560
% change year-on-year +4.24% - -7.90%

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 16,830 11,883 20,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.87% 27.32% 30.35%
Number of salaries quoted 12,340 7,856 13,800
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.16% -4.00%

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 10 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 10 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 -32 92 £60,000 - 74
Midlands -40 35 £52,500 -19.23% 35
East of England -3 32 £52,500 -25.00% 59
West Midlands -17 25 £67,500 -10.00% 21
South West -87 21 £60,625 +15.26% 34
East Midlands -31 10 £45,000 -20.13% 14
London -76 10 £132,500 +32.50% 62
North of England -103 4 £53,236 +6.36% 17
North West -50 2 £54,750 +9.38% 8
Yorkshire -55 2 £51,722 -14.30% 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 2 (1.04%) Confluence
2 1 (0.52%) Kinematics
Applications
1 117 (60.62%) Simulink
2 4 (2.07%) Mathcad
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.55%) CATIA
3 3 (1.55%) Lightworks
3 3 (1.55%) Stateflow
4 2 (1.04%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.52%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.52%) Revit
5 1 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.52%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.07%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.66%) Ethernet
2 7 (3.63%) Wireshark
3 6 (3.11%) Wireless
4 5 (2.59%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (2.07%) 5G
5 4 (2.07%) MQTT
5 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.07%) WAN
6 2 (1.04%) Modbus
6 2 (1.04%) RS-422
6 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.52%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.52%) FTP
7 1 (0.52%) HTTP
7 1 (0.52%) LTE
7 1 (0.52%) RS-232
7 1 (0.52%) RS-485
7 1 (0.52%) SCTP
7 1 (0.52%) VoIP
7 1 (0.52%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.11%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.59%) GIS
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 49 (25.39%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (10.36%) LabVIEW
3 18 (9.33%) Git
4 7 (3.63%) Eclipse
5 6 (3.11%) PetaLinux
6 4 (2.07%) JIRA
7 2 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 87 (45.08%) Aerospace
2 61 (31.61%) Electronics
3 60 (31.09%) Finance
4 49 (25.39%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (24.87%) Social Skills
6 23 (11.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (11.92%) Military
7 14 (7.25%) Automotive
8 10 (5.18%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.63%) Aviation
11 6 (3.11%) Advertising
12 5 (2.59%) Law
13 4 (2.07%) Retail
14 3 (1.55%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.04%) Aeronautics
15 2 (1.04%) Avionics
15 2 (1.04%) Digital Health
15 2 (1.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 77 (39.90%) Systems Engineer
2 52 (26.94%) Senior
3 38 (19.69%) Lead
4 29 (15.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 28 (14.51%) Software Engineer
6 21 (10.88%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 18 (9.33%) Embedded Engineer
8 15 (7.77%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (7.25%) Team Leader
10 13 (6.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 11 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (5.18%) Electronics Engineer
13 9 (4.66%) FPGA Engineer
13 9 (4.66%) Test Engineer
14 8 (4.15%) Research Scientist
15 7 (3.63%) Applications Engineer
16 6 (3.11%) Hardware Engineer
16 6 (3.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
17 5 (2.59%) DSP Engineer
17 5 (2.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.11%) Yocto
2 4 (2.07%) pytest
3 2 (1.04%) Middleware
3 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.52%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.52%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.52%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.06%) Algorithms
2 25 (12.95%) FPGA
3 23 (11.92%) Embedded Systems
4 19 (9.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (6.22%) Robotics
5 12 (6.22%) Verilog
5 12 (6.22%) VHDL
6 10 (5.18%) Driving Licence
6 10 (5.18%) SCADA
7 8 (4.15%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (4.15%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (4.15%) PCIe
7 8 (4.15%) Reinsurance
8 4 (2.07%) IoT
8 4 (2.07%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.04%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.04%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.11%) Linux
1 6 (3.11%) Unix
2 5 (2.59%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (2.59%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (39.90%) Systems Engineering
2 74 (38.34%) Physics
3 63 (32.64%) Mathematics
4 57 (29.53%) Validation
5 47 (24.35%) Software Engineering
6 37 (19.17%) Agile
7 35 (18.13%) Requirements Management
8 34 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (13.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 26 (13.47%) Software Testing
10 24 (12.44%) Coaching
10 24 (12.44%) Test Automation
10 24 (12.44%) Verification and Validation
11 23 (11.92%) SysML
12 20 (10.36%) Customer Requirements
12 20 (10.36%) Signal Processing
12 20 (10.36%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (9.33%) Decision-Making
14 17 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (8.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (37.82%) Python
2 53 (27.46%) C++
3 45 (23.32%) C
4 24 (12.44%) Embedded C
5 17 (8.81%) Embedded C++
6 15 (7.77%) C#
7 14 (7.25%) Java
8 11 (5.70%) SQL
9 10 (5.18%) Julia
10 9 (4.66%) R
11 3 (1.55%) Delphi
11 3 (1.55%) Rust
12 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 127 (65.80%) Degree
2 66 (34.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 53 (27.46%) Security Cleared
4 35 (18.13%) Master's Degree
4 35 (18.13%) SC Cleared
5 32 (16.58%) PhD
6 23 (11.92%) DV Cleared
7 10 (5.18%) HND
8 9 (4.66%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.74%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.70%) DO-254
3 9 (4.66%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.63%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.63%) GDPR
5 4 (2.07%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (2.07%) DO-160
6 3 (1.55%) ECSS
6 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.55%) QA
7 2 (1.04%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.04%) ISO 26262
7 2 (1.04%) MISRA
7 2 (1.04%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.52%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.52%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.52%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 27 (13.99%) Firmware
2 10 (5.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 38 (19.69%) Siemens
2 8 (4.15%) EMC
3 6 (3.11%) DIgSILENT
3 6 (3.11%) YouTube
4 4 (2.07%) Facebook
4 4 (2.07%) IBM
4 4 (2.07%) Instagram
4 4 (2.07%) Mentor Graphics
5 3 (1.55%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.04%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.04%) Thales