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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 424 438
Rank change year-on-year -111 +14 +80
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 237 222 335
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.42% 1.92% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 128 72 180
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,566
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,652 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,530
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.29% -6.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,700 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,560
% change year-on-year - +4.24% -4.07%

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 16,676 11,558 20,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.03% 26.64% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,130 7,594 12,642
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £111,225
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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -36 108 £56,000 -20.00% 88
East of England +2 46 £63,250 -9.64% 100
Midlands -27 46 £45,000 -30.77% 63
West Midlands -22 29 £67,500 -10.00% 30
South West -77 22 £62,500 +18.82% 33
East Midlands -45 17 £45,000 -20.13% 33
London -72 12 £132,500 +65.63% 78
North of England -98 4 £52,500 -4.18% 33
North West -48 2 £53,625 -2.13% 17
Yorkshire -50 2 £51,722 -18.10% 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 3 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 141 (59.49%) Simulink
2 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.11%) Stateflow
4 4 (1.69%) Lightworks
4 4 (1.69%) Mathcad
4 4 (1.69%) Mathematica
4 4 (1.69%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.84%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.84%) MicroStation
5 2 (0.84%) Revit
6 1 (0.42%) CATIA
6 1 (0.42%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.42%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.22%) Ethernet
1 10 (4.22%) Wireless
2 9 (3.80%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.53%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (2.11%) MQTT
5 4 (1.69%) 5G
5 4 (1.69%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.69%) WAN
6 3 (1.27%) LTE
7 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.42%) FTP
8 1 (0.42%) HTTP
8 1 (0.42%) LAN
8 1 (0.42%) Modbus
8 1 (0.42%) RTP
8 1 (0.42%) RTSP
8 1 (0.42%) SCTP
8 1 (0.42%) SS7
8 1 (0.42%) VoIP
8 1 (0.42%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.53%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.11%) GIS
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 56 (23.63%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (9.70%) LabVIEW
3 21 (8.86%) Git
4 9 (3.80%) Eclipse
4 9 (3.80%) PetaLinux
5 4 (1.69%) JIRA
5 4 (1.69%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.42%) Subversion
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (41.35%) Aerospace
2 67 (28.27%) Electronics
3 65 (27.43%) Finance
4 56 (23.63%) Social Skills
5 51 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (13.50%) Military
7 21 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.91%) Automotive
8 14 (5.91%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.80%) Aviation
11 7 (2.95%) Advertising
11 7 (2.95%) Retail
12 5 (2.11%) Law
12 5 (2.11%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.27%) Aeronautics
13 3 (1.27%) Police
13 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.42%) Avionics
14 1 (0.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 84 (35.44%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (24.89%) Senior
3 46 (19.41%) Lead
4 32 (13.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 31 (13.08%) Software Engineer
6 25 (10.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 20 (8.44%) Embedded Engineer
8 16 (6.75%) Principal Engineer
8 16 (6.75%) Team Leader
9 15 (6.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (5.06%) FPGA Engineer
10 12 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (4.64%) Electronics Engineer
12 10 (4.22%) DSP Engineer
12 10 (4.22%) Research Scientist
12 10 (4.22%) Test Engineer
13 9 (3.80%) Applications Engineer
14 6 (2.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 6 (2.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 5 (2.11%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.80%) Yocto
2 4 (1.69%) pytest
2 4 (1.69%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.27%) React
4 2 (0.84%) HTML
4 2 (0.84%) Middleware
5 1 (0.42%) FFmpeg
5 1 (0.42%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.42%) JSON
5 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.42%) Web Services
5 1 (0.42%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.42%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.68%) Algorithms
2 35 (14.77%) FPGA
3 31 (13.08%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (8.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (7.59%) Robotics
6 17 (7.17%) VHDL
7 13 (5.49%) Verilog
8 12 (5.06%) SCADA
9 10 (4.22%) Driving Licence
10 9 (3.80%) PCIe
11 8 (3.38%) Analogue Electronics
11 8 (3.38%) Fibre Optics
11 8 (3.38%) Reinsurance
12 5 (2.11%) Acoustics
12 5 (2.11%) IoT
12 5 (2.11%) Self-Driving Car
13 4 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.69%) Synthetic Data
14 3 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.33%) Linux
2 10 (4.22%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.53%) Unix
4 5 (2.11%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.11%) Windows
5 4 (1.69%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (38.82%) Physics
2 85 (35.86%) Systems Engineering
3 78 (32.91%) Mathematics
4 66 (27.85%) Validation
5 53 (22.36%) Software Engineering
6 45 (18.99%) Agile
6 45 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (17.30%) Requirements Management
8 31 (13.08%) Signal Processing
9 30 (12.66%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 29 (12.24%) SysML
10 29 (12.24%) Verification and Validation
11 27 (11.39%) Software Testing
12 26 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (10.55%) AI
13 25 (10.55%) Coaching
13 25 (10.55%) Test Automation
14 22 (9.28%) Customer Requirements
15 21 (8.86%) Kalman Filter
16 20 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 88 (37.13%) Python
2 70 (29.54%) C++
3 61 (25.74%) C
4 30 (12.66%) Embedded C
5 22 (9.28%) Embedded C++
6 17 (7.17%) C#
6 17 (7.17%) Java
7 11 (4.64%) R
7 11 (4.64%) SQL
8 10 (4.22%) Julia
9 5 (2.11%) Delphi
10 4 (1.69%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.69%) Rust
11 3 (1.27%) Go
11 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.84%) Perl
12 2 (0.84%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.42%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 154 (64.98%) Degree
2 74 (31.22%) Security Cleared
3 67 (28.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 50 (21.10%) SC Cleared
5 46 (19.41%) Master's Degree
6 42 (17.72%) PhD
7 25 (10.55%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.06%) HND
9 10 (4.22%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.84%) HNC
11 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.49%) Accessibility
2 12 (5.06%) DO-254
3 8 (3.38%) ARP4754
4 7 (2.95%) Def Stans
4 7 (2.95%) GDPR
5 4 (1.69%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.69%) ECSS
6 3 (1.27%) DO-160
6 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.27%) QA
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.42%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.42%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.42%) MIL-STD-1553
8 1 (0.42%) MISRA
8 1 (0.42%) MISRA C
System Software
1 30 (12.66%) Firmware
2 11 (4.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 44 (18.57%) Siemens
2 10 (4.22%) EMC
3 7 (2.95%) DIgSILENT
3 7 (2.95%) Xilinx
3 7 (2.95%) YouTube
4 6 (2.53%) Thales
5 4 (1.69%) Facebook
5 4 (1.69%) IBM
5 4 (1.69%) Instagram
5 4 (1.69%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.84%) Intel
6 2 (0.84%) MathWorks
6 2 (0.84%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.42%) Cadence
7 1 (0.42%) Mentor Graphics