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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 423 457
Rank change year-on-year -113 +34 +56
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 88 230 321
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.55% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.77% 1.60% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38 115 198
10th Percentile - £37,574 £40,525
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,683 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £110,000 £80,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -7.56%

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 11,389 14,419 24,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.37% 34.61% 35.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,361 9,108 21,105
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -16 53 £60,000 +9.09% 37
South West -36 17 £40,000 -23.95% 22
North West -31 8 £55,897 +11.67% 2
North of England -59 8 £55,897 +11.67% 4
East of England -6 7 - - 11
London -8 2 £115,000 +9.52% 8
West Midlands -2 1 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Midlands -26 1 £65,000 +36.32% 14
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 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.27%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (51.14%) Simulink
2 14 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.68%) CATIA
4 1 (1.14%) GNU Octave
4 1 (1.14%) OrCAD
4 1 (1.14%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.64%) GitHub
2 4 (4.55%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.09%) 5G
1 8 (9.09%) SD-WAN
1 8 (9.09%) WAN
2 4 (4.55%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.55%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.14%) TCAP
3 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.41%) Big Data
2 1 (1.14%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.14%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (34.09%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (14.77%) Git
3 12 (13.64%) LabVIEW
4 3 (3.41%) JIRA
General
1 53 (60.23%) Electronics
2 22 (25.00%) Military
3 17 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.77%) Aerospace
5 11 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 4 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.41%) Agriculture
7 3 (3.41%) Avionics
7 3 (3.41%) Finance
8 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.14%) Advertising
9 1 (1.14%) Automotive
9 1 (1.14%) Marketing
9 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (46.59%) Systems Engineer
2 34 (38.64%) Senior
3 18 (20.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 13 (14.77%) Lead
4 13 (14.77%) Test Engineer
5 12 (13.64%) Product Engineer
5 12 (13.64%) Product Test Engineer
5 12 (13.64%) Verification Engineer
6 8 (9.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Hardware Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Principal Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 7 (7.95%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 6 (6.82%) Team Leader
9 5 (5.68%) Senior Test Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) FPGA Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) Graduate
10 4 (4.55%) Senior Verification Engineer
11 3 (3.41%) Control Systems Engineer
11 3 (3.41%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.64%) pytest
2 2 (2.27%) Pandas
3 1 (1.14%) Caffe
3 1 (1.14%) NumPy
3 1 (1.14%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.14%) REST
3 1 (1.14%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 14 (15.91%) Algorithms
3 8 (9.09%) Self-Driving Car
3 8 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (7.95%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (5.68%) FPGA
5 5 (5.68%) GNSS
6 4 (4.55%) PCIe
6 4 (4.55%) Satnav
7 3 (3.41%) Arduino
7 3 (3.41%) CAN bus
7 3 (3.41%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (2.27%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.14%) Credit Risk
9 1 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.14%) Legacy Code
9 1 (1.14%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.14%) Reinsurance
9 1 (1.14%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.64%) Unix
1 12 (13.64%) Windows
2 3 (3.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (55.68%) Physics
2 40 (45.45%) Systems Engineering
3 34 (38.64%) Mathematics
4 27 (30.68%) Agile
5 25 (28.41%) Coaching
5 25 (28.41%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (27.27%) Information Assurance
6 24 (27.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 21 (23.86%) SysML
8 20 (22.73%) Requirements Management
9 19 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (20.45%) Validation
11 17 (19.32%) Kalman Filter
12 14 (15.91%) Data Analysis
13 13 (14.77%) Signal Processing
13 13 (14.77%) Test Automation
13 13 (14.77%) Verification and Validation
14 12 (13.64%) B2B
15 11 (12.50%) AI
15 11 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 37 (42.05%) Python
2 16 (18.18%) C
3 13 (14.77%) C++
4 4 (4.55%) C#
4 4 (4.55%) Java
5 3 (3.41%) Assembly Language
5 3 (3.41%) Google Apps Script
5 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.41%) Objective-C
5 3 (3.41%) R
5 3 (3.41%) SQL
5 3 (3.41%) Swift
5 3 (3.41%) Tcl
6 2 (2.27%) VB
7 1 (1.14%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.14%) Julia
Qualifications
1 85 (96.59%) Degree
2 59 (67.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (21.59%) HND
4 15 (17.05%) Security Cleared
5 13 (14.77%) SC Cleared
6 7 (7.95%) PhD
7 4 (4.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.14%) MBA
8 1 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (1.14%) PMO
2 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) Firmware
Vendors
1 24 (27.27%) Siemens
2 7 (7.95%) Mentor Graphics
3 5 (5.68%) IBM
4 4 (4.55%) Altera
5 3 (3.41%) Google
5 3 (3.41%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.27%) ANSYS
7 1 (1.14%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.14%) Cadence
7 1 (1.14%) EMC
7 1 (1.14%) Keysight
7 1 (1.14%) PTC
7 1 (1.14%) SAP
7 1 (1.14%) YouTube