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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 412 489
Rank change year-on-year -115 +77 -54
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 91 297 188
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.57% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.89% 1.68% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 37 159 114
10th Percentile £41,717 £37,500 £36,625
25th Percentile £48,875 £47,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,900 £71,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £91,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +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 10,254 17,673 17,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.09% 34.08% 40.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,755 10,720 14,825
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,625 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £110,000
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 15 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 15 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 -9 39 £72,500 +19.83% 27
North of England -12 17 £57,280 +20.13% 5
North West -9 16 £57,000 +19.54% 4
South West -14 16 £40,000 -23.95% 23
London +9 10 £40,138 -63.51% 2
East of England +3 8 £72,500 +3.57% 17
West Midlands +9 1 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Midlands +6 1 £65,000 +23.81% 6
Yorkshire -23 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 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.30%) SAS
3 1 (1.10%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (1.10%) Jupyter
Applications
1 25 (27.47%) Simulink
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.30%) Stata
4 2 (2.20%) Mathcad
4 2 (2.20%) OrCAD
5 1 (1.10%) CATIA
5 1 (1.10%) GNU Octave
5 1 (1.10%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.59%) GitHub
2 4 (4.40%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (3.30%) 5G
2 3 (3.30%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.10%) TCAP
3 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) Big Data
2 1 (1.10%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.10%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (9.89%) Git
2 9 (9.89%) LabVIEW
3 4 (4.40%) MLflow
4 3 (3.30%) GitLab
4 3 (3.30%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.30%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 30 (32.97%) Electronics
2 19 (20.88%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Military
5 6 (6.59%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Finance
6 5 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.49%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.40%) Marketing
8 3 (3.30%) Agriculture
8 3 (3.30%) Avionics
8 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.20%) Automotive
9 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.10%) Advertising
10 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (40.66%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (23.08%) Lead
3 20 (21.98%) Senior
4 11 (12.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 10 (10.99%) Radio Engineer
6 8 (8.79%) Test Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Product Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Product Test Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Verification Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Radar Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Graduate
9 4 (4.40%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Mathematical Modeller
9 4 (4.40%) Senior Verification Engineer
10 3 (3.30%) Control Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.30%) Principal Modelling Engineer
10 3 (3.30%) Research Engineer
10 3 (3.30%) Senior Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) pytest
2 2 (2.20%) Pandas
3 1 (1.10%) Caffe
3 1 (1.10%) NumPy
3 1 (1.10%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.10%) REST
3 1 (1.10%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.10%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 10 (10.99%) FPGA
3 7 (7.69%) Driving Licence
4 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.49%) GNSS
6 4 (4.40%) Credit Risk
6 4 (4.40%) Satnav
6 4 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.30%) Arduino
7 3 (3.30%) CAN bus
7 3 (3.30%) Derivative
7 3 (3.30%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (3.30%) Self-Driving Car
8 2 (2.20%) Robotics
9 1 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.10%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.10%) Verilog
9 1 (1.10%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.79%) Unix
2 6 (6.59%) Linux
2 6 (6.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.86%) Physics
2 31 (34.07%) Systems Engineering
3 27 (29.67%) Agile
4 26 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (28.57%) Signal Processing
5 24 (26.37%) Validation
6 22 (24.18%) Mathematics
7 21 (23.08%) Innovative Thinking
8 19 (20.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 19 (20.88%) SysML
9 17 (18.68%) Data Analysis
9 17 (18.68%) Digital Signal Processing
10 14 (15.38%) Computer Science
10 14 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
11 12 (13.19%) Data Science
11 12 (13.19%) Test Automation
11 12 (13.19%) UML
12 11 (12.09%) AI
12 11 (12.09%) MODAF
13 9 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 41 (45.05%) Python
2 15 (16.48%) C
3 13 (14.29%) C++
4 9 (9.89%) R
5 4 (4.40%) Java
6 3 (3.30%) Assembly Language
6 3 (3.30%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.30%) Objective-C
6 3 (3.30%) Swift
6 3 (3.30%) Tcl
6 3 (3.30%) VBA
7 2 (2.20%) SQL
7 2 (2.20%) VB
8 1 (1.10%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 66 (72.53%) Degree
2 43 (47.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 33 (36.26%) Security Cleared
4 28 (30.77%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.79%) Master's Degree
6 6 (6.59%) HND
7 5 (5.49%) PhD
8 3 (3.30%) CFA
8 3 (3.30%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.10%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (2.20%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (2.20%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (10.99%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (5.49%) Siemens
2 4 (4.40%) Databricks
3 3 (3.30%) Google
4 2 (2.20%) ANSYS
4 2 (2.20%) Cadence
4 2 (2.20%) EMC
4 2 (2.20%) MathWorks
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.10%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.10%) IBM
5 1 (1.10%) Keysight
5 1 (1.10%) PTC
5 1 (1.10%) SAP
5 1 (1.10%) YouTube