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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 433 477
Rank change year-on-year -109 +44 +6
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 87 238 299
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.54% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.79% 1.55% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 36 124 186
10th Percentile - £37,500 £39,375
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 £75,494 £64,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £101,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.58%

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 11,074 15,341 24,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.67% 34.52% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,230 9,165 20,743
10th Percentile £33,750 £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 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -2 47 £60,000 +9.09% 30
South West -26 17 £40,000 -23.95% 16
East of England +13 9 £72,500 +31.82% 12
North West -29 7 £57,000 +16.65% 2
North of England -64 7 £57,000 +13.91% 3
London -8 6 £115,000 +4.55% 1
West Midlands +8 1 £65,000 +26.83% 4
Midlands -15 1 £65,000 +30.00% 13
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 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.30%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.15%) Confluence
3 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (44.83%) Simulink
2 14 (16.09%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.75%) CATIA
4 2 (2.30%) OrCAD
5 1 (1.15%) GNU Octave
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.15%) Stata
5 1 (1.15%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) GitHub
2 4 (4.60%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.15%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.20%) 5G
1 8 (9.20%) SD-WAN
1 8 (9.20%) WAN
2 4 (4.60%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.60%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.15%) TCAP
3 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (1.15%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.15%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (28.74%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (14.94%) Git
2 13 (14.94%) LabVIEW
3 3 (3.45%) MLflow
4 2 (2.30%) JIRA
General
1 49 (56.32%) Electronics
2 19 (21.84%) Military
3 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.79%) Social Skills
5 11 (12.64%) Aerospace
5 11 (12.64%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.60%) Finance
8 3 (3.45%) Agriculture
8 3 (3.45%) Avionics
9 2 (2.30%) Marketing
9 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.15%) Advertising
10 1 (1.15%) Automotive
10 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (40.23%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (35.63%) Senior
3 14 (16.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 14 (16.09%) Test Engineer
4 13 (14.94%) Lead
5 12 (13.79%) Product Engineer
5 12 (13.79%) Product Test Engineer
5 12 (13.79%) Verification Engineer
6 7 (8.05%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Hardware Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Senior Test Engineer
7 5 (5.75%) Team Leader
8 4 (4.60%) FPGA Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Graduate
8 4 (4.60%) Senior Verification Engineer
9 3 (3.45%) Electrical Engineer
9 3 (3.45%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.79%) pytest
2 2 (2.30%) Pandas
3 1 (1.15%) Caffe
3 1 (1.15%) NumPy
3 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.15%) REST
3 1 (1.15%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.15%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 14 (16.09%) Algorithms
3 8 (9.20%) Self-Driving Car
3 8 (9.20%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.90%) GNSS
5 5 (5.75%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (5.75%) FPGA
6 4 (4.60%) PCIe
6 4 (4.60%) Satnav
7 3 (3.45%) Arduino
7 3 (3.45%) CAN bus
7 3 (3.45%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (2.30%) Credit Risk
8 2 (2.30%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.15%) Legacy Code
9 1 (1.15%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.15%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.79%) Unix
1 12 (13.79%) Windows
2 3 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (51.72%) Physics
2 34 (39.08%) Systems Engineering
3 30 (34.48%) Mathematics
4 23 (26.44%) Agile
5 20 (22.99%) Coaching
6 19 (21.84%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (21.84%) Information Assurance
6 19 (21.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 19 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (21.84%) Validation
7 18 (20.69%) Kalman Filter
8 16 (18.39%) Data Analysis
8 16 (18.39%) SysML
9 15 (17.24%) Requirements Management
10 14 (16.09%) Signal Processing
10 14 (16.09%) Test Automation
10 14 (16.09%) Verification and Validation
11 12 (13.79%) B2B
12 11 (12.64%) AI
12 11 (12.64%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 43 (49.43%) Python
2 16 (18.39%) C
3 13 (14.94%) C++
4 7 (8.05%) R
5 4 (4.60%) C#
5 4 (4.60%) Java
6 3 (3.45%) Assembly Language
6 3 (3.45%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.45%) Objective-C
6 3 (3.45%) SQL
6 3 (3.45%) Swift
6 3 (3.45%) Tcl
7 2 (2.30%) VB
8 1 (1.15%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.15%) Julia
8 1 (1.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (91.95%) Degree
2 53 (60.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
4 17 (19.54%) HND
5 15 (17.24%) SC Cleared
6 7 (8.05%) PhD
7 5 (5.75%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.15%) CFA
8 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.15%) MBA
8 1 (1.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Firmware
Vendors
1 19 (21.84%) Siemens
2 5 (5.75%) IBM
2 5 (5.75%) Mentor Graphics
3 4 (4.60%) Altera
4 3 (3.45%) Databricks
4 3 (3.45%) Google
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.30%) ANSYS
5 2 (2.30%) Cadence
5 2 (2.30%) EMC
6 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.15%) Keysight
6 1 (1.15%) PTC
6 1 (1.15%) SAP
6 1 (1.15%) YouTube