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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 412 486
Rank change year-on-year -26 +74 -62
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 182 316 199
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.52% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.67% 1.63% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 50 159 125
10th Percentile £42,770 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £53,148 £47,683 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -4.07% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £91,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% -4.07% +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 10,906 19,381 19,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.63% 31.97% 41.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,758 11,537 16,279
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,734 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.63%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +25 78 £75,000 +25.00% 34
North of England -7 33 £55,897 +17.23% 5
South West +12 26 £52,600 - 26
North West -4 23 £54,793 +14.91% 3
Midlands +61 21 £65,000 +23.81% 14
London +29 16 £75,000 -34.78% 5
East Midlands +28 13 £65,000 +23.59% 11
Yorkshire +4 9 £63,150 +9.71% 1
West Midlands +33 8 - - 3
East of England -3 8 £72,500 +11.54% 33
North East - 1 - - 1
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 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.65%) SAS
3 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (20.33%) Simulink
2 11 (6.04%) Mathcad
2 11 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.65%) GNU Octave
5 3 (1.65%) Stata
6 2 (1.10%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.55%) CATIA
7 1 (0.55%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.20%) GitHub
1 4 (2.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.93%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (3.30%) 5G
2 6 (3.30%) SD-WAN
2 6 (3.30%) WAN
3 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.65%) Big Data
2 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.55%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.85%) Git
1 7 (3.85%) LabVIEW
2 4 (2.20%) GitLab
2 4 (2.20%) MLflow
2 4 (2.20%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.65%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 27 (14.84%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.74%) Electronics
3 10 (5.49%) Military
3 10 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (4.95%) Aerospace
4 9 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.85%) Finance
6 6 (3.30%) Retail
7 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.75%) Marketing
8 4 (2.20%) Automotive
9 3 (1.65%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.65%) Avionics
9 3 (1.65%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Aviation
11 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (32.42%) Systems Engineer
2 31 (17.03%) Lead
3 26 (14.29%) Radio Engineer
4 22 (12.09%) Senior
5 11 (6.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 9 (4.95%) Mathematical Modeller
7 6 (3.30%) Professional Services Engineer
7 6 (3.30%) Radar Engineer
8 5 (2.75%) Analyst
8 5 (2.75%) Test Engineer
9 4 (2.20%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 4 (2.20%) Product Engineer
9 4 (2.20%) Product Test Engineer
9 4 (2.20%) Qualitative Analyst
9 4 (2.20%) Quantitative Analyst
9 4 (2.20%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (2.20%) Senior Verification Engineer
9 4 (2.20%) Verification Engineer
10 3 (1.65%) Principal Modelling Engineer
10 3 (1.65%) Quantitative Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.92%) HTML
2 4 (2.20%) pytest
3 1 (0.55%) Caffe
3 1 (0.55%) NumPy
3 1 (0.55%) Pandas
3 1 (0.55%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.55%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.29%) FPGA
2 15 (8.24%) Algorithms
3 7 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.30%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.30%) Self-Driving Car
5 5 (2.75%) GNSS
5 5 (2.75%) Robotics
6 4 (2.20%) Satnav
7 3 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.65%) Arduino
7 3 (1.65%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.65%) Derivative
7 3 (1.65%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.55%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.55%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.55%) Infotainment
9 1 (0.55%) Lidar
9 1 (0.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.95%) Linux
2 6 (3.30%) Unix
3 5 (2.75%) Windows
4 1 (0.55%) Android
4 1 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (37.91%) Computer Science
2 63 (34.62%) AI
3 56 (30.77%) Physics
4 55 (30.22%) Machine Learning
5 49 (26.92%) Data Privacy
6 46 (25.27%) Systems Engineering
7 45 (24.73%) Signal Processing
8 39 (21.43%) Mathematics
9 38 (20.88%) Innovative Thinking
10 34 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (18.13%) Digital Signal Processing
11 33 (18.13%) Validation
12 24 (13.19%) SysML
13 23 (12.64%) Verification and Validation
14 22 (12.09%) Agile
14 22 (12.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 18 (9.89%) Data Analysis
15 18 (9.89%) Mathematical Modelling
16 15 (8.24%) Software Engineering
17 14 (7.69%) UML
Programming Languages
1 108 (59.34%) Python
2 73 (40.11%) C++
3 66 (36.26%) C
4 57 (31.32%) R
5 55 (30.22%) Java
6 53 (29.12%) C#
7 52 (28.57%) JavaScript
8 50 (27.47%) SQL
9 49 (26.92%) Dart
9 49 (26.92%) PHP
9 49 (26.92%) Ruby
9 49 (26.92%) Rust
9 49 (26.92%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.20%) Tcl
11 3 (1.65%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.65%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.65%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.65%) Swift
11 3 (1.65%) VBA
12 1 (0.55%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 126 (69.23%) Degree
2 53 (29.12%) Security Cleared
3 49 (26.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 49 (26.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (24.73%) SC Cleared
5 13 (7.14%) HND
6 9 (4.95%) HNC
6 9 (4.95%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.75%) PhD
8 3 (1.65%) CFA
9 2 (1.10%) MCAD
9 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.10%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.10%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.55%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 26 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (6.59%) MathWorks
2 6 (3.30%) ANSYS
2 6 (3.30%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.20%) Databricks
4 3 (1.65%) EMC
4 3 (1.65%) Google
5 2 (1.10%) Cadence
5 2 (1.10%) SAP
6 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.55%) IBM
6 1 (0.55%) Keysight
6 1 (0.55%) PTC
6 1 (0.55%) QNX
6 1 (0.55%) Sparx
6 1 (0.55%) YouTube