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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 421 433
Rank change year-on-year -103 +12 +78
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 246 212 319
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.48% 1.90% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 131 64 166
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,555 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +4.24% -6.03%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,700 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.39% -3.28%

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 16,605 11,145 20,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.95% 26.07% 31.59%
Number of salaries quoted 12,091 7,427 12,111
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,862 £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 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% -0.77%

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 13 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 13 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 -28 107 £56,000 -25.33% 23
East of England +5 51 £64,500 -7.86% 17
Midlands -29 50 £45,000 -20.13% 10
West Midlands -21 30 £70,000 - 5
South West -78 24 £62,500 +18.82% 3
East Midlands -28 20 £45,000 -20.13% 5
London -58 12 £132,500 +76.67% 22
North of England -100 3 £53,625 -2.13% 6
North West -60 2 £53,625 -2.13% 4
North East -69 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 4 (1.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Kinematics
Applications
1 147 (59.76%) Simulink
2 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.03%) Lightworks
3 5 (2.03%) Mathcad
3 5 (2.03%) Mathematica
3 5 (2.03%) Stateflow
4 4 (1.63%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.81%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.81%) MicroStation
5 2 (0.81%) Revit
6 1 (0.41%) CATIA
6 1 (0.41%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.88%) Wireless
2 9 (3.66%) Ethernet
2 9 (3.66%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.44%) MQTT
3 6 (2.44%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (1.63%) 5G
4 4 (1.63%) LTE
4 4 (1.63%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.63%) WAN
5 3 (1.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.81%) HTTP
7 1 (0.41%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.41%) Internet
7 1 (0.41%) RS-232
7 1 (0.41%) RS-422
7 1 (0.41%) RS-485
7 1 (0.41%) RTP
7 1 (0.41%) RTSP
7 1 (0.41%) SS7
7 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.44%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.03%) GIS
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 56 (22.76%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (9.35%) LabVIEW
3 21 (8.54%) Git
4 10 (4.07%) PetaLinux
5 9 (3.66%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.85%) JIRA
7 5 (2.03%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 96 (39.02%) Aerospace
2 65 (26.42%) Electronics
3 61 (24.80%) Finance
4 60 (24.39%) Social Skills
5 50 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (13.41%) Military
7 21 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.69%) Automotive
8 14 (5.69%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.07%) Aviation
9 10 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.25%) Retail
11 7 (2.85%) Advertising
12 5 (2.03%) Law
12 5 (2.03%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.22%) Aeronautics
13 3 (1.22%) Police
13 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.41%) Avionics
14 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (33.74%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (23.58%) Senior
3 46 (18.70%) Lead
4 32 (13.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 32 (13.01%) Software Engineer
5 25 (10.16%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 20 (8.13%) Embedded Engineer
7 19 (7.72%) Principal Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Team Leader
9 13 (5.28%) FPGA Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) DSP Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Electronics Engineer
12 10 (4.07%) Applications Engineer
12 10 (4.07%) Research Scientist
12 10 (4.07%) Test Engineer
13 7 (2.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 6 (2.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 5 (2.03%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.07%) Yocto
2 4 (1.63%) pytest
2 4 (1.63%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.22%) React
4 2 (0.81%) HTML
4 2 (0.81%) JSON
4 2 (0.81%) Middleware
5 1 (0.41%) FFmpeg
5 1 (0.41%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.41%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (0.41%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.41%) Web Services
5 1 (0.41%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.41%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (23.58%) Algorithms
2 38 (15.45%) FPGA
3 31 (12.60%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (8.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (8.13%) Robotics
5 19 (7.72%) VHDL
6 14 (5.69%) Verilog
7 11 (4.47%) SCADA
8 10 (4.07%) Driving Licence
9 9 (3.66%) Acoustics
9 9 (3.66%) PCIe
10 8 (3.25%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (3.25%) Reinsurance
11 7 (2.85%) Analogue Electronics
12 6 (2.44%) IoT
12 6 (2.44%) Self-Driving Car
13 5 (2.03%) Synthetic Data
14 4 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.91%) Linux
2 12 (4.88%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.44%) Robot Operating System
3 6 (2.44%) Unix
4 4 (1.63%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (39.02%) Physics
2 86 (34.96%) Systems Engineering
3 80 (32.52%) Mathematics
4 67 (27.24%) Validation
5 52 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (21.14%) Software Engineering
6 47 (19.11%) Agile
7 39 (15.85%) Requirements Management
8 38 (15.45%) Signal Processing
9 32 (13.01%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 31 (12.60%) Verification and Validation
11 30 (12.20%) AI
11 30 (12.20%) SysML
12 29 (11.79%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (10.57%) Software Testing
14 25 (10.16%) Kalman Filter
15 24 (9.76%) Coaching
15 24 (9.76%) Test Automation
16 21 (8.54%) Customer Requirements
17 20 (8.13%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
Programming Languages
1 92 (37.40%) Python
2 75 (30.49%) C++
3 66 (26.83%) C
4 32 (13.01%) Embedded C
5 23 (9.35%) Embedded C++
6 17 (6.91%) C#
6 17 (6.91%) Java
7 11 (4.47%) R
7 11 (4.47%) SQL
8 10 (4.07%) Julia
9 5 (2.03%) Delphi
10 4 (1.63%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.63%) Rust
11 3 (1.22%) Go
11 3 (1.22%) Perl
11 3 (1.22%) SystemVerilog
11 3 (1.22%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.41%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 158 (64.23%) Degree
2 80 (32.52%) Security Cleared
3 63 (25.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 54 (21.95%) SC Cleared
5 52 (21.14%) Master's Degree
6 47 (19.11%) PhD
7 26 (10.57%) DV Cleared
8 12 (4.88%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) HND
10 2 (0.81%) HNC
11 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.28%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.47%) DO-254
3 7 (2.85%) ARP4754
3 7 (2.85%) GDPR
4 6 (2.44%) Def Stans
5 5 (2.03%) ECSS
6 4 (1.63%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.22%) DO-160
7 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (1.22%) QA
8 2 (0.81%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS
9 1 (0.41%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.41%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 30 (12.20%) Firmware
2 11 (4.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.03%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (17.48%) Siemens
2 10 (4.07%) EMC
3 9 (3.66%) Xilinx
4 8 (3.25%) DIgSILENT
4 8 (3.25%) YouTube
5 7 (2.85%) Thales
6 5 (2.03%) IBM
7 4 (1.63%) Facebook
7 4 (1.63%) Instagram
7 4 (1.63%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.22%) Intel
9 2 (0.81%) MathWorks
9 2 (0.81%) Microsoft
10 1 (0.41%) Cadence