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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 380 471
Rank change year-on-year -193 +91 +88
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 142 291 429
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.70% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.90% 2.26% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 76 137 239
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £38,700
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74,063 £75,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £118,750 £143,500 £77,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%

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 15,761 12,855 28,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.36% 30.99% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,441 8,699 22,705
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 July 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 July 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 -45 92 £60,000 +9.09% 33
East of England -7 16 £65,000 +36.32% 18
South West -84 14 £55,000 +4.56% 28
London -49 11 £132,500 -11.67% 14
North of England -103 5 £51,722 +3.33% 3
Midlands -66 4 £67,500 +41.56% 11
West Midlands -40 3 £67,500 -10.00% 3
North West -43 3 £52,325 +4.54% 2
Yorkshire -50 2 £51,722 -10.14% 1
East Midlands -44 1 £52,500 +10.10% 8
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 1 (0.70%) Jupyter
Applications
1 76 (53.52%) Simulink
2 7 (4.93%) CATIA
2 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.11%) Lightworks
3 3 (2.11%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.93%) GitHub
2 1 (0.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.34%) Ethernet
2 7 (4.93%) 5G
2 7 (4.93%) SD-WAN
2 7 (4.93%) WAN
3 5 (3.52%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (2.82%) MQTT
5 3 (2.11%) Wireless
6 2 (1.41%) Modbus
6 2 (1.41%) RS-422
6 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.70%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.70%) FTP
7 1 (0.70%) RS-232
7 1 (0.70%) RS-485
7 1 (0.70%) RTP
7 1 (0.70%) RTSP
7 1 (0.70%) SCTP
7 1 (0.70%) SS7
7 1 (0.70%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.52%) GIS
3 2 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 41 (28.87%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (13.38%) Git
3 14 (9.86%) LabVIEW
4 6 (4.23%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.41%) JIRA
5 2 (1.41%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.70%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (40.85%) Electronics
2 48 (33.80%) Aerospace
3 43 (30.28%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (19.01%) Finance
5 23 (16.20%) Social Skills
6 22 (15.49%) Military
7 8 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.23%) Aviation
8 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.52%) Automotive
10 4 (2.82%) Advertising
11 3 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.11%) Swedish Language
12 2 (1.41%) Digital Health
12 2 (1.41%) Legal
13 1 (0.70%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.70%) Avionics
13 1 (0.70%) Law
13 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (44.37%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (41.55%) Senior
3 28 (19.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 24 (16.90%) Software Engineer
5 17 (11.97%) Lead
6 14 (9.86%) Embedded Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) FPGA Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) Principal Hardware Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) Team Leader
8 11 (7.75%) Test Engineer
9 10 (7.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 9 (6.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Product Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Product Test Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Verification Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) pytest
2 6 (4.23%) Yocto
3 2 (1.41%) Middleware
4 1 (0.70%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.70%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.70%) HTML
4 1 (0.70%) JSON
4 1 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.70%) Web Services
4 1 (0.70%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.20%) Algorithms
2 19 (13.38%) FPGA
3 16 (11.27%) Embedded Systems
4 15 (10.56%) Analogue Electronics
5 13 (9.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (9.15%) Management Information System
6 10 (7.04%) PCIe
6 10 (7.04%) Verilog
6 10 (7.04%) VHDL
7 9 (6.34%) Reinsurance
8 8 (5.63%) SCADA
9 7 (4.93%) Robotics
9 7 (4.93%) Self-Driving Car
10 6 (4.23%) Fibre Optics
11 5 (3.52%) Driving Licence
12 4 (2.82%) IoT
12 4 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (1.41%) Legacy Code
14 2 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.34%) Unix
2 8 (5.63%) Windows
3 6 (4.23%) Linux
4 5 (3.52%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (2.11%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.11%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (44.37%) Systems Engineering
2 54 (38.03%) Physics
3 48 (33.80%) Mathematics
4 42 (29.58%) Software Engineering
5 31 (21.83%) Validation
6 30 (21.13%) Coaching
7 28 (19.72%) Agile
7 28 (19.72%) Requirements Management
8 25 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (17.61%) SysML
9 24 (16.90%) Software Testing
9 24 (16.90%) Test Automation
10 22 (15.49%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 20 (14.08%) Kalman Filter
12 18 (12.68%) Customer Requirements
12 18 (12.68%) Information Assurance
12 18 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (12.68%) Signal Processing
13 16 (11.27%) Decision-Making
14 13 (9.15%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 64 (45.07%) Python
2 47 (33.10%) C++
3 35 (24.65%) C
4 19 (13.38%) C#
5 14 (9.86%) Embedded C
6 13 (9.15%) Embedded C++
7 12 (8.45%) SQL
8 11 (7.75%) Julia
9 10 (7.04%) R
10 8 (5.63%) Java
11 3 (2.11%) Delphi
11 3 (2.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 96 (67.61%) Degree
2 59 (41.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (16.20%) Security Cleared
4 20 (14.08%) HND
5 15 (10.56%) SC Cleared
6 10 (7.04%) Master's Degree
6 10 (7.04%) PhD
7 8 (5.63%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.11%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) ARP4754
2 8 (5.63%) DO-254
3 7 (4.93%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.93%) GDPR
3 7 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (2.82%) QA
5 3 (2.11%) ECSS
5 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.41%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.41%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.41%) MISRA
6 2 (1.41%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.70%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.70%) DO-160
7 1 (0.70%) DO-178B
System Software
1 20 (14.08%) Firmware
2 4 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 32 (22.54%) Siemens
2 11 (7.75%) Mentor Graphics
3 7 (4.93%) EMC
3 7 (4.93%) IBM
4 4 (2.82%) Altera
4 4 (2.82%) Facebook
4 4 (2.82%) Instagram
5 3 (2.11%) Xilinx
6 1 (0.70%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft