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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 356 475
Rank change year-on-year -214 +119 +74
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 134 293 436
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.74% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.87% 2.31% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 70 139 244
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £37,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74,688 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £130,625 £133,000 £78,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -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 15,351 12,669 29,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.33% 31.84% 30.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,084 8,509 23,334
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 £111,250 £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 20 June 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 20 June 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 84 £60,000 +9.09% 30
East of England -2 16 £65,000 +36.32% 19
South West -83 15 £50,000 -4.94% 23
London -47 11 £132,500 +1.92% 7
North of England -83 5 £51,722 +3.33% 3
North West -40 3 £52,325 +4.54% 2
Midlands -67 3 £67,500 +41.56% 8
West Midlands -34 2 £67,500 -10.00% 5
Yorkshire -51 2 £51,722 -10.14% 1
East Midlands -57 1 £52,500 +10.10% 3
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 (0.75%) Jupyter
Applications
1 73 (54.48%) Simulink
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.22%) CATIA
4 3 (2.24%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.75%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.72%) GitHub
2 1 (0.75%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.72%) 5G
1 9 (6.72%) SD-WAN
1 9 (6.72%) WAN
2 7 (5.22%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.73%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.49%) Modbus
4 2 (1.49%) MQTT
4 2 (1.49%) RS-422
4 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.75%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.75%) FTP
5 1 (0.75%) HTTP
5 1 (0.75%) RS-232
5 1 (0.75%) RS-485
5 1 (0.75%) RTP
5 1 (0.75%) RTSP
5 1 (0.75%) SS7
5 1 (0.75%) VoIP
5 1 (0.75%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.48%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.73%) GIS
3 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 43 (32.09%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (13.43%) Git
3 10 (7.46%) LabVIEW
4 4 (2.99%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.49%) JIRA
5 2 (1.49%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (41.79%) Electronics
2 46 (34.33%) Aerospace
3 37 (27.61%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (20.15%) Finance
5 24 (17.91%) Military
6 16 (11.94%) Social Skills
7 6 (4.48%) Aviation
8 5 (3.73%) Automotive
8 5 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.99%) Advertising
10 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.24%) Swedish Language
11 2 (1.49%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.49%) Legal
12 1 (0.75%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.75%) Avionics
12 1 (0.75%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (44.78%) Systems Engineer
2 55 (41.04%) Senior
3 25 (18.66%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 21 (15.67%) Software Engineer
5 16 (11.94%) Lead
6 12 (8.96%) Embedded Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Hardware Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Principal Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Test Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) FPGA Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) Team Leader
8 10 (7.46%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 10 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (6.72%) Product Engineer
9 9 (6.72%) Product Test Engineer
9 9 (6.72%) Verification Engineer
10 7 (5.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (4.48%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.72%) pytest
2 4 (2.99%) Yocto
3 2 (1.49%) Middleware
4 1 (0.75%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.75%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) JSON
4 1 (0.75%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.75%) Web Services
4 1 (0.75%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.75%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.16%) Algorithms
2 17 (12.69%) FPGA
3 15 (11.19%) Analogue Electronics
3 15 (11.19%) Management Information System
4 13 (9.70%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (7.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (7.46%) PCIe
6 9 (6.72%) Reinsurance
6 9 (6.72%) Self-Driving Car
7 8 (5.97%) Verilog
7 8 (5.97%) VHDL
8 7 (5.22%) Robotics
9 6 (4.48%) SCADA
9 6 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (3.73%) Driving Licence
11 3 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (1.49%) GNSS
12 2 (1.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.21%) Unix
2 10 (7.46%) Windows
3 4 (2.99%) Linux
4 3 (2.24%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.24%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (2.24%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (47.01%) Systems Engineering
2 53 (39.55%) Physics
3 50 (37.31%) Mathematics
4 39 (29.10%) Software Engineering
5 31 (23.13%) Coaching
6 30 (22.39%) Requirements Management
7 29 (21.64%) Agile
8 26 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (19.40%) Validation
9 25 (18.66%) SysML
10 24 (17.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 23 (17.16%) Software Testing
11 23 (17.16%) Test Automation
12 22 (16.42%) Kalman Filter
13 20 (14.93%) Information Assurance
14 18 (13.43%) Signal Processing
15 17 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (11.94%) Customer Requirements
16 16 (11.94%) Decision-Making
17 13 (9.70%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (42.54%) Python
2 44 (32.84%) C++
3 31 (23.13%) C
4 19 (14.18%) C#
5 13 (9.70%) Embedded C
5 13 (9.70%) Embedded C++
6 12 (8.96%) SQL
7 11 (8.21%) Julia
8 10 (7.46%) R
9 7 (5.22%) Java
10 3 (2.24%) Delphi
11 1 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 94 (70.15%) Degree
2 61 (45.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (16.42%) HND
3 22 (16.42%) Security Cleared
4 15 (11.19%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.22%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.73%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.73%) PhD
7 3 (2.24%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.22%) ARP4754
1 7 (5.22%) Def Stans
1 7 (5.22%) GDPR
1 7 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (4.48%) DO-254
3 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (1.49%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (1.49%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.49%) MISRA
4 2 (1.49%) MISRA C
4 2 (1.49%) QA
5 1 (0.75%) ARP4761
5 1 (0.75%) DO-160
5 1 (0.75%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.75%) ECSS
System Software
1 18 (13.43%) Firmware
2 3 (2.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.99%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (25.37%) Siemens
2 11 (8.21%) Mentor Graphics
3 7 (5.22%) EMC
3 7 (5.22%) IBM
4 4 (2.99%) Altera
4 4 (2.99%) Facebook
4 4 (2.99%) Instagram
5 1 (0.75%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.75%) Xilinx