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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 363 465
Rank change year-on-year -209 +102 +90
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 111 297 402
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.76% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.77% 2.32% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 52 150 232
10th Percentile - £42,298 £39,100
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,683 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,625 £68,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,778 £115,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 14,498 12,788 27,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.83% 32.65% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10,226 8,896 22,384
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,250
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 £86,250 £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 16 May 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 May 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 -40 75 £60,000 +9.09% 22
East of England -9 10 £70,000 +46.80% 18
South West -80 10 - - 30
North of England -89 8 £50,811 +1.51% 3
North West -44 6 £49,900 -0.31% 2
London -43 5 £132,500 -11.67% 6
West Midlands -54 3 £67,500 +35.00% 3
Midlands -66 3 £67,500 +38.20% 7
Yorkshire -65 2 £51,722 -10.14%
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 2 (1.80%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 67 (60.36%) Simulink
2 8 (7.21%) CATIA
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.80%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.21%) GitHub
2 1 (0.90%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.21%) 5G
1 8 (7.21%) SD-WAN
1 8 (7.21%) WAN
2 6 (5.41%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.80%) Modbus
4 2 (1.80%) RS-422
5 1 (0.90%) MQTT
5 1 (0.90%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) GIS
2 2 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.90%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (37.84%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (11.71%) Git
3 8 (7.21%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.70%) JIRA
5 2 (1.80%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (45.95%) Electronics
2 35 (31.53%) Aerospace
3 31 (27.93%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (23.42%) Military
5 20 (18.02%) Finance
6 9 (8.11%) Social Skills
7 8 (7.21%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.50%) Aviation
9 2 (1.80%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.80%) Legal
9 2 (1.80%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.90%) Advertising
10 1 (0.90%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.90%) Automotive
10 1 (0.90%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 57 (51.35%) Systems Engineer
2 50 (45.05%) Senior
3 26 (23.42%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 13 (11.71%) Lead
5 12 (10.81%) Principal Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) Hardware Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) Principal Hardware Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 11 (9.91%) Test Engineer
7 10 (9.01%) Software Engineer
8 9 (8.11%) Embedded Engineer
8 9 (8.11%) FPGA Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Product Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Product Test Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Team Leader
9 8 (7.21%) Verification Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (3.60%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.21%) pytest
2 2 (1.80%) Yocto
3 1 (0.90%) Pandas
3 1 (0.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Management Information System
2 18 (16.22%) Algorithms
3 13 (11.71%) FPGA
4 11 (9.91%) Analogue Electronics
5 8 (7.21%) PCIe
5 8 (7.21%) Self-Driving Car
5 8 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (6.31%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (4.50%) Driving Licence
8 5 (4.50%) Robotics
8 5 (4.50%) Verilog
8 5 (4.50%) VHDL
9 4 (3.60%) SCADA
10 3 (2.70%) CAN bus
10 3 (2.70%) Reinsurance
11 2 (1.80%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.80%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.80%) GNSS
12 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.11%) Windows
2 8 (7.21%) Unix
3 2 (1.80%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.80%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.80%) Linux
3 2 (1.80%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.86%) Systems Engineering
2 49 (44.14%) Physics
3 42 (37.84%) Mathematics
4 33 (29.73%) Coaching
5 31 (27.93%) Agile
5 31 (27.93%) Requirements Management
6 29 (26.13%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (26.13%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 26 (23.42%) SysML
8 25 (22.52%) Information Assurance
9 24 (21.62%) Software Engineering
9 24 (21.62%) Validation
10 18 (16.22%) Test Automation
11 17 (15.32%) Kalman Filter
11 17 (15.32%) Verification and Validation
12 15 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
12 15 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (12.61%) Data Analysis
13 14 (12.61%) Signal Processing
13 14 (12.61%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (35.14%) Python
2 24 (21.62%) C++
3 21 (18.92%) C
4 10 (9.01%) C#
5 8 (7.21%) Embedded C
6 7 (6.31%) Embedded C++
7 6 (5.41%) R
7 6 (5.41%) SQL
8 5 (4.50%) Julia
9 3 (2.70%) Java
10 2 (1.80%) Delphi
11 1 (0.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (80.18%) Degree
2 64 (57.66%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (17.12%) HND
4 17 (15.32%) Security Cleared
5 11 (9.91%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.50%) Master's Degree
7 5 (4.50%) PhD
8 3 (2.70%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.90%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 5 (4.50%) ARP4754
2 5 (4.50%) Def Stans
3 4 (3.60%) DO-254
4 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.80%) GDPR
5 2 (1.80%) IEC 61508
5 2 (1.80%) MISRA
5 2 (1.80%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.90%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.90%) DO-160
6 1 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 11 (9.91%) Firmware
2 2 (1.80%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (29.73%) Siemens
2 11 (9.91%) Mentor Graphics
3 8 (7.21%) IBM
4 4 (3.60%) Altera
5 2 (1.80%) EMC
5 2 (1.80%) Facebook
5 2 (1.80%) Instagram
6 1 (0.90%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft