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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 416 427
Rank change year-on-year -148 +11 +103
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 177 247 359
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.58% 0.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 2.10% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 98 99 198
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,552
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,434 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,560 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% +0.10% -8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,188
90th Percentile £107,500 £89,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £57,796
% change year-on-year +4.24% -0.41% -7.53%

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 16,640 11,779 21,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.08% 27.43% 30.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,201 7,775 14,399
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -60 87 £60,000 - 69
Midlands -38 29 £52,500 -19.23% 35
East of England -4 27 £52,500 -25.00% 60
West Midlands -20 20 £71,250 -5.00% 18
South West -82 19 £60,625 +15.26% 35
London -66 10 £132,500 +32.50% 66
East Midlands -42 9 £45,000 -20.13% 17
North of England -106 4 £53,236 +6.36% 14
Yorkshire -51 2 £51,722 -14.30% 5
North West -55 2 £54,750 +9.38% 6
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 (0.56%) Kinematics
Applications
1 109 (61.58%) Simulink
2 4 (2.26%) Mathcad
2 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) CATIA
3 3 (1.69%) Lightworks
3 3 (1.69%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.56%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.56%) Revit
4 1 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.56%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.08%) Ethernet
2 6 (3.39%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.26%) 5G
3 4 (2.26%) MQTT
3 4 (2.26%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.26%) WAN
4 3 (1.69%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.69%) Wireless
5 2 (1.13%) Modbus
5 2 (1.13%) RS-422
5 2 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.56%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.56%) FTP
6 1 (0.56%) HTTP
6 1 (0.56%) RS-232
6 1 (0.56%) RS-485
6 1 (0.56%) RTP
6 1 (0.56%) SCTP
6 1 (0.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.56%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.39%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.82%) GIS
3 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 49 (27.68%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (11.30%) LabVIEW
3 16 (9.04%) Git
4 6 (3.39%) Eclipse
4 6 (3.39%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.13%) JIRA
5 2 (1.13%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 82 (46.33%) Aerospace
2 59 (33.33%) Finance
3 56 (31.64%) Electronics
4 47 (26.55%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (25.42%) Social Skills
6 23 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (11.86%) Military
8 12 (6.78%) Automotive
9 9 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.95%) Aviation
10 7 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.82%) Law
12 4 (2.26%) Advertising
13 3 (1.69%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.13%) Aeronautics
14 2 (1.13%) Avionics
14 2 (1.13%) Digital Health
14 2 (1.13%) Legal
14 2 (1.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (42.94%) Systems Engineer
2 52 (29.38%) Senior
3 33 (18.64%) Lead
4 29 (16.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 28 (15.82%) Software Engineer
6 20 (11.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 18 (10.17%) Embedded Engineer
8 14 (7.91%) Team Leader
9 13 (7.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (6.78%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (6.21%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (5.08%) Electronics Engineer
12 9 (5.08%) Test Engineer
13 8 (4.52%) FPGA Engineer
13 8 (4.52%) Research Scientist
14 6 (3.39%) Applications Engineer
14 6 (3.39%) Hardware Engineer
14 6 (3.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 5 (2.82%) Security Engineer
15 5 (2.82%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.39%) Yocto
2 4 (2.26%) pytest
3 2 (1.13%) Middleware
3 2 (1.13%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.56%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.56%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.56%) HTML
4 1 (0.56%) JSON
4 1 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.56%) Web Services
4 1 (0.56%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.12%) Algorithms
2 22 (12.43%) FPGA
3 20 (11.30%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (10.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (6.78%) Robotics
6 11 (6.21%) Verilog
6 11 (6.21%) VHDL
7 9 (5.08%) Driving Licence
7 9 (5.08%) SCADA
8 8 (4.52%) Analogue Electronics
8 8 (4.52%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (4.52%) Reinsurance
9 7 (3.95%) PCIe
10 4 (2.26%) IoT
10 4 (2.26%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.13%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.13%) CAN bus
12 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.56%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.39%) Linux
1 6 (3.39%) Unix
2 5 (2.82%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (2.82%) Windows
3 3 (1.69%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.69%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (42.94%) Systems Engineering
2 68 (38.42%) Physics
3 56 (31.64%) Mathematics
4 54 (30.51%) Validation
5 45 (25.42%) Software Engineering
6 35 (19.77%) Requirements Management
7 33 (18.64%) Agile
8 30 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (14.12%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 25 (14.12%) Software Testing
10 24 (13.56%) Coaching
11 23 (12.99%) SysML
11 23 (12.99%) Verification and Validation
12 22 (12.43%) Test Automation
13 19 (10.73%) Customer Requirements
14 18 (10.17%) Decision-Making
15 17 (9.60%) Roadmaps
16 15 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
16 15 (8.47%) Signal Processing
16 15 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 65 (36.72%) Python
2 48 (27.12%) C++
3 41 (23.16%) C
4 22 (12.43%) Embedded C
5 16 (9.04%) Embedded C++
6 15 (8.47%) C#
7 13 (7.34%) Java
8 11 (6.21%) SQL
9 10 (5.65%) Julia
10 9 (5.08%) R
11 3 (1.69%) Delphi
11 3 (1.69%) Rust
12 1 (0.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (65.54%) Degree
2 65 (36.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 44 (24.86%) Security Cleared
4 32 (18.08%) SC Cleared
5 30 (16.95%) Master's Degree
6 28 (15.82%) PhD
7 22 (12.43%) DV Cleared
8 10 (5.65%) HND
9 8 (4.52%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.34%) Accessibility
2 11 (6.21%) DO-254
3 9 (5.08%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.95%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.95%) GDPR
5 4 (2.26%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (2.26%) DO-160
6 3 (1.69%) ECSS
6 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.69%) QA
7 2 (1.13%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.13%) ISO 26262
7 2 (1.13%) MISRA
7 2 (1.13%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.56%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.56%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.56%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 25 (14.12%) Firmware
2 9 (5.08%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.39%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 38 (21.47%) Siemens
2 7 (3.95%) EMC
3 5 (2.82%) DIgSILENT
3 5 (2.82%) YouTube
4 4 (2.26%) Facebook
4 4 (2.26%) IBM
4 4 (2.26%) Instagram
4 4 (2.26%) Mentor Graphics
5 3 (1.69%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.13%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.13%) OpenAI