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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 416 434
Rank change year-on-year -139 +18 +83
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 208 245 350
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.25% 2.08% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 112 88 189
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +0.10% -8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,675 £86,240 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £57,560
% change year-on-year +3.39% +0.82% -4.07%

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 16,697 11,804 21,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.59% 27.35% 30.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12,214 7,778 13,531
10th Percentile £39,818 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 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 16 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 -57 98 £60,000 - 101
Midlands -20 41 £48,750 -25.00% 62
East of England -8 34 £52,500 -25.00% 94
West Midlands -26 27 £67,500 -10.00% 33
South West -78 22 £60,625 +15.26% 56
East Midlands -34 14 £45,000 -20.13% 29
London -65 11 £132,500 +65.63% 101
North of England -114 3 £53,236 -2.84% 22
Yorkshire -43 2 £51,722 -14.30% 7
North West -54 1 £54,750 +9.38% 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 2 (0.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Kinematics
Applications
1 122 (58.65%) Simulink
2 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.92%) Mathcad
4 3 (1.44%) CATIA
4 3 (1.44%) Lightworks
4 3 (1.44%) Mathematica
4 3 (1.44%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.96%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.48%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.48%) Revit
6 1 (0.48%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.92%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.33%) Ethernet
2 8 (3.85%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.88%) Wireless
4 5 (2.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (1.92%) 5G
5 4 (1.92%) MQTT
5 4 (1.92%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.92%) WAN
6 2 (0.96%) Modbus
6 2 (0.96%) RS-422
6 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.48%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.48%) FTP
7 1 (0.48%) HTTP
7 1 (0.48%) LAN
7 1 (0.48%) LTE
7 1 (0.48%) RS-232
7 1 (0.48%) RS-485
7 1 (0.48%) SCTP
7 1 (0.48%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.40%) GIS
3 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 51 (24.52%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (10.58%) LabVIEW
3 19 (9.13%) Git
4 8 (3.85%) Eclipse
5 7 (3.37%) PetaLinux
6 3 (1.44%) JIRA
6 3 (1.44%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.48%) Subversion
7 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 91 (43.75%) Aerospace
2 63 (30.29%) Electronics
3 61 (29.33%) Finance
4 52 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 51 (24.52%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (11.54%) Military
7 23 (11.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (6.73%) Automotive
9 12 (5.77%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.37%) Aviation
12 6 (2.88%) Advertising
13 5 (2.40%) Law
13 5 (2.40%) Retail
14 3 (1.44%) Legal
14 3 (1.44%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.96%) Aeronautics
15 2 (0.96%) Avionics
15 2 (0.96%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 77 (37.02%) Systems Engineer
2 53 (25.48%) Senior
3 41 (19.71%) Lead
4 30 (14.42%) Software Engineer
5 28 (13.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 22 (10.58%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 19 (9.13%) Embedded Engineer
8 16 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (6.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (6.73%) Team Leader
10 12 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) Electronics Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) FPGA Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) Research Scientist
11 10 (4.81%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
13 6 (2.88%) Hardware Engineer
13 6 (2.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 6 (2.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 5 (2.40%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.37%) Yocto
2 4 (1.92%) pytest
3 3 (1.44%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.96%) HTML
4 2 (0.96%) Middleware
5 1 (0.48%) FFmpeg
5 1 (0.48%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.48%) JSON
5 1 (0.48%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
5 1 (0.48%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.83%) Algorithms
2 27 (12.98%) FPGA
3 24 (11.54%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (9.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (6.25%) Robotics
5 13 (6.25%) VHDL
6 12 (5.77%) Verilog
7 11 (5.29%) SCADA
8 9 (4.33%) Analogue Electronics
8 9 (4.33%) Driving Licence
9 8 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (3.85%) PCIe
9 8 (3.85%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.92%) IoT
10 4 (1.92%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.44%) Synthetic Data
12 2 (0.96%) Acoustics
12 2 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.33%) Linux
2 6 (2.88%) Unix
3 5 (2.40%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (2.40%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (2.40%) Windows
4 3 (1.44%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (38.94%) Physics
2 78 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 67 (32.21%) Mathematics
4 61 (29.33%) Validation
5 49 (23.56%) Software Engineering
6 38 (18.27%) Agile
6 38 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (17.31%) Requirements Management
8 27 (12.98%) Software Testing
9 26 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 26 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
10 24 (11.54%) Coaching
10 24 (11.54%) Signal Processing
10 24 (11.54%) Test Automation
11 23 (11.06%) SysML
12 22 (10.58%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (9.62%) Customer Requirements
14 19 (9.13%) Decision-Making
15 18 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (8.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 78 (37.50%) Python
2 57 (27.40%) C++
3 50 (24.04%) C
4 27 (12.98%) Embedded C
5 18 (8.65%) Embedded C++
6 16 (7.69%) Java
7 15 (7.21%) C#
8 11 (5.29%) SQL
9 10 (4.81%) Julia
9 10 (4.81%) R
10 3 (1.44%) Delphi
10 3 (1.44%) Rust
11 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.48%) Perl
11 1 (0.48%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 136 (65.38%) Degree
2 65 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 59 (28.37%) Security Cleared
4 41 (19.71%) SC Cleared
5 40 (19.23%) Master's Degree
6 37 (17.79%) PhD
7 24 (11.54%) DV Cleared
8 13 (6.25%) HND
9 9 (4.33%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.48%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.29%) DO-254
3 9 (4.33%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.37%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.37%) GDPR
5 4 (1.92%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.92%) DO-160
6 3 (1.44%) ECSS
6 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.44%) QA
7 2 (0.96%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.96%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.96%) MISRA
7 2 (0.96%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.48%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.48%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 28 (13.46%) Firmware
2 11 (5.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.88%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 38 (18.27%) Siemens
2 8 (3.85%) EMC
3 6 (2.88%) DIgSILENT
3 6 (2.88%) YouTube
4 5 (2.40%) IBM
5 4 (1.92%) Facebook
5 4 (1.92%) Instagram
5 4 (1.92%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (1.92%) Thales
5 4 (1.92%) Xilinx
6 3 (1.44%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.96%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.48%) Intel
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft