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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 356 470
Rank change year-on-year -205 +114 +84
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 125 300 425
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.76% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.83% 2.37% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 65 142 238
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £38,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £121,000 £121,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -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 15,061 12,658 28,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.31% 32.24% 30.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,798 8,465 22,961
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 11 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 11 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 -52 76 £60,000 +9.09% 34
South West -71 16 £50,000 -4.94% 31
East of England -7 15 £65,000 +36.32% 21
London -45 10 £132,500 +20.45% 6
North of England -91 5 £51,722 +3.33% 3
North West -38 3 £52,325 +4.54% 1
Midlands -60 3 £67,500 +41.56% 9
West Midlands -37 2 £67,500 -10.00% 5
Yorkshire -54 2 £51,722 -10.14% 1
East Midlands -47 1 £52,500 +10.10% 4
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 (0.80%) Jupyter
Applications
1 65 (52.00%) Simulink
2 10 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.60%) CATIA
4 3 (2.40%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.00%) GitHub
2 1 (0.80%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.00%) 5G
1 10 (8.00%) SD-WAN
1 10 (8.00%) WAN
2 6 (4.80%) Ethernet
3 5 (4.00%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.60%) Modbus
4 2 (1.60%) RS-422
4 2 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.80%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.80%) FTP
5 1 (0.80%) HTTP
5 1 (0.80%) MQTT
5 1 (0.80%) RS-232
5 1 (0.80%) RS-485
5 1 (0.80%) RTP
5 1 (0.80%) RTSP
5 1 (0.80%) SCTP
5 1 (0.80%) SS7
5 1 (0.80%) VoIP
5 1 (0.80%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.00%) Geospatial Data
1 5 (4.00%) GIS
2 2 (1.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (30.40%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (14.40%) Git
3 10 (8.00%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.40%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.60%) JIRA
5 2 (1.60%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (44.00%) Electronics
2 41 (32.80%) Aerospace
3 36 (28.80%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (17.60%) Finance
5 21 (16.80%) Military
6 13 (10.40%) Social Skills
7 6 (4.80%) Aviation
7 6 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.20%) Automotive
9 3 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.40%) Swedish Language
10 2 (1.60%) Advertising
10 2 (1.60%) Digital Health
10 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.60%) Legal
11 1 (0.80%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.80%) Avionics
11 1 (0.80%) Law
11 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (43.20%) Systems Engineer
2 50 (40.00%) Senior
3 21 (16.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 19 (15.20%) Software Engineer
5 14 (11.20%) Lead
6 13 (10.40%) Test Engineer
7 12 (9.60%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (9.60%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (9.60%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 11 (8.80%) Principal Hardware Engineer
9 10 (8.00%) Embedded Engineer
9 10 (8.00%) FPGA Engineer
9 10 (8.00%) Product Engineer
9 10 (8.00%) Product Test Engineer
9 10 (8.00%) Verification Engineer
10 9 (7.20%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (7.20%) Team Leader
11 8 (6.40%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 6 (4.80%) Electronics Engineer
12 6 (4.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.00%) pytest
2 3 (2.40%) Yocto
3 1 (0.80%) FFmpeg
3 1 (0.80%) GStreamer
3 1 (0.80%) HTML
3 1 (0.80%) JSON
3 1 (0.80%) Middleware
3 1 (0.80%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.80%) Web Services
3 1 (0.80%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.80%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.60%) Algorithms
2 15 (12.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 15 (12.00%) FPGA
2 15 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (8.00%) Self-Driving Car
4 9 (7.20%) PCIe
5 8 (6.40%) Reinsurance
6 7 (5.60%) Robotics
6 7 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (4.80%) SCADA
7 6 (4.80%) Verilog
7 6 (4.80%) VHDL
8 5 (4.00%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.60%) ARM Cortex
10 2 (1.60%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.60%) GNSS
11 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.60%) Unix
2 11 (8.80%) Windows
3 3 (2.40%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.40%) Linux
3 3 (2.40%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.60%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (46.40%) Systems Engineering
2 48 (38.40%) Physics
3 44 (35.20%) Mathematics
4 36 (28.80%) Software Engineering
5 28 (22.40%) Coaching
6 27 (21.60%) Requirements Management
7 26 (20.80%) Agile
8 25 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (19.20%) Validation
10 22 (17.60%) Kalman Filter
10 22 (17.60%) Test Automation
11 21 (16.80%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 21 (16.80%) Software Testing
11 21 (16.80%) SysML
12 20 (16.00%) Information Assurance
13 17 (13.60%) Signal Processing
14 16 (12.80%) Customer Requirements
14 16 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (12.00%) Decision-Making
16 13 (10.40%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (43.20%) Python
2 40 (32.00%) C++
3 28 (22.40%) C
4 18 (14.40%) C#
5 11 (8.80%) Embedded C
5 11 (8.80%) Embedded C++
5 11 (8.80%) SQL
6 10 (8.00%) Julia
7 9 (7.20%) R
8 6 (4.80%) Java
9 3 (2.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 89 (71.20%) Degree
2 56 (44.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (18.40%) HND
4 21 (16.80%) Security Cleared
5 14 (11.20%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.60%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.20%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.20%) PhD
8 3 (2.40%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) ARP4754
1 7 (5.60%) Def Stans
1 7 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (4.80%) DO-254
2 6 (4.80%) GDPR
3 3 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (1.60%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.60%) MISRA
4 2 (1.60%) MISRA C
4 2 (1.60%) QA
5 1 (0.80%) ARP4761
5 1 (0.80%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.80%) DO-160
5 1 (0.80%) DO-178B
System Software
1 18 (14.40%) Firmware
2 3 (2.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (23.20%) Siemens
2 11 (8.80%) Mentor Graphics
3 7 (5.60%) EMC
3 7 (5.60%) IBM
4 4 (3.20%) Altera
4 4 (3.20%) Facebook
4 4 (3.20%) Instagram
5 1 (0.80%) MathWorks
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft