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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 418 465
Rank change year-on-year -158 +47 +60
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 77 219 366
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.57% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 1.63% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 37 121 215
10th Percentile - £37,574 £40,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,683 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £85,700 £110,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% - -8.33%

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 12,004 13,418 25,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.18% 34.68% 34.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,735 9,446 21,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 March 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 March 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 -19 47 £60,000 +9.09% 29
South West -54 14 £40,000 -23.95% 37
North West -48 9 £55,897 +11.69% 1
North of England -84 9 £55,897 +11.69% 3
East of England -10 4 - - 14
London -38 2 £115,000 +4.55% 12
West Midlands -10 1 £65,000 +30.00% 11
Midlands -38 1 £65,000 +36.32% 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 (2.60%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 42 (54.55%) Simulink
2 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.49%) CATIA
4 1 (1.30%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.58%) GitHub
2 1 (1.30%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.39%) 5G
1 8 (10.39%) SD-WAN
1 8 (10.39%) WAN
2 4 (5.19%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.60%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.30%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.30%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (38.96%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (16.88%) Git
3 12 (15.58%) LabVIEW
4 3 (3.90%) JIRA
General
1 46 (59.74%) Electronics
2 21 (27.27%) Military
3 17 (22.08%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.39%) Aerospace
4 8 (10.39%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Social Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Finance
6 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Advertising
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.30%) Marketing
7 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (49.35%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (45.45%) Senior
3 19 (24.68%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 13 (16.88%) Test Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Lead
5 12 (15.58%) Product Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Product Test Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Verification Engineer
6 8 (10.39%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 7 (9.09%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) Team Leader
9 5 (6.49%) Senior Test Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) FPGA Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) Senior Verification Engineer
11 3 (3.90%) Control Systems Engineer
11 3 (3.90%) Embedded Engineer
11 3 (3.90%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.58%) pytest
2 2 (2.60%) Pandas
3 1 (1.30%) Caffe
3 1 (1.30%) NumPy
3 1 (1.30%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (1.30%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.30%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.97%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.39%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.39%) Self-Driving Car
2 8 (10.39%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (9.09%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (6.49%) FPGA
4 5 (6.49%) GNSS
5 4 (5.19%) PCIe
5 4 (5.19%) Satnav
6 3 (3.90%) CAN bus
6 3 (3.90%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.60%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.30%) Credit Risk
8 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.30%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.30%) Market Risk
8 1 (1.30%) Reinsurance
8 1 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.58%) Unix
1 12 (15.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (53.25%) Physics
2 39 (50.65%) Systems Engineering
3 30 (38.96%) Mathematics
4 26 (33.77%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (32.47%) Coaching
5 25 (32.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 24 (31.17%) Agile
6 24 (31.17%) Information Assurance
7 22 (28.57%) SysML
8 21 (27.27%) Requirements Management
9 16 (20.78%) Kalman Filter
9 16 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (18.18%) Validation
11 13 (16.88%) Test Automation
11 13 (16.88%) Verification and Validation
12 12 (15.58%) B2B
13 10 (12.99%) Data Analysis
13 10 (12.99%) Signal Processing
14 9 (11.69%) System Testing
15 8 (10.39%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 27 (35.06%) Python
2 10 (12.99%) C
2 10 (12.99%) C++
3 4 (5.19%) C#
4 3 (3.90%) R
4 3 (3.90%) SQL
5 1 (1.30%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.30%) Java
5 1 (1.30%) Julia
5 1 (1.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (96.10%) Degree
2 49 (63.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (24.68%) HND
4 7 (9.09%) PhD
5 4 (5.19%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.30%) MBA
6 1 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Firmware
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Siemens
2 7 (9.09%) Mentor Graphics
3 5 (6.49%) IBM
4 4 (5.19%) Altera
5 1 (1.30%) ANSYS
5 1 (1.30%) Cadence
5 1 (1.30%) EMC
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.30%) SAP
5 1 (1.30%) YouTube