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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 411 448
Rank change year-on-year -189 +37 +73
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 137 277 356
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.64% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.83% 2.14% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 77 120 195
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,921 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £132,000 £127,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% -8.33% -4.00%

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 16,518 12,959 21,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 29.76% 29.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12,044 8,712 16,683
10th Percentile £37,575 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £46,250
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -56 89 £60,000 - 30
East of England -7 15 £65,000 +36.32% 25
South West -92 12 £54,250 +3.14% 15
London -50 11 £132,500 -11.67% 15
North of England -95 5 £51,722 +3.33% 5
Midlands -63 4 £67,500 +41.56% 13
West Midlands -40 3 £67,500 -10.00% 6
North West -43 3 £52,325 +4.54% 2
Yorkshire -42 2 £51,722 -10.14% 2
East Midlands -49 1 £52,500 +10.10% 7
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 (0.73%) Jupyter
Applications
1 75 (54.74%) Simulink
2 5 (3.65%) CATIA
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.19%) Lightworks
4 3 (2.19%) Mathcad
4 3 (2.19%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.73%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.92%) GitHub
2 1 (0.73%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.38%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.92%) 5G
2 4 (2.92%) MQTT
2 4 (2.92%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.92%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (2.92%) WAN
3 3 (2.19%) Wireless
4 2 (1.46%) Modbus
4 2 (1.46%) RS-422
4 2 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.73%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.73%) FTP
5 1 (0.73%) HTTP
5 1 (0.73%) RS-232
5 1 (0.73%) RS-485
5 1 (0.73%) RTP
5 1 (0.73%) SCTP
5 1 (0.73%) SS7
5 1 (0.73%) VoIP
5 1 (0.73%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.38%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.65%) GIS
3 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 44 (32.12%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (11.68%) Git
2 16 (11.68%) LabVIEW
3 6 (4.38%) PetaLinux
4 3 (2.19%) JIRA
5 2 (1.46%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.73%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (43.80%) Aerospace
2 48 (35.04%) Electronics
3 40 (29.20%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (29.20%) Finance
4 29 (21.17%) Social Skills
5 19 (13.87%) Military
6 15 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.38%) Aviation
9 5 (3.65%) Automotive
10 4 (2.92%) Advertising
11 3 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.19%) Swedish Language
12 2 (1.46%) Avionics
12 2 (1.46%) Digital Health
12 2 (1.46%) Law
12 2 (1.46%) Legal
12 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.73%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (48.18%) Systems Engineer
2 57 (41.61%) Senior
3 28 (20.44%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 23 (16.79%) Software Engineer
5 18 (13.14%) Lead
6 14 (10.22%) Principal Engineer
7 13 (9.49%) Embedded Engineer
8 12 (8.76%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 12 (8.76%) Team Leader
9 11 (8.03%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (7.30%) Hardware Engineer
10 10 (7.30%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 9 (6.57%) Principal Hardware Engineer
12 8 (5.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 8 (5.84%) FPGA Engineer
12 8 (5.84%) Test Engineer
13 6 (4.38%) Electronics Engineer
14 5 (3.65%) Security Engineer
14 5 (3.65%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 4 (2.92%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.38%) Yocto
2 4 (2.92%) pytest
3 2 (1.46%) Middleware
4 1 (0.73%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.73%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.73%) HTML
4 1 (0.73%) JSON
4 1 (0.73%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.73%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.73%) Web Services
4 1 (0.73%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.73%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.33%) Algorithms
2 16 (11.68%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (10.95%) FPGA
4 13 (9.49%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (9.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (7.30%) Verilog
5 10 (7.30%) VHDL
6 9 (6.57%) Reinsurance
7 8 (5.84%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (5.84%) Robotics
7 8 (5.84%) SCADA
8 7 (5.11%) Management Information System
8 7 (5.11%) PCIe
9 5 (3.65%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.92%) IoT
10 4 (2.92%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.46%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Linux
1 6 (4.38%) Unix
2 5 (3.65%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (3.65%) Windows
3 3 (2.19%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (48.18%) Systems Engineering
2 51 (37.23%) Physics
3 47 (34.31%) Mathematics
4 40 (29.20%) Software Engineering
5 36 (26.28%) Validation
6 31 (22.63%) Requirements Management
7 27 (19.71%) Agile
7 27 (19.71%) Coaching
8 23 (16.79%) SysML
9 22 (16.06%) Software Testing
10 21 (15.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 21 (15.33%) Test Automation
11 18 (13.14%) Decision-Making
12 16 (11.68%) Customer Requirements
12 16 (11.68%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (10.95%) Roadmaps
14 14 (10.22%) Kalman Filter
15 13 (9.49%) Signal Processing
15 13 (9.49%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (44.53%) Python
2 44 (32.12%) C++
3 32 (23.36%) C
4 16 (11.68%) C#
5 14 (10.22%) Embedded C
6 13 (9.49%) Embedded C++
7 12 (8.76%) SQL
8 11 (8.03%) Julia
9 10 (7.30%) R
10 8 (5.84%) Java
11 3 (2.19%) Delphi
11 3 (2.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 89 (64.96%) Degree
2 57 (41.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (19.71%) Security Cleared
4 19 (13.87%) SC Cleared
5 15 (10.95%) HND
6 13 (9.49%) DV Cleared
7 12 (8.76%) PhD
8 11 (8.03%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.19%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.57%) ARP4754
1 9 (6.57%) DO-254
2 7 (5.11%) Def Stans
2 7 (5.11%) GDPR
3 5 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (2.92%) QA
5 3 (2.19%) ECSS
5 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.46%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.46%) DO-160
6 2 (1.46%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.46%) MISRA
6 2 (1.46%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.73%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.73%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.73%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 17 (12.41%) Firmware
2 4 (2.92%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 31 (22.63%) Siemens
2 9 (6.57%) Mentor Graphics
3 7 (5.11%) EMC
4 6 (4.38%) IBM
5 4 (2.92%) Facebook
5 4 (2.92%) Instagram
6 3 (2.19%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.73%) Altera
7 1 (0.73%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.73%) OpenAI