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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 416 431
Rank change year-on-year -163 +15 +89
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 165 253 373
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.58% 0.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.99% 2.05% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 91 102 204
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £94,250 £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 16,711 12,341 21,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.19% 28.13% 30.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,221 8,236 14,861
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 31 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 31 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 -52 82 £60,000 - 49
East of England +7 27 £52,500 -25.00% 31
Midlands -41 25 £58,750 -9.62% 23
West Midlands -24 17 £71,250 -5.00% 11
South West -82 16 £56,875 +8.13% 26
London -63 10 £132,500 +26.19% 24
East Midlands -35 8 £45,000 -20.13% 12
North of England -119 4 £53,236 +6.36% 10
North West -47 2 £54,750 +9.38% 3
Yorkshire -48 2 £51,722 -14.30% 2
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 (0.61%) Kinematics
Applications
1 98 (59.39%) Simulink
2 4 (2.42%) Mathcad
2 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.82%) CATIA
3 3 (1.82%) Lightworks
3 3 (1.82%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.61%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.61%) Revit
4 1 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.45%) Ethernet
2 5 (3.03%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.42%) 5G
3 4 (2.42%) MQTT
3 4 (2.42%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.42%) WAN
4 3 (1.82%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.82%) Wireless
5 2 (1.21%) Modbus
5 2 (1.21%) RS-422
5 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.61%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.61%) FTP
6 1 (0.61%) HTTP
6 1 (0.61%) RS-232
6 1 (0.61%) RS-485
6 1 (0.61%) RTP
6 1 (0.61%) SCTP
6 1 (0.61%) VoIP
6 1 (0.61%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.64%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.03%) GIS
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 44 (26.67%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (10.91%) LabVIEW
3 16 (9.70%) Git
4 6 (3.64%) PetaLinux
5 5 (3.03%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.21%) JIRA
6 2 (1.21%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (44.85%) Aerospace
2 53 (32.12%) Electronics
2 53 (32.12%) Finance
3 46 (27.88%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (26.06%) Social Skills
5 23 (13.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (10.91%) Military
7 12 (7.27%) Automotive
8 9 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.24%) Aviation
9 7 (4.24%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.03%) Law
11 4 (2.42%) Advertising
12 3 (1.82%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.21%) Aeronautics
13 2 (1.21%) Avionics
13 2 (1.21%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.21%) Legal
13 2 (1.21%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (41.82%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (29.70%) Senior
3 28 (16.97%) Software Engineer
4 27 (16.36%) Lead
5 26 (15.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 18 (10.91%) Embedded Engineer
7 17 (10.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 13 (7.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 12 (7.27%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (7.27%) Team Leader
10 11 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (5.45%) Test Engineer
12 8 (4.85%) FPGA Engineer
13 7 (4.24%) Electronics Engineer
13 7 (4.24%) Research Scientist
14 6 (3.64%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 5 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
15 5 (3.03%) Hardware Engineer
15 5 (3.03%) Security Engineer
15 5 (3.03%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.64%) Yocto
2 4 (2.42%) pytest
3 2 (1.21%) Middleware
4 1 (0.61%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.61%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.61%) HTML
4 1 (0.61%) JSON
4 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.61%) Web Services
4 1 (0.61%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.55%) Algorithms
2 20 (12.12%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (12.12%) FPGA
3 17 (10.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (6.67%) Robotics
4 11 (6.67%) Verilog
4 11 (6.67%) VHDL
5 8 (4.85%) Analogue Electronics
5 8 (4.85%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.85%) Fibre Optics
5 8 (4.85%) Reinsurance
5 8 (4.85%) SCADA
6 7 (4.24%) PCIe
7 4 (2.42%) IoT
7 4 (2.42%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.21%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (1.21%) CAN bus
9 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.61%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.64%) Linux
1 6 (3.64%) Unix
2 5 (3.03%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (3.03%) Windows
3 3 (1.82%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.82%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (43.03%) Systems Engineering
2 61 (36.97%) Physics
3 51 (30.91%) Validation
4 50 (30.30%) Mathematics
5 44 (26.67%) Software Engineering
6 31 (18.79%) Requirements Management
7 29 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (16.97%) Agile
9 24 (14.55%) Software Testing
10 22 (13.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 22 (13.33%) Test Automation
10 22 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
11 21 (12.73%) Coaching
12 20 (12.12%) SysML
13 18 (10.91%) Customer Requirements
13 18 (10.91%) Decision-Making
14 17 (10.30%) Roadmaps
15 15 (9.09%) Signal Processing
16 14 (8.48%) Data Analysis
16 14 (8.48%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 64 (38.79%) Python
2 47 (28.48%) C++
3 39 (23.64%) C
4 21 (12.73%) Embedded C
5 16 (9.70%) Embedded C++
6 15 (9.09%) C#
7 12 (7.27%) Java
8 11 (6.67%) SQL
9 10 (6.06%) Julia
10 9 (5.45%) R
11 3 (1.82%) Delphi
11 3 (1.82%) Rust
12 1 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 106 (64.24%) Degree
2 59 (35.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 43 (26.06%) Security Cleared
4 31 (18.79%) SC Cleared
5 27 (16.36%) Master's Degree
5 27 (16.36%) PhD
6 22 (13.33%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.06%) HND
8 7 (4.24%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.88%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.45%) ARP4754
2 9 (5.45%) DO-254
3 7 (4.24%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.24%) GDPR
4 4 (2.42%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.82%) ECSS
5 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.82%) QA
6 2 (1.21%) DO-160
6 2 (1.21%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.21%) ISO 26262
6 2 (1.21%) MISRA
6 2 (1.21%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.61%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.61%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.61%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 24 (14.55%) Firmware
2 8 (4.85%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.64%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (20.00%) Siemens
2 7 (4.24%) EMC
3 4 (2.42%) DIgSILENT
3 4 (2.42%) Facebook
3 4 (2.42%) IBM
3 4 (2.42%) Instagram
3 4 (2.42%) Mentor Graphics
3 4 (2.42%) YouTube
4 3 (1.82%) Xilinx
5 2 (1.21%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.61%) OpenAI