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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 408 450
Rank change year-on-year -190 +42 +86
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 84 216 399
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.59% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 1.76% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 42 131 227
10th Percentile - £37,750 £39,600
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,683 £47,250
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 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,653 £115,000 £76,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 13,277 12,245 26,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.93% 33.51% 33.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,478 9,354 22,468
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,532
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £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 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.13% +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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -34 54 £60,000 +9.09% 31
South West -66 14 £40,000 -23.95% 32
North of England -115 7 £50,811 +1.51% 3
North West -71 6 £49,900 -0.31% 3
East of England -39 4 - - 18
West Midlands -24 3 £67,500 +35.00% 7
Midlands -72 3 £67,500 +38.20% 14
London -49 2 £115,000 +4.55% 9
Yorkshire -60 1 £51,722 -10.14%
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 (2.38%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 48 (57.14%) Simulink
2 8 (9.52%) CATIA
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) GitHub
2 1 (1.19%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.52%) 5G
1 8 (9.52%) SD-WAN
1 8 (9.52%) WAN
2 6 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.38%) Modbus
3 2 (2.38%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.19%) RS-422
4 1 (1.19%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.19%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (41.67%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (15.48%) Git
3 10 (11.90%) LabVIEW
4 3 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 49 (58.33%) Electronics
2 21 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (22.62%) Military
4 18 (21.43%) Aerospace
5 10 (11.90%) Finance
6 8 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.95%) Social Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Aviation
8 2 (2.38%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.38%) Legal
9 1 (1.19%) Advertising
9 1 (1.19%) Aeronautics
9 1 (1.19%) Automotive
9 1 (1.19%) Avionics
9 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.19%) Marketing
9 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (51.19%) Systems Engineer
2 39 (46.43%) Senior
3 21 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Hardware Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Lead
5 11 (13.10%) Principal Hardware Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Test Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) Product Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) Product Test Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) Verification Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) Team Leader
8 5 (5.95%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Software Engineer
9 4 (4.76%) FPGA Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Research Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.90%) pytest
2 2 (2.38%) Pandas
3 1 (1.19%) Caffe
3 1 (1.19%) NumPy
3 1 (1.19%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.19%) REST
3 1 (1.19%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.19%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.10%) Analogue Electronics
3 9 (10.71%) Algorithms
4 8 (9.52%) Self-Driving Car
4 8 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.95%) FPGA
6 4 (4.76%) PCIe
7 3 (3.57%) CAN bus
7 3 (3.57%) GNSS
8 2 (2.38%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (2.38%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.38%) Satnav
9 1 (1.19%) Credit Risk
9 1 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.19%) Legacy Code
9 1 (1.19%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.19%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Unix
1 10 (11.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.38%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (52.38%) Systems Engineering
2 42 (50.00%) Physics
3 31 (36.90%) Mathematics
4 29 (34.52%) Coaching
5 28 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (29.76%) Information Assurance
6 25 (29.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 24 (28.57%) Agile
8 23 (27.38%) Requirements Management
9 21 (25.00%) SysML
10 17 (20.24%) Validation
11 14 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (15.48%) Test Automation
12 13 (15.48%) Verification and Validation
13 12 (14.29%) Data Analysis
14 11 (13.10%) Software Engineering
15 10 (11.90%) B2B
16 9 (10.71%) Signal Processing
16 9 (10.71%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (33.33%) Python
2 12 (14.29%) C
3 11 (13.10%) C++
4 4 (4.76%) C#
5 3 (3.57%) R
5 3 (3.57%) SQL
6 1 (1.19%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.19%) Java
6 1 (1.19%) Julia
6 1 (1.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 79 (94.05%) Degree
2 56 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (25.00%) HND
4 6 (7.14%) PhD
5 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.19%) MBA
7 1 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (2.38%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.38%) MISRA
2 2 (2.38%) MISRA C
3 1 (1.19%) ARP4754
3 1 (1.19%) ARP4761
3 1 (1.19%) DO-160
3 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 7 (8.33%) Firmware
2 2 (2.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (30.95%) Siemens
2 11 (13.10%) Mentor Graphics
3 8 (9.52%) IBM
4 4 (4.76%) Altera
5 1 (1.19%) ANSYS
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.19%) SAP