Simulink Job Trends in England

The MathWorks Simulink
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Simulink skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 547 539
Rank change year-on-year -85 -8 +90
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 92 108 234
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.097% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Applications category 1.92% 2.06% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 47 58 184
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,900 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,063 £47,683 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.57% -12.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £75,270 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

All Software Application Skills
England

Simulink falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,785 5,255 7,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.04% 11.95% 10.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,832 2,388 3,322
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £30,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,938
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -5.56%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Simulink relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Simulink job vacancy trend in England

Simulink
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Simulink.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Simulink

Simulink
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Simulink in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Simulink in England

Simulink
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 -22 56 £65,000 +18.18% 27
East of England -10 17 £53,625 +4.53% 33
South West -88 9 £75,000 +42.59% 27
West Midlands -16 8 £75,000 - 10
Midlands -29 8 £75,000 - 13
North West -40 1 £54,750 +14.60% 4
North of England -79 1 £54,750 +11.83% 6
Simulink
UK

Simulink
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 (1.09%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Mathcad
2 3 (3.26%) Lightworks
2 3 (3.26%) Stateflow
3 1 (1.09%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.09%) MicroStation
3 1 (1.09%) Revit
3 1 (1.09%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (1.09%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.09%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.61%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.35%) MQTT
3 3 (3.26%) Wireless
3 3 (3.26%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.09%) RS-422
4 1 (1.09%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) GIS
Development Applications
1 38 (41.30%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (7.61%) Git
3 5 (5.43%) LabVIEW
4 3 (3.26%) Eclipse
4 3 (3.26%) PetaLinux
5 2 (2.17%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 49 (53.26%) Aerospace
2 36 (39.13%) Finance
3 33 (35.87%) Electronics
4 18 (19.57%) Social Skills
5 17 (18.48%) Military
6 11 (11.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (9.78%) Automotive
8 7 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (7.61%) Manufacturing
9 5 (5.43%) Aviation
10 4 (4.35%) Advertising
11 3 (3.26%) Swedish Language
12 2 (2.17%) Law
12 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
13 1 (1.09%) Avionics
13 1 (1.09%) Digital Health
13 1 (1.09%) Legal
13 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (41.30%) Systems Engineer
2 23 (25.00%) Senior
3 22 (23.91%) Lead
4 14 (15.22%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 14 (15.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 13 (14.13%) Principal Engineer
6 11 (11.96%) Team Leader
7 9 (9.78%) Embedded Engineer
8 8 (8.70%) FPGA Engineer
8 8 (8.70%) Software Engineer
9 7 (7.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 7 (7.61%) Hardware Engineer
9 7 (7.61%) Senior Hardware Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) Principal Hardware Engineer
10 6 (6.52%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 5 (5.43%) Security Engineer
12 4 (4.35%) Designer
12 4 (4.35%) FPGA Designer
12 4 (4.35%) Technical Specialist
13 3 (3.26%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) Yocto
2 2 (2.17%) Middleware
3 1 (1.09%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.83%) FPGA
2 16 (17.39%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (16.30%) Verilog
3 15 (16.30%) VHDL
4 12 (13.04%) Algorithms
5 8 (8.70%) Analogue Electronics
6 7 (7.61%) PCIe
7 6 (6.52%) Robotics
8 5 (5.43%) Driving Licence
9 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
10 3 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (3.26%) IoT
11 1 (1.09%) CAN bus
11 1 (1.09%) GNSS
11 1 (1.09%) Legacy Code
11 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.26%) FreeRTOS
1 3 (3.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (48.91%) Systems Engineering
2 37 (40.22%) Physics
3 34 (36.96%) Mathematics
4 32 (34.78%) Validation
5 27 (29.35%) Requirements Management
6 24 (26.09%) Coaching
7 20 (21.74%) Agile
8 19 (20.65%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 18 (19.57%) SysML
10 17 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (18.48%) Software Engineering
11 15 (16.30%) Verification and Validation
12 14 (15.22%) Signal Processing
13 12 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (13.04%) Test Automation
14 11 (11.96%) FPGA Design
14 11 (11.96%) Software Testing
15 10 (10.87%) AI
16 9 (9.78%) Digital Signal Processing
17 8 (8.70%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (95.65%) MATLAB
2 28 (30.43%) C
3 21 (22.83%) C++
4 17 (18.48%) Python
5 14 (15.22%) Embedded C
6 11 (11.96%) Embedded C++
7 4 (4.35%) SystemVerilog
8 3 (3.26%) C#
8 3 (3.26%) Delphi
8 3 (3.26%) Java
8 3 (3.26%) Rust
9 1 (1.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 65 (70.65%) Degree
2 50 (54.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (39.13%) Security Cleared
4 23 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 21 (22.83%) SC Cleared
6 11 (11.96%) PhD
7 8 (8.70%) Master's Degree
8 6 (6.52%) HND
9 2 (2.17%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.87%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.26%) Automotive SPICE
2 3 (3.26%) Def Stans
2 3 (3.26%) ECSS
3 1 (1.09%) DO-160
3 1 (1.09%) DO-254
3 1 (1.09%) ISO 26262
3 1 (1.09%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 13 (14.13%) Firmware
2 4 (4.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 33 (35.87%) Siemens
2 7 (7.61%) Xilinx
3 6 (6.52%) Mentor Graphics
4 4 (4.35%) Intel
4 4 (4.35%) Microsemi
5 3 (3.26%) EMC
6 2 (2.17%) DIgSILENT
6 2 (2.17%) MathWorks
6 2 (2.17%) YouTube
7 1 (1.09%) IBM
7 1 (1.09%) OpenAI