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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 528 576
Rank change year-on-year -116 +48 +108
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 77 118 272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.088% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Applications category 1.63% 2.33% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 42 67 204
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,683 £47,500
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 £57,625 £70,000
90th Percentile - £68,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £54,793 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.63% -8.68% +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 4,726 5,069 9,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.40% 11.70% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,642 2,387 5,169
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,588
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.45%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -7 57 £65,000 +18.18% 15
East of England -15 11 £62,500 +47.06% 8
South West -85 6 £75,000 +42.59% 19
North West -33 1 £54,750 +14.82% 3
West Midlands -35 1 - -
Midlands -42 1 - - 6
North of England -59 1 £54,750 +14.82% 3
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:

Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Lightworks
1 3 (3.90%) Stateflow
2 1 (1.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.79%) Ethernet
2 4 (5.19%) MQTT
3 3 (3.90%) Wireless
4 1 (1.30%) RS-422
4 1 (1.30%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 32 (41.56%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (9.09%) Git
3 3 (3.90%) PetaLinux
4 2 (2.60%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (1.30%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.30%) JIRA
5 1 (1.30%) LabVIEW
General
1 32 (41.56%) Aerospace
2 31 (40.26%) Electronics
3 19 (24.68%) Military
4 18 (23.38%) Finance
5 6 (7.79%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.49%) Automotive
6 5 (6.49%) Aviation
7 4 (5.19%) Advertising
8 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.90%) Swedish Language
9 1 (1.30%) Avionics
9 1 (1.30%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (41.56%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (36.36%) Senior
3 16 (20.78%) Lead
4 14 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Hardware Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Principal Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 11 (14.29%) Principal Hardware Engineer
6 11 (14.29%) Team Leader
7 10 (12.99%) FPGA Engineer
7 10 (12.99%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) Embedded Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Security Engineer
9 5 (6.49%) Software Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) Designer
10 4 (5.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 4 (5.19%) FPGA Designer
11 3 (3.90%) Junior
12 2 (2.60%) Architect
12 2 (2.60%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Yocto
2 2 (2.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.38%) FPGA
2 14 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (18.18%) Verilog
2 14 (18.18%) VHDL
3 13 (16.88%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (15.58%) Algorithms
5 9 (11.69%) PCIe
6 8 (10.39%) Management Information System
7 4 (5.19%) Robotics
8 3 (3.90%) Driving Licence
8 3 (3.90%) IoT
9 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.30%) GNSS
9 1 (1.30%) Legacy Code
9 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) FreeRTOS
1 3 (3.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.05%) Systems Engineering
2 32 (41.56%) Physics
3 31 (40.26%) Mathematics
4 27 (35.06%) Coaching
5 21 (27.27%) Requirements Management
6 18 (23.38%) SysML
6 18 (23.38%) Validation
7 17 (22.08%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (20.78%) Agile
8 16 (20.78%) Software Engineering
9 15 (19.48%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 14 (18.18%) Information Assurance
10 14 (18.18%) Signal Processing
11 12 (15.58%) Software Testing
11 12 (15.58%) Test Automation
12 10 (12.99%) FPGA Design
12 10 (12.99%) Kalman Filter
13 9 (11.69%) AI
13 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (10.39%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (94.81%) MATLAB
2 25 (32.47%) C
3 20 (25.97%) C++
4 16 (20.78%) Python
5 10 (12.99%) Embedded C
6 9 (11.69%) Embedded C++
7 6 (7.79%) C#
8 4 (5.19%) SystemVerilog
9 3 (3.90%) Delphi
9 3 (3.90%) Rust
10 1 (1.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 56 (72.73%) Degree
2 45 (58.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 12 (15.58%) DV Cleared
5 11 (14.29%) HND
6 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.90%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.90%) Def Stans
1 3 (3.90%) ECSS
2 2 (2.60%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (1.30%) DO-160
3 1 (1.30%) DO-254
3 1 (1.30%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 13 (16.88%) Firmware
2 2 (2.60%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (37.66%) Siemens
2 11 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics
3 7 (9.09%) Xilinx
4 4 (5.19%) Intel
4 4 (5.19%) Microsemi
5 3 (3.90%) Altera
5 3 (3.90%) EMC
6 1 (1.30%) IBM
6 1 (1.30%) MathWorks