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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 558 537
Rank change year-on-year -60 -21 +92
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 149 76 198
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.18% 0.30%
As % of the Applications category 2.74% 1.30% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 73 32 162
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,500 -
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,683 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,327 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.64% -14.45% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £74,625 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.57% -12.33% +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 5,429 5,868 6,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.24% 13.53% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,342 2,366 2,136
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £46,345
Median % change year-on-year - -13.69% +2.99%
75th Percentile £55,188 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -6 68 £65,000 +18.18% 41
East of England -17 31 £62,500 - 73
Midlands -22 30 £70,000 - 42
West Midlands -17 28 £75,000 - 27
South West -79 18 £67,500 +28.33% 14
East Midlands -35 2 £65,000 - 15
North West -38 1 £54,750 +9.38% 3
North of England -89 1 £54,750 +9.38% 8
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 4 (2.68%) Confluence
2 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.67%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Lightworks
1 5 (3.36%) Mathcad
1 5 (3.36%) Stateflow
2 2 (1.34%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.34%) MicroStation
2 2 (1.34%) Revit
2 2 (1.34%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.67%) CATIA
3 1 (0.67%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.67%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.04%) Ethernet
1 9 (6.04%) Wireshark
2 6 (4.03%) MQTT
3 4 (2.68%) Wireless
4 1 (0.67%) HTTP
4 1 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.67%) RS-422
4 1 (0.67%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 52 (34.90%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (8.72%) Git
3 9 (6.04%) Eclipse
4 8 (5.37%) LabVIEW
5 6 (4.03%) JIRA
6 4 (2.68%) PetaLinux
6 4 (2.68%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 73 (48.99%) Aerospace
2 53 (35.57%) Finance
3 39 (26.17%) Social Skills
4 38 (25.50%) Electronics
5 27 (18.12%) Military
6 20 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (10.07%) Automotive
8 10 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (6.71%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.70%) Aviation
10 5 (3.36%) Swedish Language
11 4 (2.68%) Advertising
11 4 (2.68%) Law
12 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.34%) Retail
12 2 (1.34%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.67%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.67%) Avionics
13 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (41.61%) Systems Engineer
2 46 (30.87%) Lead
3 30 (20.13%) Senior
4 25 (16.78%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 24 (16.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 15 (10.07%) Team Leader
7 13 (8.72%) Embedded Engineer
8 12 (8.05%) FPGA Engineer
8 12 (8.05%) Software Engineer
9 11 (7.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 10 (6.71%) Principal Engineer
11 9 (6.04%) Applications Engineer
12 7 (4.70%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 6 (4.03%) Electronics Engineer
14 5 (3.36%) DSP Engineer
14 5 (3.36%) Security Engineer
15 4 (2.68%) Designer
15 4 (2.68%) FPGA Designer
15 4 (2.68%) Technical Specialist
16 3 (2.01%) Senior DSP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.68%) PyTorch
1 4 (2.68%) Yocto
2 3 (2.01%) React
3 2 (1.34%) Middleware
4 1 (0.67%) JSON
4 1 (0.67%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 31 (20.81%) FPGA
2 26 (17.45%) Algorithms
3 23 (15.44%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (13.42%) VHDL
5 17 (11.41%) Verilog
6 13 (8.72%) Robotics
7 11 (7.38%) Driving Licence
8 9 (6.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (6.04%) PCIe
9 5 (3.36%) IoT
10 4 (2.68%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (2.68%) SCADA
11 2 (1.34%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (1.34%) CAN bus
12 1 (0.67%) Acoustics
12 1 (0.67%) GNSS
12 1 (0.67%) Legacy Code
12 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.67%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.04%) Linux
2 5 (3.36%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.68%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.67%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (44.97%) Systems Engineering
2 57 (38.26%) Mathematics
3 55 (36.91%) Physics
4 54 (36.24%) Validation
5 42 (28.19%) Agile
6 35 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (23.49%) Requirements Management
7 30 (20.13%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 29 (19.46%) SysML
9 26 (17.45%) Verification and Validation
10 25 (16.78%) Software Engineering
11 24 (16.11%) Coaching
12 22 (14.77%) Signal Processing
13 18 (12.08%) AI
13 18 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (12.08%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 17 (11.41%) Software Testing
15 15 (10.07%) FPGA Design
16 14 (9.40%) Technical Leadership
16 14 (9.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 144 (96.64%) MATLAB
2 47 (31.54%) C
3 37 (24.83%) C++
4 27 (18.12%) Python
5 24 (16.11%) Embedded C
6 16 (10.74%) Embedded C++
7 9 (6.04%) Java
8 6 (4.03%) SystemVerilog
9 5 (3.36%) C#
9 5 (3.36%) Delphi
10 4 (2.68%) Rust
11 3 (2.01%) Go
11 3 (2.01%) JavaScript
11 3 (2.01%) Perl
11 3 (2.01%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 106 (71.14%) Degree
2 61 (40.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 57 (38.26%) Security Cleared
4 32 (21.48%) SC Cleared
5 25 (16.78%) DV Cleared
6 21 (14.09%) Master's Degree
7 15 (10.07%) PhD
8 9 (6.04%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.71%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.36%) ECSS
3 4 (2.68%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (2.68%) DO-254
4 3 (2.01%) Def Stans
4 3 (2.01%) DO-160
5 2 (1.34%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.67%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.67%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 23 (15.44%) Firmware
2 10 (6.71%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (28.86%) Siemens
2 11 (7.38%) Xilinx
3 8 (5.37%) DIgSILENT
3 8 (5.37%) YouTube
4 6 (4.03%) Intel
5 4 (2.68%) EMC
5 4 (2.68%) IBM
5 4 (2.68%) Microsemi
5 4 (2.68%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.34%) MathWorks