MATLAB Job Trends in London

MathWorks MATLAB
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 377 425
Rank change year-on-year +14 +48 +245
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 16 64 41
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.14% 0.37% 0.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.36% 0.86% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 22
10th Percentile £40,138 £71,000 £40,375
25th Percentile £45,660 £100,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £110,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +37.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £88,750 £130,000 £95,063
90th Percentile £122,500 - £127,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% -4.07% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,438 7,480 9,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 37.59% 42.67% 45.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,954 4,958 7,995
10th Percentile £48,575 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £130,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in London

MATLAB
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in London over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in London

MATLAB
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the London region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
Central London +23 9 £80,000 -27.27% 4
West London - 2 £40,138 -
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (18.75%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Stata
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MLflow
2 2 (12.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Electronics
4 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
5 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Publishing
6 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Qualitative Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Quantitative Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Quantitative Risk Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Risk Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Risk Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Caffe
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) NumPy
1 1 (6.25%) Pandas
1 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.25%) scikit-learn
1 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (18.75%) Credit Risk
1 3 (18.75%) Derivative
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Data Science
2 8 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 8 (50.00%) Statistics
3 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
3 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
4 6 (37.50%) Physics
5 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
6 4 (25.00%) Business Development
6 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 4 (25.00%) Economics
6 4 (25.00%) MLOps
6 4 (25.00%) Model Validation
6 4 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
7 3 (18.75%) Agile
7 3 (18.75%) AI
7 3 (18.75%) Coaching
7 3 (18.75%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (18.75%) Credit Risk Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) Mathematical Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (56.25%) R
3 5 (31.25%) C++
4 4 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) Java
5 3 (18.75%) VBA
6 2 (12.50%) C
6 2 (12.50%) SQL
7 1 (6.25%) Dart
7 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.25%) PHP
7 1 (6.25%) Ruby
7 1 (6.25%) Rust
7 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) Master's Degree
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) CFA
4 3 (18.75%) PhD
5 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.25%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) SAP