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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 366 371
Rank change year-on-year -66 +5 +64
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 14 15 65
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.053% 0.13% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.34% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 19
10th Percentile £56,000 £40,138 £71,000
25th Percentile £102,500 £43,819 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £132,500 £70,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +89.29% -36.36% +33.33%
75th Percentile £136,250 £85,000 £130,000
90th Percentile - £121,000 -
England median annual salary £63,250 £58,780 £57,560
% change year-on-year +7.61% +2.12% -7.90%

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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,616 4,442 7,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.38% 37.93% 42.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,654 2,964 5,026
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,188 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 17 October 2026.

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 17 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
Central London +11 9 £132,500 +65.63% 3
MATLAB
England

MATLAB Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python92.9%13
2Julia71.4%10
2R71.4%10
2SQL71.4%10
5C++64.3%9
6C#50.0%7
6Java50.0%7
8C7.1%1
8Perl7.1%1