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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 390 450
Rank change year-on-year +23 +60 +229
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 23 59 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.75% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 27
10th Percentile £41,610 £67,125 £48,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £100,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £105,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +31.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £175,000 £130,000 £96,875
90th Percentile - - £133,000
England median annual salary £57,560 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.10% -8.00% +25.00%

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 4,664 7,910 10,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.21% 41.40% 46.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,139 5,280 9,022
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,375 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £136,375 £125,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.60% -3.85% +1.56%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +27 13 £150,000 +36.36% 4
West London - 2 £40,138 -
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.04%) Stata
2 2 (8.70%) Simulink
3 1 (4.35%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.70%) Modbus
1 2 (8.70%) Profibus
2 1 (4.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Apache Hive
1 1 (4.35%) Hadoop
1 1 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MLflow
2 2 (8.70%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Publishing
3 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
3 3 (13.04%) Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Electronics
4 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Advertising
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Analyst
1 5 (21.74%) Lead
1 5 (21.74%) Qualitative Analyst
1 5 (21.74%) Quantitative Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Risk Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Risk Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Risk Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Robotics
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (13.04%) Credit Risk
2 3 (13.04%) Derivative
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Data Science
1 10 (43.48%) Machine Learning
2 7 (30.43%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 7 (30.43%) Mathematics
2 7 (30.43%) Statistics
3 6 (26.09%) Physics
4 5 (21.74%) LLM
4 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
4 5 (21.74%) Motion Planning
4 5 (21.74%) Reinforcement Learning
5 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 4 (17.39%) Economics
5 4 (17.39%) MLOps
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Quantitative Finance
6 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 3 (13.04%) Coaching
6 3 (13.04%) Credit Risk Modelling
6 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 21 (91.30%) Python
2 9 (39.13%) C++
2 9 (39.13%) R
3 5 (21.74%) C#
4 4 (17.39%) Java
5 3 (13.04%) VBA
6 2 (8.70%) SQL
7 1 (4.35%) C
7 1 (4.35%) Dart
7 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.35%) PHP
7 1 (4.35%) Ruby
7 1 (4.35%) Rust
7 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
2 7 (30.43%) PhD
3 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
3 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) CFA
6 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) Vertica