MATLAB Job Trends in the Midlands

MathWorks MATLAB
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 190 278
Rank change year-on-year -66 +88 -92
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 4 40 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.031% 0.72% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.21% 3.00% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 29
10th Percentile £52,250 - £38,850
25th Percentile £57,500 - £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.56% -4.63% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile - £75,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -15.38%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,878 1,332 3,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.33% 23.94% 24.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,003 2,562
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the Midlands

MATLAB
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the Midlands

MATLAB
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
West Midlands -27 3 £67,500 -10.00% 2
East Midlands -45 1 £52,500 +10.10% 7
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (50.00%) Modbus
2 1 (25.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (25.00%) FTP
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) RTP
2 1 (25.00%) RTSP
2 1 (25.00%) SCTP
2 1 (25.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (25.00%) SS7
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) VoLTE
2 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C++/C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) FFmpeg
1 1 (25.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (25.00%) WebRTC
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) CUDA
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) IEC 61508
1 2 (50.00%) MISRA
1 2 (50.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Functional Safety