Simulink Job Trends in the North West

The MathWorks Simulink
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Simulink skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 185 201
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 8 20 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.13% 0.40% 0.045%
As % of the Applications category 1.54% 3.79% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £37,574 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,683 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.29% -26.64% -
75th Percentile £77,500 - £67,500
90th Percentile - £51,236 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 520 528 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.16% 10.45% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 209 266 198
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £21,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +32.81% -13.10%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,419
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,859 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.51%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Simulink relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Simulink job vacancy trend in the North West

Simulink
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Simulink.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Simulink

Simulink
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Manchester - 3 £75,000 - 1
Cumbria - 3 - -
Lancashire -6 2 - - 1
Simulink
England

Simulink
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 2 (25.00%) Avionics
1 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Design Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) FPGA Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Research Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Verilog
1 5 (62.50%) VHDL
2 3 (37.50%) CAN bus
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (37.50%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 5 (62.50%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) FPGA Design
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Signal Processing
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 3 (37.50%) UVM
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Coaching
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
1 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
1 3 (37.50%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (25.00%) HNC
3 2 (25.00%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Intel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsemi
1 3 (37.50%) Xilinx