MATLAB Jobs in Scotland

MathWorks MATLAB
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring MATLAB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MATLAB over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 266 203
Rank change year-on-year +254 -63 +34
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 366 9 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.47% 0.13% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.20% 0.24% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 321 8 2
10th Percentile - £39,775 £42,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.72% +36.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,265 £67,500 £53,125
90th Percentile - - £54,250
UK median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.30% -15.38% -7.14%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 984 3,747 1,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 33.54% 56.08% 42.53%
Number of salaries quoted 725 1,138 1,095
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £80,000 £87,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in Scotland

MATLAB
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in Scotland.

Salary trend for MATLAB in Scotland

MATLAB
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in Scotland

MATLAB
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
South Ayrshire - 108 £58,033 - 3
East Ayrshire - 84 £58,033 -
Ayrshire - 54 £58,033 - 1
Fife - 31 £47,683 -
Moray - 31 £47,683 -
Glasgow +203 29 £58,033 -10.72% 5
North Ayrshire - 28 £58,033 -
Edinburgh +22 1 - - 9
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 269 (73.50%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (7.65%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 28 (7.65%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
General
1 96 (26.23%) Presentation Skills
2 30 (8.20%) Electronics
3 29 (7.92%) Social Skills
4 28 (7.65%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.27%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 365 (99.73%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (7.65%) Junior
2 28 (7.65%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Graduate
3 1 (0.27%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (0.27%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.27%) FPGA
1 1 (0.27%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (99.45%) SysML
1 364 (99.45%) Systems Engineering
2 268 (73.22%) Mathematics
2 268 (73.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 241 (65.85%) Software Engineering
4 240 (65.57%) Digital Twin
4 240 (65.57%) Validation
4 240 (65.57%) Verification and Validation
5 124 (33.88%) UML
6 96 (26.23%) Agile
6 96 (26.23%) Cybersecurity
6 96 (26.23%) MODAF
7 29 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (7.65%) Computer Science
8 28 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (7.65%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 28 (7.65%) Physics
8 28 (7.65%) PLM
8 28 (7.65%) Project Management
9 1 (0.27%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.55%) C
2 1 (0.27%) C++
2 1 (0.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 365 (99.73%) Degree
2 240 (65.57%) HNC
2 240 (65.57%) HND
3 124 (33.88%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 28 (7.65%) IBM
2 1 (0.27%) Cadence