MATLAB Job Trends in the South East

MathWorks MATLAB
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 198 240
Rank change year-on-year -35 +42 -14
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 109 95 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.57% 1.06% 0.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.76% 5.57% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 50 30 59
10th Percentile £48,456 £42,517 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,125 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,700 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,530
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.29% -6.07%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,896 1,705 3,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.28% 19.02% 30.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,319 1,173 2,333
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,600 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,430 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% +2.60% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the South East

MATLAB
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in the South East over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the South East

MATLAB
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Kent +25 51 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Hampshire -58 31 £70,000 - 25
Thames Valley -1 18 £56,000 +22.77% 50
Oxfordshire - 12 £56,000 - 36
Berkshire +8 6 - - 9
Isle of Wight -11 4 £58,150 -22.47% 4
Surrey -23 3 £32,500 -61.76% 8
West Sussex -20 2 £38,000 -36.67% 3
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 68 (62.39%) Simulink
2 4 (3.67%) Lightworks
2 4 (3.67%) Mathcad
2 4 (3.67%) Mathematica
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.83%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.92%) CATIA
4 1 (0.92%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) Wireless
2 5 (4.59%) Ethernet
2 5 (4.59%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (3.67%) MQTT
4 1 (0.92%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 48 (44.04%) Rational DOORS
2 14 (12.84%) LabVIEW
3 5 (4.59%) Git
4 4 (3.67%) PetaLinux
5 1 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.92%) Subversion
General
1 66 (60.55%) Aerospace
2 49 (44.95%) Finance
3 30 (27.52%) Military
4 24 (22.02%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (22.02%) Electronics
5 22 (20.18%) Social Skills
6 12 (11.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.59%) Retail
9 4 (3.67%) Advertising
9 4 (3.67%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.75%) Aviation
10 3 (2.75%) Police
11 2 (1.83%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.92%) Automotive
12 1 (0.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 67 (61.47%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (32.11%) Senior
3 29 (26.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 21 (19.27%) Lead
5 17 (15.60%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 17 (15.60%) Team Leader
6 10 (9.17%) FPGA Engineer
7 8 (7.34%) Embedded Engineer
7 8 (7.34%) Principal Engineer
7 8 (7.34%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) DSP Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) Security Engineer
10 4 (3.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 3 (2.75%) Senior Software Test Engineer
11 3 (2.75%) Senior Test Engineer
11 3 (2.75%) Software Test Engineer
11 3 (2.75%) Test Engineer
12 2 (1.83%) QA Engineer
12 2 (1.83%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) Yocto
2 1 (0.92%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.18%) Algorithms
2 18 (16.51%) FPGA
3 15 (13.76%) VHDL
4 13 (11.93%) Verilog
5 12 (11.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (10.09%) Embedded Systems
7 9 (8.26%) PCIe
8 8 (7.34%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (7.34%) SCADA
9 4 (3.67%) IoT
9 4 (3.67%) Synthetic Data
10 3 (2.75%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (2.75%) Driving Licence
10 3 (2.75%) Robotics
11 1 (0.92%) Legacy Code
11 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.92%) Self-Driving Car
11 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.92%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.59%) Linux
2 4 (3.67%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.92%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (61.47%) Systems Engineering
2 60 (55.05%) Physics
3 55 (50.46%) Mathematics
4 33 (30.28%) Requirements Management
5 26 (23.85%) SysML
6 24 (22.02%) Agile
7 23 (21.10%) Coaching
7 23 (21.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 23 (21.10%) Validation
8 18 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (14.68%) Signal Processing
9 16 (14.68%) Software Engineering
10 15 (13.76%) AI
11 14 (12.84%) Roadmaps
11 14 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (11.93%) Test Automation
13 12 (11.01%) FPGA Design
14 11 (10.09%) Customer Engagement
14 11 (10.09%) Kalman Filter
15 9 (8.26%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 41 (37.61%) Python
2 30 (27.52%) C++
3 27 (24.77%) C
4 13 (11.93%) Embedded C
4 13 (11.93%) Embedded C++
5 4 (3.67%) C#
5 4 (3.67%) Rust
6 1 (0.92%) Java
6 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.92%) R
6 1 (0.92%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 76 (69.72%) Degree
2 50 (45.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (33.03%) Security Cleared
4 23 (21.10%) SC Cleared
5 17 (15.60%) PhD
6 15 (13.76%) DV Cleared
6 15 (13.76%) Master's Degree
7 5 (4.59%) HND
8 3 (2.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (1.83%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.26%) DO-254
2 8 (7.34%) ARP4754
3 7 (6.42%) Def Stans
4 4 (3.67%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.67%) ECSS
5 3 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (1.83%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 41 (37.61%) Siemens
2 6 (5.50%) Thales
3 5 (4.59%) Xilinx
4 4 (3.67%) EMC
4 4 (3.67%) Facebook
4 4 (3.67%) Instagram
5 2 (1.83%) IBM
5 2 (1.83%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.92%) Cadence
6 1 (0.92%) Mentor Graphics