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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 239 220
Rank change year-on-year +51 -19 +69
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 102 100 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.14% 0.77% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.77% 2.62% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 36 60 53
10th Percentile £41,505 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,188 £42,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £75,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,560 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.10% -8.00% +27.55%

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 1,769 3,816 3,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.73% 29.46% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,193 2,506 2,701
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £63,075 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -3.85% +1.63%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 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
Hampshire +84 43 £70,000 +16.67% 2
Isle of Wight - 24 £75,000 -
Thames Valley -30 18 £47,520 -9.49% 9
Buckinghamshire -8 11 - - 1
Kent -2 7 £55,000 +48.65% 6
East Sussex - 7 - - 1
Berkshire -18 5 £43,710 +9.28% 5
Surrey +31 2 £85,000 +39.34% 1
Oxfordshire +18 2 £60,000 +14.29% 3
West Sussex - 1 £60,000 -
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (28.43%) Simulink
2 15 (14.71%) Mathcad
3 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.94%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.98%) CATIA
5 1 (0.98%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.98%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.98%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.96%) Azure
2 1 (0.98%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 35 (34.31%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (1.96%) MQTT
2 2 (1.96%) WAN
2 2 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (1.96%) GIS
1 2 (1.96%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.96%) Git
3 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 22 (21.57%) Electronics
2 8 (7.84%) Social Skills
3 5 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.92%) Military
5 3 (2.94%) Agriculture
5 3 (2.94%) Finance
6 2 (1.96%) Advertising
6 2 (1.96%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.96%) Marketing
7 1 (0.98%) Automotive
7 1 (0.98%) Aviation
7 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (39.22%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (29.41%) Radio Engineer
3 21 (20.59%) Senior
4 14 (13.73%) Mathematical Modeller
5 12 (11.76%) Lead
6 5 (4.90%) Software Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Electrical Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Firmware Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Statistical Modeller
8 2 (1.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Cloud Software Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Graduate
8 2 (1.96%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Senior Performance Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Software Performance Engineer
9 1 (0.98%) Analyst
9 1 (0.98%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.69%) HTML
2 2 (1.96%) .NET
2 2 (1.96%) gRPC
2 2 (1.96%) Kafka
2 2 (1.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.35%) FPGA
2 8 (7.84%) Algorithms
3 5 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.94%) e-Learning
4 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.96%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.96%) IoT
5 2 (1.96%) Robotics
6 1 (0.98%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.80%) Linux
2 5 (4.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.96%) Physics
2 48 (47.06%) Signal Processing
3 38 (37.25%) Innovative Thinking
4 35 (34.31%) Digital Signal Processing
5 32 (31.37%) Mathematics
6 25 (24.51%) Systems Engineering
7 24 (23.53%) Computer Science
8 22 (21.57%) Artificial Intelligence
9 21 (20.59%) Mathematical Modelling
9 21 (20.59%) Validation
10 18 (17.65%) Machine Learning
10 18 (17.65%) Verification and Validation
11 17 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
11 17 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (15.69%) Data Privacy
13 10 (9.80%) Data Analysis
14 8 (7.84%) Software Engineering
15 5 (4.90%) Agile
15 5 (4.90%) Requirements Management
16 4 (3.92%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (49.02%) Python
2 24 (23.53%) C++
3 21 (20.59%) C
4 20 (19.61%) C#
5 18 (17.65%) JavaScript
5 18 (17.65%) TypeScript
6 16 (15.69%) Dart
6 16 (15.69%) Java
6 16 (15.69%) PHP
6 16 (15.69%) R
6 16 (15.69%) Ruby
6 16 (15.69%) Rust
6 16 (15.69%) SQL
7 2 (1.96%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.98%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (49.02%) Degree
2 42 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 40 (39.22%) SC Cleared
4 34 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (15.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (4.90%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.96%) HND
7 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.96%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.96%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.96%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.98%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (32.35%) Firmware
2 30 (29.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Functional Safety
1 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (15.69%) MathWorks
2 3 (2.94%) EMC
2 3 (2.94%) Siemens
2 3 (2.94%) Xilinx
3 2 (1.96%) Mentor Graphics
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.98%) ANSYS
4 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.98%) Cadence
4 1 (0.98%) IBM
4 1 (0.98%) Keysight
4 1 (0.98%) PTC
4 1 (0.98%) SAP
4 1 (0.98%) Sparx