Simulink Job Trends in the South East

The MathWorks Simulink
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Simulink skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 268 201
Rank change year-on-year -6 -67 +57
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 68 21 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.36% 0.24% 0.99%
As % of the Applications category 5.59% 1.97% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 34 8 111
10th Percentile - £45,250 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -14.81% +22.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,770 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,055 £60,000
% change year-on-year +29.86% -16.58% +9.09%

All Software Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,217 1,066 1,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.36% 11.95% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 741 486 448
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,850 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -21.47% +12.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +5.56%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Simulink job vacancy trend in the South East

Simulink
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Simulink

Simulink
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Simulink in the South East over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Simulink in the South East

Simulink
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 Simulink within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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 +21 43 £65,000 +26.21% 1
Hampshire -34 19 £70,000 +11.20% 3
Thames Valley -1 5 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 5 - - 2
Isle of Wight -3 1 - - 3
Simulink
England

Simulink
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 5 (7.35%) Lightworks
1 5 (7.35%) Mathcad
2 1 (1.47%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) Ethernet
1 5 (7.35%) MQTT
2 4 (5.88%) Wireless
3 1 (1.47%) HTTP
3 1 (1.47%) Internet
3 1 (1.47%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 45 (66.18%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (5.88%) Git
2 4 (5.88%) LabVIEW
2 4 (5.88%) PetaLinux
3 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 47 (69.12%) Aerospace
2 43 (63.24%) Finance
3 25 (36.76%) Military
4 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
5 8 (11.76%) Electronics
6 4 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Automotive
8 2 (2.94%) Aviation
9 1 (1.47%) Advertising
9 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (69.12%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (35.29%) Senior
3 22 (32.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 19 (27.94%) Lead
5 15 (22.06%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 15 (22.06%) Team Leader
6 10 (14.71%) FPGA Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Software Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Security Engineer
10 2 (2.94%) DSP Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) Design Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) Electronics Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) FPGA Design Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) Integration Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) Senior Software Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) Yocto
2 1 (1.47%) JSON
2 1 (1.47%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.06%) FPGA
2 14 (20.59%) VHDL
3 13 (19.12%) Algorithms
3 13 (19.12%) Verilog
4 9 (13.24%) PCIe
5 7 (10.29%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (7.35%) IoT
7 2 (2.94%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.94%) Robotics
7 2 (2.94%) Self-Driving Car
8 1 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.47%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.47%) State Machine
8 1 (1.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (5.88%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (79.41%) Systems Engineering
2 42 (61.76%) Mathematics
2 42 (61.76%) Physics
3 30 (44.12%) Requirements Management
4 27 (39.71%) SysML
5 23 (33.82%) Agile
5 23 (33.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 22 (32.35%) Coaching
7 14 (20.59%) Validation
8 11 (16.18%) AI
8 11 (16.18%) Software Engineering
9 10 (14.71%) Test Automation
10 9 (13.24%) FPGA Design
10 9 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (11.76%) Signal Processing
12 7 (10.29%) Collaborative Culture
12 7 (10.29%) Digital Signal Processing
12 7 (10.29%) Verification and Validation
13 6 (8.82%) DevOps
13 6 (8.82%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 67 (98.53%) MATLAB
2 18 (26.47%) C
2 18 (26.47%) C++
3 17 (25.00%) Python
4 9 (13.24%) Embedded C
4 9 (13.24%) Embedded C++
5 4 (5.88%) Rust
6 1 (1.47%) Perl
6 1 (1.47%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 51 (75.00%) Degree
2 43 (63.24%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 14 (20.59%) DV Cleared
5 7 (10.29%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.88%) PhD
7 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) ECSS
2 4 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.94%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.47%) DO-254
4 1 (1.47%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 39 (57.35%) Siemens
2 5 (7.35%) Xilinx
3 1 (1.47%) IBM