Simulink Job Trends in the UK excluding London

The MathWorks Simulink
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Simulink skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 399 429
Rank change year-on-year -76 +30 +41
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 40 171 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.095% 0.46% 0.37%
As % of the Applications category 0.94% 4.38% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 17 137 57
10th Percentile £41,500 £39,030 £42,850
25th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +19.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £71,000
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +19.79%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,269 3,908 2,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.18% 10.44% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 1,434 1,831
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £27,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -1.32%
75th Percentile £51,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -7.10%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Simulink relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Simulink job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Simulink
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Simulink.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Simulink

Simulink
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Simulink in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Simulink in the UK excluding London

Simulink
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 East -28 12 £52,500 -23.64% 25
North of England +5 11 £75,000 +57.29% 3
North West +17 10 £75,000 +57.29% 3
South West +9 8 £43,000 -18.25% 16
East of England +6 7 - - 12
West Midlands +13 1 £65,000 +23.81%
Midlands +6 1 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Scotland -10 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £63,150 -
Simulink
UK

Simulink
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Mathcad
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (5.00%) RS-422
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (15.00%) JIRA
3 3 (7.50%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (5.00%) Git
4 2 (5.00%) GitLab
4 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (30.00%) Electronics
2 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Military
4 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.00%) Avionics
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Advertising
7 1 (2.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (32.50%) Senior
3 9 (22.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Design Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) FPGA Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Control Systems Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Mathematical Modeller
6 3 (7.50%) Research Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Electronics Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Lead
7 2 (5.00%) Principal Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (17.50%) Algorithms
3 6 (15.00%) VHDL
4 5 (12.50%) Verilog
5 4 (10.00%) FPGA
6 3 (7.50%) Arduino
6 3 (7.50%) CAN bus
6 3 (7.50%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (7.50%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Linux
2 2 (5.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (70.00%) Systems Engineering
2 19 (47.50%) Mathematics
3 15 (37.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 15 (37.50%) Validation
4 13 (32.50%) Physics
5 12 (30.00%) Agile
6 11 (27.50%) Verification and Validation
7 10 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (25.00%) Requirements Management
7 10 (25.00%) SysML
8 9 (22.50%) Coaching
9 8 (20.00%) Signal Processing
10 7 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (17.50%) Information Assurance
11 6 (15.00%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (15.00%) Mathematical Modelling
11 6 (15.00%) Performance Analysis
12 4 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
12 4 (10.00%) FPGA Design
12 4 (10.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 27 (67.50%) MATLAB
2 10 (25.00%) C
3 9 (22.50%) Python
4 6 (15.00%) C++
5 4 (10.00%) SystemVerilog
6 3 (7.50%) Assembly Language
6 3 (7.50%) Java
6 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
6 3 (7.50%) Objective-C
6 3 (7.50%) Swift
7 1 (2.50%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (72.50%) Degree
2 20 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (15.00%) Master's Degree
6 3 (7.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.00%) HNC
7 2 (5.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (5.00%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (5.00%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Siemens
2 5 (12.50%) IBM
3 4 (10.00%) Intel
3 4 (10.00%) Microsemi
3 4 (10.00%) Xilinx
4 3 (7.50%) MathWorks
5 2 (5.00%) Cadence
5 2 (5.00%) EMC
6 1 (2.50%) Mentor Graphics