MATLAB Engineer Jobs

MATLAB Engineer
UK

The median MATLAB Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 899 963
Rank change year-on-year +212 +64 +192
Permanent jobs requiring a MATLAB Engineer 4 3 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.003% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.003% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £50,250 - £51,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £47,500 -
90th Percentile £71,750 - £55,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +36.11% -18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,967 93,227 95,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,330 66,890 59,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

MATLAB Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured MATLAB Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB Engineer in the UK

MATLAB Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MATLAB Engineer in the UK

MATLAB Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB Engineer in the UK

MATLAB Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +171 3 £57,500 +27.78%
UK excluding London +208 2 £61,250 +36.11% 1
Work from Home - 2 £52,500 - 1
South East +111 1 £52,500 -
East of England - 1 £70,000 -
London - 1 £57,500 -

MATLAB Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, MATLAB Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring MATLAB Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Automotive
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Product Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Julia
4 1 (25.00%) 5G
4 1 (25.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Data Science
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) B2B
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Firmware
4 1 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) MySQL

MATLAB Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 5G
1 1 (25.00%) J1939
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aeronautics
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) GNSS
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Product Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sales Enablement
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Julia
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft