MathWorks MATLAB
UK

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 414 483
Rank change year-on-year -222 +69 +54
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 148 312 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.63% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 2.18% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 77 135 208
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £51,722 £48,434 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £132,000 £113,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,346 14,298 25,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.70% 28.75% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13,040 9,465 18,107
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 6 months to 3 August 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
England -188 139 £63,750 +15.91% 97
UK excluding London -198 136 £60,000 +9.09% 84
South East -44 89 £60,000 - 30
Work from Home -96 31 £56,000 -13.85% 33
East of England -12 17 £65,000 +36.32% 25
South West -91 12 £54,250 +3.14% 16
London -58 11 £132,500 -11.67% 15
Scotland +4 6 - - 3
North of England -93 5 £51,722 +3.33% 5
Midlands -60 4 £67,500 +41.56% 12
North West -42 3 £52,325 +4.54% 2
West Midlands -42 3 £67,500 -10.00% 6
Wales -59 3 £55,000 -19.12%
Yorkshire -48 2 £51,722 -10.14% 2
East Midlands -41 1 £52,500 +10.10% 6

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
Applications
1 82 (55.41%) Simulink
2 7 (4.73%) CATIA
3 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.03%) Lightworks
4 3 (2.03%) Mathcad
4 3 (2.03%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.68%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.68%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.70%) GitHub
2 1 (0.68%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.73%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.70%) 5G
2 4 (2.70%) MQTT
2 4 (2.70%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (2.70%) WAN
3 3 (2.03%) Wireless
4 2 (1.35%) Modbus
4 2 (1.35%) RS-422
4 2 (1.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.68%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.68%) FTP
5 1 (0.68%) RS-232
5 1 (0.68%) RS-485
5 1 (0.68%) RTP
5 1 (0.68%) RTSP
5 1 (0.68%) SCTP
5 1 (0.68%) SS7
5 1 (0.68%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.05%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.38%) GIS
3 2 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 49 (33.11%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (10.81%) Git
2 16 (10.81%) LabVIEW
3 6 (4.05%) PetaLinux
4 3 (2.03%) JIRA
5 2 (1.35%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (47.30%) Aerospace
2 50 (33.78%) Electronics
2 50 (33.78%) Finance
3 43 (29.05%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (22.30%) Social Skills
5 23 (15.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (12.16%) Military
7 9 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.05%) Aviation
9 5 (3.38%) Automotive
9 5 (3.38%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.70%) Advertising
11 3 (2.03%) Swedish Language
12 2 (1.35%) Avionics
12 2 (1.35%) Digital Health
12 2 (1.35%) Law
12 2 (1.35%) Legal
12 2 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.68%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (49.32%) Systems Engineer
2 56 (37.84%) Senior
3 27 (18.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 24 (16.22%) Lead
5 23 (15.54%) Software Engineer
6 15 (10.14%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 14 (9.46%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (8.78%) Embedded Engineer
8 13 (8.78%) Team Leader
9 11 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (6.76%) Hardware Engineer
10 10 (6.76%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 9 (6.08%) Principal Hardware Engineer
12 8 (5.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 8 (5.41%) FPGA Engineer
12 8 (5.41%) Test Engineer
13 7 (4.73%) Electronics Engineer
14 5 (3.38%) Security Engineer
14 5 (3.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 4 (2.70%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) Yocto
2 4 (2.70%) pytest
3 2 (1.35%) Middleware
4 1 (0.68%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.68%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.68%) HTML
4 1 (0.68%) JSON
4 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.68%) Web Services
4 1 (0.68%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.68%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.54%) Algorithms
2 19 (12.84%) FPGA
3 16 (10.81%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (8.78%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (8.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (8.78%) Verilog
4 13 (8.78%) VHDL
5 9 (6.08%) Reinsurance
6 8 (5.41%) Fibre Optics
6 8 (5.41%) Robotics
6 8 (5.41%) SCADA
7 7 (4.73%) PCIe
8 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
9 5 (3.38%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.70%) IoT
10 4 (2.70%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.35%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.05%) Linux
1 6 (4.05%) Unix
2 5 (3.38%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (3.38%) Windows
3 3 (2.03%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.03%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (48.65%) Systems Engineering
2 52 (35.14%) Physics
3 47 (31.76%) Mathematics
4 44 (29.73%) Software Engineering
5 40 (27.03%) Validation
6 30 (20.27%) Requirements Management
7 26 (17.57%) Agile
7 26 (17.57%) Coaching
8 25 (16.89%) Software Testing
9 22 (14.86%) SysML
10 21 (14.19%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 21 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (14.19%) Test Automation
11 20 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
11 20 (13.51%) Decision-Making
12 16 (10.81%) Roadmaps
12 16 (10.81%) Verification and Validation
13 15 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (10.14%) Signal Processing
14 14 (9.46%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 64 (43.24%) Python
2 45 (30.41%) C++
3 32 (21.62%) C
4 16 (10.81%) C#
5 14 (9.46%) Embedded C
6 13 (8.78%) Embedded C++
7 12 (8.11%) SQL
8 11 (7.43%) Julia
9 10 (6.76%) R
10 8 (5.41%) Java
11 3 (2.03%) Delphi
11 3 (2.03%) Rust
11 3 (2.03%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 99 (66.89%) Degree
2 67 (45.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 35 (23.65%) Security Cleared
4 27 (18.24%) SC Cleared
5 21 (14.19%) DV Cleared
6 16 (10.81%) PhD
7 15 (10.14%) HND
7 15 (10.14%) Master's Degree
8 5 (3.38%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.78%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.08%) ARP4754
2 9 (6.08%) DO-254
3 7 (4.73%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.73%) GDPR
3 7 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (2.70%) QA
5 3 (2.03%) ECSS
5 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.35%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.35%) DO-160
6 2 (1.35%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.35%) MISRA
6 2 (1.35%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.68%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.68%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.68%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 21 (14.19%) Firmware
2 4 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 37 (25.00%) Siemens
2 10 (6.76%) IBM
3 9 (6.08%) Mentor Graphics
4 7 (4.73%) EMC
5 6 (4.05%) Xilinx
6 4 (2.70%) Facebook
6 4 (2.70%) Instagram
7 1 (0.68%) Altera
7 1 (0.68%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.68%) OpenAI