MATLAB Job Trends

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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 425 466
Rank change year-on-year -117 +41 -27
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 101 349 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.55% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.87% 1.66% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42 189 132
10th Percentile £40,401 £37,500 £33,975
25th Percentile £54,793 £45,000 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +13.40%

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 11,574 21,032 20,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.33% 32.91% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,399 12,594 17,055
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 2 December 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 14 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 2 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
England -86 91 £60,000 +8.11% 110
UK excluding London -97 86 £60,000 +9.09% 123
South East -15 40 £75,000 +25.00% 38
Work from Home +54 21 £60,000 - 42
South West -4 17 £44,625 -15.16% 36
North of England -4 15 £57,280 +20.13% 17
North West +13 14 £57,000 +25.07% 16
London +28 10 £40,138 -63.51% 7
East of England +4 8 £72,500 +3.57% 19
Scotland -19 4 £62,249 +7.26% 8
West Midlands +32 1 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Midlands +22 1 £65,000 +23.81% 5
Wales +8 1 £85,700 +89.92% 4
Yorkshire -9 1 £63,150 +9.71%

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 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.97%) SAS
3 1 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (26.73%) Simulink
2 7 (6.93%) Mathcad
3 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.97%) Blender
4 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.97%) Stata
5 2 (1.98%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.99%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.99%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.96%) GitHub
1 4 (3.96%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.86%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (5.94%) 5G
2 6 (5.94%) SD-WAN
2 6 (5.94%) WAN
3 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) Big Data
1 3 (2.97%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (6.93%) Git
2 7 (6.93%) LabVIEW
3 4 (3.96%) MLflow
3 4 (3.96%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (2.97%) GitLab
4 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.97%) JIRA
5 1 (0.99%) Rational Statemate
General
1 28 (27.72%) Electronics
2 26 (25.74%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.90%) Military
5 6 (5.94%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.96%) Avionics
7 4 (3.96%) Finance
7 4 (3.96%) Marketing
8 3 (2.97%) Agriculture
8 3 (2.97%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.97%) Retail
9 2 (1.98%) Automotive
9 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.99%) Advertising
10 1 (0.99%) Aviation
10 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (36.63%) Systems Engineer
2 26 (25.74%) Lead
3 22 (21.78%) Senior
4 11 (10.89%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 11 (10.89%) Radio Engineer
5 7 (6.93%) Mathematical Modeller
6 6 (5.94%) Radar Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Test Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Senior Test Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Graduate
8 4 (3.96%) Hardware Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Principal Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Product Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Product Test Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Senior Verification Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Verification Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) RF Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Risk Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) pytest
2 1 (0.99%) Caffe
2 1 (0.99%) NumPy
2 1 (0.99%) Pandas
2 1 (0.99%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.99%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.99%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.82%) Algorithms
2 11 (10.89%) FPGA
3 8 (7.92%) GNSS
4 7 (6.93%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.94%) Self-Driving Car
5 6 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.96%) Satnav
7 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.97%) Arduino
7 3 (2.97%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.97%) Derivative
7 3 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.97%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.97%) Robotics
8 2 (1.98%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.99%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.99%) Verilog
9 1 (0.99%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.94%) Linux
1 6 (5.94%) Unix
2 4 (3.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (40.59%) Physics
2 33 (32.67%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (32.67%) Systems Engineering
3 30 (29.70%) Signal Processing
3 30 (29.70%) Validation
4 27 (26.73%) Mathematics
5 24 (23.76%) Agile
6 23 (22.77%) Innovative Thinking
7 21 (20.79%) Data Analysis
8 18 (17.82%) Digital Signal Processing
9 16 (15.84%) Computer Science
9 16 (15.84%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 16 (15.84%) SysML
9 16 (15.84%) Verification and Validation
10 15 (14.85%) Test Automation
11 14 (13.86%) Mathematical Modelling
12 13 (12.87%) UML
13 12 (11.88%) AI
14 11 (10.89%) Data Science
14 11 (10.89%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 49 (48.51%) Python
2 19 (18.81%) C++
3 16 (15.84%) C
4 8 (7.92%) R
5 3 (2.97%) Assembly Language
5 3 (2.97%) Google Apps Script
5 3 (2.97%) Java
5 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.97%) Objective-C
5 3 (2.97%) Swift
5 3 (2.97%) Tcl
5 3 (2.97%) VBA
6 2 (1.98%) VB
7 1 (0.99%) Ada
7 1 (0.99%) C#
7 1 (0.99%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (68.32%) Degree
2 47 (46.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 37 (36.63%) Security Cleared
4 31 (30.69%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.93%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.96%) HND
6 4 (3.96%) PhD
7 3 (2.97%) CFA
7 3 (2.97%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.99%) MCAD
8 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.98%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.98%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.99%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (10.89%) Embedded Firmware
1 11 (10.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) MathWorks
2 4 (3.96%) Databricks
3 3 (2.97%) Google
4 2 (1.98%) ANSYS
4 2 (1.98%) Cadence
4 2 (1.98%) EMC
4 2 (1.98%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.98%) Siemens
5 1 (0.99%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.99%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.99%) IBM
5 1 (0.99%) Keysight
5 1 (0.99%) PTC
5 1 (0.99%) SAP
5 1 (0.99%) YouTube