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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 423 476
Rank change year-on-year -117 +53 -27
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 113 356 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.53% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.95% 1.63% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 49 191 133
10th Percentile £42,244 £35,802 £34,200
25th Percentile £54,793 £45,000 £47,250
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £92,000
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 11,929 21,782 20,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.42% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,632 13,039 17,227
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,568
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £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 26 November 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 26 November 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 -89 102 £60,000 +8.11% 88
UK excluding London -97 93 £60,000 +9.09% 92
South East 0 47 £72,500 +20.83% 29
Work from Home +62 24 £55,000 -8.33% 37
South West -1 19 £49,250 -6.37% 27
London +24 14 £70,000 -36.36% 3
North of England +5 13 £57,280 +20.13% 8
North West +13 12 £57,000 +25.07% 7
East of England -1 8 £72,500 +11.54% 20
Scotland -20 4 £62,249 +7.26% 5
West Midlands +37 1 £65,000 +23.81% 4
Midlands +20 1 £65,000 +23.81% 8
Wales +12 1 £85,700 +143.12% 1
Yorkshire +2 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 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.65%) SAS
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (27.43%) Simulink
2 11 (9.73%) Mathcad
3 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.54%) Blender
5 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (2.65%) Stata
6 2 (1.77%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.88%) CATIA
7 1 (0.88%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.88%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.54%) GitHub
1 4 (3.54%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.16%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (7.08%) 5G
2 8 (7.08%) SD-WAN
2 8 (7.08%) WAN
3 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.54%) QGIS
2 3 (2.65%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (6.19%) Git
2 7 (6.19%) LabVIEW
3 4 (3.54%) MLflow
3 4 (3.54%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (2.65%) GitLab
4 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.65%) JIRA
5 1 (0.88%) Rational Statemate
General
1 29 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 28 (24.78%) Electronics
3 14 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.73%) Military
5 7 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.31%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.42%) Finance
7 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.54%) Avionics
8 4 (3.54%) Marketing
8 4 (3.54%) Retail
9 3 (2.65%) Agriculture
9 3 (2.65%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.77%) Automotive
10 2 (1.77%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.88%) Advertising
11 1 (0.88%) Aviation
11 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (34.51%) Systems Engineer
2 28 (24.78%) Lead
3 27 (23.89%) Senior
4 13 (11.50%) Radio Engineer
5 11 (9.73%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 9 (7.96%) Mathematical Modeller
7 6 (5.31%) Radar Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Test Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Hardware Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) GNSS Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Graduate
9 4 (3.54%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Professional Services Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Qualitative Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) Quantitative Analyst
9 4 (3.54%) RF Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) pytest
2 1 (0.88%) Caffe
2 1 (0.88%) NumPy
2 1 (0.88%) Pandas
2 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.88%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.81%) Algorithms
2 13 (11.50%) FPGA
3 9 (7.96%) GNSS
4 8 (7.08%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (6.19%) Driving Licence
5 7 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.54%) Satnav
7 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.65%) Arduino
7 3 (2.65%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.65%) Derivative
7 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.65%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.65%) Robotics
8 1 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Verilog
8 1 (0.88%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.31%) Linux
1 6 (5.31%) Unix
2 4 (3.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.48%) Physics
2 38 (33.63%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (32.74%) Mathematics
3 37 (32.74%) Systems Engineering
4 33 (29.20%) Validation
5 32 (28.32%) Signal Processing
6 25 (22.12%) Innovative Thinking
7 24 (21.24%) Agile
8 22 (19.47%) Data Analysis
8 22 (19.47%) Mathematical Modelling
9 20 (17.70%) Computer Science
9 20 (17.70%) Digital Signal Processing
10 18 (15.93%) Verification and Validation
11 17 (15.04%) SysML
11 17 (15.04%) Test Automation
12 16 (14.16%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 14 (12.39%) Data Science
13 14 (12.39%) Performance Analysis
13 14 (12.39%) UML
14 13 (11.50%) AI
Programming Languages
1 60 (53.10%) Python
2 24 (21.24%) C++
3 16 (14.16%) C
4 8 (7.08%) R
5 6 (5.31%) Java
6 4 (3.54%) C#
7 3 (2.65%) Assembly Language
7 3 (2.65%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (2.65%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.65%) Objective-C
7 3 (2.65%) Swift
7 3 (2.65%) Tcl
7 3 (2.65%) VBA
8 1 (0.88%) Ada
8 1 (0.88%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.88%) SQL
8 1 (0.88%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (65.49%) Degree
2 50 (44.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 40 (35.40%) Security Cleared
4 33 (29.20%) SC Cleared
5 10 (8.85%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.54%) HND
6 4 (3.54%) PhD
7 3 (2.65%) CFA
7 3 (2.65%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.77%) MCAD
8 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.77%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.77%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (11.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 13 (11.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (10.62%) MathWorks
2 4 (3.54%) Databricks
3 3 (2.65%) Google
4 2 (1.77%) ANSYS
4 2 (1.77%) Cadence
4 2 (1.77%) EMC
4 2 (1.77%) IBM
4 2 (1.77%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.77%) SAP
4 2 (1.77%) Siemens
5 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.88%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.88%) Keysight
5 1 (0.88%) PTC
5 1 (0.88%) Sparx
5 1 (0.88%) YouTube