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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 445 437
Rank change year-on-year -115 -8 +97
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 257 239 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.49% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.40% 1.91% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 133 72 194
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £47,683
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.39% -3.28%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £92,150 £85,700 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 18,379 12,501 22,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.58% 25.43% 31.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,019 8,080 13,499
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,611 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,112
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.97% -2.90%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 12 October 2026.

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 12 October 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 -102 244 £63,250 +5.42% 79
UK excluding London -102 244 £56,000 -6.67% 61
South East -35 107 £56,000 -22.76% 21
Work from Home -93 53 £56,000 -6.67% 12
East of England +3 51 £64,500 -7.86% 16
Midlands -21 49 £45,000 -20.13% 11
West Midlands -20 30 £70,000 - 5
South West -78 23 £62,500 +18.82% 4
East Midlands -27 19 £45,000 -20.13% 6
Scotland +10 13 £60,000 +3.39% 5
London -70 12 £132,500 +76.67% 22
North of England -92 3 £53,625 -2.13% 6
North West -55 2 £53,625 -2.13% 4
North East -67 1 - - 1

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 4 (1.56%) Confluence
2 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Kinematics
Applications
1 156 (60.70%) Simulink
2 8 (3.11%) Mathcad
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.95%) Lightworks
4 5 (1.95%) Mathematica
4 5 (1.95%) Stateflow
5 4 (1.56%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.78%) MicroStation
6 2 (0.78%) Revit
7 1 (0.39%) CATIA
7 1 (0.39%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.67%) Wireless
2 9 (3.50%) Ethernet
2 9 (3.50%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.33%) MQTT
3 6 (2.33%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (1.56%) 5G
4 4 (1.56%) LTE
4 4 (1.56%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.56%) WAN
5 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.78%) HTTP
7 1 (0.39%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.39%) Internet
7 1 (0.39%) RS-232
7 1 (0.39%) RS-422
7 1 (0.39%) RS-485
7 1 (0.39%) RTP
7 1 (0.39%) SCTP
7 1 (0.39%) SS7
7 1 (0.39%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (1.95%) GIS
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 59 (22.96%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (8.95%) LabVIEW
3 21 (8.17%) Git
4 10 (3.89%) PetaLinux
5 9 (3.50%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.72%) JIRA
7 5 (1.95%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 104 (40.47%) Aerospace
2 70 (27.24%) Finance
3 68 (26.46%) Electronics
4 66 (25.68%) Social Skills
5 52 (20.23%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (12.45%) Military
7 31 (12.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.45%) Automotive
8 14 (5.45%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.89%) Aviation
9 10 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.11%) Retail
11 7 (2.72%) Advertising
12 5 (1.95%) Law
12 5 (1.95%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.17%) Aeronautics
13 3 (1.17%) Police
13 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.39%) Avionics
14 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (35.41%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (22.57%) Senior
3 53 (20.62%) Lead
4 32 (12.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 32 (12.45%) Software Engineer
5 28 (10.89%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 20 (7.78%) Embedded Engineer
7 18 (7.00%) Principal Engineer
8 15 (5.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (5.84%) Team Leader
9 14 (5.45%) Electronics Engineer
10 12 (4.67%) DSP Engineer
10 12 (4.67%) FPGA Engineer
10 12 (4.67%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) Applications Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) Research Scientist
11 10 (3.89%) Test Engineer
12 7 (2.72%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 6 (2.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 5 (1.95%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.89%) Yocto
2 4 (1.56%) pytest
2 4 (1.56%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.17%) React
4 2 (0.78%) HTML
4 2 (0.78%) JSON
4 2 (0.78%) Middleware
5 1 (0.39%) FFmpeg
5 1 (0.39%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.39%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (0.39%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.39%) Web Services
5 1 (0.39%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.39%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 56 (21.79%) Algorithms
2 41 (15.95%) FPGA
3 31 (12.06%) Embedded Systems
4 22 (8.56%) VHDL
5 20 (7.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (7.78%) Robotics
6 18 (7.00%) Verilog
7 11 (4.28%) SCADA
8 10 (3.89%) Acoustics
8 10 (3.89%) Driving Licence
9 9 (3.50%) PCIe
10 8 (3.11%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (3.11%) Reinsurance
11 7 (2.72%) Analogue Electronics
12 6 (2.33%) IoT
12 6 (2.33%) Self-Driving Car
13 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.95%) Synthetic Data
14 4 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.23%) Linux
2 11 (4.28%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.33%) Robot Operating System
3 6 (2.33%) Unix
4 4 (1.56%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (37.35%) Physics
2 90 (35.02%) Systems Engineering
3 83 (32.30%) Mathematics
4 72 (28.02%) Validation
5 57 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (21.40%) Software Engineering
7 47 (18.29%) Agile
8 40 (15.56%) Signal Processing
9 39 (15.18%) Requirements Management
10 36 (14.01%) Verification and Validation
11 32 (12.45%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 32 (12.45%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (12.06%) Software Testing
13 30 (11.67%) AI
13 30 (11.67%) SysML
14 25 (9.73%) Customer Requirements
14 25 (9.73%) Kalman Filter
15 24 (9.34%) Coaching
15 24 (9.34%) Test Automation
16 22 (8.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 95 (36.96%) Python
2 75 (29.18%) C++
3 65 (25.29%) C
4 31 (12.06%) Embedded C
5 23 (8.95%) Embedded C++
6 17 (6.61%) C#
6 17 (6.61%) Java
7 11 (4.28%) R
7 11 (4.28%) SQL
8 10 (3.89%) Julia
9 6 (2.33%) SystemVerilog
10 5 (1.95%) Delphi
11 4 (1.56%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.56%) Rust
12 3 (1.17%) Go
12 3 (1.17%) Perl
12 3 (1.17%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.39%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 168 (65.37%) Degree
2 88 (34.24%) Security Cleared
3 72 (28.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 62 (24.12%) SC Cleared
5 57 (22.18%) Master's Degree
6 51 (19.84%) PhD
7 35 (13.62%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.84%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (4.28%) HND
10 2 (0.78%) HNC
11 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.56%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.28%) DO-254
3 7 (2.72%) ARP4754
3 7 (2.72%) GDPR
4 6 (2.33%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.95%) ECSS
6 4 (1.56%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.17%) DO-160
7 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (1.17%) QA
8 2 (0.78%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.39%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.39%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.39%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 34 (13.23%) Firmware
2 11 (4.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.95%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 50 (19.46%) Siemens
2 13 (5.06%) EMC
3 12 (4.67%) Xilinx
4 8 (3.11%) DIgSILENT
4 8 (3.11%) IBM
4 8 (3.11%) YouTube
5 7 (2.72%) Thales
6 4 (1.56%) Facebook
6 4 (1.56%) Instagram
6 4 (1.56%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.78%) Intel
7 2 (0.78%) MathWorks
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.39%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.39%) Cadence