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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 433 484
Rank change year-on-year -61 +51 -30
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 177 345 263
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.47% 1.60% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 50 182 138
10th Percentile £42,507 £37,500 £33,375
25th Percentile £54,793 £46,563 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -4.07% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +14.58%

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 12,014 21,544 21,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.68% 31.70% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,603 12,806 17,835
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,091
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 £108,750 £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 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 16 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 15 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 -26 165 £60,000 +4.35% 104
UK excluding London -32 155 £60,000 +4.35% 107
Work from Home +99 78 £60,000 - 52
South East +13 72 £75,000 +25.00% 28
North of England +13 28 £57,280 +25.68% 5
Midlands +49 21 £65,000 +23.81% 7
South West +7 21 £49,250 -6.37% 34
North West +17 18 £57,000 +31.13% 4
London +18 15 £70,000 -41.67% 5
East Midlands +30 13 £65,000 +36.32% 5
Yorkshire +6 9 £63,150 +9.71%
West Midlands +32 8 - - 2
East of England -1 8 £72,500 +20.83% 32
Scotland -26 4 £62,249 +7.26% 7
North East - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £85,700 - 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 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.69%) SAS
3 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (18.08%) Simulink
2 13 (7.34%) Mathcad
3 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.82%) Blender
4 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (1.69%) GNU Octave
5 3 (1.69%) Stata
6 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.13%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.56%) CATIA
7 1 (0.56%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.26%) GitHub
1 4 (2.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.99%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (5.65%) 5G
2 10 (5.65%) SD-WAN
2 10 (5.65%) WAN
3 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.82%) QGIS
2 3 (1.69%) Big Data
3 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Git
1 7 (3.95%) LabVIEW
2 6 (3.39%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.26%) GitLab
3 4 (2.26%) MLflow
3 4 (2.26%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.13%) JIRA
6 1 (0.56%) Rational Statemate
General
1 30 (16.95%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.25%) Electronics
3 15 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.65%) Military
5 8 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.95%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.95%) Finance
7 5 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.82%) Marketing
7 5 (2.82%) Retail
8 4 (2.26%) Avionics
9 3 (1.69%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.69%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.13%) Automotive
10 2 (1.13%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.56%) Aviation
11 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (27.12%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (16.95%) Lead
3 27 (15.25%) Senior
4 20 (11.30%) Radio Engineer
5 11 (6.21%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 10 (5.65%) Mathematical Modeller
7 6 (3.39%) Hardware Engineer
7 6 (3.39%) Radar Engineer
7 6 (3.39%) Test Engineer
8 5 (2.82%) Analyst
8 5 (2.82%) GNSS Engineer
8 5 (2.82%) Professional Services Engineer
8 5 (2.82%) RF Engineer
8 5 (2.82%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (2.26%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 4 (2.26%) Product Engineer
9 4 (2.26%) Product Test Engineer
9 4 (2.26%) Qualitative Analyst
9 4 (2.26%) Quantitative Analyst
9 4 (2.26%) Senior Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (27.68%) HTML
2 4 (2.26%) pytest
3 1 (0.56%) Caffe
3 1 (0.56%) NumPy
3 1 (0.56%) Pandas
3 1 (0.56%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.56%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.86%) Algorithms
2 20 (11.30%) FPGA
3 10 (5.65%) GNSS
3 10 (5.65%) Self-Driving Car
4 8 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.95%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.26%) Robotics
7 4 (2.26%) Satnav
8 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.69%) Arduino
8 3 (1.69%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.69%) Derivative
8 3 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.56%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.56%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.56%) Infotainment
9 1 (0.56%) Lidar
9 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.08%) Linux
2 6 (3.39%) Unix
3 5 (2.82%) Windows
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (39.55%) Computer Science
2 62 (35.03%) AI
3 56 (31.64%) Physics
4 54 (30.51%) Machine Learning
5 49 (27.68%) Data Privacy
6 42 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (23.16%) Signal Processing
8 40 (22.60%) Mathematics
9 39 (22.03%) Systems Engineering
10 35 (19.77%) Validation
11 33 (18.64%) Innovative Thinking
12 27 (15.25%) Digital Signal Processing
13 25 (14.12%) Mathematical Modelling
14 24 (13.56%) Data Analysis
15 22 (12.43%) Agile
16 19 (10.73%) Test Automation
16 19 (10.73%) Verification and Validation
17 16 (9.04%) Performance Analysis
17 16 (9.04%) SysML
18 15 (8.47%) UML
Programming Languages
1 115 (64.97%) Python
2 78 (44.07%) C++
3 68 (38.42%) C
4 57 (32.20%) R
5 55 (31.07%) Java
6 54 (30.51%) C#
7 52 (29.38%) JavaScript
8 50 (28.25%) SQL
9 49 (27.68%) Dart
9 49 (27.68%) PHP
9 49 (27.68%) Ruby
9 49 (27.68%) Rust
9 49 (27.68%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.26%) Tcl
11 3 (1.69%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.69%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.69%) Swift
11 3 (1.69%) VBA
12 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 124 (70.06%) Degree
2 52 (29.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 50 (28.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (27.12%) Security Cleared
5 40 (22.60%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.08%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.26%) HND
7 4 (2.26%) PhD
8 3 (1.69%) CFA
8 3 (1.69%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.13%) MCAD
9 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.13%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.13%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.56%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (11.30%) Embedded Firmware
1 20 (11.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 14 (7.91%) MathWorks
2 4 (2.26%) ANSYS
2 4 (2.26%) Databricks
2 4 (2.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.69%) EMC
3 3 (1.69%) Google
4 2 (1.13%) Cadence
4 2 (1.13%) IBM
4 2 (1.13%) SAP
5 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.56%) Green Hills
5 1 (0.56%) Keysight
5 1 (0.56%) PTC
5 1 (0.56%) QNX
5 1 (0.56%) Sparx
5 1 (0.56%) YouTube