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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 411 463
Rank change year-on-year -199 +52 +78
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 89 235 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.57% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.60% 1.72% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 44 148 237
10th Percentile - £37,697 £39,700
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,683 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,008 £110,000 £76,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.36% +4.76%

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 14,811 13,624 31,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.87% 33.33% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,236 10,241 24,982
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,691 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.07% +1.85% -1.82%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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
UK excluding London -169 87 £53,750 +2.19% 105
England -180 84 £60,000 +14.07% 103
South East -34 54 £60,000 +9.09% 31
South West -52 14 £40,000 -23.95% 32
North of England -121 7 £50,811 +1.51% 3
North West -72 6 £49,900 -0.31% 3
East of England -27 4 - - 18
West Midlands -27 3 £67,500 +35.00% 7
Wales -31 3 £55,000 -
Midlands -59 3 £67,500 +38.20% 14
Scotland -23 2 £48,598 -16.26% 9
London -47 2 £115,000 +4.55% 9
Work from Home -31 1 £55,000 -2.22% 27
Yorkshire -66 1 £51,722 -10.14%

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 2 (2.25%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.12%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 49 (55.06%) Simulink
2 10 (11.24%) CATIA
3 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.12%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.24%) GitHub
2 1 (1.12%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.99%) 5G
1 8 (8.99%) SD-WAN
1 8 (8.99%) WAN
2 6 (6.74%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.25%) Modbus
3 2 (2.25%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.12%) RS-422
4 1 (1.12%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.12%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.12%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (42.70%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (14.61%) Git
3 10 (11.24%) LabVIEW
4 4 (4.49%) JIRA
5 1 (1.12%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (1.12%) Rational Statemate
General
1 51 (57.30%) Electronics
2 24 (26.97%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (22.47%) Military
4 19 (21.35%) Aerospace
5 11 (12.36%) Finance
6 8 (8.99%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (7.87%) Social Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Aviation
8 2 (2.25%) Avionics
8 2 (2.25%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.25%) Legal
8 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.12%) Advertising
9 1 (1.12%) Aeronautics
9 1 (1.12%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.12%) Automotive
9 1 (1.12%) Marketing
9 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (51.69%) Systems Engineer
2 41 (46.07%) Senior
3 21 (23.60%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 12 (13.48%) Hardware Engineer
4 12 (13.48%) Principal Engineer
4 12 (13.48%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 11 (12.36%) Lead
5 11 (12.36%) Principal Hardware Engineer
5 11 (12.36%) Test Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Product Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Product Test Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Verification Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Team Leader
8 6 (6.74%) Software Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) Embedded Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) Control Systems Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) FPGA Engineer
11 3 (3.37%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.24%) pytest
2 2 (2.25%) Pandas
3 1 (1.12%) Caffe
3 1 (1.12%) NumPy
3 1 (1.12%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.12%) REST
3 1 (1.12%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.12%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.47%) Management Information System
2 12 (13.48%) Analogue Electronics
3 10 (11.24%) Algorithms
4 9 (10.11%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (8.99%) Self-Driving Car
6 5 (5.62%) FPGA
7 4 (4.49%) CAN bus
7 4 (4.49%) PCIe
8 3 (3.37%) GNSS
9 2 (2.25%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (2.25%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.25%) Satnav
10 1 (1.12%) Credit Risk
10 1 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (1.12%) Legacy Code
10 1 (1.12%) Market Risk
10 1 (1.12%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.24%) Unix
1 10 (11.24%) Windows
2 2 (2.25%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (51.69%) Systems Engineering
2 42 (47.19%) Physics
3 31 (34.83%) Mathematics
4 29 (32.58%) Coaching
5 28 (31.46%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (29.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 25 (28.09%) Information Assurance
8 24 (26.97%) Agile
9 23 (25.84%) Requirements Management
10 21 (23.60%) SysML
11 18 (20.22%) Validation
12 16 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (15.73%) Data Analysis
13 14 (15.73%) Kalman Filter
13 14 (15.73%) Software Engineering
14 13 (14.61%) Test Automation
14 13 (14.61%) Verification and Validation
15 11 (12.36%) Customer Requirements
16 10 (11.24%) Decision-Making
16 10 (11.24%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 30 (33.71%) Python
2 13 (14.61%) C
2 13 (14.61%) C++
3 5 (5.62%) C#
4 3 (3.37%) R
4 3 (3.37%) SQL
5 1 (1.12%) Ada
5 1 (1.12%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.12%) Java
5 1 (1.12%) Julia
5 1 (1.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (93.26%) Degree
2 59 (66.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (23.60%) HND
4 6 (6.74%) PhD
5 5 (5.62%) Master's Degree
6 4 (4.49%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.12%) MBA
7 1 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (2.25%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.25%) MISRA
2 2 (2.25%) MISRA C
3 1 (1.12%) ARP4754
3 1 (1.12%) ARP4761
3 1 (1.12%) DO-160
3 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.87%) Firmware
2 2 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 26 (29.21%) Siemens
2 11 (12.36%) Mentor Graphics
3 10 (11.24%) IBM
4 4 (4.49%) Altera
5 1 (1.12%) ANSYS
5 1 (1.12%) Green Hills
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.12%) SAP