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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 355 512
Rank change year-on-year -243 +157 +62
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 130 340 420
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.78% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.79% 2.47% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 62 164 245
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £49,038 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £78,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.32% -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 16,440 13,774 33,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 31.48% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 11,471 9,240 25,152
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -205 127 £60,000 +9.09% 92
UK excluding London -184 122 £57,500 +9.32% 84
South East -32 79 £60,000 +9.09% 26
South West -80 15 £45,000 -14.45% 26
East of England -11 13 £70,000 +46.80% 25
North of England -101 9 £51,722 +3.33% 1
London -57 8 £132,500 +20.45% 5
North West -50 7 £52,325 +4.54% 1
Work from Home -86 6 £53,625 -14.20% 29
Wales -40 3 £55,000 - 1
Midlands -77 3 £67,500 +41.56% 10
West Midlands -47 2 £67,500 -10.00% 6
Yorkshire -53 2 £51,722 -10.14%
East Midlands -53 1 £52,500 +10.10% 4

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 (1.54%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 69 (53.08%) Simulink
2 10 (7.69%) CATIA
2 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.31%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.77%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (0.77%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.69%) 5G
1 10 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 10 (7.69%) WAN
2 6 (4.62%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.85%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.54%) Modbus
4 2 (1.54%) RS-422
4 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.77%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.77%) FTP
5 1 (0.77%) HTTP
5 1 (0.77%) MQTT
5 1 (0.77%) RS-232
5 1 (0.77%) RS-485
5 1 (0.77%) RTP
5 1 (0.77%) RTSP
5 1 (0.77%) SCTP
5 1 (0.77%) SS7
5 1 (0.77%) TCAP
5 1 (0.77%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.85%) GIS
2 4 (3.08%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.77%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.77%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 43 (33.08%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (13.85%) Git
3 10 (7.69%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.31%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.54%) JIRA
5 2 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (43.85%) Electronics
2 41 (31.54%) Aerospace
3 40 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (18.46%) Military
5 23 (17.69%) Finance
6 14 (10.77%) Social Skills
7 8 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.62%) Aviation
9 3 (2.31%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.31%) Swedish Language
10 2 (1.54%) Automotive
10 2 (1.54%) Digital Health
10 2 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.54%) Legal
11 1 (0.77%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.77%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.77%) Avionics
11 1 (0.77%) Law
11 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (49.23%) Systems Engineer
2 51 (39.23%) Senior
3 24 (18.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 16 (12.31%) Software Engineer
5 13 (10.00%) Lead
5 13 (10.00%) Test Engineer
6 12 (9.23%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Hardware Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Principal Hardware Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) FPGA Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Product Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Product Test Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Verification Engineer
9 8 (6.15%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 8 (6.15%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (6.15%) Team Leader
10 6 (4.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.69%) pytest
2 3 (2.31%) Yocto
3 1 (0.77%) FFmpeg
3 1 (0.77%) GStreamer
3 1 (0.77%) HTML
3 1 (0.77%) JSON
3 1 (0.77%) Pandas
3 1 (0.77%) REST
3 1 (0.77%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.77%) Web Services
3 1 (0.77%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.77%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.69%) Algorithms
2 18 (13.85%) Management Information System
3 15 (11.54%) Analogue Electronics
3 15 (11.54%) FPGA
4 10 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (7.69%) Self-Driving Car
5 9 (6.92%) PCIe
5 9 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (5.38%) Robotics
7 6 (4.62%) Reinsurance
7 6 (4.62%) SCADA
7 6 (4.62%) Verilog
7 6 (4.62%) VHDL
8 5 (3.85%) Driving Licence
9 4 (3.08%) CAN bus
10 3 (2.31%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.54%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.23%) Unix
2 11 (8.46%) Windows
3 3 (2.31%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.31%) Linux
3 3 (2.31%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.54%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (50.77%) Systems Engineering
2 51 (39.23%) Physics
3 45 (34.62%) Mathematics
4 34 (26.15%) Software Engineering
5 31 (23.85%) Coaching
6 29 (22.31%) Agile
7 28 (21.54%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 28 (21.54%) Requirements Management
7 28 (21.54%) Validation
8 27 (20.77%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (18.46%) SysML
10 23 (17.69%) Information Assurance
11 22 (16.92%) Kalman Filter
12 21 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (16.15%) Test Automation
13 18 (13.85%) Customer Requirements
13 18 (13.85%) Software Testing
14 17 (13.08%) Signal Processing
14 17 (13.08%) Verification and Validation
15 16 (12.31%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (40.77%) Python
2 37 (28.46%) C++
3 27 (20.77%) C
4 16 (12.31%) C#
5 10 (7.69%) Embedded C
5 10 (7.69%) Embedded C++
5 10 (7.69%) SQL
6 8 (6.15%) Julia
6 8 (6.15%) R
7 5 (3.85%) Java
8 3 (2.31%) Delphi
9 1 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (75.38%) Degree
2 64 (49.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (17.69%) HND
4 21 (16.15%) Security Cleared
5 14 (10.77%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.38%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.85%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.85%) PhD
8 3 (2.31%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.77%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (5.38%) ARP4754
2 7 (5.38%) Def Stans
3 6 (4.62%) DO-254
4 4 (3.08%) GDPR
5 3 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.54%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.54%) MISRA
6 2 (1.54%) MISRA C
6 2 (1.54%) QA
7 1 (0.77%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.77%) DO-160
7 1 (0.77%) DO-178B
System Software
1 16 (12.31%) Firmware
2 2 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 31 (23.85%) Siemens
2 11 (8.46%) Mentor Graphics
3 10 (7.69%) IBM
4 6 (4.62%) EMC
5 4 (3.08%) Altera
5 4 (3.08%) Facebook
5 4 (3.08%) Instagram
6 1 (0.77%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.77%) Microsoft