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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 410 461
Rank change year-on-year -210 +51 +79
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 162 309 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.62% 0.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.87% 2.19% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 81 129 220
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £51,722 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -4.07% -5.88%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,563
90th Percentile £130,000 £110,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 18,557 14,128 25,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 28.30% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,141 9,283 17,846
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,565 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% - -

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 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 15 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 10 August 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 -185 150 £60,000 +9.09% 119
England -194 149 £62,500 +13.64% 136
South East -51 92 £60,000 - 33
Work from Home -95 39 £56,000 -13.85% 43
East of England -14 21 £62,500 +31.07% 40
South West -84 13 £55,000 +4.56% 23
London -76 11 £132,500 +20.45% 15
Scotland +7 10 £60,000 +3.39% 3
Midlands -61 6 £67,500 +19.81% 19
West Midlands -35 5 £67,500 -10.00% 11
North of England -100 5 £51,722 +3.33% 10
North West -50 3 £52,325 +4.54% 4
Wales -53 3 £55,000 -19.12%
Yorkshire -52 2 £51,722 -14.30% 2
East Midlands -42 1 £52,500 +10.10% 8

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 1 (0.62%) Jupyter
Applications
1 95 (58.64%) Simulink
2 7 (4.32%) CATIA
3 5 (3.09%) Mathcad
4 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.85%) Lightworks
5 3 (1.85%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.62%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.62%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.62%) Revit
6 1 (0.62%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.62%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.47%) GitHub
2 1 (0.62%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.47%) 5G
2 4 (2.47%) MQTT
2 4 (2.47%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.47%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (2.47%) WAN
3 3 (1.85%) Wireless
4 2 (1.23%) Modbus
4 2 (1.23%) RS-422
4 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.23%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.62%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.62%) FTP
5 1 (0.62%) HTTP
5 1 (0.62%) RS-232
5 1 (0.62%) RS-485
5 1 (0.62%) RTP
5 1 (0.62%) SCTP
5 1 (0.62%) SS7
5 1 (0.62%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.70%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.09%) GIS
3 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 52 (32.10%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (10.49%) LabVIEW
3 16 (9.88%) Git
4 6 (3.70%) PetaLinux
5 3 (1.85%) JIRA
6 2 (1.23%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (48.15%) Aerospace
2 57 (35.19%) Finance
3 56 (34.57%) Electronics
4 47 (29.01%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (24.69%) Social Skills
6 30 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (11.11%) Military
8 10 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.32%) Automotive
9 7 (4.32%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.70%) Aviation
11 4 (2.47%) Advertising
12 3 (1.85%) Law
12 3 (1.85%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.85%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.23%) Avionics
13 2 (1.23%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.23%) Legal
14 1 (0.62%) Aeronautics
14 1 (0.62%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 79 (48.77%) Systems Engineer
2 56 (34.57%) Senior
3 29 (17.90%) Lead
4 27 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 23 (14.20%) Software Engineer
6 18 (11.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 16 (9.88%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Embedded Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Team Leader
9 11 (6.79%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (6.17%) Hardware Engineer
10 10 (6.17%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 9 (5.56%) Electronics Engineer
11 9 (5.56%) Principal Hardware Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) FPGA Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) Test Engineer
13 6 (3.70%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 5 (3.09%) Security Engineer
14 5 (3.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.70%) Yocto
2 4 (2.47%) pytest
3 2 (1.23%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.62%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.62%) HTML
4 1 (0.62%) JSON
4 1 (0.62%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.62%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.62%) Web Services
4 1 (0.62%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.20%) Algorithms
2 22 (13.58%) FPGA
3 17 (10.49%) Embedded Systems
4 15 (9.26%) Verilog
4 15 (9.26%) VHDL
5 14 (8.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (8.02%) Analogue Electronics
7 9 (5.56%) Reinsurance
8 8 (4.94%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (4.94%) Robotics
8 8 (4.94%) SCADA
9 7 (4.32%) PCIe
10 6 (3.70%) Driving Licence
10 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
11 4 (2.47%) IoT
11 4 (2.47%) Self-Driving Car
12 3 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (1.23%) ARM Cortex
13 2 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.70%) Linux
1 6 (3.70%) Unix
2 5 (3.09%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (3.09%) Windows
3 3 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.85%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (48.15%) Systems Engineering
2 55 (33.95%) Physics
3 50 (30.86%) Mathematics
4 49 (30.25%) Validation
5 45 (27.78%) Software Engineering
6 32 (19.75%) Requirements Management
7 28 (17.28%) Agile
8 27 (16.67%) Coaching
8 27 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (16.67%) Software Testing
9 23 (14.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 22 (13.58%) Customer Requirements
10 22 (13.58%) Decision-Making
10 22 (13.58%) SysML
10 22 (13.58%) Verification and Validation
11 21 (12.96%) Test Automation
12 17 (10.49%) Roadmaps
12 17 (10.49%) Signal Processing
13 16 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (9.26%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 66 (40.74%) Python
2 46 (28.40%) C++
3 33 (20.37%) C
4 16 (9.88%) Embedded C
5 15 (9.26%) C#
6 14 (8.64%) Embedded C++
7 12 (7.41%) SQL
8 11 (6.79%) Julia
9 10 (6.17%) R
10 9 (5.56%) Java
11 4 (2.47%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (1.85%) Delphi
12 3 (1.85%) Rust
13 1 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 109 (67.28%) Degree
2 75 (46.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 45 (27.78%) Security Cleared
4 35 (21.60%) SC Cleared
5 29 (17.90%) DV Cleared
6 20 (12.35%) Master's Degree
6 20 (12.35%) PhD
7 15 (9.26%) HND
8 7 (4.32%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.35%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.56%) ARP4754
2 9 (5.56%) DO-254
3 7 (4.32%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.32%) GDPR
3 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (2.47%) QA
5 3 (1.85%) ECSS
5 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.23%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.23%) DO-160
6 2 (1.23%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.23%) MISRA
6 2 (1.23%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.62%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.62%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.62%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 23 (14.20%) Firmware
2 5 (3.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 41 (25.31%) Siemens
2 11 (6.79%) IBM
3 9 (5.56%) Mentor Graphics
4 8 (4.94%) EMC
5 7 (4.32%) Xilinx
6 4 (2.47%) Facebook
6 4 (2.47%) Instagram
7 1 (0.62%) DIgSILENT
7 1 (0.62%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.62%) YouTube