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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 374 508
Rank change year-on-year -242 +134 +69
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 136 327 450
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.73% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 2.34% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 70 154 255
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,700 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74,688 £71,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £130,625 £113,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% +6.49%

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 16,891 13,994 34,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.91% 31.12% 31.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11,961 9,238 26,001
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -204 133 £65,000 +18.18% 77
UK excluding London -195 125 £60,000 +14.07% 79
South East -49 83 £60,000 +9.09% 27
East of England -4 16 £65,000 +36.32% 17
South West -82 15 £50,000 -4.94% 23
London -36 11 £132,500 +1.92% 5
Work from Home -96 9 £54,750 -15.77% 30
North of England -87 5 £51,722 +3.33% 3
North West -39 3 £52,325 +4.54% 2
Wales -51 3 £55,000 -
Midlands -60 3 £67,500 +41.56% 7
West Midlands -38 2 £67,500 -10.00% 4
Yorkshire -48 2 £51,722 -10.14% 1
East Midlands -50 1 £52,500 +10.10% 3

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 (0.74%) Jupyter
Applications
1 73 (53.68%) Simulink
2 9 (6.62%) CATIA
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.21%) Stateflow
4 2 (1.47%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.74%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.62%) GitHub
2 1 (0.74%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.62%) 5G
1 9 (6.62%) SD-WAN
1 9 (6.62%) WAN
2 8 (5.88%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.68%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (2.21%) MQTT
5 2 (1.47%) Modbus
5 2 (1.47%) RS-422
5 2 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.47%) Wireless
6 1 (0.74%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.74%) FTP
6 1 (0.74%) HTTP
6 1 (0.74%) RS-232
6 1 (0.74%) RS-485
6 1 (0.74%) RTP
6 1 (0.74%) RTSP
6 1 (0.74%) SS7
6 1 (0.74%) VoIP
6 1 (0.74%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.41%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.68%) GIS
3 2 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 43 (31.62%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (13.97%) Git
3 10 (7.35%) LabVIEW
4 5 (3.68%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.47%) JIRA
5 2 (1.47%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (40.44%) Electronics
2 47 (34.56%) Aerospace
3 39 (28.68%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (20.59%) Finance
5 22 (16.18%) Military
6 17 (12.50%) Social Skills
7 6 (4.41%) Aviation
8 5 (3.68%) Automotive
8 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Advertising
9 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.21%) Swedish Language
11 2 (1.47%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.47%) Legal
11 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.74%) Avionics
12 1 (0.74%) Law
12 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (44.85%) Systems Engineer
2 53 (38.97%) Senior
3 23 (16.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 22 (16.18%) Software Engineer
5 16 (11.76%) Lead
6 13 (9.56%) Embedded Engineer
7 12 (8.82%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (8.82%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (8.82%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 12 (8.82%) Test Engineer
8 11 (8.09%) FPGA Engineer
8 11 (8.09%) Principal Hardware Engineer
8 11 (8.09%) Team Leader
9 10 (7.35%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 10 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (6.62%) Product Engineer
10 9 (6.62%) Product Test Engineer
10 9 (6.62%) Verification Engineer
11 8 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 7 (5.15%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) pytest
2 5 (3.68%) Yocto
3 2 (1.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.74%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.74%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.74%) HTML
4 1 (0.74%) JSON
4 1 (0.74%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.74%) Web Services
4 1 (0.74%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.74%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.65%) Algorithms
2 18 (13.24%) FPGA
3 15 (11.03%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (10.29%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (9.56%) Management Information System
6 10 (7.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (7.35%) PCIe
7 9 (6.62%) Reinsurance
7 9 (6.62%) Self-Driving Car
7 9 (6.62%) Verilog
7 9 (6.62%) VHDL
8 7 (5.15%) Robotics
9 6 (4.41%) SCADA
9 6 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (3.68%) Driving Licence
11 3 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (2.21%) IoT
12 2 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (1.47%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.09%) Unix
2 10 (7.35%) Windows
3 5 (3.68%) Linux
4 4 (2.94%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (2.21%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.21%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (46.32%) Systems Engineering
2 51 (37.50%) Physics
3 48 (35.29%) Mathematics
4 42 (30.88%) Software Engineering
5 29 (21.32%) Coaching
6 28 (20.59%) Requirements Management
7 27 (19.85%) Agile
7 27 (19.85%) Validation
8 24 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (17.65%) SysML
8 24 (17.65%) Test Automation
9 23 (16.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 23 (16.91%) Software Testing
10 22 (16.18%) Kalman Filter
11 19 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (13.24%) Decision-Making
12 18 (13.24%) Information Assurance
12 18 (13.24%) Signal Processing
13 17 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
14 15 (11.03%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 59 (43.38%) Python
2 46 (33.82%) C++
3 32 (23.53%) C
4 19 (13.97%) C#
5 13 (9.56%) Embedded C
5 13 (9.56%) Embedded C++
6 12 (8.82%) SQL
7 11 (8.09%) Julia
8 10 (7.35%) R
9 7 (5.15%) Java
10 3 (2.21%) Delphi
11 2 (1.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 94 (69.12%) Degree
2 61 (44.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (16.18%) HND
3 22 (16.18%) Security Cleared
4 15 (11.03%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.15%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.68%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.68%) PhD
7 3 (2.21%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (5.15%) ARP4754
2 7 (5.15%) Def Stans
2 7 (5.15%) GDPR
3 6 (4.41%) DO-254
4 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.47%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (1.47%) ECSS
5 2 (1.47%) IEC 61508
5 2 (1.47%) MISRA
5 2 (1.47%) MISRA C
5 2 (1.47%) QA
6 1 (0.74%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.74%) DO-160
6 1 (0.74%) DO-178B
System Software
1 18 (13.24%) Firmware
2 3 (2.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.94%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 32 (23.53%) Siemens
2 11 (8.09%) Mentor Graphics
3 9 (6.62%) IBM
4 7 (5.15%) EMC
5 4 (2.94%) Altera
5 4 (2.94%) Facebook
5 4 (2.94%) Instagram
6 2 (1.47%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.74%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft