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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 412 448
Rank change year-on-year -214 +36 +78
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 163 303 402
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.60% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.88% 2.18% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 82 125 227
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,100 £37,574
25th Percentile £50,431 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,560 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% -0.82% -8.97%
75th Percentile £74,375 £75,000 £71,125
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% +2.73%

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 18,614 13,908 25,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.38% 27.72% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,179 9,133 17,577
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £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 £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 17 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 17 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 -182 152 £60,000 +9.09% 180
England -168 150 £62,500 +13.64% 204
South East -70 84 £60,000 +9.09% 52
Work from Home -107 44 £56,000 -6.67% 54
East of England -1 24 £58,625 +22.95% 58
South West -89 14 £55,000 +4.56% 33
Midlands -49 12 £67,500 +19.81% 17
Scotland +2 11 £60,000 +3.39% 16
West Midlands -21 10 £67,500 -10.00% 9
London -68 10 £132,500 +20.45% 42
North of England -108 5 £51,722 +3.33% 11
North West -56 3 £52,325 +4.54% 7
East Midlands -39 2 £48,750 +2.24% 8
Yorkshire -43 2 £51,722 -14.30% 4
Wales -65 2 £55,000 -19.12% 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 1 (0.61%) Kinematics
Applications
1 98 (60.12%) Simulink
2 6 (3.68%) Mathcad
3 4 (2.45%) CATIA
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.84%) Lightworks
4 3 (1.84%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.61%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.61%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.61%) Revit
5 1 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.52%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.45%) 5G
2 4 (2.45%) MQTT
2 4 (2.45%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (2.45%) WAN
3 3 (1.84%) Wireless
3 3 (1.84%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.23%) Modbus
4 2 (1.23%) RS-422
4 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.61%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.61%) FTP
5 1 (0.61%) RS-232
5 1 (0.61%) RS-485
5 1 (0.61%) RTP
5 1 (0.61%) RTSP
5 1 (0.61%) SCTP
5 1 (0.61%) SS7
5 1 (0.61%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.68%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.07%) GIS
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (29.45%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (10.43%) LabVIEW
3 15 (9.20%) Git
4 6 (3.68%) PetaLinux
5 3 (1.84%) Eclipse
5 3 (1.84%) JIRA
6 2 (1.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (48.47%) Aerospace
2 59 (36.20%) Electronics
3 58 (35.58%) Finance
4 44 (26.99%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (25.77%) Social Skills
6 32 (19.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (10.43%) Military
8 10 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (5.52%) Automotive
10 8 (4.91%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.68%) Aviation
12 4 (2.45%) Advertising
13 3 (1.84%) Law
13 3 (1.84%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.23%) Avionics
14 2 (1.23%) Digital Health
14 2 (1.23%) Legal
15 1 (0.61%) Aeronautics
15 1 (0.61%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 76 (46.63%) Systems Engineer
2 52 (31.90%) Senior
3 29 (17.79%) Lead
4 27 (16.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 26 (15.95%) Software Engineer
6 17 (10.43%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 16 (9.82%) Embedded Engineer
8 13 (7.98%) Principal Engineer
9 11 (6.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 11 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (6.75%) Team Leader
10 10 (6.13%) Electronics Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) FPGA Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Test Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Hardware Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Senior Hardware Engineer
13 6 (3.68%) Principal Hardware Engineer
13 6 (3.68%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 5 (3.07%) Security Engineer
14 5 (3.07%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) Yocto
2 4 (2.45%) pytest
3 2 (1.23%) Middleware
4 1 (0.61%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.61%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.61%) HTML
4 1 (0.61%) JSON
4 1 (0.61%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.61%) Web Services
4 1 (0.61%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.34%) Algorithms
2 24 (14.72%) FPGA
3 18 (11.04%) Embedded Systems
4 15 (9.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (9.20%) Verilog
4 15 (9.20%) VHDL
5 10 (6.13%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (5.52%) Robotics
7 8 (4.91%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (4.91%) Reinsurance
7 8 (4.91%) SCADA
8 7 (4.29%) Driving Licence
8 7 (4.29%) PCIe
9 6 (3.68%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.45%) IoT
10 4 (2.45%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (1.23%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.23%) CAN bus
12 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.68%) Linux
1 6 (3.68%) Unix
2 5 (3.07%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (3.07%) Windows
3 3 (1.84%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.84%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (45.40%) Systems Engineering
2 54 (33.13%) Physics
3 51 (31.29%) Validation
4 49 (30.06%) Mathematics
5 46 (28.22%) Software Engineering
6 32 (19.63%) Requirements Management
7 30 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (17.18%) Agile
8 28 (17.18%) Software Testing
9 24 (14.72%) Coaching
9 24 (14.72%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 23 (14.11%) Verification and Validation
11 22 (13.50%) SysML
12 21 (12.88%) Test Automation
13 20 (12.27%) Customer Requirements
14 19 (11.66%) Decision-Making
15 18 (11.04%) Roadmaps
15 18 (11.04%) Signal Processing
16 16 (9.82%) Cybersecurity
17 13 (7.98%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 67 (41.10%) Python
2 47 (28.83%) C++
3 36 (22.09%) C
4 18 (11.04%) Embedded C
5 15 (9.20%) C#
5 15 (9.20%) Embedded C++
6 11 (6.75%) SQL
7 10 (6.13%) Java
7 10 (6.13%) Julia
8 9 (5.52%) R
9 4 (2.45%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (1.84%) Delphi
10 3 (1.84%) Rust
11 1 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (65.64%) Degree
2 69 (42.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 49 (30.06%) Security Cleared
4 38 (23.31%) SC Cleared
5 31 (19.02%) DV Cleared
6 24 (14.72%) Master's Degree
6 24 (14.72%) PhD
7 12 (7.36%) HND
8 8 (4.91%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.50%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.52%) ARP4754
2 9 (5.52%) DO-254
3 7 (4.29%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.29%) GDPR
4 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (2.45%) QA
5 3 (1.84%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.84%) ECSS
5 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 12207
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 (0.61%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.61%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.61%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 25 (15.34%) Firmware
2 6 (3.68%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.07%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 40 (24.54%) Siemens
2 9 (5.52%) EMC
3 8 (4.91%) IBM
4 7 (4.29%) Xilinx
5 6 (3.68%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (2.45%) Facebook
6 4 (2.45%) Instagram
7 2 (1.23%) DIgSILENT
7 2 (1.23%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.23%) YouTube
8 1 (0.61%) OpenAI