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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 428 455
Rank change year-on-year -188 +27 +99
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 177 284 402
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.57% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.95% 2.08% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 93 113 228
10th Percentile £45,250 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £57,796
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -0.41% -7.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,140 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,375 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +4.32% -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 18,547 13,660 24,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.87% 27.26% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,191 8,941 16,585
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
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 31 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 31 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 -179 166 £57,375 +4.32% 142
England -163 165 £62,500 +13.64% 160
South East -52 82 £60,000 - 51
Work from Home -102 46 £56,000 -6.67% 54
East of England +7 27 £52,500 -25.00% 34
Midlands -41 25 £58,750 -9.62% 20
West Midlands -24 17 £71,250 -5.00% 10
South West -82 16 £56,875 +8.13% 26
Scotland 0 11 £60,000 +3.39% 8
London -63 10 £132,500 +26.19% 25
East Midlands -35 8 £45,000 -20.13% 10
North of England -119 4 £53,236 +6.36% 11
North West -47 2 £54,750 +9.38% 4
Yorkshire -48 2 £51,722 -14.30% 2
Wales -70 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 (0.56%) Kinematics
Applications
1 107 (60.45%) Simulink
2 6 (3.39%) Mathcad
3 4 (2.26%) CATIA
3 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.69%) Lightworks
4 3 (1.69%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.56%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.56%) Revit
5 1 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.56%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.08%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.82%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.26%) 5G
3 4 (2.26%) MQTT
3 4 (2.26%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.26%) WAN
4 3 (1.69%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.69%) Wireless
5 2 (1.13%) Modbus
5 2 (1.13%) RS-422
5 2 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.56%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.56%) FTP
6 1 (0.56%) HTTP
6 1 (0.56%) RTP
6 1 (0.56%) RTSP
6 1 (0.56%) SCTP
6 1 (0.56%) SS7
6 1 (0.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.56%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.39%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.82%) GIS
3 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (27.12%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (10.17%) LabVIEW
3 16 (9.04%) Git
4 6 (3.39%) PetaLinux
5 5 (2.82%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.13%) JIRA
6 2 (1.13%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (47.46%) Aerospace
2 63 (35.59%) Finance
3 55 (31.07%) Electronics
4 49 (27.68%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (27.12%) Social Skills
6 32 (18.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (10.17%) Military
8 12 (6.78%) Automotive
9 9 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.95%) Aviation
10 7 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.82%) Law
12 4 (2.26%) Advertising
13 3 (1.69%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.13%) Aeronautics
14 2 (1.13%) Avionics
14 2 (1.13%) Digital Health
14 2 (1.13%) Legal
14 2 (1.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (43.50%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (27.68%) Senior
3 34 (19.21%) Lead
4 28 (15.82%) Software Engineer
5 26 (14.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 20 (11.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 18 (10.17%) Embedded Engineer
8 13 (7.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 12 (6.78%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (6.78%) Team Leader
10 11 (6.21%) Senior Software Engineer
11 9 (5.08%) Electronics Engineer
11 9 (5.08%) Test Engineer
12 8 (4.52%) FPGA Engineer
13 7 (3.95%) Research Scientist
14 6 (3.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 5 (2.82%) Applications Engineer
15 5 (2.82%) Hardware Engineer
15 5 (2.82%) Security Engineer
15 5 (2.82%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.39%) Yocto
2 4 (2.26%) pytest
3 2 (1.13%) Middleware
4 1 (0.56%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.56%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.56%) HTML
4 1 (0.56%) JSON
4 1 (0.56%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.56%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.56%) Web Services
4 1 (0.56%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.12%) Algorithms
2 24 (13.56%) FPGA
3 20 (11.30%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (9.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (8.47%) Verilog
5 15 (8.47%) VHDL
6 11 (6.21%) Robotics
7 8 (4.52%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (4.52%) Driving Licence
7 8 (4.52%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (4.52%) Reinsurance
7 8 (4.52%) SCADA
8 7 (3.95%) PCIe
9 4 (2.26%) IoT
9 4 (2.26%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.13%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.13%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.56%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.39%) Linux
1 6 (3.39%) Unix
2 5 (2.82%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (2.82%) Windows
3 3 (1.69%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.69%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (43.50%) Systems Engineering
2 61 (34.46%) Physics
3 56 (31.64%) Validation
4 52 (29.38%) Mathematics
5 48 (27.12%) Software Engineering
6 35 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (17.51%) Requirements Management
8 29 (16.38%) Software Testing
9 28 (15.82%) Agile
10 27 (15.25%) Verification and Validation
11 23 (12.99%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 22 (12.43%) Customer Requirements
12 22 (12.43%) Test Automation
13 21 (11.86%) Coaching
14 20 (11.30%) SysML
15 19 (10.73%) Decision-Making
15 19 (10.73%) Roadmaps
16 18 (10.17%) Signal Processing
17 16 (9.04%) Technical Leadership
18 15 (8.47%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 67 (37.85%) Python
2 48 (27.12%) C++
3 39 (22.03%) C
4 21 (11.86%) Embedded C
5 16 (9.04%) Embedded C++
6 15 (8.47%) C#
7 12 (6.78%) Java
8 11 (6.21%) SQL
9 10 (5.65%) Julia
10 9 (5.08%) R
11 4 (2.26%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (1.69%) Delphi
12 3 (1.69%) Rust
13 1 (0.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (65.54%) Degree
2 69 (38.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 52 (29.38%) Security Cleared
4 40 (22.60%) SC Cleared
5 31 (17.51%) DV Cleared
5 31 (17.51%) Master's Degree
5 31 (17.51%) PhD
6 10 (5.65%) Chartered Engineer
6 10 (5.65%) HND
7 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.43%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.08%) ARP4754
2 9 (5.08%) DO-254
3 7 (3.95%) Def Stans
3 7 (3.95%) GDPR
4 4 (2.26%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.69%) ECSS
5 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.69%) QA
6 2 (1.13%) DO-160
6 2 (1.13%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.13%) ISO 26262
6 2 (1.13%) MISRA
6 2 (1.13%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.56%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.56%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.56%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 28 (15.82%) Firmware
2 8 (4.52%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.39%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 40 (22.60%) Siemens
2 9 (5.08%) EMC
3 8 (4.52%) IBM
4 7 (3.95%) Xilinx
5 4 (2.26%) DIgSILENT
5 4 (2.26%) Facebook
5 4 (2.26%) Instagram
5 4 (2.26%) Mentor Graphics
5 4 (2.26%) YouTube
6 2 (1.13%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.56%) OpenAI