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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 430 433
Rank change year-on-year -117 +3 +92
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 261 237 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.48% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.41% 1.90% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 136 70 190
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,870 £47,683
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.39% -3.28%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £91,625 £85,700 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,375 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.38% +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 18,486 12,502 22,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.56% 25.41% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,150 8,123 13,402
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,862 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £83,938 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -97 248 £64,000 +6.67% 104
UK excluding London -116 248 £57,375 -4.38% 88
South East -38 107 £56,000 -25.33% 28
Work from Home -93 53 £56,000 -6.67% 32
East of England -2 52 £64,000 -8.57% 30
Midlands -19 51 £45,000 -20.13% 11
West Midlands -25 31 £67,500 - 5
South West -78 24 £62,500 +18.82% 7
East Midlands -23 20 £45,000 -20.13% 6
Scotland +20 13 £60,000 +3.39% 6
London -79 12 £132,500 +76.67% 22
North of England -105 3 £53,625 -2.13% 8
North West -55 2 £53,625 -2.13% 4
North East -63 1 - - 2

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 4 (1.53%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 158 (60.54%) Simulink
2 8 (3.07%) Mathcad
3 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.92%) Lightworks
4 5 (1.92%) Mathematica
4 5 (1.92%) Stateflow
5 4 (1.53%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.77%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.77%) MicroStation
7 2 (0.77%) Revit
8 1 (0.38%) CATIA
8 1 (0.38%) OrCAD
8 1 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.60%) Wireless
2 9 (3.45%) Ethernet
2 9 (3.45%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.30%) MQTT
3 6 (2.30%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (1.53%) 5G
4 4 (1.53%) LTE
4 4 (1.53%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.53%) WAN
5 3 (1.15%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.77%) HTTP
7 1 (0.38%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.38%) FTP
7 1 (0.38%) Internet
7 1 (0.38%) LAN
7 1 (0.38%) RTP
7 1 (0.38%) RTSP
7 1 (0.38%) SS7
7 1 (0.38%) VoIP
7 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.30%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (1.92%) GIS
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 59 (22.61%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (8.81%) LabVIEW
3 21 (8.05%) Git
4 10 (3.83%) PetaLinux
5 9 (3.45%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.68%) JIRA
7 5 (1.92%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 105 (40.23%) Aerospace
2 70 (26.82%) Finance
3 69 (26.44%) Electronics
4 67 (25.67%) Social Skills
5 54 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (12.64%) Military
7 31 (11.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.36%) Automotive
8 14 (5.36%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.83%) Aviation
9 10 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.07%) Retail
11 7 (2.68%) Advertising
12 6 (2.30%) Law
13 5 (1.92%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.15%) Aeronautics
14 3 (1.15%) Police
14 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 91 (34.87%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (22.61%) Senior
3 53 (20.31%) Lead
4 32 (12.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 32 (12.26%) Software Engineer
5 28 (10.73%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 20 (7.66%) Embedded Engineer
7 19 (7.28%) Principal Engineer
8 15 (5.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (5.75%) Team Leader
9 14 (5.36%) Electronics Engineer
10 13 (4.98%) FPGA Engineer
11 12 (4.60%) DSP Engineer
11 12 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (4.21%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (3.83%) Research Scientist
13 10 (3.83%) Test Engineer
14 7 (2.68%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 6 (2.30%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 5 (1.92%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.83%) Yocto
2 4 (1.53%) pytest
2 4 (1.53%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.15%) React
4 2 (0.77%) HTML
4 2 (0.77%) JSON
4 2 (0.77%) Middleware
5 1 (0.38%) FFmpeg
5 1 (0.38%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.38%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (0.38%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.38%) Web Services
5 1 (0.38%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.38%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 42 (16.09%) FPGA
3 32 (12.26%) Embedded Systems
4 23 (8.81%) VHDL
5 20 (7.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (7.66%) Robotics
6 18 (6.90%) Verilog
7 11 (4.21%) SCADA
8 10 (3.83%) Acoustics
8 10 (3.83%) Driving Licence
9 9 (3.45%) PCIe
10 8 (3.07%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (3.07%) Reinsurance
11 7 (2.68%) Analogue Electronics
12 6 (2.30%) IoT
12 6 (2.30%) Self-Driving Car
13 5 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.92%) Synthetic Data
14 4 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.51%) Linux
2 12 (4.60%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.30%) Robot Operating System
3 6 (2.30%) Unix
4 4 (1.53%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (37.16%) Physics
2 91 (34.87%) Systems Engineering
3 84 (32.18%) Mathematics
4 72 (27.59%) Validation
5 59 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (21.07%) Software Engineering
7 47 (18.01%) Agile
8 42 (16.09%) Signal Processing
9 39 (14.94%) Requirements Management
10 36 (13.79%) Verification and Validation
11 32 (12.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 32 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (11.88%) Software Testing
13 30 (11.49%) AI
13 30 (11.49%) SysML
14 25 (9.58%) Customer Requirements
14 25 (9.58%) Kalman Filter
15 24 (9.20%) Coaching
15 24 (9.20%) Test Automation
16 22 (8.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 97 (37.16%) Python
2 76 (29.12%) C++
3 67 (25.67%) C
4 32 (12.26%) Embedded C
5 23 (8.81%) Embedded C++
6 18 (6.90%) C#
7 17 (6.51%) Java
8 12 (4.60%) R
8 12 (4.60%) SQL
9 10 (3.83%) Julia
10 7 (2.68%) SystemVerilog
11 5 (1.92%) Delphi
12 4 (1.53%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.53%) Rust
13 3 (1.15%) Go
13 3 (1.15%) Perl
13 3 (1.15%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.38%) Tcl
14 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 169 (64.75%) Degree
2 89 (34.10%) Security Cleared
3 72 (27.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 63 (24.14%) SC Cleared
5 57 (21.84%) Master's Degree
6 51 (19.54%) PhD
7 35 (13.41%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (4.21%) HND
10 2 (0.77%) HNC
11 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.43%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.21%) DO-254
3 7 (2.68%) ARP4754
3 7 (2.68%) GDPR
4 6 (2.30%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.92%) ECSS
6 4 (1.53%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.15%) DO-160
7 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (1.15%) QA
8 2 (0.77%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.38%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.38%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.38%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 34 (13.03%) Firmware
2 11 (4.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.92%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 50 (19.16%) Siemens
2 13 (4.98%) EMC
2 13 (4.98%) Xilinx
3 8 (3.07%) DIgSILENT
3 8 (3.07%) IBM
3 8 (3.07%) YouTube
4 7 (2.68%) Thales
5 4 (1.53%) Facebook
5 4 (1.53%) Instagram
5 4 (1.53%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.15%) Intel
7 2 (0.77%) MathWorks
7 2 (0.77%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.38%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.38%) Cadence