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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 440 442
Rank change year-on-year -134 +2 +102
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 240 252 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.29% 1.96% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 125 83 210
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,716 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,434 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.24% -4.07%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,800 £85,700 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,500
% change year-on-year +3.39% +4.56% +0.91%

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 18,657 12,849 23,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.88% 26.05% 30.94%
Number of salaries quoted 13,194 8,261 14,329
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -119 228 £64,500 +7.50% 400
UK excluding London -122 227 £60,000 +3.39% 315
South East -48 104 £58,000 -3.33% 90
Work from Home -84 52 £56,000 -6.67% 146
Midlands -34 44 £52,500 -19.23% 52
East of England +4 42 £61,250 -12.50% 93
West Midlands -20 29 £67,500 -10.00% 28
South West -86 24 £62,500 +18.82% 34
East Midlands -38 15 £45,000 -20.13% 24
Scotland +10 12 £60,000 +3.39% 22
London -57 12 £132,500 +65.63% 63
North of England -100 3 £53,236 -2.84% 26
Yorkshire -35 2 £51,722 -18.10% 6
North West -65 1 £54,750 +4.44% 12

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 3 (1.25%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 145 (60.42%) Simulink
2 7 (2.92%) Mathcad
3 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.67%) Lightworks
4 4 (1.67%) Mathematica
4 4 (1.67%) Stateflow
5 3 (1.25%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (0.83%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.83%) MicroStation
6 2 (0.83%) Revit
7 1 (0.42%) CATIA
7 1 (0.42%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.17%) Ethernet
1 10 (4.17%) Wireless
2 9 (3.75%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.50%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (2.08%) MQTT
5 4 (1.67%) 5G
5 4 (1.67%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.67%) WAN
6 3 (1.25%) LTE
7 2 (0.83%) Modbus
7 2 (0.83%) RS-422
7 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.42%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.42%) FTP
8 1 (0.42%) HTTP
8 1 (0.42%) RS-232
8 1 (0.42%) RS-485
8 1 (0.42%) RTP
8 1 (0.42%) SS7
8 1 (0.42%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.08%) GIS
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 58 (24.17%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (9.17%) LabVIEW
3 21 (8.75%) Git
4 9 (3.75%) Eclipse
4 9 (3.75%) PetaLinux
5 4 (1.67%) JIRA
5 4 (1.67%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.42%) Subversion
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (44.17%) Aerospace
2 73 (30.42%) Finance
3 68 (28.33%) Electronics
4 59 (24.58%) Social Skills
5 52 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (12.50%) Military
8 14 (5.83%) Automotive
9 13 (5.42%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.17%) Aviation
10 10 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.92%) Advertising
12 6 (2.50%) Retail
13 5 (2.08%) Law
14 4 (1.67%) Aeronautics
14 4 (1.67%) Swedish Language
15 3 (1.25%) Legal
15 3 (1.25%) Police
15 3 (1.25%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.83%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 91 (37.92%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (24.58%) Senior
3 52 (21.67%) Lead
4 32 (13.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 32 (13.33%) Software Engineer
5 27 (11.25%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 21 (8.75%) Embedded Engineer
7 17 (7.08%) Principal Engineer
8 16 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 16 (6.67%) Team Leader
9 13 (5.42%) Electronics Engineer
9 13 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
10 11 (4.58%) FPGA Engineer
11 10 (4.17%) Research Scientist
11 10 (4.17%) Test Engineer
12 9 (3.75%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (3.75%) DSP Engineer
13 7 (2.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 6 (2.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 5 (2.08%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.75%) Yocto
2 4 (1.67%) pytest
2 4 (1.67%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.83%) HTML
3 2 (0.83%) Middleware
3 2 (0.83%) React
4 1 (0.42%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.42%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.42%) JSON
4 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.42%) Web Services
4 1 (0.42%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.42%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.58%) Algorithms
2 37 (15.42%) FPGA
3 29 (12.08%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (8.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (7.92%) VHDL
6 17 (7.08%) Robotics
6 17 (7.08%) Verilog
7 12 (5.00%) SCADA
8 9 (3.75%) Driving Licence
9 8 (3.33%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (3.33%) PCIe
9 8 (3.33%) Reinsurance
10 7 (2.92%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (2.08%) Acoustics
11 5 (2.08%) IoT
11 5 (2.08%) Self-Driving Car
12 4 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.67%) Synthetic Data
13 3 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.83%) Linux
2 9 (3.75%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.50%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (2.50%) Unix
4 5 (2.08%) Windows
5 4 (1.67%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (37.08%) Physics
1 89 (37.08%) Systems Engineering
2 79 (32.92%) Mathematics
3 71 (29.58%) Validation
4 55 (22.92%) Software Engineering
5 48 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (18.33%) Agile
7 41 (17.08%) Requirements Management
8 33 (13.75%) Software Testing
8 33 (13.75%) Verification and Validation
9 32 (13.33%) Signal Processing
10 28 (11.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 28 (11.67%) SysML
11 27 (11.25%) Technical Leadership
12 26 (10.83%) Test Automation
13 24 (10.00%) AI
13 24 (10.00%) Coaching
13 24 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
14 22 (9.17%) Roadmaps
15 20 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 89 (37.08%) Python
2 68 (28.33%) C++
3 59 (24.58%) C
4 30 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 21 (8.75%) Embedded C++
6 17 (7.08%) Java
7 16 (6.67%) C#
8 11 (4.58%) SQL
9 10 (4.17%) Julia
9 10 (4.17%) R
10 6 (2.50%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (1.67%) Delphi
11 4 (1.67%) Rust
12 3 (1.25%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.83%) Go
13 2 (0.83%) Perl
13 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 155 (64.58%) Degree
2 77 (32.08%) Security Cleared
3 74 (30.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 54 (22.50%) SC Cleared
5 46 (19.17%) Master's Degree
6 42 (17.50%) PhD
7 33 (13.75%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
9 11 (4.58%) HND
10 2 (0.83%) HNC
11 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.17%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.58%) DO-254
3 9 (3.75%) ARP4754
4 7 (2.92%) Def Stans
4 7 (2.92%) GDPR
5 4 (1.67%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.67%) DO-160
5 4 (1.67%) ECSS
6 3 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.25%) QA
7 2 (0.83%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.83%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.83%) MISRA
7 2 (0.83%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.42%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.42%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS
8 1 (0.42%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.42%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 34 (14.17%) Firmware
2 12 (5.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 50 (20.83%) Siemens
2 12 (5.00%) EMC
3 10 (4.17%) Xilinx
4 7 (2.92%) IBM
5 6 (2.50%) DIgSILENT
5 6 (2.50%) YouTube
6 5 (2.08%) Thales
7 4 (1.67%) Facebook
7 4 (1.67%) Instagram
7 4 (1.67%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.83%) Intel
8 2 (0.83%) MathWorks
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.42%) Mentor Graphics