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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 419 452
Rank change year-on-year -147 +33 +88
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 233 265 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.54% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.24% 2.04% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 120 94 217
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +0.82% -6.03%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,925 £85,700 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.71% +0.10% +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 18,747 12,982 23,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.14% 26.43% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 13,231 8,387 14,929
10th Percentile £38,920 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,900
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 21 September 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 21 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
UK excluding London -111 221 £56,000 -2.71% 371
England -120 220 £62,500 +8.58% 470
South East -52 105 £56,000 -6.67% 98
Work from Home -100 52 £56,000 -6.67% 155
Midlands -39 43 £48,750 -25.00% 56
East of England -11 35 £52,500 -25.00% 109
West Midlands -31 29 £67,500 -10.00% 32
South West -75 24 £62,500 +18.82% 48
East Midlands -35 14 £45,000 -20.13% 24
Scotland +17 12 £60,000 +3.39% 33
London -81 11 £132,500 +47.22% 104
North of England -109 3 £53,236 -2.84% 29
Yorkshire -45 2 £51,722 -18.10% 9
North West -64 1 £54,750 +9.38% 11
Wales -74 1 - - 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 2 (0.86%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Kinematics
Applications
1 141 (60.52%) Simulink
2 7 (3.00%) Mathcad
3 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.72%) CATIA
4 4 (1.72%) Lightworks
5 3 (1.29%) Mathematica
5 3 (1.29%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (1.29%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.86%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.86%) MicroStation
6 2 (0.86%) Revit
7 1 (0.43%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.29%) Ethernet
2 9 (3.86%) Wireshark
3 8 (3.43%) Wireless
4 6 (2.58%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (2.15%) MQTT
6 4 (1.72%) 5G
6 4 (1.72%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.72%) WAN
7 2 (0.86%) Modbus
7 2 (0.86%) RS-422
7 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.43%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.43%) FTP
8 1 (0.43%) HTTP
8 1 (0.43%) LAN
8 1 (0.43%) LTE
8 1 (0.43%) RS-232
8 1 (0.43%) RS-485
8 1 (0.43%) SCTP
8 1 (0.43%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.58%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.15%) GIS
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 60 (25.75%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (9.44%) LabVIEW
3 20 (8.58%) Git
4 9 (3.86%) Eclipse
5 8 (3.43%) PetaLinux
6 3 (1.29%) JIRA
6 3 (1.29%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.43%) Subversion
7 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (45.49%) Aerospace
2 76 (32.62%) Finance
3 67 (28.76%) Electronics
4 58 (24.89%) Social Skills
5 55 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (12.02%) Military
8 14 (6.01%) Automotive
9 13 (5.58%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.43%) Aviation
12 7 (3.00%) Advertising
13 5 (2.15%) Law
13 5 (2.15%) Retail
14 3 (1.29%) Aeronautics
14 3 (1.29%) Legal
14 3 (1.29%) Police
14 3 (1.29%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.86%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 92 (39.48%) Systems Engineer
2 55 (23.61%) Senior
3 52 (22.32%) Lead
4 31 (13.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 31 (13.30%) Software Engineer
5 27 (11.59%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 20 (8.58%) Embedded Engineer
7 16 (6.87%) Team Leader
8 15 (6.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (6.44%) Principal Engineer
9 13 (5.58%) Electronics Engineer
10 12 (5.15%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.29%) FPGA Engineer
11 10 (4.29%) Research Scientist
11 10 (4.29%) Test Engineer
12 9 (3.86%) Applications Engineer
13 7 (3.00%) DSP Engineer
14 6 (2.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 6 (2.58%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 5 (2.15%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.43%) Yocto
2 4 (1.72%) pytest
2 4 (1.72%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.86%) HTML
3 2 (0.86%) Middleware
4 1 (0.43%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.43%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.43%) JSON
4 1 (0.43%) React
4 1 (0.43%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.43%) Web Services
4 1 (0.43%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.43%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.17%) Algorithms
2 34 (14.59%) FPGA
3 27 (11.59%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (9.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (7.73%) VHDL
6 17 (7.30%) Verilog
7 15 (6.44%) Robotics
8 12 (5.15%) SCADA
9 9 (3.86%) Driving Licence
10 8 (3.43%) Analogue Electronics
10 8 (3.43%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (3.43%) PCIe
10 8 (3.43%) Reinsurance
11 5 (2.15%) IoT
12 4 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.72%) Self-Driving Car
13 3 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.29%) Synthetic Data
14 2 (0.86%) ARM Cortex
14 2 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.72%) Linux
2 6 (2.58%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (2.58%) FreeRTOS
2 6 (2.58%) Unix
3 5 (2.15%) Windows
4 3 (1.29%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (38.20%) Systems Engineering
2 87 (37.34%) Physics
3 77 (33.05%) Mathematics
4 69 (29.61%) Validation
5 55 (23.61%) Software Engineering
6 47 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (18.45%) Agile
8 40 (17.17%) Requirements Management
9 33 (14.16%) Software Testing
10 31 (13.30%) Verification and Validation
11 30 (12.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 29 (12.45%) Signal Processing
13 27 (11.59%) SysML
14 26 (11.16%) Technical Leadership
15 25 (10.73%) Coaching
15 25 (10.73%) Test Automation
16 24 (10.30%) Customer Requirements
17 21 (9.01%) Roadmaps
18 20 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
18 20 (8.58%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 85 (36.48%) Python
2 63 (27.04%) C++
3 54 (23.18%) C
4 28 (12.02%) Embedded C
5 19 (8.15%) Embedded C++
6 17 (7.30%) Java
7 15 (6.44%) C#
8 11 (4.72%) SQL
9 10 (4.29%) Julia
9 10 (4.29%) R
10 5 (2.15%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (1.72%) Rust
12 3 (1.29%) Delphi
13 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.86%) Perl
14 1 (0.43%) Go
14 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 155 (66.52%) Degree
2 78 (33.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 71 (30.47%) Security Cleared
4 51 (21.89%) SC Cleared
5 45 (19.31%) Master's Degree
6 41 (17.60%) PhD
7 33 (14.16%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.15%) Chartered Engineer
8 12 (5.15%) HND
9 2 (0.86%) HNC
10 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.44%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.72%) DO-254
3 9 (3.86%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.00%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.00%) GDPR
5 5 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 4 (1.72%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (1.72%) DO-160
6 4 (1.72%) ECSS
7 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (1.29%) QA
8 2 (0.86%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.86%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.86%) MISRA
8 2 (0.86%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.43%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.43%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.43%) IFRS
9 1 (0.43%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 34 (14.59%) Firmware
2 12 (5.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.58%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 50 (21.46%) Siemens
2 11 (4.72%) EMC
3 9 (3.86%) IBM
3 9 (3.86%) Xilinx
4 6 (2.58%) DIgSILENT
4 6 (2.58%) YouTube
5 4 (1.72%) Facebook
5 4 (1.72%) Instagram
5 4 (1.72%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.72%) Thales
6 2 (0.86%) MathWorks
6 2 (0.86%) Mentor Graphics
6 2 (0.86%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.43%) Intel