MATLAB Job Trends

MathWorks MATLAB
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring MATLAB skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 453 537
Rank change year-on-year +33 +84 -42
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 275 381 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.49% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.10% 1.58% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 98 213 148
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,574 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,869 £45,000 £45,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £57,560 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% -4.07% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £80,000 £90,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% - +18.60%

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 13,072 24,078 24,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.48% 30.93% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,425 15,033 20,396
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 16 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 September 2025. 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 +16 245 £57,560 +0.10% 135
UK excluding London +29 235 £57,560 +4.65% 135
Work from Home +114 109 £60,000 - 52
South East +53 102 £60,000 - 25
North of England +38 51 £54,793 +9.59% 10
North West +17 37 £50,055 +4.97% 9
Midlands +51 30 £65,000 +19.82% 29
South West +29 29 £52,600 +5.20% 31
London +33 23 £80,000 -23.81% 18
East Midlands +45 17 £56,342 +7.13% 6
West Midlands +35 13 £75,000 +38.25% 23
Yorkshire +13 12 £60,355 -10.59%
East of England -31 10 £70,000 +12.00% 25
Scotland +42 9 £58,033 - 16
Wales - 4 £68,000 - 1
North East - 2 £115,000 - 1

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.45%) SAS
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 84 (30.55%) Simulink
2 22 (8.00%) Mathcad
3 20 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (2.91%) Blender
7 4 (1.45%) GNU Octave
8 3 (1.09%) Stata
9 1 (0.36%) CATIA
9 1 (0.36%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.36%) SPSS
9 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (5.82%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.45%) Google Workspace
2 2 (0.73%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 40 (14.55%) Software-Defined Radio
2 18 (6.55%) WAN
3 16 (5.82%) 5G
3 16 (5.82%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.73%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.73%) Modbus
4 2 (0.73%) MQTT
4 2 (0.73%) Profibus
4 2 (0.73%) Wireless
5 1 (0.36%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.91%) QGIS
2 3 (1.09%) Big Data
3 2 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.73%) GIS
3 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.27%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.18%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.82%) Git
4 4 (1.45%) GitLab
4 4 (1.45%) MLflow
5 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.09%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 52 (18.91%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.00%) Electronics
3 28 (10.18%) Aerospace
4 22 (8.00%) Automotive
5 21 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.91%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.09%) Military
8 10 (3.64%) Finance
9 7 (2.55%) Retail
10 6 (2.18%) Marketing
11 5 (1.82%) Advertising
11 5 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.82%) Publishing
12 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.09%) Agriculture
13 3 (1.09%) Avionics
13 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.36%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 119 (43.27%) Systems Engineer
2 40 (14.55%) Lead
3 39 (14.18%) Senior
4 34 (12.36%) Radio Engineer
5 19 (6.91%) Mathematical Modeller
6 14 (5.09%) Software Engineer
7 11 (4.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 10 (3.64%) Hardware Engineer
8 10 (3.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 9 (3.27%) GNSS Engineer
9 9 (3.27%) Integration Engineer
9 9 (3.27%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 8 (2.91%) Principal Engineer
10 8 (2.91%) Professional Services Engineer
10 8 (2.91%) RF Engineer
11 7 (2.55%) Development Engineer
12 6 (2.18%) Analyst
12 6 (2.18%) Radar Engineer
12 6 (2.18%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (2.18%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (18.18%) HTML
2 2 (0.73%) .NET
2 2 (0.73%) gRPC
2 2 (0.73%) Kafka
2 2 (0.73%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.18%) FPGA
2 28 (10.18%) Algorithms
3 16 (5.82%) Self-Driving Car
4 14 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.64%) GNSS
6 9 (3.27%) Robotics
7 7 (2.55%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.45%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.09%) Arduino
9 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.09%) Derivative
9 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.09%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.73%) Acoustics
10 2 (0.73%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.73%) IoT
10 2 (0.73%) Verilog
10 2 (0.73%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.18%) Linux
2 5 (1.82%) Unix
3 1 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (37.45%) Systems Engineering
2 87 (31.64%) Mathematics
3 81 (29.45%) Physics
4 77 (28.00%) Computer Science
4 77 (28.00%) Validation
5 70 (25.45%) Artificial Intelligence
6 61 (22.18%) Machine Learning
6 61 (22.18%) Signal Processing
7 54 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (19.27%) Verification and Validation
9 49 (17.82%) Data Privacy
9 49 (17.82%) Innovative Thinking
10 47 (17.09%) SysML
11 44 (16.00%) Digital Signal Processing
11 44 (16.00%) Mathematical Modelling
12 41 (14.91%) Agile
13 38 (13.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 36 (13.09%) Software Engineering
15 29 (10.55%) Data Analysis
16 25 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 140 (50.91%) Python
2 94 (34.18%) C++
3 68 (24.73%) C
4 58 (21.09%) R
5 57 (20.73%) C#
6 56 (20.36%) Java
7 55 (20.00%) JavaScript
8 51 (18.55%) SQL
8 51 (18.55%) TypeScript
9 49 (17.82%) Dart
9 49 (17.82%) PHP
9 49 (17.82%) Ruby
9 49 (17.82%) Rust
10 4 (1.45%) Tcl
11 3 (1.09%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.09%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.09%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.09%) Swift
11 3 (1.09%) VBA
12 2 (0.73%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 181 (65.82%) Degree
2 87 (31.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 68 (24.73%) Security Cleared
4 59 (21.45%) SC Cleared
5 49 (17.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (13.09%) HND
7 34 (12.36%) HNC
8 10 (3.64%) Master's Degree
9 9 (3.27%) PhD
10 6 (2.18%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (1.09%) CFA
12 2 (0.73%) MCAD
12 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (0.73%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (0.73%) Def Stans
2 2 (0.73%) IEC 61131
2 2 (0.73%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.36%) DO-254
3 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (0.36%) PMO
3 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 39 (14.18%) Firmware
2 34 (12.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) Functional Safety
1 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (8.36%) MathWorks
2 16 (5.82%) ANSYS
3 14 (5.09%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.45%) Databricks
4 4 (1.45%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.09%) EMC
5 3 (1.09%) Google
5 3 (1.09%) Siemens
6 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.73%) Cadence
6 2 (0.73%) IBM
6 2 (0.73%) Mentor Graphics
7 1 (0.36%) Keysight
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle
7 1 (0.36%) PTC
7 1 (0.36%) QNX
7 1 (0.36%) SAP
7 1 (0.36%) Sparx
7 1 (0.36%) Vertica
7 1 (0.36%) YouTube