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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 409 454
Rank change year-on-year -177 +45 +97
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 215 273 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.55% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.16% 2.10% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 112 98 215
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,796 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +0.41% -4.07%
75th Percentile £71,563 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,675 £85,700 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.71% +4.65% -

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 18,457 13,026 24,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.25% 26.34% 30.85%
Number of salaries quoted 13,111 8,383 15,238
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,722
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 £106,250
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 14 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 14 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 -130 204 £56,000 -2.71% 335
England -116 202 £60,000 +4.24% 425
South East -44 96 £60,000 - 95
Work from Home -95 51 £56,000 -6.67% 214
Midlands -37 40 £45,000 -30.77% 49
East of England -3 32 £52,500 -25.00% 90
West Midlands -22 27 £67,500 -10.00% 25
South West -83 22 £60,625 +15.26% 50
East Midlands -35 13 £45,000 -20.13% 24
Scotland +10 12 £60,000 +3.39% 29
London -66 10 £132,500 +65.63% 90
North of England -105 3 £53,236 +1.55% 25
Yorkshire -40 2 £51,722 -14.30% 7
North West -52 1 £54,750 +9.38% 11
Wales -75 1 - - 3

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 (0.93%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) Kinematics
Applications
1 130 (60.47%) Simulink
2 7 (3.26%) Mathcad
3 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.86%) CATIA
5 3 (1.40%) Lightworks
5 3 (1.40%) Mathematica
5 3 (1.40%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.93%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.47%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.47%) Revit
7 1 (0.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.19%) Ethernet
2 8 (3.72%) Wireshark
3 6 (2.79%) Wireless
4 5 (2.33%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (1.86%) 5G
5 4 (1.86%) MQTT
5 4 (1.86%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.86%) WAN
6 2 (0.93%) Modbus
6 2 (0.93%) RS-422
6 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.47%) FTP
7 1 (0.47%) HTTP
7 1 (0.47%) LAN
7 1 (0.47%) LTE
7 1 (0.47%) RTP
7 1 (0.47%) RTSP
7 1 (0.47%) SCTP
7 1 (0.47%) SS7
7 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.79%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.33%) GIS
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 54 (25.12%) Rational DOORS
2 21 (9.77%) LabVIEW
3 18 (8.37%) Git
4 8 (3.72%) Eclipse
5 6 (2.79%) PetaLinux
6 3 (1.40%) JIRA
6 3 (1.40%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 100 (46.51%) Aerospace
2 71 (33.02%) Finance
3 66 (30.70%) Electronics
4 55 (25.58%) Social Skills
5 54 (25.12%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (14.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (10.70%) Military
8 14 (6.51%) Automotive
9 12 (5.58%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.26%) Aviation
12 6 (2.79%) Advertising
13 5 (2.33%) Law
13 5 (2.33%) Retail
14 3 (1.40%) Legal
14 3 (1.40%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.93%) Aeronautics
15 2 (0.93%) Avionics
15 2 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 85 (39.53%) Systems Engineer
2 51 (23.72%) Senior
3 47 (21.86%) Lead
4 28 (13.02%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 28 (13.02%) Software Engineer
5 24 (11.16%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 18 (8.37%) Embedded Engineer
7 15 (6.98%) Principal Engineer
8 14 (6.51%) Team Leader
9 13 (6.05%) Electronics Engineer
9 13 (6.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 11 (5.12%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.65%) Research Scientist
12 9 (4.19%) FPGA Engineer
12 9 (4.19%) Test Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Applications Engineer
14 6 (2.79%) Hardware Engineer
14 6 (2.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 5 (2.33%) DSP Engineer
15 5 (2.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.79%) Yocto
2 4 (1.86%) pytest
3 3 (1.40%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.93%) Middleware
5 1 (0.47%) FFmpeg
5 1 (0.47%) GStreamer
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) JSON
5 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.47%) Web Services
5 1 (0.47%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.47%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.81%) Algorithms
2 29 (13.49%) FPGA
3 23 (10.70%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (9.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (7.44%) Verilog
5 16 (7.44%) VHDL
6 13 (6.05%) Robotics
7 11 (5.12%) SCADA
8 9 (4.19%) Analogue Electronics
8 9 (4.19%) Driving Licence
9 8 (3.72%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (3.72%) PCIe
9 8 (3.72%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.86%) IoT
10 4 (1.86%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.40%) Synthetic Data
12 2 (0.93%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (0.93%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Linux
1 6 (2.79%) Unix
2 5 (2.33%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (2.33%) Windows
3 3 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.40%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (38.60%) Systems Engineering
2 79 (36.74%) Physics
3 68 (31.63%) Mathematics
4 65 (30.23%) Validation
5 51 (23.72%) Software Engineering
6 44 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (17.67%) Agile
8 35 (16.28%) Requirements Management
9 32 (14.88%) Software Testing
10 30 (13.95%) Verification and Validation
11 27 (12.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 24 (11.16%) Coaching
12 24 (11.16%) Customer Requirements
12 24 (11.16%) Signal Processing
12 24 (11.16%) Technical Leadership
12 24 (11.16%) Test Automation
13 23 (10.70%) SysML
14 20 (9.30%) Roadmaps
15 19 (8.84%) Decision-Making
16 18 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 78 (36.28%) Python
2 56 (26.05%) C++
3 47 (21.86%) C
4 25 (11.63%) Embedded C
5 17 (7.91%) Embedded C++
6 15 (6.98%) C#
6 15 (6.98%) Java
7 11 (5.12%) SQL
8 10 (4.65%) Julia
9 9 (4.19%) R
10 4 (1.86%) SystemVerilog
11 3 (1.40%) Delphi
11 3 (1.40%) Rust
12 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 144 (66.98%) Degree
2 75 (34.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 65 (30.23%) Security Cleared
4 47 (21.86%) SC Cleared
5 44 (20.47%) Master's Degree
6 40 (18.60%) PhD
7 32 (14.88%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.58%) Chartered Engineer
8 12 (5.58%) HND
9 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.47%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.23%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.12%) DO-254
3 9 (4.19%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.26%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.26%) GDPR
5 4 (1.86%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.86%) DO-160
5 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.40%) ECSS
6 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.40%) QA
7 2 (0.93%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.93%) MISRA
7 2 (0.93%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.47%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.47%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.47%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 32 (14.88%) Firmware
2 11 (5.12%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.79%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 45 (20.93%) Siemens
2 11 (5.12%) EMC
3 9 (4.19%) IBM
4 7 (3.26%) Xilinx
5 6 (2.79%) DIgSILENT
5 6 (2.79%) YouTube
6 4 (1.86%) Facebook
6 4 (1.86%) Instagram
6 4 (1.86%) Mentor Graphics
6 4 (1.86%) Thales
7 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.93%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft