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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 368 496
Rank change year-on-year -249 +128 +70
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 119 328 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.76% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.73% 2.46% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 54 160 246
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,100 £39,625
25th Percentile £49,925 £47,683 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,383 £110,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% +4.76%

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 16,261 13,324 32,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.51% 31.07% 33.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11,267 8,990 24,939
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 13 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 24 May 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 -217 116 £60,000 +9.09% 78
UK excluding London -194 114 £60,000 +14.07% 74
South East -45 78 £60,000 +9.09% 21
East of England -12 11 £70,000 +46.80% 19
South West -92 11 - - 26
North of England -98 9 £51,722 +3.33% 2
North West -48 7 £52,325 +4.54% 1
London -65 5 £132,500 -11.67% 2
Wales -38 3 £55,000 -
West Midlands -47 2 £67,500 -10.00% 6
Yorkshire -57 2 £51,722 -10.14%
Midlands -69 2 £67,500 +41.56% 10
Work from Home -90 2 £54,875 -15.58% 25

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 (1.68%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 67 (56.30%) Simulink
2 10 (8.40%) CATIA
3 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.68%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.84%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.56%) GitHub
2 1 (0.84%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.56%) 5G
1 9 (7.56%) SD-WAN
1 9 (7.56%) WAN
2 6 (5.04%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.36%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (1.68%) Modbus
4 2 (1.68%) RS-422
5 1 (0.84%) MQTT
5 1 (0.84%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.36%) GIS
2 2 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.84%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (35.29%) Rational DOORS
2 14 (11.76%) Git
3 9 (7.56%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.52%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.68%) JIRA
6 1 (0.84%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (43.70%) Electronics
2 38 (31.93%) Aerospace
3 36 (30.25%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (20.17%) Military
5 21 (17.65%) Finance
6 11 (9.24%) Social Skills
7 8 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Aviation
9 2 (1.68%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.68%) Legal
9 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.68%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.84%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.84%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.84%) Automotive
10 1 (0.84%) Avionics
10 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (52.10%) Systems Engineer
2 49 (41.18%) Senior
3 24 (20.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 13 (10.92%) Lead
5 12 (10.08%) Principal Engineer
5 12 (10.08%) Test Engineer
6 11 (9.24%) Hardware Engineer
6 11 (9.24%) Principal Hardware Engineer
6 11 (9.24%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 10 (8.40%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (8.40%) FPGA Engineer
7 10 (8.40%) Software Engineer
8 9 (7.56%) Product Engineer
8 9 (7.56%) Product Test Engineer
8 9 (7.56%) Verification Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Team Leader
10 6 (5.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (4.20%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.56%) pytest
2 3 (2.52%) Yocto
3 1 (0.84%) Pandas
3 1 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.49%) Algorithms
2 18 (15.13%) Management Information System
3 15 (12.61%) FPGA
4 12 (10.08%) Analogue Electronics
5 9 (7.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (7.56%) PCIe
5 9 (7.56%) Self-Driving Car
6 8 (6.72%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (5.04%) Robotics
7 6 (5.04%) SCADA
7 6 (5.04%) Verilog
7 6 (5.04%) VHDL
8 5 (4.20%) Driving Licence
9 4 (3.36%) CAN bus
10 3 (2.52%) Reinsurance
11 2 (1.68%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.68%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.68%) GNSS
12 1 (0.84%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.40%) Windows
2 9 (7.56%) Unix
3 3 (2.52%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.52%) Linux
3 3 (2.52%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.68%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (54.62%) Systems Engineering
2 48 (40.34%) Physics
3 41 (34.45%) Mathematics
4 31 (26.05%) Coaching
5 28 (23.53%) Agile
5 28 (23.53%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 28 (23.53%) Requirements Management
6 27 (22.69%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (22.69%) Software Engineering
7 26 (21.85%) Validation
8 24 (20.17%) SysML
9 23 (19.33%) Information Assurance
10 20 (16.81%) Test Automation
11 19 (15.97%) Kalman Filter
12 18 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
13 17 (14.29%) Signal Processing
14 16 (13.45%) Data Analysis
14 16 (13.45%) Verification and Validation
15 15 (12.61%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (36.97%) Python
2 28 (23.53%) C++
3 24 (20.17%) C
4 11 (9.24%) C#
5 9 (7.56%) Embedded C
5 9 (7.56%) Embedded C++
6 6 (5.04%) R
6 6 (5.04%) SQL
7 5 (4.20%) Julia
8 3 (2.52%) Java
9 2 (1.68%) Delphi
10 1 (0.84%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (77.31%) Degree
2 64 (53.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (16.81%) HND
4 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
5 11 (9.24%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.88%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.20%) Master's Degree
7 5 (4.20%) PhD
8 3 (2.52%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.84%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (5.88%) ARP4754
3 6 (5.04%) Def Stans
3 6 (5.04%) DO-254
4 3 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.68%) IEC 61508
5 2 (1.68%) MISRA
5 2 (1.68%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.84%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.84%) DO-160
6 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 13 (10.92%) Firmware
2 2 (1.68%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 31 (26.05%) Siemens
2 11 (9.24%) Mentor Graphics
3 10 (8.40%) IBM
4 4 (3.36%) Altera
4 4 (3.36%) EMC
5 3 (2.52%) Facebook
5 3 (2.52%) Instagram
6 1 (0.84%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft