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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 423 439
Rank change year-on-year -187 +16 +114
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 193 278 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.56% 0.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.03% 2.12% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 103 110 221
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £49,375 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,560 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% - -4.07%
75th Percentile £71,875 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £104,150 £85,880 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,375 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +4.32% -2.22% +2.27%

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 18,675 13,142 24,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.67% 26.51% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,304 8,503 15,973
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
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 7 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 7 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 -156 182 £57,375 +4.32% 252
England -178 180 £61,250 +6.41% 299
South East -58 87 £60,000 - 72
Work from Home -93 50 £56,000 -6.67% 92
Midlands -38 30 £48,750 -25.00% 38
East of England -10 28 £52,500 -25.00% 67
West Midlands -26 20 £71,250 -5.00% 21
South West -87 20 £60,625 +15.26% 39
Scotland +7 12 £60,000 +3.39% 24
East Midlands -37 10 £45,000 -20.13% 17
London -72 10 £132,500 +32.50% 70
North of England -107 4 £53,236 +6.36% 17
North West -52 2 £54,750 +9.38% 7
Yorkshire -55 2 £51,722 -14.30% 5
Wales -67 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 1 (0.52%) Confluence
1 1 (0.52%) Kinematics
Applications
1 121 (62.69%) Simulink
2 7 (3.63%) Mathcad
3 4 (2.07%) CATIA
3 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.55%) Lightworks
4 3 (1.55%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.52%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.52%) Revit
5 1 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.52%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.07%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.66%) Ethernet
2 6 (3.11%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.07%) 5G
3 4 (2.07%) MQTT
3 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.07%) WAN
4 3 (1.55%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.55%) Wireless
5 2 (1.04%) Modbus
5 2 (1.04%) RS-422
5 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.52%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.52%) FTP
6 1 (0.52%) HTTP
6 1 (0.52%) RS-232
6 1 (0.52%) RTP
6 1 (0.52%) RTSP
6 1 (0.52%) SCTP
6 1 (0.52%) SS7
6 1 (0.52%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.11%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (2.59%) GIS
3 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 53 (27.46%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (10.36%) LabVIEW
3 17 (8.81%) Git
4 6 (3.11%) Eclipse
4 6 (3.11%) PetaLinux
5 3 (1.55%) JIRA
6 2 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (48.70%) Aerospace
2 69 (35.75%) Finance
3 60 (31.09%) Electronics
4 51 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (26.42%) Social Skills
5 32 (16.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (10.88%) Military
7 13 (6.74%) Automotive
8 9 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.15%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.63%) Aviation
11 5 (2.59%) Law
12 4 (2.07%) Advertising
13 3 (1.55%) Swedish Language
13 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.04%) Aeronautics
14 2 (1.04%) Avionics
14 2 (1.04%) Digital Health
14 2 (1.04%) Legal
14 2 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (44.04%) Systems Engineer
2 52 (26.94%) Senior
3 41 (21.24%) Lead
4 29 (15.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 28 (14.51%) Software Engineer
6 23 (11.92%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 18 (9.33%) Embedded Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) Team Leader
9 13 (6.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (6.22%) Electronics Engineer
10 12 (6.22%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (4.66%) Test Engineer
13 8 (4.15%) FPGA Engineer
13 8 (4.15%) Research Scientist
14 6 (3.11%) Applications Engineer
14 6 (3.11%) Hardware Engineer
14 6 (3.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 5 (2.59%) Security Engineer
15 5 (2.59%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.11%) Yocto
2 4 (2.07%) pytest
3 2 (1.04%) Middleware
3 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.52%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.52%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.52%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.47%) Algorithms
1 26 (13.47%) FPGA
2 21 (10.88%) Embedded Systems
3 18 (9.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (7.77%) Verilog
4 15 (7.77%) VHDL
5 12 (6.22%) Robotics
6 9 (4.66%) Driving Licence
6 9 (4.66%) SCADA
7 8 (4.15%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (4.15%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (4.15%) Reinsurance
8 7 (3.63%) PCIe
9 4 (2.07%) IoT
9 4 (2.07%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (1.04%) ARM Cortex
11 2 (1.04%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.52%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.11%) Linux
1 6 (3.11%) Unix
2 5 (2.59%) FreeRTOS
2 5 (2.59%) Windows
3 3 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.55%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (43.01%) Systems Engineering
2 70 (36.27%) Physics
3 61 (31.61%) Mathematics
4 60 (31.09%) Validation
5 49 (25.39%) Software Engineering
6 37 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (18.13%) Requirements Management
8 34 (17.62%) Agile
9 30 (15.54%) Software Testing
10 29 (15.03%) Verification and Validation
11 27 (13.99%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 24 (12.44%) Coaching
13 23 (11.92%) Customer Requirements
13 23 (11.92%) SysML
14 22 (11.40%) Test Automation
15 19 (9.84%) Decision-Making
15 19 (9.84%) Roadmaps
15 19 (9.84%) Signal Processing
15 19 (9.84%) Technical Leadership
16 15 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 68 (35.23%) Python
2 49 (25.39%) C++
3 41 (21.24%) C
4 22 (11.40%) Embedded C
5 16 (8.29%) Embedded C++
6 15 (7.77%) C#
7 13 (6.74%) Java
8 11 (5.70%) SQL
9 10 (5.18%) Julia
10 9 (4.66%) R
11 4 (2.07%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (1.55%) Delphi
12 3 (1.55%) Rust
13 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 129 (66.84%) Degree
2 75 (38.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 55 (28.50%) Security Cleared
4 41 (21.24%) SC Cleared
5 35 (18.13%) Master's Degree
6 34 (17.62%) PhD
7 31 (16.06%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.70%) Chartered Engineer
9 10 (5.18%) HND
10 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.40%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.70%) DO-254
3 9 (4.66%) ARP4754
4 7 (3.63%) Def Stans
4 7 (3.63%) GDPR
5 4 (2.07%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (2.07%) DO-160
5 4 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.55%) ECSS
6 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.55%) QA
7 2 (1.04%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.04%) ISO 26262
7 2 (1.04%) MISRA
7 2 (1.04%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.52%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.52%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.52%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 29 (15.03%) Firmware
2 9 (4.66%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 45 (23.32%) Siemens
2 10 (5.18%) EMC
3 8 (4.15%) IBM
4 7 (3.63%) Xilinx
5 5 (2.59%) DIgSILENT
5 5 (2.59%) YouTube
6 4 (2.07%) Facebook
6 4 (2.07%) Instagram
6 4 (2.07%) Mentor Graphics
7 2 (1.04%) MathWorks
7 2 (1.04%) OpenAI