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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 396 473
Rank change year-on-year -235 +77 +96
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 143 313 456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.64% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 2.16% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 78 143 262
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,300 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,438 £75,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £131,500 £121,000 £77,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £53,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.52% -2.18% -

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 17,648 14,488 31,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 29.42% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12,569 9,645 23,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 14 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 13 July 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 -182 140 £62,500 +13.64% 83
UK excluding London -184 131 £60,000 +11.52% 81
South East -44 90 £60,000 +9.09% 28
Work from Home -106 17 £56,000 -20.00% 35
East of England -6 16 £65,000 +36.32% 18
South West -84 13 £55,000 +4.56% 20
London -44 11 £132,500 -11.67% 11
North of England -80 5 £51,722 +3.33% 5
Midlands -67 4 £67,500 +41.56% 9
West Midlands -34 3 £67,500 -10.00% 2
Wales -50 3 £55,000 -10.57% 1
North West -53 3 £52,325 +4.54% 5
Yorkshire -46 2 £51,722 -10.14%
East Midlands -52 1 £52,500 +10.10% 7

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 (0.70%) Jupyter
Applications
1 76 (53.15%) Simulink
2 9 (6.29%) CATIA
3 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.10%) Lightworks
4 3 (2.10%) Stateflow
5 1 (0.70%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.20%) GitHub
2 1 (0.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.29%) Ethernet
2 6 (4.20%) 5G
2 6 (4.20%) SD-WAN
2 6 (4.20%) WAN
3 5 (3.50%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (2.80%) MQTT
5 3 (2.10%) Wireless
6 2 (1.40%) Modbus
6 2 (1.40%) RS-422
6 2 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.70%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.70%) FTP
7 1 (0.70%) RS-232
7 1 (0.70%) RS-485
7 1 (0.70%) RTP
7 1 (0.70%) RTSP
7 1 (0.70%) SCTP
7 1 (0.70%) SS7
7 1 (0.70%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.20%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.50%) GIS
3 2 (1.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (29.37%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (12.59%) Git
3 14 (9.79%) LabVIEW
4 6 (4.20%) PetaLinux
5 3 (2.10%) JIRA
6 2 (1.40%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.70%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (39.16%) Electronics
2 50 (34.97%) Aerospace
3 45 (31.47%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (20.28%) Finance
5 25 (17.48%) Social Skills
6 20 (13.99%) Military
7 9 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.20%) Aviation
10 5 (3.50%) Automotive
11 4 (2.80%) Advertising
11 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.10%) Swedish Language
13 2 (1.40%) Avionics
13 2 (1.40%) Digital Health
13 2 (1.40%) Legal
13 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.70%) Law
14 1 (0.70%) Retail
14 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (40.56%) Senior
3 27 (18.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 24 (16.78%) Software Engineer
5 16 (11.19%) Lead
6 14 (9.79%) Embedded Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) FPGA Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Principal Hardware Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (7.69%) Team Leader
9 10 (6.99%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Test Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Electronics Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Product Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Product Test Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.20%) pytest
1 6 (4.20%) Yocto
2 2 (1.40%) Middleware
3 1 (0.70%) FFmpeg
3 1 (0.70%) GStreamer
3 1 (0.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.70%) JSON
3 1 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.70%) Web Services
3 1 (0.70%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.78%) Algorithms
2 19 (13.29%) FPGA
3 17 (11.89%) Embedded Systems
4 15 (10.49%) Analogue Electronics
5 13 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (7.69%) Management Information System
7 10 (6.99%) PCIe
7 10 (6.99%) Verilog
7 10 (6.99%) VHDL
8 9 (6.29%) Reinsurance
9 8 (5.59%) SCADA
10 7 (4.90%) Fibre Optics
10 7 (4.90%) Robotics
11 6 (4.20%) Self-Driving Car
12 5 (3.50%) Driving Licence
13 4 (2.80%) IoT
14 3 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
15 2 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
15 2 (1.40%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.59%) Unix
2 7 (4.90%) Windows
3 6 (4.20%) Linux
4 5 (3.50%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (2.10%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.10%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.76%) Systems Engineering
2 51 (35.66%) Physics
3 46 (32.17%) Mathematics
4 44 (30.77%) Software Engineering
5 33 (23.08%) Validation
6 28 (19.58%) Coaching
7 27 (18.88%) Requirements Management
8 26 (18.18%) Agile
9 25 (17.48%) Software Testing
10 23 (16.08%) SysML
10 23 (16.08%) Test Automation
11 22 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (14.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 19 (13.29%) Customer Requirements
13 19 (13.29%) Kalman Filter
14 18 (12.59%) Decision-Making
14 18 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (11.89%) Signal Processing
16 15 (10.49%) Information Assurance
17 14 (9.79%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 65 (45.45%) Python
2 48 (33.57%) C++
3 35 (24.48%) C
4 19 (13.29%) C#
5 14 (9.79%) Embedded C
6 13 (9.09%) Embedded C++
7 12 (8.39%) SQL
8 11 (7.69%) Julia
9 10 (6.99%) R
10 8 (5.59%) Java
11 3 (2.10%) Delphi
11 3 (2.10%) Rust
Qualifications
1 95 (66.43%) Degree
2 58 (40.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (16.08%) Security Cleared
4 19 (13.29%) HND
5 15 (10.49%) SC Cleared
6 11 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 11 (7.69%) PhD
7 8 (5.59%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.10%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.29%) ARP4754
1 9 (6.29%) DO-254
1 9 (6.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (4.90%) Def Stans
2 7 (4.90%) GDPR
3 4 (2.80%) QA
4 3 (2.10%) ECSS
4 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.40%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (1.40%) DO-160
5 2 (1.40%) IEC 61508
5 2 (1.40%) MISRA
5 2 (1.40%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.70%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.70%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.70%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 20 (13.99%) Firmware
2 4 (2.80%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (20.98%) Siemens
2 11 (7.69%) Mentor Graphics
3 10 (6.99%) IBM
4 7 (4.90%) EMC
5 4 (2.80%) Altera
5 4 (2.80%) Facebook
5 4 (2.80%) Instagram
6 3 (2.10%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.70%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft