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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 390 505
Rank change year-on-year -207 +115 +68
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 142 323 447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.70% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.83% 2.30% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 74 152 254
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,900 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,438 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £123,250 £114,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% +4.96%

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 17,170 14,043 33,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 30.37% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,189 9,299 25,323
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £77,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -204 139 £60,000 +9.09% 75
UK excluding London -182 131 £60,000 +14.07% 78
South East -40 89 £60,000 +9.09% 25
East of England 0 16 £65,000 +36.32% 14
South West -89 14 £50,000 -4.94% 25
Work from Home -94 13 £55,000 -15.38% 33
London -46 11 £132,500 -11.67% 5
North of England -108 5 £51,722 +3.33% 3
Midlands -69 4 £67,500 +41.56% 9
West Midlands -33 3 £67,500 -10.00% 4
Wales -40 3 £55,000 - 1
North West -44 3 £52,325 +4.54% 2
Yorkshire -48 2 £51,722 -10.14% 1
East Midlands -42 1 £52,500 +10.10% 5

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 74 (52.11%) Simulink
2 9 (6.34%) CATIA
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.11%) Stateflow
5 2 (1.41%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.70%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.63%) GitHub
2 1 (0.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.63%) 5G
1 8 (5.63%) Ethernet
1 8 (5.63%) SD-WAN
1 8 (5.63%) WAN
2 5 (3.52%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (2.11%) MQTT
4 2 (1.41%) Modbus
4 2 (1.41%) RS-422
4 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.41%) Wireless
5 1 (0.70%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.70%) FTP
5 1 (0.70%) HTTP
5 1 (0.70%) RTP
5 1 (0.70%) RTSP
5 1 (0.70%) SCTP
5 1 (0.70%) SS7
5 1 (0.70%) VoIP
5 1 (0.70%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.52%) GIS
3 2 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 43 (30.28%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (12.68%) Git
3 13 (9.15%) LabVIEW
4 5 (3.52%) PetaLinux
5 2 (1.41%) JIRA
5 2 (1.41%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.70%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (41.55%) Electronics
2 49 (34.51%) Aerospace
3 45 (31.69%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (19.72%) Finance
5 22 (15.49%) Military
5 22 (15.49%) Social Skills
6 7 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.23%) Aviation
7 6 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.52%) Automotive
9 4 (2.82%) Advertising
9 4 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.11%) Swedish Language
11 2 (1.41%) Digital Health
11 2 (1.41%) Legal
12 1 (0.70%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.70%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.70%) Avionics
12 1 (0.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (45.77%) Systems Engineer
2 57 (40.14%) Senior
3 27 (19.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 22 (15.49%) Software Engineer
5 17 (11.97%) Lead
6 13 (9.15%) Embedded Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Hardware Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) FPGA Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) Principal Hardware Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) Team Leader
8 11 (7.75%) Test Engineer
9 10 (7.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 10 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Product Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Product Test Engineer
10 8 (5.63%) Verification Engineer
11 7 (4.93%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.63%) pytest
2 5 (3.52%) Yocto
3 2 (1.41%) Middleware
4 1 (0.70%) FFmpeg
4 1 (0.70%) GStreamer
4 1 (0.70%) HTML
4 1 (0.70%) JSON
4 1 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.70%) Web Services
4 1 (0.70%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.90%) Algorithms
2 18 (12.68%) FPGA
3 15 (10.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 14 (9.86%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (9.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (9.15%) Management Information System
6 10 (7.04%) PCIe
7 9 (6.34%) Reinsurance
7 9 (6.34%) Verilog
7 9 (6.34%) VHDL
8 8 (5.63%) SCADA
8 8 (5.63%) Self-Driving Car
9 7 (4.93%) Robotics
10 5 (3.52%) Driving Licence
10 5 (3.52%) Fibre Optics
10 5 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (2.11%) IoT
12 2 (1.41%) ARM Cortex
12 2 (1.41%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.04%) Unix
2 9 (6.34%) Windows
3 5 (3.52%) Linux
4 4 (2.82%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (2.11%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.11%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (45.77%) Systems Engineering
2 54 (38.03%) Physics
3 48 (33.80%) Mathematics
4 42 (29.58%) Software Engineering
5 31 (21.83%) Validation
6 29 (20.42%) Coaching
7 28 (19.72%) Agile
7 28 (19.72%) Requirements Management
8 25 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (16.90%) Software Testing
9 24 (16.90%) SysML
10 23 (16.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 23 (16.20%) Test Automation
11 21 (14.79%) Kalman Filter
12 19 (13.38%) Customer Requirements
12 19 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (12.68%) Decision-Making
13 18 (12.68%) Information Assurance
13 18 (12.68%) Signal Processing
14 15 (10.56%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (43.66%) Python
2 46 (32.39%) C++
3 33 (23.24%) C
4 19 (13.38%) C#
5 14 (9.86%) Embedded C
6 13 (9.15%) Embedded C++
7 12 (8.45%) SQL
8 11 (7.75%) Julia
9 10 (7.04%) R
10 8 (5.63%) Java
11 3 (2.11%) Delphi
12 2 (1.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 98 (69.01%) Degree
2 61 (42.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (15.49%) Security Cleared
4 21 (14.79%) HND
5 15 (10.56%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.34%) Master's Degree
6 9 (6.34%) PhD
7 7 (4.93%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.11%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) ARP4754
1 9 (6.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (5.63%) DO-254
3 7 (4.93%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.93%) GDPR
4 4 (2.82%) QA
5 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (1.41%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (1.41%) ECSS
6 2 (1.41%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.41%) MISRA
6 2 (1.41%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.70%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.70%) DO-160
7 1 (0.70%) DO-178B
System Software
1 19 (13.38%) Firmware
2 4 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 32 (22.54%) Siemens
2 11 (7.75%) Mentor Graphics
3 9 (6.34%) IBM
4 7 (4.93%) EMC
5 4 (2.82%) Altera
5 4 (2.82%) Facebook
5 4 (2.82%) Instagram
6 2 (1.41%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.70%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft