The MathWorks Simulink
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Simulink skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 520 653
Rank change year-on-year -130 +133 +88
Permanent jobs citing Simulink 66 134 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Applications category 1.28% 2.76% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 32 90 173
10th Percentile - £41,125 £40,300
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,683 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,697 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.74% -10.51% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,265 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,425 £75,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £53,697 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.74% -10.51% +9.09%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Simulink falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5,141 4,861 9,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.69% 11.12% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,419 2,307 6,114
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £53,333
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -9.41% +21.43% -6.67%

Simulink
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Simulink relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Simulink job vacancy trend in the UK

Simulink
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Simulink.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Simulink

Simulink
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Simulink over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Simulink in the UK

Simulink
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Simulink within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London -102 66 £60,000 +11.74% 41
England -96 65 £60,000 +14.07% 41
South East +6 54 £60,000 +9.09% 13
East of England -15 6 - - 12
North West -25 3 - -
North of England -55 3 - - 1
Work from Home 0 1 £55,000 +0.38% 19
Wales -29 1 £55,000 -
West Midlands -37 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Midlands -52 1 £65,000 +30.00% 2
South West -62 1 - - 18

Simulink
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.52%) CANalyzer
1 1 (1.52%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.52%) MQTT
2 1 (1.52%) RS-422
2 1 (1.52%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 34 (51.52%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.52%) Git
2 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 38 (57.58%) Electronics
2 26 (39.39%) Military
3 22 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 11 (16.67%) Finance
5 3 (4.55%) Aviation
5 3 (4.55%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Advertising
7 1 (1.52%) Agriculture
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
7 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (48.48%) Senior
3 21 (31.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 12 (18.18%) Lead
4 12 (18.18%) Principal Engineer
5 11 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
5 11 (16.67%) Principal Hardware Engineer
5 11 (16.67%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 8 (12.12%) FPGA Engineer
6 8 (12.12%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 8 (12.12%) Team Leader
7 4 (6.06%) Control Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Research Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (3.03%) Software Engineer
10 1 (1.52%) DSP Engineer
10 1 (1.52%) Electronics Engineer
10 1 (1.52%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 18 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 11 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 10 (15.15%) Algorithms
4 9 (13.64%) FPGA
5 7 (10.61%) PCIe
6 4 (6.06%) CAN bus
6 4 (6.06%) Verilog
6 4 (6.06%) VHDL
7 3 (4.55%) Driving Licence
7 3 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (3.03%) Robotics
9 1 (1.52%) GNSS
9 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (63.64%) Systems Engineering
2 36 (54.55%) Physics
3 35 (53.03%) Mathematics
4 33 (50.00%) Coaching
5 26 (39.39%) Requirements Management
6 25 (37.88%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (37.88%) Information Assurance
6 25 (37.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 23 (34.85%) Agile
8 22 (33.33%) SysML
9 10 (15.15%) Software Engineering
9 10 (15.15%) Validation
10 8 (12.12%) Kalman Filter
10 8 (12.12%) Signal Processing
11 5 (7.58%) AI
11 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (7.58%) Software Testing
11 5 (7.58%) Verification and Validation
12 4 (6.06%) FPGA Design
12 4 (6.06%) Model Validation
Programming Languages
1 66 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 11 (16.67%) C
2 11 (16.67%) C++
3 10 (15.15%) Python
4 5 (7.58%) C#
4 5 (7.58%) Embedded C
5 4 (6.06%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.52%) Delphi
6 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (84.85%) Degree
2 48 (72.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 11 (16.67%) HND
5 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
6 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
7 4 (6.06%) PhD
8 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Firmware
Vendors
1 33 (50.00%) Siemens
2 11 (16.67%) Mentor Graphics
3 4 (6.06%) Altera
4 1 (1.52%) MathWorks