MATLAB Job Trends in Wales

MathWorks MATLAB
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 77 93
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 -14
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 1 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.094% 0.34% 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.61% 1.02% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £37,400 -
25th Percentile - £43,063 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,700 £55,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.82% +100.00% -25.68%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% +8.18%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 163 294 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.33% 33.11% 31.52%
Number of salaries quoted 129 154 232
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £48,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,631 £49,052 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,743 £74,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in Wales

MATLAB
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the Wales region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
South Wales -2 1 £85,700 +55.82% 1
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree