MATLAB Job Trends in the West Midlands

MathWorks MATLAB
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring MATLAB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 159 229
Rank change year-on-year -27 +70 -86
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 3 16 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.038% 0.48% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% 1.97% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% +5.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -15.38%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 981 811 1,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.35% 24.37% 23.85%
Number of salaries quoted 737 634 1,569
10th Percentile £35,300 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

MATLAB job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

MATLAB
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing MATLAB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing MATLAB

MATLAB
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
Staffordshire +1 3 £67,500 - 1
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (33.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (66.67%) Modbus
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) IEC 61508
1 2 (66.67%) MISRA
1 2 (66.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Safety