MATLAB Jobs in the West Midlands

MathWorks MATLAB
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring MATLAB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MATLAB over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 210 109
Rank change year-on-year +137 -101 +54
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 142 40 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.18% 0.55% 2.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.45% 2.14% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 13
10th Percentile - £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +71.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,650 -
England median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.30% -15.38% -7.14%

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 919 1,872 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.57% 25.86% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 594 1,629 1,248
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,775 £76,900 £79,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the West Midlands

MATLAB
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for MATLAB in the West Midlands

MATLAB
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the West Midlands

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 1 May 2025. 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
Warwickshire +29 91 - - 21
Birmingham - 24 - - 7
Coventry +19 23 - - 10
Staffordshire +31 3 £50,000 - 21
Solihull - 1 £75,000 -
MATLAB
England

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 142 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 139 (97.89%) Aerospace
2 138 (97.18%) Automotive
3 3 (2.11%) Electronics
4 2 (1.41%) Agriculture
4 2 (1.41%) Avionics
4 2 (1.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.41%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.70%) Advertising
5 1 (0.70%) Military
5 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (47.89%) Systems Engineer
2 66 (46.48%) Development Engineer
2 66 (46.48%) Software Development Engineer
2 66 (46.48%) Software Engineer
3 42 (29.58%) Principal Engineer
3 42 (29.58%) Principal Software Engineer
3 42 (29.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 27 (19.01%) Senior
5 26 (18.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 24 (16.90%) Senior Development Engineer
6 24 (16.90%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 24 (16.90%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (0.70%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Software Integration Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Software Test Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 1 (0.70%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (0.70%) Acoustics
2 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
2 1 (0.70%) ASIC
2 1 (0.70%) FPGA
2 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (0.70%) VHDL
2 1 (0.70%) VLSI
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (98.59%) Validation
2 139 (97.89%) Systems Engineering
3 137 (96.48%) Agile
3 137 (96.48%) Software Testing
4 70 (49.30%) Software Engineering
5 2 (1.41%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.41%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (1.41%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (1.41%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (1.41%) Mechatronics
5 2 (1.41%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (1.41%) Product Requirements
5 2 (1.41%) Project Delivery
5 2 (1.41%) Project Management
5 2 (1.41%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (1.41%) V-Model
6 1 (0.70%) Control Theory
6 1 (0.70%) FMEA
6 1 (0.70%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 1 (0.70%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.11%) C
2 2 (1.41%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 136 (95.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (3.52%) Degree
3 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.70%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (0.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (0.70%) MathWorks
1 1 (0.70%) Xilinx