MATLAB Contracts in the UK excluding London

MathWorks MATLAB
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MATLAB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MATLAB over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 344 439
Rank change year-on-year +37 +95 -52
Contract jobs citing MATLAB 78 103 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.45% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.63% 1.56% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 41 8
10th Percentile £388 £231 £404
25th Percentile £491 £375 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £488 £479
Median % change year-on-year +21.03% +1.83% -4.25%
75th Percentile £635 £575 £550
90th Percentile £638 £600 £593
UK median daily rate £590 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 27 28
10th Percentile £50.25 £52.00 £42.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £56.26 £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +41.18%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

MATLAB is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,786 6,595 8,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.55% 28.70% 28.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,224 4,658 6,118
10th Percentile £314 £350 £337
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +1.01% +16.47%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £678 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 326 333
10th Percentile £37.96 £22.86 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £28.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £68.60
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.20
% change year-on-year - +24.50% +18.12%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MATLAB in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MATLAB in the UK excluding London

MATLAB
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +7 26 £350 -28.21% 36
South East +12 17 £634 +34.18% 66
Midlands +36 15 £528 -12.08% 53
West Midlands +29 13 £550 -8.33% 45
North of England +30 11 £550 +37.50% 18
South West -25 9 - - 29
North West +16 6 £650 +73.33% 15
Yorkshire +16 4 £450 +5.88% 2
East Midlands - 2 £505 - 8
North East - 2 - - 1
MATLAB
UK

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 54 (69.23%) Simulink
2 24 (30.77%) Stateflow
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (6.41%) TargetLink
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.13%) Wireless
2 1 (1.28%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 14 (17.95%) Git
2 9 (11.54%) Subversion
3 6 (7.69%) Bitbucket
3 6 (7.69%) JIRA
4 5 (6.41%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (2.56%) Rational Team Concert
6 1 (1.28%) ClearCase
6 1 (1.28%) GitLab
6 1 (1.28%) MagicDraw
6 1 (1.28%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 24 (30.77%) Automotive
2 17 (21.79%) Aerospace
3 13 (16.67%) Legal
4 10 (12.82%) Military
5 6 (7.69%) Electronics
5 6 (7.69%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.85%) Aviation
8 3 (3.85%) Law
9 2 (2.56%) Avionics
10 1 (1.28%) Finance
10 1 (1.28%) Marketing
10 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (35.90%) Software Engineer
2 21 (26.92%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (17.95%) Principal Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) Embedded Engineer
5 9 (11.54%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) C Software Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Linux Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Real Time Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Control Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Developer
9 4 (5.13%) .NET Developer
9 4 (5.13%) Senior
10 3 (3.85%) Communications Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) RF Engineer
11 2 (2.56%) Senior .NET Developer
11 2 (2.56%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) .NET
1 4 (5.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.28%) Node.js
2 1 (1.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 36 (46.15%) Algorithms
2 5 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.13%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (5.13%) Clustering
3 4 (5.13%) Device Driver
4 3 (3.85%) VHDL
5 2 (2.56%) FPGA
6 1 (1.28%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.82%) Linux
2 1 (1.28%) VxWorks
2 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 33 (42.31%) Validation
3 29 (37.18%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 22 (28.21%) Computer Science
5 21 (26.92%) Verification and Validation
6 15 (19.23%) Test Automation
7 13 (16.67%) Agile
7 13 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 13 (16.67%) Signal Processing
8 12 (15.38%) Physics
9 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (12.82%) Systems Engineering
10 8 (10.26%) Project Management
11 7 (8.97%) Data Analysis
11 7 (8.97%) Mathematical Modelling
11 7 (8.97%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 7 (8.97%) Multithreading
11 7 (8.97%) Software Testing
11 7 (8.97%) UML
11 7 (8.97%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.77%) C
2 19 (24.36%) C++
3 16 (20.51%) Python
4 5 (6.41%) Assembly Language
4 5 (6.41%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.13%) C#
5 4 (5.13%) Embedded C
5 4 (5.13%) Embedded C++
5 4 (5.13%) Shell Script
5 4 (5.13%) VB.NET
5 4 (5.13%) VBA
6 3 (3.85%) Fortran
7 2 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (44.87%) Degree
2 25 (32.05%) Security Cleared
3 22 (28.21%) SC Cleared
4 11 (14.10%) Master's Degree
5 6 (7.69%) PhD
6 5 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.97%) AUTOSAR
2 6 (7.69%) ISO 26262
2 6 (7.69%) MISRA
2 6 (7.69%) MISRA C
3 5 (6.41%) QA
4 4 (5.13%) JTAG
5 1 (1.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 8 (10.26%) Firmware
2 5 (6.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 5 (6.41%) MathWorks
2 3 (3.85%) Keysight
3 2 (2.56%) Xilinx
4 1 (1.28%) BMC
4 1 (1.28%) Dell
4 1 (1.28%) Isilon
4 1 (1.28%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.28%) QinetiQ
4 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.28%) SAP
4 1 (1.28%) Twitter