MathWorks MATLAB
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MATLAB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MATLAB over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 568 550
Rank change year-on-year +69 -18 +33
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 451 458 920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.44% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.36% 1.02% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 239 135 325
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £45,625 £42,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,875 £82,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% +19.44% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,195 44,728 84,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.69% 43.23% 53.73%
Number of salaries quoted 24,962 28,546 44,049
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +2.80% +7.00%

MATLAB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MATLAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MATLAB over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MATLAB in the UK

MATLAB
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +86 403 £55,000 -15.38% 228
UK excluding London 0 394 £55,000 +2.33% 197
South West +81 116 £55,000 +10.00% 37
Work from Home +97 107 £60,000 - 59
South East +7 95 £55,000 - 58
East of England +47 67 £55,000 +4.76% 38
Midlands -101 59 £55,000 -15.38% 42
London +118 52 £75,000 -3.23% 39
Scotland -39 44 £65,000 +36.84% 12
West Midlands -104 39 £60,000 -7.69% 35
East Midlands -2 20 £42,500 -5.56% 7
North of England +55 13 £59,500 +30.77% 13
Yorkshire - 10 £67,500 - 3
North West +14 3 £51,500 +33.77% 10

MATLAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (4.88%) SAS
2 11 (2.44%) Confluence
3 9 (2.00%) Apache
4 8 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.77%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 218 (48.34%) Simulink
2 79 (17.52%) Stateflow
3 27 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (3.77%) GNU Octave
5 14 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.77%) CANalyzer
7 5 (1.11%) Doxygen
8 2 (0.44%) EViews
8 2 (0.44%) SPSS
8 2 (0.44%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.22%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 26 (5.76%) AWS
2 23 (5.10%) GitHub
3 11 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
3 11 (2.44%) Amazon S3
4 6 (1.33%) Amazon SageMaker
5 5 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.11%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.11%) PowerApps
6 3 (0.67%) Serverless
7 2 (0.44%) Azure
7 2 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.22%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.22%) GCP
8 1 (0.22%) IaaS
8 1 (0.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.21%) J1939
2 16 (3.55%) 5G
3 15 (3.33%) SD-WAN
3 15 (3.33%) WAN
4 9 (2.00%) Wireless
5 8 (1.77%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.77%) PPP
6 6 (1.33%) OFDM
7 5 (1.11%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.67%) Tactical Data Link
9 2 (0.44%) Modbus
9 2 (0.44%) RS-485
10 1 (0.22%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.22%) 4G
10 1 (0.22%) 5G NR
10 1 (0.22%) GSM
10 1 (0.22%) LTE
10 1 (0.22%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.21%) Amazon QuickSight
1 19 (4.21%) Tableau
2 17 (3.77%) Data Mining
3 14 (3.10%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.44%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.89%) Metadata
7 2 (0.44%) Big Data
7 2 (0.44%) OLAP
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle OLAP
8 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.22%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 39 (8.65%) Git
2 32 (7.10%) LabVIEW
3 28 (6.21%) JIRA
4 22 (4.88%) ClearCase
5 21 (4.66%) Plastic SCM
5 21 (4.66%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (3.10%) ClearQuest
7 13 (2.88%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.55%) GitLab
8 7 (1.55%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.55%) Rational Rhapsody
9 6 (1.33%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.11%) NetBeans
11 3 (0.67%) Rational Team Concert
12 2 (0.44%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) CANoe
13 1 (0.22%) Chocolatey
13 1 (0.22%) CMake
13 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 96 (21.29%) Electronics
2 87 (19.29%) Automotive
3 83 (18.40%) Social Skills
4 72 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (7.32%) Retail
6 31 (6.87%) Aerospace
7 26 (5.76%) Finance
8 25 (5.54%) Military
9 23 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (4.66%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.33%) Legal
11 15 (3.33%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.44%) Aviation
12 11 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.77%) Banking
13 8 (1.77%) Law
14 6 (1.33%) Games
14 6 (1.33%) Marketing
15 5 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.89%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 106 (23.50%) Software Engineer
2 87 (19.29%) Senior
3 85 (18.85%) Systems Engineer
4 51 (11.31%) Lead
5 44 (9.76%) Embedded Engineer
6 41 (9.09%) Developer
7 35 (7.76%) Control Systems Engineer
8 34 (7.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 25 (5.54%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 23 (5.10%) Architect
11 17 (3.77%) Data Scientist
11 17 (3.77%) Team Leader
12 16 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Test Engineer
14 14 (3.10%) Graduate
14 14 (3.10%) Verification Engineer
15 13 (2.88%) Analyst
16 12 (2.66%) .NET Developer
16 12 (2.66%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.43%) TensorFlow
2 26 (5.76%) NumPy
3 15 (3.33%) Keras
4 12 (2.66%) .NET
4 12 (2.66%) .NET Framework
4 12 (2.66%) PyTorch
5 8 (1.77%) pytest
6 7 (1.55%) OpenCV
7 5 (1.11%) JavaFX
8 4 (0.89%) CSS
8 4 (0.89%) ONNX
8 4 (0.89%) Rendezvous
9 3 (0.67%) Pandas
9 3 (0.67%) Qt
10 2 (0.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.44%) Lambda Expressions
10 2 (0.44%) POSIX
10 2 (0.44%) scikit-learn
10 2 (0.44%) Torch
10 2 (0.44%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 167 (37.03%) Algorithms
2 47 (10.42%) Embedded Systems
3 36 (7.98%) Renewable Energy
4 30 (6.65%) FPGA
5 25 (5.54%) VHDL
6 24 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (4.43%) GNSS
8 19 (4.21%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.21%) Robotics
9 11 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.44%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.77%) Acoustics
10 8 (1.77%) BBC
10 8 (1.77%) MicroBlaze
11 7 (1.55%) PMI
12 5 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
12 5 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.11%) Verilog
13 4 (0.89%) Analogue Electronics
13 4 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.20%) Linux
2 24 (5.32%) Windows
3 12 (2.66%) Unix
4 5 (1.11%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.44%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (31.26%) Software Engineering
2 112 (24.83%) Validation
3 108 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (23.73%) Agile
5 83 (18.40%) Mathematics
6 70 (15.52%) Physics
7 66 (14.63%) Signal Processing
8 65 (14.41%) Machine Learning
8 65 (14.41%) Verification and Validation
9 62 (13.75%) Prototyping
10 61 (13.53%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 59 (13.08%) Computer Science
12 47 (10.42%) Artificial Intelligence
12 47 (10.42%) Systems Engineering
13 43 (9.53%) Software Testing
14 42 (9.31%) Visualisation
15 40 (8.87%) Business Intelligence
16 39 (8.65%) Data Science
17 37 (8.20%) Analytics
17 37 (8.20%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 215 (47.67%) Python
2 133 (29.49%) C
3 92 (20.40%) C++
4 61 (13.53%) C#
5 37 (8.20%) Embedded C
6 31 (6.87%) R
7 27 (5.99%) SQL
8 26 (5.76%) Java
9 23 (5.10%) JavaScript
9 23 (5.10%) Perl
10 18 (3.99%) VBA
11 12 (2.66%) VB.NET
12 11 (2.44%) PHP
13 10 (2.22%) Fortran
14 8 (1.77%) Tcl
14 8 (1.77%) VB
15 6 (1.33%) Embedded C++
16 3 (0.67%) Assembly Language
17 2 (0.44%) Bash
17 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 239 (52.99%) Degree
2 143 (31.71%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.42%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (7.54%) Master's Degree
6 29 (6.43%) DV Cleared
6 29 (6.43%) PhD
7 24 (5.32%) HND
8 14 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.55%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.89%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.44%) CFA
14 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.22%) MCSA
14 1 (0.22%) MCSE
14 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.09%) ISO 26262
2 33 (7.32%) Automotive SPICE
3 29 (6.43%) AUTOSAR
4 28 (6.21%) MISRA
5 11 (2.44%) PMO
6 9 (2.00%) Def Stans
7 6 (1.33%) IEC 61508
8 5 (1.11%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.11%) TickIT
9 4 (0.89%) QA
10 3 (0.67%) JTAG
11 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 25 (5.54%) Firmware
2 15 (3.33%) Docker
3 11 (2.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (5.10%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.22%) Ansible
2 1 (0.22%) SCCM
2 1 (0.22%) SCOM
2 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (5.54%) IBM
2 21 (4.66%) Lauterbach
3 14 (3.10%) Xilinx
4 12 (2.66%) Microsoft
4 12 (2.66%) Oracle
5 8 (1.77%) Altera
5 8 (1.77%) Google
5 8 (1.77%) Green Hills
5 8 (1.77%) Motorola
6 7 (1.55%) Facebook
6 7 (1.55%) Instagram
6 7 (1.55%) SAP
7 6 (1.33%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.33%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.11%) MathWorks
9 4 (0.89%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.89%) Rockwell
10 3 (0.67%) ANSYS
10 3 (0.67%) Riverbed
10 3 (0.67%) Thales