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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 569 558
Rank change year-on-year +65 -11 +28
Permanent jobs citing MATLAB 450 471 913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.45% 0.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.35% 1.05% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 239 134 322
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £45,625 £41,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,188 £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% -16.28%

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 33,269 44,878 84,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.74% 43.24% 53.88%
Number of salaries quoted 25,012 28,616 44,114
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,171
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 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% +8.00%

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 3 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 3 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 +72 402 £55,000 -15.38% 214
UK excluding London +13 393 £55,000 +2.33% 188
South West +83 115 £55,000 +10.00% 38
Work from Home +113 107 £60,000 - 58
South East -11 95 £55,000 - 54
East of England +45 67 £55,000 +4.76% 39
Midlands -107 59 £55,000 -15.38% 37
London +112 52 £75,000 -4.76% 33
Scotland -42 44 £65,000 +30.00% 10
West Midlands -109 39 £60,000 -7.69% 29
East Midlands +2 20 £42,500 -5.56% 8
North of England +59 13 £59,500 +30.77% 12
Yorkshire +87 10 £67,500 - 3
North West +8 3 £51,500 +33.77% 9

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 (4.89%) SAS
2 11 (2.44%) Confluence
3 9 (2.00%) Apache
4 8 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.78%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 218 (48.44%) Simulink
2 79 (17.56%) Stateflow
3 27 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (3.78%) GNU Octave
5 14 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.78%) 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 (5.78%) AWS
2 23 (5.11%) 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 (6.22%) J1939
2 16 (3.56%) 5G
3 15 (3.33%) SD-WAN
3 15 (3.33%) WAN
4 9 (2.00%) Wireless
5 8 (1.78%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.78%) 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 (4.22%) Amazon QuickSight
1 19 (4.22%) Tableau
2 17 (3.78%) Data Mining
3 14 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.89%) 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 (8.67%) Git
2 32 (7.11%) LabVIEW
3 28 (6.22%) JIRA
4 22 (4.89%) ClearCase
5 21 (4.67%) Plastic SCM
5 21 (4.67%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (3.11%) ClearQuest
7 13 (2.89%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.56%) GitLab
8 7 (1.56%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.56%) 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 (21.33%) Electronics
2 87 (19.33%) Automotive
3 83 (18.44%) Social Skills
4 72 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (7.33%) Retail
6 31 (6.89%) Aerospace
7 26 (5.78%) Finance
8 25 (5.56%) Military
9 23 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (4.67%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.33%) Legal
11 15 (3.33%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.44%) Aviation
12 11 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.78%) Banking
13 8 (1.78%) 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 (23.56%) Software Engineer
2 87 (19.33%) Senior
3 85 (18.89%) Systems Engineer
4 51 (11.33%) Lead
5 44 (9.78%) Embedded Engineer
6 41 (9.11%) Developer
7 35 (7.78%) Control Systems Engineer
8 34 (7.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 25 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 23 (5.11%) Architect
11 17 (3.78%) Team Leader
12 16 (3.56%) Data Scientist
12 16 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Test Engineer
14 14 (3.11%) Graduate
14 14 (3.11%) Verification Engineer
15 13 (2.89%) Analyst
16 12 (2.67%) .NET Developer
16 12 (2.67%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.22%) TensorFlow
2 25 (5.56%) NumPy
3 14 (3.11%) Keras
4 12 (2.67%) .NET
4 12 (2.67%) .NET Framework
4 12 (2.67%) PyTorch
5 8 (1.78%) pytest
6 7 (1.56%) 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
1 166 (36.89%) Algorithms
2 47 (10.44%) Embedded Systems
3 36 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
4 30 (6.67%) FPGA
5 25 (5.56%) VHDL
6 24 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (4.44%) GNSS
8 19 (4.22%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.22%) Robotics
9 11 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.44%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.78%) Acoustics
10 8 (1.78%) BBC
10 8 (1.78%) MicroBlaze
11 7 (1.56%) 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 (8.22%) Linux
2 24 (5.33%) Windows
3 12 (2.67%) 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 (31.33%) Software Engineering
2 112 (24.89%) Validation
3 108 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (23.56%) Agile
5 83 (18.44%) Mathematics
6 70 (15.56%) Physics
7 66 (14.67%) Signal Processing
8 65 (14.44%) Verification and Validation
9 64 (14.22%) Machine Learning
10 61 (13.56%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 61 (13.56%) Prototyping
11 59 (13.11%) Computer Science
12 47 (10.44%) Artificial Intelligence
12 47 (10.44%) Systems Engineering
13 43 (9.56%) Software Testing
14 41 (9.11%) Visualisation
15 39 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
16 38 (8.44%) Data Science
17 37 (8.22%) Analytics
17 37 (8.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 214 (47.56%) Python
2 133 (29.56%) C
3 92 (20.44%) C++
4 61 (13.56%) C#
5 37 (8.22%) Embedded C
6 31 (6.89%) R
7 27 (6.00%) SQL
8 26 (5.78%) Java
9 23 (5.11%) JavaScript
9 23 (5.11%) Perl
10 18 (4.00%) VBA
11 12 (2.67%) VB.NET
12 11 (2.44%) PHP
13 10 (2.22%) Fortran
14 8 (1.78%) Tcl
14 8 (1.78%) 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 (53.11%) Degree
2 142 (31.56%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.44%) SC Cleared
4 36 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (7.56%) Master's Degree
6 29 (6.44%) PhD
7 28 (6.22%) DV Cleared
8 24 (5.33%) HND
9 14 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.56%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.89%) CESG Certified Professional
13 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.44%) CFA
15 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
15 1 (0.22%) MCSA
15 1 (0.22%) MCSE
15 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.11%) ISO 26262
2 33 (7.33%) Automotive SPICE
3 29 (6.44%) AUTOSAR
4 28 (6.22%) 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 (5.56%) Firmware
2 15 (3.33%) Docker
3 11 (2.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (5.11%) 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 (5.56%) IBM
2 21 (4.67%) Lauterbach
3 14 (3.11%) Xilinx
4 12 (2.67%) Microsoft
4 12 (2.67%) Oracle
5 8 (1.78%) Altera
5 8 (1.78%) Google
5 8 (1.78%) Green Hills
5 8 (1.78%) Motorola
6 7 (1.56%) Facebook
6 7 (1.56%) Instagram
6 7 (1.56%) 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