Scala Developer
UK

The median Scala Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 795 919 1040
Rank change year-on-year +124 +121 -229
Permanent jobs requiring a Scala Developer 89 56 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.056% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.062% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 77 43 93
10th Percentile - £55,700 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -18.92% +8.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £117,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £105,000 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £69,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.29% +53.33% -45.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Scala Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Scala Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Scala Developer in the UK

Scala Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scala Developer.

Salary trend for Scala Developer in the UK

Scala Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scala Developer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Scala Developer in the UK

Scala Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scala Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +114 66 £62,500 -16.67% 18
Work from Home +98 54 £55,000 -24.14% 13
UK excluding London +30 39 £55,000 -20.29% 7
London +107 24 £70,000 -6.67% 12
North of England +52 17 £55,000 -20.29% 4
Yorkshire - 10 £55,000 - 4
South East - 9 £60,000 - 2
North West +4 6 £55,000 -20.29%
Scotland - 3 £55,000 - 1
South West - 3 £55,000 -
Wales - 3 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £55,000 -
Midlands - 2 £55,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £55,000 -
North East - 1 £67,500 -

Scala Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Scala Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Scala Developer in the job title.

1 89 (100.00%) Scala
2 57 (64.04%) Java
3 45 (50.56%) Technical Architecture
4 24 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (25.84%) Akka
6 21 (23.60%) JSON
6 21 (23.60%) Agile
7 19 (21.35%) CI/CD
7 19 (21.35%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (20.22%) Social Skills
8 18 (20.22%) SQL
9 17 (19.10%) RDBMS
9 17 (19.10%) Relational Database
9 17 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (17.98%) Microservices
11 15 (16.85%) Mentoring
12 13 (14.61%) AWS
13 12 (13.48%) Play Framework
13 12 (13.48%) TDD
14 10 (11.24%) TypeScript
14 10 (11.24%) MongoDB
14 10 (11.24%) RESTful
15 9 (10.11%) Mercator
16 8 (8.99%) Artificial Intelligence
16 8 (8.99%) Software Engineering
16 8 (8.99%) Test Automation
16 8 (8.99%) Blockchain
17 7 (7.87%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (7.87%) Line Management
17 7 (7.87%) Scrum

Scala Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (14.61%) AWS
2 2 (2.25%) Azure
2 2 (2.25%) GCP
2 2 (2.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.10%) RDBMS
1 17 (19.10%) Relational Database
2 10 (11.24%) MongoDB
3 6 (6.74%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Git
2 4 (4.49%) JIRA
3 2 (2.25%) IntelliJ
3 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.25%) ScalaTest
General
1 18 (20.22%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.49%) Banking
3 4 (4.49%) Finance
3 4 (4.49%) Health Technology
3 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (25.84%) Akka
2 21 (23.60%) JSON
3 12 (13.48%) Play Framework
4 10 (11.24%) RESTful
5 4 (4.49%) HTML
5 4 (4.49%) REST
6 2 (2.25%) Hibernate
6 2 (2.25%) Kafka
6 2 (2.25%) Spring
6 2 (2.25%) Spring Boot
6 2 (2.25%) Vue
6 2 (2.25%) Web Services
6 2 (2.25%) WireMock
7 1 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.35%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (8.99%) Blockchain
3 4 (4.49%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (2.25%) Kindle
5 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (50.56%) Technical Architecture
2 24 (26.97%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (23.60%) Agile
4 19 (21.35%) CI/CD
5 16 (17.98%) Microservices
6 15 (16.85%) Mentoring
7 12 (13.48%) TDD
8 8 (8.99%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (8.99%) Software Engineering
8 8 (8.99%) Test Automation
9 7 (7.87%) Line Management
9 7 (7.87%) Project Management
9 7 (7.87%) Scrum
10 6 (6.74%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (6.74%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (5.62%) Coaching
11 5 (5.62%) DevOps
12 4 (4.49%) Front End Development
12 4 (4.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 89 (100.00%) Scala
2 57 (64.04%) Java
3 18 (20.22%) SQL
4 10 (11.24%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) C++
6 1 (1.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (7.87%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (4.49%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (3.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.25%) Grafana
2 2 (2.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 9 (10.11%) Mercator
2 2 (2.25%) Oracle