Scala Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Scala skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scala over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scala
Rank 95 104 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing Scala 25 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.025% 0.038% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.390% 0.154% -
Number of daily rates quoted 19 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £368 £308
% change year-on-year
+15.64% +19.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 1046 649 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 42.89% 24.50% 29.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 302 421
Average daily rate £355 £313 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.60% -8.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 21
Average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -12.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £16.00 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £32.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Scala
UK

Scala
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Scala across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland Scala Jobs Demand Trend

Scala
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Scala across the Scotland region.

Scotland Scala Daily Rate Trend

Scala
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Scala across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Scala Daily Rate Histogram

Scala
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scala within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow +3 24 £425 -
Edinburgh - 2 £419 -
Scala
UK

Scala
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Scala also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Scala.

1 18 (66.67%) Java
2 16 (59.26%) Multithreading
3 14 (51.85%) C#
4 12 (44.44%) Spring
4 12 (44.44%) WPF
4 12 (44.44%) MongoDB
5 11 (40.74%) Banking
6 9 (33.33%) Hibernate
6 9 (33.33%) C++
6 9 (33.33%) Perl
7 8 (29.63%) SQL
8 7 (25.93%) .NET
8 7 (25.93%) Python
8 7 (25.93%) Fixed Income
8 7 (25.93%) Investment Banking
8 7 (25.93%) WCF
9 6 (22.22%) Web Services
10 5 (18.52%) J2SE
10 5 (18.52%) RDBMS
10 5 (18.52%) UNIX
10 5 (18.52%) Linux
11 4 (14.81%) TIBCO
11 4 (14.81%) TIBCO EMS
12 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
12 3 (11.11%) MVC
12 3 (11.11%) JSON
12 3 (11.11%) Mathematics
12 3 (11.11%) Computer Science

Scala
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Scala also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Scala. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (44.44%) Spring
1 12 (44.44%) WPF
2 9 (33.33%) Hibernate
3 7 (25.93%) .NET
3 7 (25.93%) WCF
4 6 (22.22%) Web Services
5 5 (18.52%) J2SE
6 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
6 3 (11.11%) JSON
6 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (7.407%) LINQ
8 1 (3.704%) jQuery
8 1 (3.704%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (3.704%) Ajax
8 1 (3.704%) EJB
8 1 (3.704%) CSS
8 1 (3.704%) STL
8 1 (3.704%) XML
8 1 (3.704%) J2EE
8 1 (3.704%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.704%) Gephi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (44.44%) MongoDB
2 5 (18.52%) RDBMS
3 3 (11.11%) DB2
4 2 (7.407%) Hadoop
4 2 (7.407%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.704%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JUnit
General
1 11 (40.74%) Banking
2 7 (25.93%) Investment Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Retail Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Retail
3 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.407%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Games
4 1 (3.704%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) Java Developer
3 7 (25.93%) C++ Developer
4 6 (22.22%) C++/Java Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Scala Developer
5 4 (14.81%) .NET Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Software Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) C# Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Senior Java Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Fixed Income
2 3 (11.11%) Mathematics
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.407%) Open Source
3 2 (7.407%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (3.704%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.704%) Derivative
4 1 (3.704%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) UNIX
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Multithreading
2 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (11.11%) MVC
2 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
4 1 (3.704%) SOA
4 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.704%) UML
4 1 (3.704%) OO
4 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.704%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.704%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (3.704%) MVVM
4 1 (3.704%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (3.704%) Web Application Development
4 1 (3.704%) Data Analytics
4 1 (3.704%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) Java
2 14 (51.85%) C#
3 9 (33.33%) C++
3 9 (33.33%) Perl
4 8 (29.63%) SQL
5 7 (25.93%) Python
6 3 (11.11%) VB
7 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
7 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.704%) Haskell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) TIBCO
2 3 (11.11%) Sybase
Java Developer - Glasgow
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
My Glasgow based software development house require an experienced Java Developer to join the team on a contract basis. The following skills are key to the role and...
FPSG Connect
Posted: 16 May 2013
Java Developer (Scala) - Glasgow
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
My Glasgow based software development house require an experienced Java Developer with experience of Scala to join the team on a contract basis. The following skills are key...
FPSG Connect
Posted: 16 May 2013
Scala Developer
Glasgow, Scotland
The role would particularly suit candidates who have a foundation in Java with particular emphasis on Scala and DB2. You should also possess good business analytical skills, strong...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: market rates
Posted: 24 April 2013
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