The first table below looks at the demand for Scala skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Scala over the 3 months to 23 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 South West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scala
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Scala 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.050% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.138% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
723 1243 1011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.97% 38.31% 35.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 718 457
Average daily rate £325 £375 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +23.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 75 93
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% -7.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.50 £21.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £46.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Scala
England

Scala
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Scala Daily Rate Trend

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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Scala
England

Scala
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 17 (94.44%) Java
2 16 (88.89%) Oracle
3 15 (83.33%) ITIL
3 15 (83.33%) Windows
3 15 (83.33%) Linux
3 15 (83.33%) Benchmarking
3 15 (83.33%) C
3 15 (83.33%) MySQL
3 15 (83.33%) Service Management
3 15 (83.33%) QlikView
3 15 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 15 (83.33%) Drools
4 2 (11.11%) Git (software)
5 1 (5.556%) Hibernate
5 1 (5.556%) Subversion
5 1 (5.556%) Spring
5 1 (5.556%) J2EE

Scala
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 15 (83.33%) Drools
2 1 (5.556%) Hibernate
2 1 (5.556%) Spring
2 1 (5.556%) J2EE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (83.33%) MySQL
1 15 (83.33%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.556%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Applications Manager
1 7 (38.89%) Software Manager
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Applications Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Scala Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Java Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Applications Support
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
1 15 (83.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) ITIL
1 15 (83.33%) Benchmarking
1 15 (83.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) Java
2 15 (83.33%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Oracle