The first table below looks at the demand for Scala skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Scala over the 3 months to 20 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Scala
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Scala 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.471% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.871% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
574 678 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 54.10% 50.00% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 347 521 461
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Scala
Scotland

Scala
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Scala Jobs Demand Trend

Scala
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Scala across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Scala Salary Trend

Scala
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Scala across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Edinburgh Scala Salary Histogram

Scala
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Scala.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) OO
2 4 (80.00%) Games
3 3 (60.00%) Fixed Income
3 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Python
3 3 (60.00%) Perl
3 3 (60.00%) OOP
3 3 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
3 3 (60.00%) Razor Risk
4 2 (40.00%) Hedge funds
4 2 (40.00%) Online Games
4 2 (40.00%) PhD
4 2 (40.00%) Internet
4 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (40.00%) Physics
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science

Scala
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Scala. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Games
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C++ Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C++/Java Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Scala Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Online Games
2 2 (40.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (60.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) Perl
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Razor Risk