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 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 828 907 1045
Rank change year-on-year +79 +138 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Scala Developer 86 57 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.060% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 77 44 95
10th Percentile - £55,000 £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% +10.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £90,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £119,375 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £69,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.29% +53.33% -33.33%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
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 £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 5 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 5 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 +130 66 £65,000 -10.34% 17
Work from Home +92 58 £55,000 -24.14% 13
UK excluding London +26 36 £55,000 -20.29% 4
London +125 24 £70,000 -6.67% 12
North of England +58 14 £55,000 -20.29% 2
South East - 9 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 7 £55,000 - 2
North West +18 6 £55,000 -20.29%
Scotland - 3 £55,000 -
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 5 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 86 (100.00%) Scala
2 59 (68.60%) Java
3 47 (54.65%) Technical Architecture
4 26 (30.23%) Akka
4 26 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (26.74%) JSON
6 21 (24.42%) CI/CD
6 21 (24.42%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
7 20 (23.26%) Agile
7 20 (23.26%) SQL
8 19 (22.09%) RDBMS
8 19 (22.09%) Relational Database
8 19 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (19.77%) Microservices
10 14 (16.28%) Mentoring
10 14 (16.28%) AWS
11 12 (13.95%) Play Framework
12 11 (12.79%) TDD
13 9 (10.47%) Mercator
13 9 (10.47%) MongoDB
13 9 (10.47%) RESTful
14 8 (9.30%) Test Automation
14 8 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
14 8 (9.30%) Software Engineering
15 7 (8.14%) Scrum
15 7 (8.14%) Project Management
15 7 (8.14%) TypeScript
15 7 (8.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (8.14%) Line Management

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 14 (16.28%) AWS
2 2 (2.33%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) GCP
2 2 (2.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (22.09%) RDBMS
1 19 (22.09%) Relational Database
2 9 (10.47%) MongoDB
3 6 (6.98%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.65%) Big Data
5 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Git
2 4 (4.65%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.16%) ScalaTest
General
1 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.65%) Banking
3 4 (4.65%) Finance
3 4 (4.65%) Health Technology
4 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.16%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (30.23%) Akka
2 23 (26.74%) JSON
3 12 (13.95%) Play Framework
4 9 (10.47%) RESTful
5 4 (4.65%) HTML
5 4 (4.65%) REST
6 2 (2.33%) Hibernate
6 2 (2.33%) Kafka
6 2 (2.33%) Spring
6 2 (2.33%) Spring Boot
6 2 (2.33%) Vue
7 1 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (1.16%) Web Services
7 1 (1.16%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.42%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.81%) Blockchain
3 4 (4.65%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (2.33%) Kindle
5 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (54.65%) Technical Architecture
2 26 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (24.42%) CI/CD
4 20 (23.26%) Agile
5 17 (19.77%) Microservices
6 14 (16.28%) Mentoring
7 11 (12.79%) TDD
8 8 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (9.30%) Software Engineering
8 8 (9.30%) Test Automation
9 7 (8.14%) Line Management
9 7 (8.14%) Project Management
9 7 (8.14%) Scrum
10 5 (5.81%) Coaching
10 5 (5.81%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (5.81%) Continuous Integration
10 5 (5.81%) DevOps
11 4 (4.65%) Machine Learning
11 4 (4.65%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 86 (100.00%) Scala
2 59 (68.60%) Java
3 20 (23.26%) SQL
4 7 (8.14%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.16%) C++
6 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (8.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.49%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Grafana
2 1 (1.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 9 (10.47%) Mercator
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle