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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Scala skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Scala over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkScala
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank715638922
Rank change year-on-year
Down-77Up+284
Matching permanent IT job ads97154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.090 %0.022 %0.002 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.164 %0.043 %0.005 %
Salaries quoted94143
Average salary£55,000£40,000£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50 %-33.33 %
UK excluding London average salary£50,000-£60,000
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
589903480781695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK54.48 %51.19 %45.96 %
Salaries quoted501342939269581
Average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
+6.060 %-2.940 %

Scala
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Scala within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scala Demand Trend

Scala
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Scala within the UK.

Scala Salary Trend

Scala
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Scala over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 within the UK.

Scala Salary Histogram

Scala
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scala within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-7397£55,000+37.50 %
LondonDown-5591£58,750+46.87 %
City of LondonDown-4640£67,500+68.75 %
South EastNew entry-6£50,000-
BerkshireNew entry-6£50,000-

Scala
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1141 (92.76 %)Java
272 (47.37 %)Spring
370 (46.05 %)Google
469 (45.39 %)Python
565 (42.76 %)Hibernate
661 (40.13 %)Ruby
757 (37.50 %)Erlang
856 (36.84 %)Scrum
955 (36.18 %)J2SE
1048 (31.58 %)Finance
1142 (27.63 %)Guice
1142 (27.63 %)Adobe Flex
1241 (26.97 %)Banking
1340 (26.32 %)Grid Computing
1340 (26.32 %)Database Caching
1439 (25.66 %)MySQL
1536 (23.68 %)Perl
1536 (23.68 %)Adobe
1635 (23.03 %)C#
1734 (22.37 %)Open Source
1833 (21.71 %)SQL
1932 (21.05 %)GigaSpaces
1932 (21.05 %)DataSynapse
2029 (19.08 %)Lisp
2128 (18.42 %)J2EE
2227 (17.76 %)Maven
2326 (17.11 %)OO
2425 (16.45 %)Haskell
2523 (15.13 %)Degree
2622 (14.47 %)JMX

Scala
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
172 (47.37 %)Spring
265 (42.76 %)Hibernate
355 (36.18 %)J2SE
442 (27.63 %)Guice
442 (27.63 %)Adobe Flex
528 (18.42 %)J2EE
622 (14.47 %)JMX
715 (9.868 %)JMS
814 (9.211 %)Ruby on Rails
911 (7.237 %)AJAX
109 (5.921 %)CSS
109 (5.921 %)XML
117 (4.605 %)LAMP
117 (4.605 %)Web Services
117 (4.605 %)XHTML
117 (4.605 %)XSLT
117 (4.605 %)Swing
117 (4.605 %).NET
117 (4.605 %)Oracle Coherence
117 (4.605 %)Drools
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (14.47 %)Apache
214 (9.211 %)Rendezvous
35 (3.289 %)DotNetNuke
43 (1.974 %)CMS
43 (1.974 %)GlassFish
43 (1.974 %)Drupal
51 (0.658 %)MS Exchange
51 (0.658 %)Tomcat
51 (0.658 %)Jetty
51 (0.658 %)WordPress
51 (0.658 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.658 %)Adobe Illustrator
11 (0.658 %)Photoshop
11 (0.658 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (4.605 %)Internet
26 (3.947 %)HTTP
31 (0.658 %)Broadband
31 (0.658 %)DNS
31 (0.658 %)DHCP
31 (0.658 %)AMQP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (25.66 %)MySQL
222 (14.47 %)SimpleDB
315 (9.868 %)SQL Server
42 (1.316 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.658 %)KDB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
127 (17.76 %)Maven
27 (4.605 %)JUnit
36 (3.947 %)Ant
45 (3.289 %)RSpec
45 (3.289 %)Cucumber
54 (2.632 %)Git (software)
63 (1.974 %)Subversion
72 (1.316 %)Mercurial
72 (1.316 %)Log4j
81 (0.658 %)Eclipse
81 (0.658 %)Capistrano
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
148 (31.58 %)Finance
241 (26.97 %)Banking
322 (14.47 %)Games
421 (13.82 %)Social Gaming
58 (5.263 %)Education
67 (4.605 %)Aerospace
67 (4.605 %)Back Office
67 (4.605 %)Investment Banking
67 (4.605 %)Music
73 (1.974 %)Front Office
73 (1.974 %)Legal
73 (1.974 %)Publishing
73 (1.974 %)Pensions
82 (1.316 %)Social Media
82 (1.316 %)Government
82 (1.316 %)Health
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1126 (82.89 %)Developer
279 (51.97 %)Java Developer
334 (22.37 %)Senior Developer
423 (15.13 %)Senior Java Developer
513 (8.553 %)Lead Developer
513 (8.553 %)Software Engineer
610 (6.579 %)Software Developer
79 (5.921 %)Technical Leader
79 (5.921 %)Technical Developer
88 (5.263 %)Architect
97 (4.605 %)Enterprise Architect
97 (4.605 %)C++ Developer
97 (4.605 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
97 (4.605 %)C++/Java Developer
106 (3.947 %)Senior Software Developer
115 (3.289 %)Web Developer
123 (1.974 %)Applications Developer
123 (1.974 %)Python Developer
123 (1.974 %)C# Developer
123 (1.974 %)Senior Software Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
140 (26.32 %)Grid Computing
234 (22.37 %)Open Source
320 (13.16 %)Cloud Computing
416 (10.53 %)Multithreading
513 (8.553 %)BBC
69 (5.921 %)Computer Science
74 (2.632 %)Social Network
83 (1.974 %)Mathematics
83 (1.974 %)IPTV
92 (1.316 %)Blog
92 (1.316 %)Hedge funds
101 (0.658 %)Blackberry
101 (0.658 %)Credit Derivative
101 (0.658 %)Dependency Injection
101 (0.658 %)Video on Demand
101 (0.658 %)iPhone
101 (0.658 %)Derivative
101 (0.658 %)Web 2.0
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (10.53 %)Linux
213 (8.553 %)UNIX
33 (1.974 %)Ubuntu
42 (1.316 %)Windows
51 (0.658 %)Windows XP
51 (0.658 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.658 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
156 (36.84 %)Scrum
240 (26.32 %)Database Caching
326 (17.11 %)OO
411 (7.237 %)Agile Software Development
510 (6.579 %)Software Engineering
69 (5.921 %)TDD
77 (4.605 %)TOGAF
86 (3.947 %)E-Commerce
95 (3.289 %)Content Management
95 (3.289 %)Project Management
95 (3.289 %)SOA
104 (2.632 %)BDD
104 (2.632 %)Unit Testing
104 (2.632 %)Continuous Integration
104 (2.632 %)Benchmarking
113 (1.974 %)DRM
113 (1.974 %)MVC
113 (1.974 %)Business Intelligence
113 (1.974 %)Use Case
113 (1.974 %)EDA
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1141 (92.76 %)Java
269 (45.39 %)Python
361 (40.13 %)Ruby
457 (37.50 %)Erlang
536 (23.68 %)Perl
635 (23.03 %)C#
733 (21.71 %)SQL
829 (19.08 %)Lisp
925 (16.45 %)Haskell
1021 (13.82 %)C++
1120 (13.16 %)F#
1218 (11.84 %)C
1317 (11.18 %)JavaScript
1416 (10.53 %)Bash shell
1513 (8.553 %)Groovy
1611 (7.237 %)Clojure
178 (5.263 %)XQuery
186 (3.947 %)XPath
186 (3.947 %)Fortran
186 (3.947 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (15.13 %)Degree
21 (0.658 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.974 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
121 (13.82 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.658 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
170 (46.05 %)Google
236 (23.68 %)Adobe
332 (21.05 %)GigaSpaces
332 (21.05 %)DataSynapse
420 (13.16 %)Oracle
514 (9.211 %)TIBCO
69 (5.921 %)Microsoft
77 (4.605 %)Sybase
77 (4.605 %)Yahoo!
81 (0.658 %)Perforce
81 (0.658 %)Sophis
81 (0.658 %)Cisco
81 (0.658 %)Murex
81 (0.658 %)Calypso
81 (0.658 %)HP
81 (0.658 %)Mercator
81 (0.658 %)Symantec