Scala Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Scala
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Scala skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 42 64
Rank change year-on-year -36 +22 +6
Contract jobs citing Scala 1 12 7
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.13% 2.46% 0.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.37% 6.45% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £388 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -29.17%
75th Percentile £463 £538 -
90th Percentile - £593 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -29.17%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

Scala falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 272 186 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 35.37% 38.11% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 123 171
10th Percentile £341 £351 £313
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £28.34 £23.70
25th Percentile - £31.47 £30.08
Median hourly rate - £90.42 £41.35
Median % change year-on-year - +118.64% -37.58%
75th Percentile - £102.00 £51.99
90th Percentile - - £58.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £61.61 £23.74
% change year-on-year - +159.50% -64.16%

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scala relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Scala job vacancy trend in Leeds

Scala
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Scala.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Scala

Scala
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Scala Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform