Java Scala Developer Contracts in London

Scala Java Developer
England > London

The median Scala Java Developer daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 389 477
Rank change year-on-year +42 +88 +110
Contract jobs requiring a Java Scala Developer 6 2 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.048% 0.011% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.012% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile - £616 £482
25th Percentile - £641 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £713 £535
Median % change year-on-year -43.86% +33.18% +0.71%
75th Percentile £438 £766 £587
90th Percentile £460 £779 £709
England median daily rate £400 £713 £535
% change year-on-year -43.86% +33.18% +0.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Java Scala Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Java Scala Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Java Scala Developer in London

Java Scala Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Java Scala Developer in London.

Daily rate trend for Java Scala Developer in London

Java Scala Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Scala Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +4 1 £450 -41.94%
Java Scala Developer
England

Java Scala Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Java Scala Developer contract 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 contract job ads across the London region featuring Java Scala Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Scala
2 3 (50.00%) Big Data
2 3 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 3 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) JIRA
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Spark Streaming
3 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) Cloudera
3 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) Parallel Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Node.js
4 1 (16.67%) CSS3
4 1 (16.67%) Splunk
4 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (16.67%) PaaS
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
4 1 (16.67%) RESTful

Java Scala Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (16.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Big Data
2 1 (16.67%) DB2
2 1 (16.67%) Hadoop
2 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (16.67%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 2 (33.33%) Spark Streaming
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) CSS3
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
2 1 (16.67%) Spring
2 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Derivative
1 1 (16.67%) Exotic Derivative
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Parallel Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Scala
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) Perl
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cloudera
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Sybase