Scala Engineer Contracts in London

Scala Engineer
England > London

The median Scala Engineer daily rate in London is £413, 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 349 378 455
Rank change year-on-year +29 +77 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Scala Engineer 4 13 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.073% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.078% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 28
10th Percentile £374 £396 -
25th Percentile £391 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -36.54% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £500 £700 £638
90th Percentile £613 £710 £725
England median daily rate £400 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -15.38%

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%

Scala Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scala Engineer in London

Scala Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Scala Engineer in London

Scala Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scala Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scala Engineer in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Scala Engineer 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 Scala Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Scala
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Apache Spark
3 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Derivative
4 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Kafka
4 1 (25.00%) Go
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap

Scala Engineer 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 2 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 2 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Scala
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) Go
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks