Senior Java Scala Developer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Scala Java Developer
England > London

The median Senior Scala Java Developer daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 - 455
Rank change year-on-year - - +149
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Scala Developer 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.015% - 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £1,010
25th Percentile - - £1,025
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £1,050
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.25%
75th Percentile - - £1,075
90th Percentile - - £1,090
England median daily rate £400 - £1,050
% change year-on-year - - +31.25%

All DemandTrendContract 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 12,425 15,229 21,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 94.03% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,364 10,494 15,713
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 196 230
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.88 £18.15
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% -8.67% +8.48%
75th Percentile £50.38 £54.06 £64.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Senior Java Scala Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Scala Developer in London

Senior Java Scala Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Scala Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Java Scala Developer job vacancies in London

Senior Java Scala Developer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior Java Scala Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
1 2 (100.00%) AWS

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Scala