Scala Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Scala
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Scala skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Scala 3 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.92% 4.55% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.37% 14.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £390 £430 -
25th Percentile £394 £483 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - -
75th Percentile £431 - -
90th Percentile £450 £590 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 £550 -
% change year-on-year -27.27% - -

All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 89 62 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 27.30% 31.31% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 37 20
10th Percentile £390 £320 £219
25th Percentile £400 £358 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £474
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.01% -15.78%
75th Percentile £565 £550 £533
90th Percentile £575 £638 £621
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £440 £473
% change year-on-year +7.95% -6.88% -14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £39.40 - -
25th Percentile £44.50 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 - -

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Scala job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Scala
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Scala.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Scala

Scala
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Scala Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Scala Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Akka
2 1 (33.33%) Flask
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Play Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) API Development
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kibana
2 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform