Scala Contracts in Northern Ireland

Scala
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Scala skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scala over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 20 32
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 -
Contract jobs citing Scala 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.52% 2.68% 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.67% 11.11% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £312 £475 -
25th Percentile £371 £484 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% - -
75th Percentile £608 £522 -
90th Percentile £621 £531 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 60 36 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 37.74% 24.16% 29.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 18 38
10th Percentile £273 £318 -
25th Percentile £325 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £443 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% -1.67% -7.22%
75th Percentile £517 £505 £530
90th Percentile £627 £575 £615
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £27.03 £19.02 -
25th Percentile £33.86 £23.37 £13.25
Median hourly rate £47.85 £31.25 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% +131.48% -28.95%
75th Percentile £64.47 £31.88 £13.75
90th Percentile £72.87 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Scala as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Scala in Northern Ireland

Scala
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scala in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Scala in Northern Ireland

Scala
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate histogram for Scala in Northern Ireland

Scala
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scala within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -10 4 £504 +0.75% 2
Scala
UK

Scala
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Apache Hive
1 2 (50.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (25.00%) HBase
2 1 (25.00%) Impala
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Wholesale Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Big Data Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Software Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Big Data Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (50.00%) Apache Avro
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) React
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Derivative
1 2 (50.00%) Equities
1 2 (50.00%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cloudera