Scala Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Scala
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Scala skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +31
Contract jobs citing Scala 1 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.43% 4.40% 1.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.43% 17.78% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £498 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -
North East median daily rate £400 £498 £400
% change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -

All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 70 45 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 30.04% 24.73% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 30 25
10th Percentile £400 £343 £338
25th Percentile £422 £409 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £600
90th Percentile £575 £612 £655
North East median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.60 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.00 - -
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile £50.40 - -
North East median hourly rate £44.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.72% - -6.71%

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Scala as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Scala in Tyne and Wear

Scala
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Scala.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Scala

Scala
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scala within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -13 1 £400 -19.60% 1
Scala
North East

Scala
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Akka
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana