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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +29
Contract jobs citing Scala 2 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.71% 4.00% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.44% 19.05% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% - -
North East median daily rate £400 £470 -
% change year-on-year -14.89% - -

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 82 42 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 29.08% 21.00% 23.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 25 25
10th Percentile £369 £325 £240
25th Percentile £400 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £425 £473
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -10.05% -14.09%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £540
90th Percentile £584 £600 £612
North East median daily rate £488 £425 £461
% change year-on-year +14.71% -7.86% -16.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £37.70 - -
25th Percentile £40.25 - -
Median hourly rate £48.00 - -
75th Percentile £53.25 - -
90th Percentile £54.30 - -
North East median hourly rate £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +11.52% - -30.03%

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Scala job vacancy trend 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 2 November 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 -21 2 £400 -14.89%
Scala
North East

Scala
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Akka
2 1 (50.00%) Play Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kibana