Scala Jobs in Scotland

Scala
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Scala skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Scala over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 75 184
Rank change year-on-year -69 +109 +23
Permanent jobs citing Scala 6 349 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.21% 5.18% 0.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% 9.18% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile - - £61,180
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £62,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,250 £70,974
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -13.70% +18.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,056 £77,715
90th Percentile - £90,306 £84,075
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -

All Programming Languages
Scotland

Scala falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 922 3,802 2,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 32.73% 56.45% 43.48%
Number of salaries quoted 738 1,145 1,156
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Scala in Scotland

Scala
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scala in Scotland.

Salary trend for Scala in Scotland

Scala
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scala within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +7 4 - - 4
Edinburgh +2 2 £70,000 -13.65% 2
Scala
UK

Scala
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (16.67%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Java Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Server Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (50.00%) Compass CSS Framework
1 3 (50.00%) React
1 3 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (16.67%) Servlets
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Unit Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (50.00%) Microservices
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) SOLID
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Low Latency
4 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Elixir
2 2 (33.33%) F#
2 2 (33.33%) Go
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Ruby
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Sybase