Scala Developer Job Trends

Scala Developer
UK

The median Scala Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 631 686
Rank change year-on-year +4 +55 +254
Permanent jobs requiring a Scala Developer 26 62 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 66
10th Percentile - £90,500 -
25th Percentile - £92,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £100,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £108,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £131,250 £110,000 £81,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 56,506 49,067 60,891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 92.30% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 35,084 25,365 47,305
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £29,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.94%

Scala Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Scala Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Scala Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Scala Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Scala Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Scala Developer job vacancies in the UK

Scala Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scala Developer over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scala Developer in the UK

Scala Developer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scala Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
England +16 17 £127,500 +27.50% 25
London +34 10 £127,500 +34.21% 17
Work from Home +72 9 £155,000 +53.09% 25
UK excluding London +3 7 £90,000 - 18
North of England -23 5 £90,000 -
North East -11 2 - -
North West - 2 £90,000 -
South West - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -40 1 - -

Scala Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Scala Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Scala Developer in the job title.

1 24 (92.31%) Scala
2 9 (34.62%) Agile
2 9 (34.62%) Akka
2 9 (34.62%) Analytics
2 9 (34.62%) Docker
2 9 (34.62%) Kubernetes
2 9 (34.62%) TDD
3 8 (30.77%) Acceptance Criteria
3 8 (30.77%) Broadband
3 8 (30.77%) Data Analytics
3 8 (30.77%) Open Source
3 8 (30.77%) Scrum
4 7 (26.92%) Jenkins
4 7 (26.92%) Kanban
4 7 (26.92%) Pair Programming
4 7 (26.92%) TeamCity
5 4 (15.38%) AWS
5 4 (15.38%) Functional Programming
6 3 (11.54%) Garbage Collection
6 3 (11.54%) GCP
6 3 (11.54%) Low Latency
6 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.69%) Algorithmic Trading
7 2 (7.69%) Concurrent Programming
7 2 (7.69%) Containerisation
7 2 (7.69%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (7.69%) JVM Tuning
7 2 (7.69%) Kafka
7 2 (7.69%) Memory Management
7 2 (7.69%) Quantitative Trading

Scala Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Broadband
2 1 (3.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Jenkins
1 7 (26.92%) TeamCity
2 2 (7.69%) VisualVM
2 2 (7.69%) YourKit
3 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 2 (7.69%) Finance
1 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Front Office
2 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (34.62%) Akka
2 2 (7.69%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (7.69%) Kafka
3 1 (3.85%) JSON
3 1 (3.85%) Play Framework
3 1 (3.85%) React
3 1 (3.85%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) RESTful
3 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Distributed Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Video\Live Streaming
2 7 (26.92%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Agile
1 9 (34.62%) Analytics
1 9 (34.62%) TDD
2 8 (30.77%) Acceptance Criteria
2 8 (30.77%) Data Analytics
2 8 (30.77%) Open Source
2 8 (30.77%) Scrum
3 7 (26.92%) Kanban
3 7 (26.92%) Pair Programming
4 4 (15.38%) Functional Programming
5 3 (11.54%) Garbage Collection
5 3 (11.54%) Low Latency
5 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.69%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (7.69%) Concurrent Programming
6 2 (7.69%) Containerisation
6 2 (7.69%) JVM Tuning
6 2 (7.69%) Memory Management
6 2 (7.69%) Quantitative Trading
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) Scala
2 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) Kubernetes