Scala Developer Job Trends

Scala Developer
UK

The median Scala Developer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 651 661
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 +281
Permanent jobs requiring a Scala Developer 22 63 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 57
10th Percentile - £90,250 £54,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £92,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £97,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% +77.27% -31.25%
75th Percentile £100,313 £109,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £131,250 £110,000 £84,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - £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 54,127 49,926 51,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.94% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33,436 25,964 39,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £30,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scala Developer in the UK

Scala Developer
Top 10 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 9 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 +18 16 £108,750 +11.54% 19
London +46 8 £127,500 +34.21% 11
UK excluding London +22 8 £65,000 - 15
North of England -21 8 £65,000 - 1
Work from Home +77 7 £65,000 -35.80% 20
North East -1 5 £65,000 -
Yorkshire -30 3 £65,000 - 1
Midlands +27 2 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands +25 2 £65,000 -
North West - 2 £90,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 20 (90.91%) Scala
2 7 (31.82%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) TDD
3 6 (27.27%) Akka
3 6 (27.27%) Docker
3 6 (27.27%) Kubernetes
3 6 (27.27%) Pair Programming
4 5 (22.73%) Analytics
4 5 (22.73%) Scrum
5 4 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (18.18%) Broadband
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analytics
5 4 (18.18%) Functional Programming
5 4 (18.18%) Jenkins
5 4 (18.18%) Kanban
5 4 (18.18%) Open Source
5 4 (18.18%) TeamCity
5 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (13.64%) AWS
6 3 (13.64%) Garbage Collection
6 3 (13.64%) Low Latency
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
7 2 (9.09%) Algorithmic Trading
7 2 (9.09%) Backlog Refinement
7 2 (9.09%) C#
7 2 (9.09%) Code Quality
7 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (9.09%) Concurrent Programming

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 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Jenkins
1 4 (18.18%) TeamCity
2 2 (9.09%) VisualVM
2 2 (9.09%) YourKit
3 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) Akka
2 2 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) Spring
2 2 (9.09%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.55%) JSON
3 1 (4.55%) Play Framework
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) RESTful
3 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (18.18%) Over-the-Top Content
2 4 (18.18%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Agile
1 7 (31.82%) TDD
2 6 (27.27%) Pair Programming
3 5 (22.73%) Analytics
3 5 (22.73%) Scrum
4 4 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (18.18%) Data Analytics
4 4 (18.18%) Functional Programming
4 4 (18.18%) Kanban
4 4 (18.18%) Open Source
4 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (13.64%) Garbage Collection
5 3 (13.64%) Low Latency
5 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.09%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (9.09%) Concurrent Programming
6 2 (9.09%) Containerisation
6 2 (9.09%) JVM Tuning
6 2 (9.09%) Memory Management
6 2 (9.09%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) Scala
2 2 (9.09%) C#
2 2 (9.09%) Java
2 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.09%) Kotlin
2 2 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Kubernetes