Scala Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Scala
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Scala skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 75 138
Rank change year-on-year -28 +63 +30
Permanent jobs citing Scala 15 32 4
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.83% 2.13% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.25% 7.34% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £28,750 - £52,750
25th Percentile £42,250 £48,984 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £49,493 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -10.01% -31.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,003 £56,875
90th Percentile £69,750 - £57,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,000 £49,493 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -10.01% -31.25%

All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 461 436 748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 25.54% 28.97% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 341 272 608
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,991 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%

Scala
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scala relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Scala job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Scala
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Scala.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Scala

Scala
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scala in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scala in West Yorkshire

Scala
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scala within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Leeds -28 15 £49,000 -
Scala
Yorkshire

Scala
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 5 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (46.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
1 9 (60.00%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Java Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Data Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Scala Developer
4 4 (26.67%) Senior Java Developer
5 3 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) Senior Scala Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Java Scala Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Java Software Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Junior
6 2 (13.33%) Junior Data Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) Lead Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Principal Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Principal Java Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Java Scala Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Java Software Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Flutter
1 4 (26.67%) React
2 3 (20.00%) Spring
3 2 (13.33%) Spring Boot
4 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
4 1 (6.67%) Kafka
4 1 (6.67%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (33.33%) Data Science
2 5 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 5 (33.33%) Open Source
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Data Design
3 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (26.67%) SDLC
3 4 (26.67%) Secure Coding
3 4 (26.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (20.00%) Data Security
5 2 (13.33%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 7 (46.67%) Kotlin
3 6 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (26.67%) Go
5 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (13.33%) C#
6 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Databricks
1 5 (33.33%) Oracle
1 5 (33.33%) Palantir