Hybrid/Remote Scala Engineer Job Trends

Scala Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Scala Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 436 526
Rank change year-on-year +73 +90 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Scala Engineer 27 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.006% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.007% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £190,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -65.79% +123.53%
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £127,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -29.41% +34.21%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,190 14,959 26,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 95.68% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10,125 9,042 22,220
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,727 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Scala Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Scala Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Scala Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Scala Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Scala Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Scala Engineer job vacancies

Scala Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, Scala Engineer 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Scala Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Scala
2 24 (88.89%) Broadband
2 24 (88.89%) Docker
3 20 (74.07%) Software Engineering
4 13 (48.15%) Agile
4 13 (48.15%) CI/CD
4 13 (48.15%) Continuous Delivery
5 12 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
5 12 (44.44%) Akka
5 12 (44.44%) Analytics
5 12 (44.44%) AWS
5 12 (44.44%) Clean Code
5 12 (44.44%) Coaching
5 12 (44.44%) Containerisation
5 12 (44.44%) Data Analytics
5 12 (44.44%) Data Science
5 12 (44.44%) GCP
5 12 (44.44%) Go
5 12 (44.44%) gRPC
5 12 (44.44%) Jenkins
5 12 (44.44%) Kanban
5 12 (44.44%) Kubernetes
5 12 (44.44%) Machine Learning
5 12 (44.44%) Microservices
5 12 (44.44%) Open Source
5 12 (44.44%) Pair Programming
5 12 (44.44%) Personalization
5 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (44.44%) Python
5 12 (44.44%) Scrum

Scala Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 12 (44.44%) AWS
1 12 (44.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (88.89%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Jenkins
1 12 (44.44%) TeamCity
General
1 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (44.44%) Akka
1 12 (44.44%) gRPC
2 1 (3.70%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 24 (88.89%) Over-the-Top Content
1 24 (88.89%) Video\Live Streaming
2 12 (44.44%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Software Engineering
2 13 (48.15%) Agile
2 13 (48.15%) CI/CD
2 13 (48.15%) Continuous Delivery
3 12 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
3 12 (44.44%) Analytics
3 12 (44.44%) Clean Code
3 12 (44.44%) Coaching
3 12 (44.44%) Containerisation
3 12 (44.44%) Data Analytics
3 12 (44.44%) Data Science
3 12 (44.44%) Kanban
3 12 (44.44%) Machine Learning
3 12 (44.44%) Microservices
3 12 (44.44%) Open Source
3 12 (44.44%) Pair Programming
3 12 (44.44%) Personalization
3 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (44.44%) Scrum
3 12 (44.44%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) Scala
2 12 (44.44%) Go
2 12 (44.44%) Python
System Software
1 24 (88.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Typelevel