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Scala

Scala appeared in 2 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #18 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026-33%vs prior
2
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendAug '25 Jul '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
28mentions · January 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-33%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
1,375since April 2011 · 184 months
-38% YoY2025 vs 2024
160
'15
180
'16
237
PEAK
'17
157
'18
116
'19
100
'20
92
'21
66
'22
10
'23
13
'24
8
'25
13
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
1,375184 mo
↑ Best year
2017237
↓ Quietest full year
20258
Latest full year
2025-38% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Scala jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD125Kmedian
$120k $210k middle 50% · n=11
By seniority
Junior n=1
Senior n=7
Staff+ n=1

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Junior & Senior & Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
11of 90 posts
Disclosure rate
12.2%
§ 03Footprint

Where Scala is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Scala posts by where the role is based.

01
Europe (EU)81.8%
9
02
United States18.2%
2
Remote Policy
0%remote
Remote
0.0%
Hybrid
81.8%
On-site
18.2%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Scala

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Lead81.8%
9
02
Senior9.1%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering81.8%
9
02
Data / ML18.2%
2
§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Scala.

#01
Signature Stack
Scala’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Scala over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Flutter
15.3×
RAG
13.4×
Kotlin
11.9×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python20479%
02TypeScript18973%
03AWS18672%
04React11344%
05Terraform10440%
06Android9838%
07iOS9838%
08Kubernetes9135%
09Rust8834%
10Django7931%
11Kotlin7027%
12Java4618%
13RAG4116%
14Flutter3313%
15Apache Kafka2811%

% of Scala jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Scala stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01470.0%
9.0%
0240-7.0%
7.6%
0318+50%
3.4%
0412-37%
2.3%
059+80%
1.7%
068+33%
1.5%
077-22%
1.3%
086-14%
1.1%
095-17%
1.0%
104+100%
0.8%
11
Scalayou are here
2
0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · July 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.7%
Offer sponsorship
142.7%
Explicitly decline
203.8%
Don’t mention
49093.5%

Based on 524 HN job posts in July 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.