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Scala

Scala appeared in 3 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #13 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 20260.0%vs prior
3
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJul '25 Jun '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
28mentions · January 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Flat0.0%
§ 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
1,373since April 2011 · 183 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
11
'26

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

All-time
1,373183 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 87 posts
Disclosure rate
12.6%
§ 03Footprint

Where Scala is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Scala posts by where the role is based.

01
United States90.9%
10
02
Europe (EU)9.1%
1
Remote Policy
64%remote
Remote
63.6%
Hybrid
27.3%
On-site
9.1%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Scala

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior54.5%
6
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering90.9%
10
02
Data / ML9.1%
1
§ 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
15.9×
RAG
14.7×
Kotlin
12.5×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python19579%
02TypeScript18876%
03AWS17671%
04React10442%
05Android9739%
06iOS9739%
07Terraform9538%
08Rust8835%
09Kubernetes8133%
10Django7932%
11Kotlin7028%
12RAG4117%
13Java3715%
14Flutter3313%
15Hugging Face (Transformers)2711%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Scala stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0148-7.7%
6.7%
0241-4.7%
5.7%
0320-9.1%
2.8%
0412-7.7%
1.7%
059-18%
1.3%
0680.0%
1.1%
0770.0%
1.0%
0860.0%
0.8%
096+100%
0.8%
106-14%
0.8%
11
Scalayou are here
3
0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
21 posts offer sponsorship
2.9%
Offer sponsorship
212.9%
Explicitly decline
101.4%
Don’t mention
68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.