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Scala

Scala appeared in 3 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #14 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026+50%vs prior
3
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
28mentions · January 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Rising+50%
§ 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
1,370since April 2011 · 182 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
8
'26

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

All-time
1,370182 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
USD133Kmedian
$120k $208k middle 50% · n=12
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
12of 83 posts
Disclosure rate
14.5%
§ 03Footprint

Where Scala is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Scala posts by where the role is based.

01
United States100.0%
15
02
Asia40.0%
6
Remote Policy
40%remote
Remote
40.0%
Hybrid
60.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Scala

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Mid-level33.3%
5
02
Senior26.7%
4
03
Staff6.7%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering80.0%
12
02
Data / ML20.0%
3
§ 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
16.1×
RAG
14.7×
Kotlin
12.1×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python18778%
02TypeScript18276%
03AWS17071%
04React10142%
05Android9238%
06iOS9238%
07Terraform9038%
08Rust8536%
09Django7933%
10Kubernetes7531%
11Kotlin6628%
12RAG3816%
13Flutter3314%
14Java3314%
15Hugging Face (Transformers)2410%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Scala stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%
11
Scalayou are here
3
0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.