JetBrains Kotlin
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kotlin skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kotlin over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 340 189
Rank change year-on-year -82 -151 +97
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 614 942 3,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.99% 2.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.81% 2.35% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 476 733 1,168
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Programming Languages
UK

Kotlin is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,947 40,085 91,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.25% 42.29% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,291 26,714 43,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kotlin as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kotlin in the UK

Kotlin
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kotlin.

Salary trend for Kotlin in the UK

Kotlin
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kotlin over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Kotlin in the UK

Kotlin
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
England -72 542 £80,000 -3.03% 160
London -55 344 £90,000 - 123
Work from Home -80 263 £80,000 -5.88% 87
UK excluding London -14 248 £60,000 -14.29% 44
South East +12 77 £45,000 -40.00% 8
North of England +17 44 £52,500 -36.36% 10
Scotland -31 42 £76,250 +8.93% 6
South West -34 32 £65,000 +8.33% 5
North West -21 29 £60,000 -27.27% 7
East of England -9 26 £85,000 +54.55% 10
Yorkshire +56 15 £36,250 -56.06% 2
Midlands -9 15 £62,500 +6.38% 1
West Midlands -10 11 £67,500 +8.00% 1
Northern Ireland +26 7 £100,000 +11.11% 3
Wales -5 5 £70,000 +154.55% 1

Kotlin
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (5.05%) Apache Spark
2 30 (4.89%) Apache
3 11 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.14%) nginx
5 4 (0.65%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
7 2 (0.33%) IIS
7 2 (0.33%) Liferay
7 2 (0.33%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (3.26%) Simulink
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 320 (52.12%) AWS
2 113 (18.40%) Azure
3 78 (12.70%) GCP
4 37 (6.03%) Google Play
5 23 (3.75%) SaaS
6 16 (2.61%) Firebase
6 16 (2.61%) GitHub
7 12 (1.95%) Serverless
8 9 (1.47%) npm
9 7 (1.14%) Yarn
10 6 (0.98%) AWS IoT
11 4 (0.65%) SonarCloud
12 3 (0.49%) IaaS
13 2 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.33%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.33%) CloudFront
13 2 (0.33%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.33%) PaaS
14 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.14%) AMQP
2 5 (0.81%) Wireless
3 4 (0.65%) Internet
4 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (17.75%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (10.42%) NoSQL
3 28 (4.56%) MySQL
4 18 (2.93%) Redis
5 14 (2.28%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.95%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.79%) Apache Hive
7 11 (1.79%) Presto
8 10 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.63%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.30%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.65%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.65%) Bigtable
10 4 (0.65%) Flink
11 3 (0.49%) Big Data
11 3 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.33%) DTS
12 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (12.05%) Git
2 47 (7.65%) Android Studio
3 25 (4.07%) Bitbucket
3 25 (4.07%) JIRA
4 21 (3.42%) Vagrant
5 14 (2.28%) GitLab
5 14 (2.28%) Maven
6 13 (2.12%) Appium
6 13 (2.12%) Selenium
7 11 (1.79%) JUnit
8 10 (1.63%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.63%) Xcode
9 7 (1.14%) Mocha
9 7 (1.14%) Subversion
10 6 (0.98%) Crashlytics
10 6 (0.98%) Gradle
10 6 (0.98%) Mockito
11 5 (0.81%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.65%) fastlane
12 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
General
1 127 (20.68%) Finance
2 66 (10.75%) Banking
3 56 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (8.63%) Law
5 41 (6.68%) Social Skills
6 38 (6.19%) Investment Banking
7 26 (4.23%) Legal
8 17 (2.77%) Tech for Good
9 14 (2.28%) Front Office
10 13 (2.12%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.95%) Electronics
11 12 (1.95%) Turkish Language
12 10 (1.63%) Back Office
12 10 (1.63%) Billing
13 9 (1.47%) Marketing
14 8 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
15 7 (1.14%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.98%) Mandarin Language
17 5 (0.81%) Aviation
18 4 (0.65%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 256 (41.69%) Developer
2 253 (41.21%) Software Engineer
3 124 (20.20%) Senior
4 83 (13.52%) Lead
5 63 (10.26%) Android Developer
6 62 (10.10%) Senior Developer
7 59 (9.61%) Java Developer
8 49 (7.98%) Senior Software Engineer
9 48 (7.82%) Java Engineer
10 42 (6.84%) Android Engineer
10 42 (6.84%) Senior Android Developer
11 36 (5.86%) Java Software Engineer
11 36 (5.86%) Software Developer
12 27 (4.40%) Android Software Engineer
13 26 (4.23%) Lead Software Engineer
14 25 (4.07%) Mobile Developer
15 24 (3.91%) Lead Developer
16 23 (3.75%) Architect
16 23 (3.75%) Principal Engineer
17 20 (3.26%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (12.21%) React
2 70 (11.40%) Android Jetpack
3 61 (9.93%) Kafka
4 50 (8.14%) REST
5 48 (7.82%) Middleware
6 45 (7.33%) Spring
7 44 (7.17%) Jetpack Compose
8 35 (5.70%) GraphQL
9 34 (5.54%) RESTful
9 34 (5.54%) Spring Boot
10 31 (5.05%) Node.js
11 29 (4.72%) CSS
12 25 (4.07%) HTML
13 23 (3.75%) React Native
13 23 (3.75%) Web Services
14 20 (3.26%) Android SDK
14 20 (3.26%) Lambda Expressions
14 20 (3.26%) Redux
15 19 (3.09%) http4s
16 18 (2.93%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.10%) Mobile App
2 38 (6.19%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (4.89%) Algorithms
4 25 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 24 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.42%) Cloud Native
7 19 (3.09%) Client/Server
8 15 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.12%) Animation
10 12 (1.95%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.79%) IoT
11 11 (1.79%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.63%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.30%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.14%) Video Editing
15 6 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (0.98%) PropTech
16 5 (0.81%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 175 (28.50%) Android
2 62 (10.10%) Apple iOS
3 58 (9.45%) Linux
4 21 (3.42%) CentOS
4 21 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (3.42%) Ubuntu
5 10 (1.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (53.26%) Software Engineering
2 296 (48.21%) Agile
3 170 (27.69%) Fintech
4 152 (24.76%) CI/CD
5 94 (15.31%) Microservices
6 86 (14.01%) Machine Learning
7 85 (13.84%) SDLC
8 81 (13.19%) TDD
9 79 (12.87%) Test Automation
10 76 (12.38%) Android Development
11 72 (11.73%) Computer Science
11 72 (11.73%) Mentoring
12 68 (11.07%) MVVM
12 68 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
13 65 (10.59%) Artificial Intelligence
14 64 (10.42%) Scrum
15 61 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 60 (9.77%) DevOps
17 53 (8.63%) Full Stack Development
18 52 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 421 (68.57%) Java
2 116 (18.89%) Python
3 95 (15.47%) JavaScript
4 94 (15.31%) Scala
5 85 (13.84%) SQL
6 60 (9.77%) TypeScript
7 46 (7.49%) Swift
8 44 (7.17%) Go
9 28 (4.56%) C++
10 17 (2.77%) C#
11 14 (2.28%) PHP
12 12 (1.95%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.30%) Clojure
14 7 (1.14%) C
15 6 (0.98%) Rust
16 4 (0.65%) Bash
16 4 (0.65%) Ruby
17 3 (0.49%) Dart
17 3 (0.49%) Groovy
17 3 (0.49%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 76 (12.38%) Degree
2 50 (8.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (6.03%) Security Cleared
4 36 (5.86%) SC Cleared
5 6 (0.98%) AWS Certification
5 6 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.93%) QA
2 10 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.81%) GDPR
5 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 57 (9.28%) Docker
2 19 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 147 (23.94%) Terraform
2 79 (12.87%) Ansible
3 59 (9.61%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.30%) Grafana
4 8 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (12.21%) Google
2 44 (7.17%) Microsoft
3 20 (3.26%) Xilinx
4 15 (2.44%) Databricks
5 6 (0.98%) Amplitude
6 5 (0.81%) Apple
7 4 (0.65%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.33%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.33%) OpenText
8 2 (0.33%) Pega
8 2 (0.33%) QNX
8 2 (0.33%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.16%) BEA
9 1 (0.16%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.16%) Spotify