Kotlin Contract Job Trends in England

JetBrains Kotlin
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Kotlin skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 353 364
Rank change year-on-year -54 +11 +45
Contract jobs citing Kotlin 174 122 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.50% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.59% 1.47% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 74 125
10th Percentile £283 £400 £350
25th Percentile £366 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £594 £630 £613
90th Percentile £680 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.08% -0.71% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 2
10th Percentile - £37.48 £77.85
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.19 £78.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.75 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.91% -44.41% +89.30%
75th Percentile £61.25 £50.25 £82.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.00 £82.35
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £80.50
% change year-on-year +22.22% -44.10% +89.30%

All Programming Languages
England

Kotlin falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,947 8,278 10,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.77% 33.80% 29.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,295 5,717 7,879
10th Percentile £353 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -5.53%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 517 208 429
10th Percentile £42.28 £25.25 £35.40
25th Percentile £55.81 £37.96 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +1.87% -1.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -1.54%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kotlin relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Kotlin job vacancy trend in England

Kotlin
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kotlin.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kotlin in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Kotlin in England

Kotlin
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kotlin.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Kotlin in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Kotlin in England

Kotlin
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -55 74 £503 -16.25% 45
North of England -38 41 £475 -3.61% 8
North West -18 34 £475 +5.56% 1
South West -11 23 £380 -7.88% 3
South East -25 20 £406 -30.56% 12
Midlands -63 9 £510 +10.27%
West Midlands - 9 £510 -
Yorkshire -57 4 £488 -11.36% 6
North East - 4 £575 - 1
Kotlin
UK

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.02%) Confluence
2 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.44%) AWS
2 18 (10.34%) GitHub
3 16 (9.20%) Azure
4 15 (8.62%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (8.05%) GCP
6 7 (4.02%) Firebase
7 6 (3.45%) Cloud Run
7 6 (3.45%) Google Play
7 6 (3.45%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.30%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.30%) Sauce Labs
9 4 (2.30%) Serverless
10 2 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.15%) Bitrise
10 2 (1.15%) Figma
10 2 (1.15%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.45%) VPN
2 3 (1.72%) DSL
3 2 (1.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (3.45%) Power BI
3 3 (1.72%) MySQL
4 2 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.15%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.15%) SQLite
5 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.57%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.57%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (20.69%) Gradle
2 20 (11.49%) GitLab
3 14 (8.05%) Android Studio
3 14 (8.05%) Jenkins
4 12 (6.90%) IntelliJ
5 11 (6.32%) Git
6 10 (5.75%) JUnit
7 7 (4.02%) CircleCI
8 6 (3.45%) fastlane
8 6 (3.45%) Selenium
9 5 (2.87%) JIRA
10 4 (2.30%) Xcode
11 3 (1.72%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.72%) Maven
11 3 (1.72%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.72%) XCUITest
12 2 (1.15%) Bitbucket
12 2 (1.15%) Crashlytics
12 2 (1.15%) Mockito
12 2 (1.15%) TeamCity
General
1 29 (16.67%) Finance
2 21 (12.07%) Public Sector
3 19 (10.92%) Banking
4 17 (9.77%) Social Skills
5 10 (5.75%) Front Office
6 3 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.72%) Retail
7 2 (1.15%) Automotive
7 2 (1.15%) Police
7 2 (1.15%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.57%) Law
8 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.57%) Military
8 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 96 (55.17%) Developer
2 39 (22.41%) Android Developer
2 39 (22.41%) Senior
3 24 (13.79%) Software Engineer
4 23 (13.22%) Java Developer
5 21 (12.07%) Senior Developer
6 20 (11.49%) Backend Developer
7 16 (9.20%) Java Engineer
8 15 (8.62%) Android Engineer
8 15 (8.62%) Mobile Developer
9 14 (8.05%) Java Software Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Architect
11 8 (4.60%) Java Mobile Developer
12 7 (4.02%) Front Office Developer
12 7 (4.02%) Senior Android Developer
12 7 (4.02%) Senior Backend Developer
13 6 (3.45%) Tester
14 5 (2.87%) Applications Developer
14 5 (2.87%) iOS Developer
14 5 (2.87%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (25.86%) Spring
2 44 (25.29%) Spring Boot
3 35 (20.11%) Android Jetpack
4 34 (19.54%) Jetpack Compose
5 24 (13.79%) Android SDK
6 23 (13.22%) REST
7 15 (8.62%) RESTful
8 13 (7.47%) OAuth
8 13 (7.47%) OAuth2
9 12 (6.90%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (6.32%) RxJava
11 10 (5.75%) GraphQL
12 9 (5.17%) Dagger
12 9 (5.17%) OkHttp
13 6 (3.45%) Node.js
13 6 (3.45%) RAML
14 5 (2.87%) JSON
14 5 (2.87%) WireMock
15 4 (2.30%) SwiftUI
15 4 (2.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (28.16%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.32%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.75%) Cloud Native
4 9 (5.17%) Data Structures
4 9 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.02%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.02%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.45%) Legacy Code
7 5 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.72%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.57%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.57%) Infotainment
10 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 70 (40.23%) Android
2 24 (13.79%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.45%) Linux
4 5 (2.87%) Windows
5 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.59%) Android Development
2 46 (26.44%) CI/CD
3 36 (20.69%) Microservices
4 35 (20.11%) Agile
4 35 (20.11%) Software Engineering
5 30 (17.24%) MVVM
5 30 (17.24%) Test Automation
6 27 (15.52%) User Experience
7 24 (13.79%) API Design
7 24 (13.79%) TDD
8 23 (13.22%) Mentoring
9 20 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (11.49%) Event-Driven
10 19 (10.92%) Open Source
11 18 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
12 17 (9.77%) Design Patterns
12 17 (9.77%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 17 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (9.20%) DevOps
14 15 (8.62%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 125 (71.84%) Java
2 19 (10.92%) Swift
3 12 (6.90%) Python
4 9 (5.17%) TypeScript
5 8 (4.60%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.02%) Objective-C
7 4 (2.30%) Go
8 3 (1.72%) SQL
9 2 (1.15%) Scala
10 1 (0.57%) Bash
10 1 (0.57%) BrightScript
10 1 (0.57%) C#
10 1 (0.57%) Cypher
10 1 (0.57%) Groovy
10 1 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.90%) Degree
4 8 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.87%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.15%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.15%) SANS
7 1 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.07%) QA
2 11 (6.32%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.15%) NCSC
5 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (8.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (14.37%) Kubernetes
2 20 (11.49%) Grafana
3 7 (4.02%) Terraform
4 2 (1.15%) Podman
5 1 (0.57%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (16.09%) Google
2 6 (3.45%) Splunk
2 6 (3.45%) Zscaler
3 4 (2.30%) Dynatrace
4 3 (1.72%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.72%) Oracle
5 1 (0.57%) Adobe
5 1 (0.57%) Databricks
5 1 (0.57%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.57%) Okta
5 1 (0.57%) Roku