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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 278 384
Rank change year-on-year -132 +106 +19
Contract jobs citing Kotlin 152 216 166
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.83% 0.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.48% 2.47% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 124 133
10th Percentile £310 £388 £380
25th Percentile £388 £412 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% - -15.61%
75th Percentile £650 £630 £625
90th Percentile £850 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £500
% change year-on-year +1.45% +3.50% -15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 5
10th Percentile - £35.45 £73.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £36.25 £76.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.03% -51.25% +59.84%
75th Percentile £61.25 £44.13 £82.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £40.25 £80.00
% change year-on-year +36.65% -49.69% +59.84%

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 10,287 8,746 11,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.14% 33.56% 29.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,837 5,647 8,009
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £658
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 201 473
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £36.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -116 73 £588 +17.50% 19
North of England -31 38 £450 - 23
North West -14 29 £475 +20.25% 8
South West -9 15 £350 -21.13% 11
South East -30 13 £363 -28.22% 12
Yorkshire -55 9 £425 -24.98% 14
Midlands -51 7 £475 -8.65% 5
West Midlands - 7 £475 - 3
North East - 1 £425 - 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 6 (3.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.66%) Solana
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 34 (22.37%) AWS
2 17 (11.18%) GitHub
3 13 (8.55%) GCP
3 13 (8.55%) GitHub Actions
4 10 (6.58%) Azure
5 8 (5.26%) Google Play
6 7 (4.61%) Firebase
7 5 (3.29%) Cloud Run
7 5 (3.29%) Sentry
8 3 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.97%) Figma
8 3 (1.97%) Serverless
9 2 (1.32%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.32%) PaaS
9 2 (1.32%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (1.32%) Vercel
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon ECR
10 1 (0.66%) AuraDB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.63%) HTTP
2 2 (1.32%) DSL
3 1 (0.66%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.58%) MongoDB
2 8 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.29%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.63%) MySQL
5 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.66%) HBase
6 1 (0.66%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.66%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 38 (25.00%) Gradle
2 16 (10.53%) GitLab
3 15 (9.87%) Git
3 15 (9.87%) IntelliJ
4 14 (9.21%) Android Studio
5 13 (8.55%) JUnit
6 11 (7.24%) CircleCI
6 11 (7.24%) Jenkins
7 7 (4.61%) JIRA
8 5 (3.29%) XCUITest
9 4 (2.63%) Appium
9 4 (2.63%) Charles Proxy
9 4 (2.63%) fastlane
9 4 (2.63%) Katalon Studio
9 4 (2.63%) Maven
9 4 (2.63%) Mockito
9 4 (2.63%) Postman
9 4 (2.63%) Xcode
10 3 (1.97%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.97%) Cucumber
General
1 41 (26.97%) Finance
2 20 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Banking
4 13 (8.55%) Front Office
5 10 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.63%) Retail
7 3 (1.97%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Law
8 2 (1.32%) Police
8 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Automotive
9 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.66%) Military
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.66%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 95 (62.50%) Developer
2 49 (32.24%) Android Developer
3 30 (19.74%) Senior
4 22 (14.47%) Senior Developer
5 20 (13.16%) Software Engineer
6 17 (11.18%) Java Engineer
7 16 (10.53%) Backend Developer
8 15 (9.87%) Java Developer
9 13 (8.55%) Java Software Engineer
10 12 (7.89%) Mobile Developer
11 9 (5.92%) Front Office Developer
11 9 (5.92%) Senior Android Developer
12 8 (5.26%) Android Engineer
13 7 (4.61%) Applications Developer
13 7 (4.61%) Senior Backend Developer
14 6 (3.95%) Mobile Engineer
15 4 (2.63%) Applications Engineer
15 4 (2.63%) iOS Developer
15 4 (2.63%) Java Mobile Developer
15 4 (2.63%) Mobile Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (27.63%) Android Jetpack
2 40 (26.32%) Jetpack Compose
3 35 (23.03%) Spring
4 33 (21.71%) Spring Boot
5 22 (14.47%) Android SDK
6 20 (13.16%) REST
7 19 (12.50%) RESTful
8 17 (11.18%) RxJava
9 16 (10.53%) Dagger
10 12 (7.89%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (7.24%) OkHttp
12 10 (6.58%) RAML
13 9 (5.92%) GraphQL
13 9 (5.92%) WireMock
14 8 (5.26%) Web Services
15 7 (4.61%) OAuth
15 7 (4.61%) OAuth2
15 7 (4.61%) Retrofit
16 6 (3.95%) JSON
17 5 (3.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (28.95%) Mobile App
2 11 (7.24%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.61%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.61%) Legacy Code
4 7 (4.61%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.29%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.63%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.66%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.66%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.66%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.66%) Music Streaming
8 1 (0.66%) NHS
8 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 73 (48.03%) Android
2 23 (15.13%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.95%) Linux
3 6 (3.95%) Windows
4 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.87%) Android Development
2 45 (29.61%) CI/CD
3 35 (23.03%) Agile
4 33 (21.71%) MVVM
4 33 (21.71%) User Experience
5 28 (18.42%) Software Engineering
6 26 (17.11%) Microservices
7 23 (15.13%) Open Source
8 22 (14.47%) Test Automation
9 20 (13.16%) API Design
10 19 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
11 18 (11.84%) Design Patterns
11 18 (11.84%) TDD
12 17 (11.18%) DevOps
12 17 (11.18%) Mentoring
12 17 (11.18%) Mobile Development
12 17 (11.18%) SOLID
13 15 (9.87%) Benchmarking
13 15 (9.87%) Continuous Integration
14 14 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 103 (67.76%) Java
2 19 (12.50%) Swift
3 11 (7.24%) JavaScript
4 9 (5.92%) TypeScript
5 7 (4.61%) Objective-C
6 6 (3.95%) SQL
7 5 (3.29%) C++
7 5 (3.29%) Python
8 4 (2.63%) Rust
8 4 (2.63%) Scala
9 2 (1.32%) Go
10 1 (0.66%) Bash
10 1 (0.66%) BrightScript
10 1 (0.66%) Clojure
10 1 (0.66%) Cypher
10 1 (0.66%) Groovy
10 1 (0.66%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (9.21%) Degree
2 11 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.32%) SANS
7 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.16%) QA
2 13 (8.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.32%) NCSC
4 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (11.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (21.71%) Kubernetes
2 18 (11.84%) Grafana
3 5 (3.29%) Terraform
4 1 (0.66%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.66%) Podman
Vendors
1 29 (19.08%) Google
2 9 (5.92%) Splunk
3 8 (5.26%) Databricks
4 4 (2.63%) Oracle
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe
5 2 (1.32%) Alibaba
6 1 (0.66%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.66%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.66%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.66%) Okta
6 1 (0.66%) Roku
6 1 (0.66%) Xamarin