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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 350 341
Rank change year-on-year -63 -9 +60
Contract jobs citing Kotlin 203 146 221
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.73% 1.66% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 93 157
10th Percentile £353 £355 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% -17.50%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £660
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £57.40 - £48.10
25th Percentile £64.75 £43.25 £59.13
Median hourly rate £77.00 £44.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.03% -44.38% -
75th Percentile £86.00 £45.75 £81.75
90th Percentile £91.40 - £82.20
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £44.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +73.03% -44.38% -

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 11,725 8,789 11,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.70% 33.68% 30.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,633 6,064 8,224
10th Percentile £360 £352 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.16% -3.70% -2.70%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £510 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -0.26% -2.60% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 216 481
10th Percentile £35.25 £28.18 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.84 £36.19 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.38 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.30% -13.27% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £81.48 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -45 113 £475 -8.65% 77
North of England -64 41 £450 - 11
South West -9 18 £500 +42.86% 12
North West -38 18 £550 +37.50% 7
Yorkshire -56 16 £405 -19.00% 3
South East -49 15 £456 +52.08% 8
Midlands -62 8 £527 +13.93% 1
West Midlands - 8 £527 -
North East - 7 £450 - 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 8 (3.94%) Confluence
2 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 10 (4.93%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 53 (26.11%) AWS
2 32 (15.76%) GitHub
3 30 (14.78%) Azure
4 23 (11.33%) GCP
5 22 (10.84%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (4.43%) Cloud Run
7 7 (3.45%) Google Play
8 6 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.96%) Firebase
8 6 (2.96%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.97%) Sauce Labs
11 3 (1.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.99%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (0.99%) SaaS
12 2 (0.99%) Serverless
13 1 (0.49%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.96%) VPN
2 4 (1.97%) HTTP
3 3 (1.48%) DSL
4 2 (0.99%) DNS
4 2 (0.99%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.49%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.96%) Power BI
3 5 (2.46%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.97%) MySQL
5 2 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.99%) SQLite
6 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.49%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (10.84%) Gradle
2 20 (9.85%) Git
3 17 (8.37%) Jenkins
4 12 (5.91%) Android Studio
5 11 (5.42%) JUnit
6 9 (4.43%) JIRA
7 8 (3.94%) CircleCI
7 8 (3.94%) fastlane
8 7 (3.45%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.96%) GitLab
10 5 (2.46%) Crashlytics
10 5 (2.46%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.46%) Gatling
11 4 (1.97%) XCUITest
12 3 (1.48%) Appium
12 3 (1.48%) Selenium
12 3 (1.48%) Xcode
13 2 (0.99%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.99%) Maven
13 2 (0.99%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (16.26%) Banking
2 30 (14.78%) Finance
3 29 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 28 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.43%) Front Office
8 6 (2.96%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.97%) Military
9 4 (1.97%) Retail
10 1 (0.49%) Automotive
10 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Law
10 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.49%) Police
10 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 94 (46.31%) Developer
2 48 (23.65%) Senior
3 35 (17.24%) Android Developer
4 32 (15.76%) Java Developer
5 24 (11.82%) Software Engineer
6 22 (10.84%) Android Engineer
7 17 (8.37%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.88%) Java Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) Mobile Engineer
10 14 (6.90%) Backend Developer
11 11 (5.42%) Java Software Engineer
12 8 (3.94%) Architect
12 8 (3.94%) Lead
12 8 (3.94%) Mobile Developer
13 7 (3.45%) Senior Android Engineer
13 7 (3.45%) Senior Backend Developer
13 7 (3.45%) Tester
14 6 (2.96%) QA Engineer
14 6 (2.96%) Senior Android Developer
14 6 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (22.17%) Android Jetpack
2 42 (20.69%) Jetpack Compose
3 38 (18.72%) Spring
4 36 (17.73%) REST
5 34 (16.75%) Spring Boot
6 28 (13.79%) RESTful
7 25 (12.32%) Android SDK
8 15 (7.39%) GraphQL
9 14 (6.90%) Kafka
10 12 (5.91%) Node.js
11 10 (4.93%) RxJava
12 9 (4.43%) OAuth
12 9 (4.43%) OAuth2
13 7 (3.45%) Dagger
13 7 (3.45%) React
14 6 (2.96%) HTML
14 6 (2.96%) JSON
14 6 (2.96%) Playwright
15 5 (2.46%) OkHttp
15 5 (2.46%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 54 (26.60%) Mobile App
2 29 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (12.81%) Cloud Native
4 14 (6.90%) Product Ownership
5 11 (5.42%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.93%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.43%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (3.45%) Algorithms
9 7 (3.45%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.96%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (2.96%) Legacy Code
11 5 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (2.46%) Fixed Income
11 5 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.48%) Video\Live Streaming
13 2 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
14 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 79 (38.92%) Android
2 23 (11.33%) Apple iOS
3 8 (3.94%) Linux
4 4 (1.97%) Unix
4 4 (1.97%) Windows
5 3 (1.48%) AIX
5 3 (1.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (38.42%) CI/CD
2 56 (27.59%) Agile
3 48 (23.65%) Android Development
4 45 (22.17%) Test Automation
5 43 (21.18%) Microservices
5 43 (21.18%) Software Engineering
6 35 (17.24%) MVVM
7 32 (15.76%) Event-Driven
8 29 (14.29%) TDD
9 27 (13.30%) Observability
10 26 (12.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 26 (12.81%) User Experience
11 24 (11.82%) DevOps
12 22 (10.84%) Mentoring
12 22 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (10.34%) Architectural Patterns
14 20 (9.85%) API Design
14 20 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (8.87%) AI
16 17 (8.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 136 (67.00%) Java
2 26 (12.81%) TypeScript
3 19 (9.36%) Swift
4 17 (8.37%) SQL
5 15 (7.39%) JavaScript
6 14 (6.90%) Python
7 7 (3.45%) Go
8 3 (1.48%) C#
8 3 (1.48%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.48%) Rust
9 2 (0.99%) PHP
9 2 (0.99%) Ruby
9 2 (0.99%) Scala
10 1 (0.49%) BrightScript
10 1 (0.49%) Cypher
10 1 (0.49%) Elixir
10 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 34 (16.75%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.45%) Degree
4 5 (2.46%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.99%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.49%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.29%) QA
2 14 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.46%) WCAG
4 4 (1.97%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) GDPR
6 1 (0.49%) NCSC
6 1 (0.49%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (9.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (11.82%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.94%) Grafana
2 8 (3.94%) Terraform
3 2 (0.99%) Podman
4 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (13.79%) Google
2 8 (3.94%) Dynatrace
3 6 (2.96%) Splunk
3 6 (2.96%) Zscaler
4 5 (2.46%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.49%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.49%) Okta
5 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.49%) Roku