Kotlin Job Trends in Edinburgh

JetBrains Kotlin
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Kotlin skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 82 106
Rank change year-on-year -19 +24 +33
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 6 17 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.57% 1.50% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.37% 3.49% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 3
10th Percentile - £42,750 £53,044
25th Percentile - - £61,359
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year - -46.16% +29.08%
75th Percentile - £56,000 £91,934
90th Percentile - £59,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £45,000 £83,577
% change year-on-year +66.67% -46.16% +28.83%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 439 487 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.89% 42.87% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 166 250 398
10th Percentile £26,250 £38,625 £45,000
25th Percentile £31,856 £45,000 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £65,175
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -11.78% +4.80%
75th Percentile £78,171 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £55,498 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +0.91% -7.60% +3.52%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Kotlin job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Kotlin
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Senior
1 6 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) React Native
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Android Development
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring