Kotlin Job Trends in the Midlands

JetBrains Kotlin
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Kotlin skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 279 231
Rank change year-on-year +59 -48 +90
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 3 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.054% 0.080% 0.087%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.24% 0.34% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile - £39,375 £48,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - - £72,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% +6.25%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,229 2,336 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.97% 23.30% 33.81%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,407 1,581
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £63,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.60% -3.85% +1.56%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Kotlin in the Midlands

Kotlin
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
West Midlands +54 3 £65,000 +57.58% 4
Kotlin
England

Kotlin
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Scala Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Java Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Scala Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Scala Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Java Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Scala Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Rendering
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) QNX