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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 259 227
Rank change year-on-year +30 -32 +80
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 4 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.072% 0.033% 0.075%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.34% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £48,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £37,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -39.62% +6.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £42,500 £71,563
90th Percentile £73,500 - £72,125
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -8.82% +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 1,163 2,176 1,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.07% 24.09% 34.89%
Number of salaries quoted 895 1,181 1,527
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.70% +2.86%
75th Percentile £68,125 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Kotlin job vacancy trend 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 20 October 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 +51 4 £65,000 +62.50% 2
Kotlin
England

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Java Scala Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Java Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Scala Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Java Scala Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Java Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Scala Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Ruby Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (50.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) 3D Rendering
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) SysML
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) Scala
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) QNX