Kotlin Job Trends in the North of England

JetBrains Kotlin
England > North of England

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 255 282
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 +2
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 24 23 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.20% 0.29% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.26% 0.97% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 34
10th Percentile £51,250 - £44,000
25th Percentile £55,938 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% -21.74% -28.13%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,125 £70,000
90th Percentile - £68,750 £87,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +3.03%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,901 2,383 4,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.56% 29.66% 33.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 1,309 3,519
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Kotlin job vacancy trend in the North of England

Kotlin
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kotlin in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Kotlin in the North of England

Kotlin
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -28 16 £72,500 +61.11% 10
North West +16 8 £58,750 -4.08% 8
Kotlin
England

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (70.83%) AWS
2 9 (37.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 9 (37.50%) Amazon ECS
2 9 (37.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 9 (37.50%) Amazon S3
2 9 (37.50%) AWS CloudFormation
2 9 (37.50%) AWS Lambda
2 9 (37.50%) AWS Step Functions
2 9 (37.50%) GitHub
2 9 (37.50%) Serverless
3 4 (16.67%) Datadog
3 4 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (8.33%) Firebase
4 2 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Amazon Athena
1 9 (37.50%) DynamoDB
1 9 (37.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Git
2 5 (20.83%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Developer
2 14 (58.33%) Java Developer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (16.67%) AWS Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Ruby Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Android Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Java Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Lead
7 2 (8.33%) Lead Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Lead Java Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Principal Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Principal Java Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Java Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Android Developer
8 1 (4.17%) DynamoDB Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (37.50%) AngularJS
1 9 (37.50%) Node.js
2 5 (20.83%) Spring
3 4 (16.67%) Flutter
3 4 (16.67%) OAuth
3 4 (16.67%) React
3 4 (16.67%) Spring Boot
4 3 (12.50%) OAuth2
5 1 (4.17%) Android SDK
5 1 (4.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.33%) IoT
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) CI/CD
2 9 (37.50%) DevOps
2 9 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 8 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (33.33%) SDLC
4 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (16.67%) API Design
6 4 (16.67%) BDD
6 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.67%) Principle of Least Privilege
6 4 (16.67%) Secure Coding
6 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 4 (16.67%) TDD
6 4 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 4 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 4 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
6 4 (16.67%) Workflow
6 4 (16.67%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (37.50%) SQL
3 8 (33.33%) Scala
4 4 (16.67%) Go
4 4 (16.67%) Ruby
4 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Docker