Kotlin Job Trends in Scotland

JetBrains Kotlin
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Kotlin skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 120 161
Rank change year-on-year -20 +41 +20
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 4 28 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.14% 0.92% 0.080%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% 2.65% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +8.00% -22.78%
75th Percentile - £72,466 £52,500
90th Percentile - £88,084 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £83,577
% change year-on-year +3.23% -7.27% +4.47%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 609 1,057 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 22.05% 34.58% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 252 564 770
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,625 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,760 £69,850 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,624 £82,505
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Kotlin job vacancy trend in Scotland

Kotlin
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Edinburgh -22 3 - - 4
Glasgow +6 1 £75,000 +7.14%
Kotlin
UK

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) React Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Android Development
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Ruby
1 1 (25.00%) Scala