Kotlin Job Trends in the South East

JetBrains Kotlin
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Kotlin skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 215 294
Rank change year-on-year -52 +79 +80
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 18 125 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.97% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.02% 3.29% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12 107 18
10th Percentile - - £58,650
25th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -40.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £68,438 £55,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,000 £92,250
England median annual salary £73,750 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% -17.65% +6.25%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,769 3,796 3,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.72% 29.42% 40.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 2,490 2,727
10th Percentile £30,950 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,125 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +1.56%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Kotlin in the South East

Kotlin
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kotlin in the South East over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Kotlin in the South East

Kotlin
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hampshire +1 10 £72,500 +31.82% 4
East Sussex +19 7 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Thames Valley -16 1 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £60,000 - 1
Kotlin
England

Kotlin
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
1 4 (22.22%) HTTPS
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Aviation
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Retail
2 1 (5.56%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Mobile Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Mobile Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Android Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Android Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Associate Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Java Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Junior
6 1 (5.56%) Junior Android Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Junior Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) RESTful
1 2 (11.11%) SwiftUI
2 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.56%) Next.js
2 1 (5.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 5 (27.78%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (27.78%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Android
2 11 (61.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (22.22%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Android Development
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile Development
2 7 (38.89%) iOS Development
2 7 (38.89%) SOLID
3 6 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 4 (22.22%) Application Security
5 4 (22.22%) Cryptography
5 4 (22.22%) Key Management
5 4 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (22.22%) Reverse Engineering
5 4 (22.22%) Time Management
6 2 (11.11%) Memory Management
6 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
6 2 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (5.56%) Agile
7 1 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Fintech
7 1 (5.56%) Microservices
7 1 (5.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Java
2 8 (44.44%) C
2 8 (44.44%) C++
3 7 (38.89%) Swift
4 4 (22.22%) Objective-C
5 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared