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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 227 349
Rank change year-on-year -38 +122 +7
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 24 21 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.18% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.09% 1.02% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 24 14 33
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -5.56% -40.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £106,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +3.03%

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 2,199 2,049 4,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.11% 30.30% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,457 3,970
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Kotlin job vacancy trend 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 11 April 2026.

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 11 April 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
East Sussex - 19 £60,000 - 1
Thames Valley -9 3 £85,000 +41.67% 2
Berkshire - 3 £85,000 - 2
Hampshire -27 2 £90,000 +11.11% 2
Kotlin
England

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Job Titles
1 22 (91.67%) Developer
2 19 (79.17%) iOS Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Android Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Applications Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Android Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Applications Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Mobile Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (79.17%) RESTful
1 19 (79.17%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (91.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Android
2 19 (79.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Android Development
2 19 (79.17%) iOS Development
2 19 (79.17%) Memory Management
2 19 (79.17%) Mobile Development
2 19 (79.17%) Multithreading
2 19 (79.17%) Performance Optimisation
2 19 (79.17%) SOLID
3 2 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (79.17%) Swift
2 2 (8.33%) C
2 2 (8.33%) C++
2 2 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared