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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 210 280
Rank change year-on-year -58 +70 +108
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 17 105 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.19% 0.91% 0.087%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 2.94% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 15 85 6
10th Percentile £53,500 - £48,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -33.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £88,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £83,577
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.28% +4.47%

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 1,606 3,569 3,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.90% 31.09% 39.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 2,173 2,400
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £39,531 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £56,054
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.58% -2.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 23 October 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 23 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
Hampshire -5 9 £72,500 +31.82% 1
East Sussex +16 8 £60,000 +9.09% 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Aviation
3 1 (5.88%) Billing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Developer
2 8 (47.06%) Mobile Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Android Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (11.76%) iOS Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Android Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Head of Development
6 1 (5.88%) Head of Software Development
6 1 (5.88%) Junior
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Android Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) RESTful
1 3 (17.65%) SwiftUI
2 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
2 2 (11.76%) Next.js
2 2 (11.76%) React
3 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Mobile App
2 5 (29.41%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.88%) Robotics
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Android
2 9 (52.94%) Apple iOS
3 5 (29.41%) Linux
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Mobile Development
2 9 (52.94%) Android Development
2 9 (52.94%) Software Engineering
3 8 (47.06%) iOS Development
3 8 (47.06%) SOLID
4 3 (17.65%) Memory Management
4 3 (17.65%) Multithreading
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (11.76%) Agile
5 2 (11.76%) Code Quality
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Fintech
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
6 1 (5.88%) Objectives and Key Results
6 1 (5.88%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Swift
2 5 (29.41%) C
2 5 (29.41%) C++
2 5 (29.41%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA