Kotlin Jobs in the UK excluding London

JetBrains Kotlin
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Kotlin skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kotlin over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 534 535
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 -179
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 55 240 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% 1.06% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 36 184 195
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,944 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £146,300 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -3.03% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,207 22,714 23,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.25% 30.84% 39.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,599 16,483 13,211
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,296 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,963
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Kotlin as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Kotlin in the UK excluding London

Kotlin
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kotlin in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Kotlin in the UK excluding London

Kotlin
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kotlin in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Kotlin in the UK excluding London

Kotlin
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
South East +37 21 £60,000 +33.33% 239
Scotland +96 13 £127,680 +67.45% 25
North of England +11 11 £67,500 +22.73% 215
South West +95 8 £45,000 -30.77% 98
Yorkshire +53 5 £68,750 +89.66% 76
North West -21 5 £67,500 +14.89% 116
West Midlands +56 2 £65,000 -3.70% 80
Midlands +48 2 £65,000 +4.00% 136
North East - 1 - - 23
Kotlin
UK

Kotlin
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.45%) AWS
2 2 (3.64%) Firebase
2 2 (3.64%) GitHub
3 1 (1.82%) Azure
3 1 (1.82%) Bitrise
3 1 (1.82%) GCP
3 1 (1.82%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) Internet
2 7 (12.73%) SSL
3 4 (7.27%) HTTP
3 4 (7.27%) HTTPS
3 4 (7.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) Bluetooth
4 1 (1.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (16.36%) Jenkins
2 8 (14.55%) Git
2 8 (14.55%) Maven
3 2 (3.64%) Android Studio
3 2 (3.64%) GitLab
4 1 (1.82%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 20 (36.36%) Finance
2 16 (29.09%) Banking
3 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.45%) Law
4 3 (5.45%) Legal
5 1 (1.82%) Automotive
5 1 (1.82%) Electronics
5 1 (1.82%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (1.82%) Marketing
5 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
5 1 (1.82%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (30.91%) Developer
2 11 (20.00%) Lead
3 10 (18.18%) Android Engineer
4 8 (14.55%) Senior
5 7 (12.73%) Development Manager
5 7 (12.73%) Software Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Mobile Developer
6 6 (10.91%) Mobile Software Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Android Developer
8 4 (7.27%) Mobile Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Security Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Graduate
9 3 (5.45%) Senior Developer
9 3 (5.45%) Software Developer
10 2 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
10 2 (3.64%) Gen AI Developer
10 2 (3.64%) Java Developer
10 2 (3.64%) Java Engineer
10 2 (3.64%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (29.09%) Android Jetpack
1 16 (29.09%) Jetpack Compose
2 11 (20.00%) RESTful
3 9 (16.36%) SwiftUI
4 8 (14.55%) UIKit
5 7 (12.73%) OAuth
6 6 (10.91%) Flutter
7 4 (7.27%) Android SDK
7 4 (7.27%) React
8 2 (3.64%) AngularJS
8 2 (3.64%) React Native
9 1 (1.82%) Apollo GraphQL
9 1 (1.82%) Dagger
9 1 (1.82%) GraphQL
9 1 (1.82%) Protocol Buffers
9 1 (1.82%) PySpark
9 1 (1.82%) ReactiveCocoa
9 1 (1.82%) Redux
9 1 (1.82%) RxSwift
9 1 (1.82%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (56.36%) Mobile App
2 15 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 15 (27.27%) Virtual Team
3 9 (16.36%) Online Banking
4 8 (14.55%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (5.45%) Hackathon
6 3 (5.45%) Learning Management System
7 2 (3.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.82%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.82%) Infotainment
8 1 (1.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (69.09%) Android
2 19 (34.55%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Android Development
2 17 (30.91%) Mobile Development
2 17 (30.91%) Roadmaps
3 15 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 14 (25.45%) User Experience
5 13 (23.64%) DevOps
5 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (23.64%) Software Engineering
6 12 (21.82%) Agile
6 12 (21.82%) CI/CD
6 12 (21.82%) iOS Development
7 11 (20.00%) Containerisation
7 11 (20.00%) Microservices
7 11 (20.00%) Unit Testing
8 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (18.18%) Test Automation
8 10 (18.18%) UX Design
9 9 (16.36%) Software Delivery
9 9 (16.36%) TDD
10 8 (14.55%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 29 (52.73%) Java
2 17 (30.91%) JavaScript
3 15 (27.27%) Swift
4 10 (18.18%) C++
5 8 (14.55%) C
6 6 (10.91%) Objective-C
6 6 (10.91%) Python
6 6 (10.91%) TypeScript
7 3 (5.45%) C#
8 2 (3.64%) Go
9 1 (1.82%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (32.73%) Degree
2 10 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (14.55%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.45%) PhD
5 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.82%) IEC 62304
3 1 (1.82%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (14.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 8 (14.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) Google
2 3 (5.45%) IBM
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) Intel
3 1 (1.82%) QNX
3 1 (1.82%) Xamarin