Kotlin Job Trends

JetBrains Kotlin
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Kotlin skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 451 373
Rank change year-on-year -40 -78 -21
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 154 270 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.50% 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.33% 1.49% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 106 162 372
10th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £58,125 £50,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.28% +4.47%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £48,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.00% -7.14%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,537 18,147 21,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.31% 33.78% 38.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,460 10,586 17,225
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,591
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Kotlin job vacancy trend in the UK

Kotlin
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kotlin over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kotlin in the UK

Kotlin
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kotlin within the UK over the 6 months to 9 January 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
England -33 140 £75,000 -6.25% 130
London +9 90 £95,000 +11.76% 30
Work from Home -8 57 £75,000 +25.00% 72
UK excluding London -7 56 £62,500 +28.21% 116
North of England +7 20 £68,750 +52.78% 31
South East -12 18 £60,000 +26.32% 28
Yorkshire -3 12 £72,500 +61.11% 12
North West +18 8 £60,000 -2.04% 16
South West -1 8 £85,000 +38.78% 17
Scotland -6 7 £75,000 +66.67% 9
Midlands +27 3 £65,000 +44.44% 10
West Midlands +25 3 £65,000 +44.44% 2
North East +6 2 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Wales - 1 £75,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £75,000 - 2

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.65%) TPMS
Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.95%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 56 (36.36%) AWS
2 21 (13.64%) Azure
3 20 (12.99%) SaaS
4 11 (7.14%) GCP
5 8 (5.19%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (3.90%) GitHub
7 5 (3.25%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (3.25%) Amazon Kinesis
7 5 (3.25%) Azure Machine Learning
7 5 (3.25%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.60%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 4 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.60%) AWS Step Functions
8 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.60%) Figma
8 4 (2.60%) Firebase
8 4 (2.60%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.30%) Broadband
2 1 (0.65%) AMQP
2 1 (0.65%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.44%) NoSQL
2 9 (5.84%) DynamoDB
3 8 (5.19%) Redis
3 8 (5.19%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.25%) Couchbase
4 5 (3.25%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.60%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.95%) MySQL
7 1 (0.65%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 15 (9.74%) Git
2 4 (2.60%) Android Studio
2 4 (2.60%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.65%) Appium
5 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.65%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.65%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.65%) GitLab
5 1 (0.65%) Gradle
5 1 (0.65%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.65%) JUnit
5 1 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.65%) Maven
5 1 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.65%) Xcode
5 1 (0.65%) XCUITest
General
1 39 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.73%) Finance
3 16 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.49%) Banking
5 8 (5.19%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.55%) Games
7 6 (3.90%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.90%) Retail
8 4 (2.60%) Billing
8 4 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.60%) Law
9 3 (1.95%) Marketing
9 3 (1.95%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.65%) Advertising
10 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.65%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 58 (37.66%) Senior
2 52 (33.77%) Developer
3 41 (26.62%) Software Engineer
4 23 (14.94%) Android Engineer
5 21 (13.64%) Java Engineer
5 21 (13.64%) Senior Java Engineer
6 18 (11.69%) Java Developer
7 15 (9.74%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (9.09%) Lead
8 14 (9.09%) Senior Developer
9 13 (8.44%) Development Engineer
9 13 (8.44%) iOS Developer
9 13 (8.44%) Software Development Engineer
10 12 (7.79%) Senior Android Engineer
11 10 (6.49%) Ruby Engineer
12 8 (5.19%) Lead Developer
13 7 (4.55%) Android Developer
13 7 (4.55%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 7 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
13 7 (4.55%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.23%) React
2 23 (14.94%) RESTful
2 23 (14.94%) Spring
3 18 (11.69%) Android Jetpack
3 18 (11.69%) Jetpack Compose
4 16 (10.39%) Spring Boot
5 14 (9.09%) SwiftUI
6 10 (6.49%) Flutter
6 10 (6.49%) REST
7 9 (5.84%) Kafka
7 9 (5.84%) WebSockets
8 8 (5.19%) AngularJS
8 8 (5.19%) Node.js
9 6 (3.90%) React Native
10 5 (3.25%) .NET
10 5 (3.25%) Memcached
10 5 (3.25%) Symfony
10 5 (3.25%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 5 (3.25%) WebGL
11 4 (2.60%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.73%) Mobile App
2 14 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.55%) Blog
5 6 (3.90%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.90%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.25%) Educational Technology
6 5 (3.25%) Mobile Banking
6 5 (3.25%) Mobile Games
7 4 (2.60%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.60%) Insider Threat
7 4 (2.60%) PKI
7 4 (2.60%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.95%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.30%) IoT
10 1 (0.65%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.65%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.65%) Mobile Computing
10 1 (0.65%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 65 (42.21%) Android
2 29 (18.83%) Apple iOS
3 12 (7.79%) Linux
4 9 (5.84%) Windows
5 4 (2.60%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.77%) Software Engineering
2 45 (29.22%) Android Development
3 44 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 40 (25.97%) Agile
5 38 (24.68%) Mentoring
6 28 (18.18%) AI
6 28 (18.18%) Mobile Development
7 25 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (14.29%) Machine Learning
9 21 (13.64%) TDD
10 20 (12.99%) Test Automation
11 19 (12.34%) Memory Management
12 18 (11.69%) Code Quality
12 18 (11.69%) Multithreading
12 18 (11.69%) Performance Optimisation
12 18 (11.69%) Roadmaps
13 17 (11.04%) Architectural Patterns
13 17 (11.04%) Computer Science
13 17 (11.04%) Design Patterns
13 17 (11.04%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 92 (59.74%) Java
2 33 (21.43%) Scala
3 23 (14.94%) Swift
4 19 (12.34%) Python
5 16 (10.39%) JavaScript
6 14 (9.09%) Ruby
7 11 (7.14%) C++
8 10 (6.49%) C#
8 10 (6.49%) Go
8 10 (6.49%) SQL
8 10 (6.49%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.55%) PHP
10 4 (2.60%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (1.30%) C
12 1 (0.65%) Bash
12 1 (0.65%) Elixir
12 1 (0.65%) Erlang
12 1 (0.65%) Groovy
12 1 (0.65%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 26 (16.88%) Degree
2 23 (14.94%) Security Cleared
3 18 (11.69%) Master's Degree
4 14 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (7.79%) DV Cleared
5 12 (7.79%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.60%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.60%) CREST Certified
7 4 (2.60%) OSCE
7 4 (2.60%) OSCP
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.79%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) GDPR
3 4 (2.60%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (2.60%) EU AI Act
3 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (9.09%) Docker
2 4 (2.60%) KVM
2 4 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.19%) Terraform
3 5 (3.25%) Grafana
3 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.65%) Ansible
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (4.55%) Google
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.60%) VMware
4 1 (0.65%) Samsung
4 1 (0.65%) Splunk