Hybrid/Remote Kotlin Job Trends

JetBrains Kotlin
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Kotlin skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 310 281
Rank change year-on-year -39 -29 -53
Permanent jobs citing Kotlin 52 161 236
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.81% 1.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.12% 1.95% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 38 113 223
10th Percentile £43,500 - £48,750
25th Percentile £58,125 £40,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £85,938 £100,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £114,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +3.23%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Kotlin falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,653 8,273 10,436
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.14% 41.65% 47.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,287 5,248 8,803
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.63%

Kotlin
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kotlin and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Kotlin job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Kotlin
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kotlin.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kotlin

Kotlin
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Kotlin over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Kotlin salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Kotlin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.92%) Simulink
1 1 (1.92%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.77%) AWS
2 14 (26.92%) Azure
3 10 (19.23%) SaaS
4 6 (11.54%) GCP
5 5 (9.62%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (3.85%) Figma
6 2 (3.85%) Firebase
7 1 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.92%) GitHub
7 1 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.92%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 3 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.77%) MySQL
2 3 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.77%) Redis
2 3 (5.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) ClickHouse
3 1 (1.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Git
2 5 (9.62%) JIRA
3 2 (3.85%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.92%) Crashlytics
4 1 (1.92%) fastlane
4 1 (1.92%) GitLab
4 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (28.85%) Finance
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Financial Institution
2 5 (9.62%) Games
2 5 (9.62%) Law
2 5 (9.62%) Retail
3 4 (7.69%) Banking
3 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.77%) Billing
4 3 (5.77%) Marketing
5 2 (3.85%) Electronics
5 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.92%) Advertising
6 1 (1.92%) Automotive
6 1 (1.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (44.23%) Developer
2 20 (38.46%) Senior
3 9 (17.31%) Android Developer
3 9 (17.31%) Android Engineer
4 8 (15.38%) Senior Developer
5 7 (13.46%) Senior Android Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Java Developer
7 5 (9.62%) Chief Technology Officer
8 4 (7.69%) Lead
8 4 (7.69%) Mobile Developer
8 4 (7.69%) Software Developer
8 4 (7.69%) Software Engineer
9 3 (5.77%) Engineering Manager
9 3 (5.77%) Lead Developer
9 3 (5.77%) Senior Android Developer
9 3 (5.77%) Senior Java Developer
9 3 (5.77%) Senior Software Developer
9 3 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) Java Scala Developer
10 2 (3.85%) Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (26.92%) Android Jetpack
1 14 (26.92%) Jetpack Compose
2 11 (21.15%) React
3 7 (13.46%) REST
4 5 (9.62%) AngularJS
4 5 (9.62%) Symfony
4 5 (9.62%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 5 (9.62%) WebGL
5 4 (7.69%) .NET
5 4 (7.69%) Flutter
5 4 (7.69%) OkHttp
5 4 (7.69%) Retrofit
5 4 (7.69%) Spring
6 3 (5.77%) React Native
6 3 (5.77%) Spring Boot
7 2 (3.85%) Android SDK
7 2 (3.85%) Laravel
7 2 (3.85%) Next.js
7 2 (3.85%) WebSockets
8 1 (1.92%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 5 (9.62%) Educational Technology
2 5 (9.62%) Mobile Games
3 4 (7.69%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (7.69%) Insider Threat
4 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Infotainment
5 1 (1.92%) iPad
5 1 (1.92%) iPhone
5 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (65.38%) Android
2 15 (28.85%) Apple iOS
3 5 (9.62%) Linux
4 4 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 4 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (40.38%) AI
3 20 (38.46%) Agile
3 20 (38.46%) Android Development
4 18 (34.62%) Mentoring
5 14 (26.92%) Code Quality
5 14 (26.92%) Mobile Development
6 13 (25.00%) CI/CD
7 11 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (21.15%) Design Patterns
7 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (19.23%) Software Architecture
9 9 (17.31%) Architectural Patterns
10 8 (15.38%) Fintech
10 8 (15.38%) Machine Learning
10 8 (15.38%) Objectives and Key Results
10 8 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (15.38%) User Experience
11 7 (13.46%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 21 (40.38%) Java
2 8 (15.38%) Swift
3 7 (13.46%) PHP
3 7 (13.46%) Scala
4 6 (11.54%) C#
5 5 (9.62%) SQL
6 4 (7.69%) C++
6 4 (7.69%) Python
6 4 (7.69%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.85%) Go
7 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.85%) Objective-C
7 2 (3.85%) Ruby
8 1 (1.92%) C
8 1 (1.92%) Groovy
8 1 (1.92%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.46%) Degree
3 4 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.69%) CREST Certified
3 4 (7.69%) OSCE
3 4 (7.69%) OSCP
4 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) QA
2 4 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (7.69%) EU AI Act
2 4 (7.69%) GDPR
2 4 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Samsung
2 2 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.92%) QNX