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Kotlin

Kotlin appeared in 1 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 0.2% of all jobs. Currently #19 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 2026-67%vs prior
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.2%
All-Time Peak
13mentions · March 2021
First Seen
January 2013
Month Momentum
Declining-67%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
622since January 2013 · 164 months
0.0% YoY2025 vs 2024
1
'15
10
'16
37
'17
82
'18
82
'19
98
'20
117
PEAK
'21
70
'22
33
'23
30
'24
30
'25
21
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
622164 mo
↑ Best year
2021117
↓ Quietest full year
20151
Latest full year
20250.0% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Kotlin jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD176Kmedian
$160k $195k middle 50% · n=43
By seniority
Junior n=1
Senior$160k – $202k n=14
Staff+$160k – $190k n=15

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Junior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
43of 214 posts
Disclosure rate
20.1%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Kotlin sits in the pay distribution
−8%vs C+++5%vs Go
LanguageMedianvs Kotlin
01$200k+9.3%
02$200k+9.3%
03$200k+9.3%
04
Kotlinyou are here
$183k
05$180k−1.6%
06$176k−4.1%
07$175k−4.4%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Kotlin is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Kotlin posts by where the role is based.

01
United States100.0%
4
Remote Policy
75%remote
Remote
75.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
25.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Kotlin

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Staff75.0%
3
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering50.0%
2
02
Other25.0%
1
03
Product25.0%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

Android is the skill most co-mentioned with Kotlin.

#01
Signature Stack
Kotlin’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Kotlin over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Swift
23.2×
SwiftUI
20.0×
Android
11.4×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Android30653%
02React26145%
03Python25844%
04TypeScript24342%
05iOS23440%
06Swift23340%
07Go17129%
08Kubernetes16729%
09PostgreSQL16729%
10Google Cloud16428%
11Java14124%
12JavaScript11920%
13AWS10919%
14SwiftUI10318%
15C++7914%

% of Kotlin jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Kotlin stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0143-2.3%
10.0%
02380.0%
8.8%
0311-48%
2.6%
0410-29%
2.3%
0510+67%
2.3%
068+60%
1.9%
077+17%
1.6%
086+50%
1.4%
0930.0%
0.7%
103-77%
0.7%
11
Kotlinyou are here
10.0%
0.2%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
122.8%
Explicitly decline
81.9%
Don’t mention
41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.