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Kotlin

Kotlin appeared in 3 hiring posts in July 2026 — roughly 0.6% of all jobs. Currently #13 of 23 languages.

Mentions · July 2026-50%vs prior
3
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendAug '25 Jul '26
Share of All Jobs
0.6%
All-Time Peak
13mentions · March 2021
First Seen
January 2013
Month Momentum
Declining-50%
§ 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
621since January 2013 · 163 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
20
'26

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

All-time
621163 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
USD185Kmedian
$160k $195k middle 50% · n=43
By seniority
Junior n=1
Senior$160k – $202k n=14
Staff+$160k – $190k n=16

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

Disclosed
43of 216 posts
Disclosure rate
19.9%
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$175k−4.4%
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
Europe (EU)50.0%
4
02
United States37.5%
3
03
United Kingdom12.5%
1
04
Unspecified12.5%
1
Remote Policy
38%remote
Remote
37.5%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
62.5%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Kotlin

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior62.5%
5
02
Junior25.0%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering87.5%
7
02
Marketing12.5%
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
23.9×
SwiftUI
20.7×
Android
11.4×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Android30953%
02React26245%
03Python25844%
04Swift24141%
05TypeScript24041%
06iOS23841%
07Go17430%
08PostgreSQL17029%
09Kubernetes16829%
10Google Cloud16228%
11Java14124%
12JavaScript11920%
13AWS10919%
14SwiftUI10718%
15Ruby8114%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Kotlin stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01470.0%
9.0%
0240-7.0%
7.6%
0318+50%
3.4%
0412-37%
2.3%
059+80%
1.7%
068+33%
1.5%
077-22%
1.3%
086-14%
1.1%
095-17%
1.0%
104+100%
0.8%
11
Kotlinyou are here
30.0%
0.6%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · July 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.7%
Offer sponsorship
142.7%
Explicitly decline
203.8%
Don’t mention
49093.5%

Based on 524 HN job posts in July 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.