Skill ProfileLanguages
Kotlin
Tracked since January 2013 · peak 13 mentions in March 2021 · now 0.3% of monthly hiring posts.
Mentions · May 2026-33%vs Apr
2
mentions
this month
131-Mo Trend2013-01 → 2026-05
1 lowMay 202613 peak
Share of all jobs
0.3%
All-time peak
13mentions · March 2021
First seen
January 2013
3-Mo Momentum
Rising+33%
§ 01Demand Signal
Mention history across 11 years of hiring threads.
Monthly count of HN “Who is hiring?” posts mentioning Kotlin. Toggle to see share of all jobs.
§ 00 Hiring Mentions · 131-Mo Window
Monthly mentions
§ 02Compensation
Engineering & data/ML median shifted −$35k since 2011.
Proxy for Kotlin roles — Kotlin typically appears in engineering and data/ML categories. Per-language percentile data is not published.
Market median · today
USD185K
-15%−$35k since 2011
25th
$144k
75th
$218k
90th
$287k
Approximate band — pipeline does not publish per-language percentiles.
Median · multi-year arc
Where the money moved
vs 2011
-15%
−$35k
Engineering medianData / ML median
§ 03Technical Skills
Skills most co-asked for with Kotlin.
Skills co-appearing in the same job post for May 2026.
Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Kotlin stands among languages
May 2026LanguageMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%28.4%
02
TypeScript
38-17%20.0%
03
Go
23+0%12.1%
04
Rust
12-25%6.3%
05
JavaScript
9-53%4.7%
06
Java
7+0%3.7%
07
C++
6+50%3.2%
08
SQL
6+20%3.2%
Mentions in HN “Who is hiring?” language listings · May 2026
§ 04Location & Remote
Remote leads Kotlin postings.
Distribution from Kotlin-tagged listings in May 2026.
Remote share
66.7%
+33.3 ptsvs prev month
Remote
66.7%
On-site / hybrid
33.3%
Remote % · by yearAll HN postings
Geographic Spread
1 regions represented
ACTIVE
01 US
4posts
4 Kotlin jobs with identifiable location · May 2026
§ 05Sponsorship
Visa support stays a minority signal across hiring threads.
Flagged via ‘visa’, ‘sponsorship’, ‘h1b’ in job text. Pipeline does not break sponsorship out by language; figures are for all HN postings in May 2026.
Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don't mention
72096.6%
Based on 745 total HN job posts in May 2026. Most posts do not state their visa policy explicitly.