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Kotlin

No mentions of Kotlin in September 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · September 2026-100%vs prior
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
13mentions · March 2021
First Seen
January 2013
Month Momentum
Declining-100%
§ 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 · 165 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
622165 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+++4%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$180k−1.6%
07$176k−3.8%

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 States60.0%
6
02
Unspecified40.0%
4
Remote Policy
70%remote
Remote
70.0%
Hybrid
30.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Kotlin

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior40.0%
4
02
Staff30.0%
3
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering70.0%
7
02
Data / ML10.0%
1
03
Other10.0%
1
04
Product10.0%
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
22.7×
SwiftUI
19.5×
Elixir
11.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Android30152%
02React26546%
03Python26145%
04TypeScript24642%
05Swift23641%
06iOS23440%
07Go17129%
08Google Cloud16729%
09Kubernetes16729%
10PostgreSQL16528%
11Java13423%
12JavaScript12321%
13AWS10919%
14SwiftUI10318%
15Elixir7914%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Kotlin stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0138+15%
7.1%
0230-27%
5.6%
0314-6.7%
2.6%
0413+160%
2.4%
058+60%
1.5%
068+60%
1.5%
077-30%
1.3%
085-17%
0.9%
094-20%
0.7%
103-40%
0.6%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.6%
Offer sponsorship
142.6%
Explicitly decline
234.3%
Don’t mention
50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.