Skill ProfileLanguages

Kotlin

Kotlin appeared in 2 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.3% of all jobs. Currently #16 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-33%vs prior
2
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.3%
All-Time Peak
13mentions · March 2021
First Seen
January 2013
Month Momentum
Declining-33%
§ 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
612since January 2013 · 161 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
11
'26

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

All-time
612161 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
USD181Kmedian
$160k – $196k middle 50% · n=42
By seniority
Senior$160k – $200k n=15
Staff+$160k – $190k n=16

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed
42of 213 posts
Disclosure rate
19.7%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Kotlin sits in the pay distribution
−11%vs C+++4%vs Go
LanguageMedianvs Kotlin
01
C++
$200k+12.7%
02
Rust
$200k+12.7%
03
Swift
$180k+1.4%
04
Kotlinyou are here
$178k—
05
Python
$173k−2.8%
06
Go
$170k−4.2%
07
TypeScript
$170k−4.2%

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 States66.7%
4
02
Unspecified33.3%
2
Remote Policy
67%remote
Remote
66.7%
Hybrid
33.3%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Kotlin

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior50.0%
3
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering83.3%
5
02
Data / ML16.7%
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
24.1×
SwiftUI
21.5×
Android
11.3×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Android31854%
02Python26244%
03React25744%
04Swift25042%
05TypeScript24141%
06iOS23740%
07Go17830%
08PostgreSQL16929%
09Kubernetes16728%
10Google Cloud16228%
11Java14124%
12JavaScript11820%
13AWS10718%
14SwiftUI10518%
15Ruby8514%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Kotlin stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%
7.2%
02
TypeScript
38-17%
5.1%
03
Go
230.0%
3.1%
04
Rust
12-25%
1.6%
05
JavaScript
9-53%
1.2%
06
Java
70.0%
0.9%
07
C++
6+50%
0.8%
08
SQL
6+20%
0.8%
09
C
5+25%
0.7%
10
Ruby
5+25%
0.7%
11
Kotlinyou are here
2-33%
0.3%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.