Skill ProfileLanguages

Kotlin

Kotlin appeared in 6 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 0.8% of all jobs. Currently #9 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 2026+200%vs prior
6
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26
Share of All Jobs
0.8%
All-Time Peak
13mentions · March 2021
First Seen
January 2013
Month Momentum
Rising+200%
§ 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
618since January 2013 · 162 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
17
'26

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

All-time
618162 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
Senior$160k – $200k n=15
Staff+$160k – $190k n=16

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median.

Disclosed
43of 215 posts
Disclosure rate
20.0%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Kotlin sits in the pay distribution
−11%vs C+++4%vs SQL
LanguageMedianvs Kotlin
01
C++
$200k+12.7%
02
Rust
$200k+12.7%
03
Swift
$180k+1.4%
04
Kotlinyou are here
$178k—
05
Go
$175k−1.4%
06
Python
$175k−1.4%
07
SQL
$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 States72.7%
8
02
Asia18.2%
2
03
Canada18.2%
2
04
Europe (EU)9.1%
1
Remote Policy
27%remote
Remote
27.3%
Hybrid
54.5%
On-site
9.1%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Kotlin

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior63.6%
7
02
Staff18.2%
2
03
Junior9.1%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering90.9%
10
02
Data / ML9.1%
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
24.0×
SwiftUI
21.3×
Android
11.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Android30753%
02React26145%
03Python25744%
04TypeScript23941%
05Swift23641%
06iOS23641%
07Go17230%
08PostgreSQL16929%
09Kubernetes16829%
10Google Cloud16228%
11Java14325%
12JavaScript11720%
13AWS10819%
14SwiftUI10718%
15C++8014%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Kotlin stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
48-7.7%
6.7%
02
TypeScript
41-4.7%
5.7%
03
Go
20-9.1%
2.8%
04
Rust
12-7.7%
1.7%
05
JavaScript
9-18%
1.3%
06
SQL
80.0%
1.1%
07
GraphQL
70.0%
1.0%
08
Java
60.0%
0.8%
09
Kotlinyou are here
6+100%
0.8%
10
Ruby
6-14%
0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
21 posts offer sponsorship
2.9%
Offer sponsorship
212.9%
Explicitly decline
101.4%
Don’t mention
68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.