Kotlin: Markt
Kotlin is the modern JVM language: primary for Android development and increasingly common in server-side backend with Spring and Ktor. We track 3 074 open positions listing Kotlin, 2 899 of them fresh. Kotlin is fully Java-interoperable, so teams migrate gradually, and Kotlin Multiplatform extends it to iOS and desktop. Most of the demand comes from Mobile, Backend and Fullstack roles. It most often appears next to Java, Jetpack Compose and AWS. 47% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of Kotlin developer demand.
Der Markt für Kotlin hat derzeit 3.074 offene Rollen, davon 2.899 frisch beobachtet. Median salary $8.242/mo. Observed candidate pool — 1.798.
47% of Kotlin postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 252 of 3074 jobs; remote share from 2619 with a stated format; 2899 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Nachfrage und beobachtetes Angebot
| Offene Nachfrage | 3.074 |
| Beobachtetes Angebot | 1.798 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Gehaltsverteilung
Jeder Zehnte verdient unter $3.940, jeder Zehnte über $17.791. Die Hälfte des Markts liegt zwischen $6.063 und $15.250. Stichprobe: 252.
The range histogram for Kotlin postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Geografie der Nachfrage
| Land | Stellen |
|---|---|
| US | 623 |
| PL | 568 |
| DE | 184 |
| RU | 159 |
| GB | 133 |
| IN | 102 |
| CA | 94 |
| BR | 62 |
| SG | 55 |
| FR | 33 |
The top country for Kotlin demand is the US (623 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Wird zusammen verwendet mit
Kotlin most often appears next to Java, Jetpack Compose and AWS. Jetpack Compose among the neighbours marks Android postings, Java — server-side backend.
Rollen, die sie nutzen
| Rolle | Stellen |
|---|---|
| Mobile | 877 |
| Backend | 817 |
| Fullstack | 367 |
| DevOps | 155 |
| Architect | 107 |
| QA | 104 |
| Data | 53 |
| Frontend | 49 |
| ML/AI | 46 |
| Security | 39 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Nachfrage nach Level
| Level | Stellen |
|---|---|
| senior | 1.084 |
| lead | 451 |
| principal | 240 |
| middle | 201 |
| junior | 99 |
Senior-and-above is about 86% of 2 075 graded Kotlin postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Arbeitgeber
Die Nachfrage verteilt sich auf 1.095 Arbeitgeber. Der größte steht für 14.1 %, die Top Ten für 26.5 %; die übrigen 73.5 % sind Long Tail.
| Anteil | Wert |
|---|---|
| Top-1 | 14.1% |
| Top-3 | 19.9% |
| Top-10 | 26.5% |
| Long Tail | 73.5% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Wo Zorky diesen Markt sieht
Beobachtet in 124 Quellen; die größte steht für 30.2 % — dieser Markt hängt nicht an einem einzigen Kanal.
Kotlin postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Neueste Ausschreibungen
- Sr. Software Engineer (C# .NET) · $9.333
- AI First Sr. Android Developer · $10.417
- AI First Sr. iOS Engineer (Remote) · $10.417
- AI First Android Developer · CA · $7.500
- AI First Android Developer · US · $7.083
- Full-Stack Mobile Engineer · ZA
- Senior Software Engineer - Android (Onsite) · US · $12.292
- Software Engineering Intern · GB
Benachbarte Märkte
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
So wird gemessen
- Stelle
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Beobachteter Kandidat
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchbarer Kandidat
- not counted yet
- Fenster
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
Über die Daten
- Einige Aufschlüsselungen sind ausgeblendet: Die Datenabdeckung reicht noch nicht aus.
- Statistiken erscheinen nur, wo die Stichprobe eine Qualitätsschwelle passiert.
- Ein fehlender Block bedeutet nicht den Wert null.
Derzeit ausgeblendete Aufschlüsselungen: 7.
Datenstand 2026-10-26
Häufig gestellte Fragen
Common questions about the Kotlin market — short answers from the same data slice.
Is Kotlin only for Android?
No: a notable share of postings is server-side backend on Spring Boot or Ktor, where Kotlin replaces Java. Another growing niche is Kotlin Multiplatform for shared iOS and Android code.
Do I need Java to work with Kotlin?
It helps: the ecosystem is shared (JVM, Gradle, libraries), and in real projects Kotlin code lives next to Java code. Java appearing in Kotlin job requirements reflects exactly that.
What is asked of a Kotlin Android developer?
Coroutines and Flow, Jetpack Compose, architecture (MVVM, MVI), DI (Hilt or Koin), networking and local storage, tests.
How remote-friendly are Kotlin jobs?
47% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 3 074 open Kotlin positions.