Kotlin : marché
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.
Le marché Kotlin compte actuellement 3 074 postes ouverts, dont 2 899 observés récemment. 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
Demande et offre observée
| Demande ouverte | 3 074 |
| Offre observée | 1 798 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Distribution des salaires
Un sur dix gagne moins de $3 940, un sur dix plus de $17 791. La moitié du marché se situe entre $6 063 et $15 250. Échantillon: 252.
The range histogram for Kotlin postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Géographie de la demande
| pays | offres |
|---|---|
| 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
Utilisée avec
Kotlin most often appears next to Java, Jetpack Compose and AWS. Jetpack Compose among the neighbours marks Android postings, Java — server-side backend.
Métiers qui l'utilisent
| métier | offres |
|---|---|
| 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
Demande par niveau
| niveau | offres |
|---|---|
| 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
Employeurs
La demande est répartie entre 1 095 employeurs. Le plus grand en représente 14.1 %, les dix premiers 26.5 % ; les 73.5 % restants forment la longue traîne.
| part | valeur |
|---|---|
| top 1 | 14.1% |
| top 3 | 19.9% |
| top 10 | 26.5% |
| longue traîne | 73.5% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Où Zorky voit ce marché
Observé sur 124 sources ; la plus grande en représente 30.2 % : ce marché ne repose pas sur un seul canal.
Kotlin postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Postes récents
- 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
Marchés voisins
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
Comment c'est mesuré
- Offre
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Candidat observé
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Candidat correspondant
- not counted yet
- Fenêtre
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
À propos des données
- Certaines ventilations sont masquées : leur couverture de données n'est pas encore suffisante.
- Les statistiques ne sont affichées que là où l'échantillon passe un contrôle qualité.
- Un bloc absent ne signifie pas une valeur nulle.
Ventilations masquées actuellement : 7.
Données au 2026-10-26
Questions fréquentes
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.