Kotlin: rynek
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.
Rynek Kotlin ma obecnie 3074 otwarte role, w tym świeżo zaobserwowanych: 2899. Median salary $8242/mo. Observed candidate pool — 1798.
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
Popyt i obserwowana podaż
| Otwarty popyt | 3074 |
| Obserwowana podaż | 1798 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Rozkład wynagrodzeń
Co dziesiąta osoba zarabia poniżej $3940, co dziesiąta powyżej $17 791. Połowa rynku mieści się między $6063 a $15 250. Próba: 252.
The range histogram for Kotlin postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Geografia popytu
| kraj | oferty |
|---|---|
| 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
Używana razem z
Kotlin most often appears next to Java, Jetpack Compose and AWS. Jetpack Compose among the neighbours marks Android postings, Java — server-side backend.
Role, które jej używają
| rola | oferty |
|---|---|
| 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
Popyt według poziomu
| poziom | oferty |
|---|---|
| senior | 1084 |
| 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
Pracodawcy
Popyt rozkłada się na 1095 pracodawców. Największy odpowiada za 14.1%, pierwsza dziesiątka za 26.5%; pozostałe 73.5% to długi ogon.
| udział | wartość |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 14.1% |
| top-3 | 19.9% |
| top-10 | 26.5% |
| długi ogon | 73.5% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Gdzie Zorky widzi ten rynek
Obserwowane w 124 źródłach; największe odpowiada za 30.2% — ten rynek nie opiera się na jednym kanale.
Kotlin postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Najnowsze ogłoszenia
- Sr. Software Engineer (C# .NET) · $9333
- AI First Sr. Android Developer · $10 417
- AI First Sr. iOS Engineer (Remote) · $10 417
- AI First Android Developer · CA · $7500
- AI First Android Developer · US · $7083
- Full-Stack Mobile Engineer · ZA
- Senior Software Engineer - Android (Onsite) · US · $12 292
- Software Engineering Intern · GB
Sąsiednie rynki
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
Jak to mierzymy
- Oferta
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Obserwowany kandydat
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Kandydat do dopasowania
- not counted yet
- Okno
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
O danych
- Część przekrojów jest ukryta: pokrycie danymi jest jeszcze niewystarczające.
- Statystyki pokazujemy tylko tam, gdzie próba przechodzi próg jakości.
- Brak bloku nie oznacza wartości zero.
Obecnie ukryte przekroje: 7.
Dane na dzień 2026-10-26
Najczęściej zadawane pytania
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.