Go (Golang)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Go skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Go over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 318 | 179 | 110 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -139 | -69 | +41 |
| Permanent jobs citing Go | 877 | 2,115 | 5,150 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.88% | 2.08% | 3.27% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.64% | 4.81% | 6.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 606 | 1,049 | 2,450 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £53,750 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £63,750 | £61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.25% | - | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £101,076 | £105,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £118,750 | £135,805 | £108,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | - | +25.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
Go is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,235 | 43,949 | 85,007 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.51% | 43.27% | 54.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,988 | 28,012 | 43,733 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,325 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.14% | +6.65% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Go as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Go.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Go over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.
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Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Go within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -170 | 665 | £80,000 | - | 230 |
| UK excluding London | -166 | 466 | £60,000 | -20.00% | 96 |
| Work from Home | -162 | 396 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 139 |
| London | -72 | 330 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 139 |
| Scotland | -14 | 135 | £57,500 | -17.20% | 7 |
| South East | -5 | 119 | £55,000 | -21.43% | 24 |
| North of England | -152 | 86 | £65,000 | -18.75% | 25 |
| North West | -84 | 70 | £65,000 | -21.21% | 21 |
| Midlands | -50 | 48 | £77,000 | +10.00% | 7 |
| South West | -98 | 46 | £70,576 | -2.65% | 19 |
| West Midlands | -4 | 40 | £77,500 | +10.71% | 7 |
| East of England | -84 | 22 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | -55 | 12 | £65,000 | -18.75% | 3 |
| East Midlands | -51 | 8 | £55,000 | -45.00% | |
| Northern Ireland | -5 | 5 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 1 |
| Wales | -12 | 5 | £62,500 | +38.89% | 2 |
| North East | -40 | 4 | £55,000 | -37.14% | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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