Go Jobs with Work from Home Options

Go (Golang)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 113 79
Rank change year-on-year -156 -34 +36
Permanent jobs citing Go 396 1,243 2,997
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 3.00% 4.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.88% 6.09% 7.43%
Number of salaries quoted 287 575 1,770
10th Percentile £48,750 £56,219 £52,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £66,875 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,763 20,419 40,362
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.76% 49.23% 58.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,409 15,015 23,794
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Go as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Go trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Go.

Go salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Go over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Go salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 42 (10.61%) Apache Airflow
2 37 (9.34%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.78%) Apache
4 7 (1.77%) Confluence
5 5 (1.26%) nginx
6 3 (0.76%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.76%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 202 (51.01%) AWS
2 106 (26.77%) GCP
3 81 (20.45%) Azure
4 80 (20.20%) Serverless
5 52 (13.13%) GitHub
6 43 (10.86%) Snowflake
7 42 (10.61%) dbt
8 40 (10.10%) SaaS
9 31 (7.83%) Amazon S3
9 31 (7.83%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (6.31%) Amazon SQS
11 24 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (6.06%) Slack
12 23 (5.81%) Google Docs
12 23 (5.81%) Lucidchart
12 23 (5.81%) Miro
13 22 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (2.78%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.53%) Datadog
16 9 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.26%) AMQP
1 5 (1.26%) Network Security
2 3 (0.76%) iSCSI
3 2 (0.51%) Broadband
3 2 (0.51%) HTTP
3 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.25%) Anycast
4 1 (0.25%) BGP
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) Firewall
4 1 (0.25%) Internet
4 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (21.46%) Relational Database
2 79 (19.95%) Big Data
3 76 (19.19%) PostgreSQL
4 50 (12.63%) Data Lake
5 46 (11.62%) Amazon Athena
6 44 (11.11%) Redis
7 42 (10.61%) Apache Arrow
7 42 (10.61%) Dremio
8 41 (10.35%) RDBMS
9 39 (9.85%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (9.09%) Oracle Database
11 32 (8.08%) MySQL
12 30 (7.58%) Hadoop
13 23 (5.81%) Scylla
14 16 (4.04%) BigQuery
15 13 (3.28%) NoSQL
16 12 (3.03%) SQL Server
17 11 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
18 10 (2.53%) MongoDB
19 9 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 112 (28.28%) Git
2 36 (9.09%) JDeveloper
3 27 (6.82%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.28%) GitLab
5 9 (2.27%) JIRA
6 7 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.26%) Maven
8 5 (1.26%) Selenium
8 5 (1.26%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.01%) JUnit
10 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.25%) Gatling
11 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.25%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.25%) Vagrant
General
1 123 (31.06%) Finance
2 111 (28.03%) Social Skills
3 32 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (5.81%) Retail
5 21 (5.30%) Banking
6 17 (4.29%) Marketing
7 13 (3.28%) Games
8 10 (2.53%) French Language
8 10 (2.53%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.27%) Law
10 8 (2.02%) Legal
11 7 (1.77%) Publishing
12 5 (1.26%) Tech for Good
13 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.76%) Advertising
14 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.25%) iGaming
15 1 (0.25%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.25%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 127 (32.07%) Developer
2 110 (27.78%) Software Engineer
3 79 (19.95%) Senior
4 51 (12.88%) AWS Engineer
5 48 (12.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 47 (11.87%) Site Engineer
7 45 (11.36%) Senior Developer
8 42 (10.61%) Big Data Engineer
9 37 (9.34%) Ruby Engineer
10 33 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (7.83%) Lead
11 31 (7.83%) Principal Engineer
12 24 (6.06%) Full Stack Developer
12 24 (6.06%) Principal Software Engineer
13 18 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (4.29%) Software Developer
15 16 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
16 15 (3.79%) Azure Engineer
16 15 (3.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (23.99%) Kafka
2 86 (21.72%) Node.js
3 85 (21.46%) gRPC
4 70 (17.68%) React
5 65 (16.41%) GraphQL
6 57 (14.39%) Web Services
7 46 (11.62%) RabbitMQ
8 44 (11.11%) REST
9 42 (10.61%) Protocol Buffers
10 34 (8.59%) CSS
10 34 (8.59%) HTML
11 25 (6.31%) RESTful
12 14 (3.54%) .NET
13 12 (3.03%) CSS3
13 12 (3.03%) HTML5
13 12 (3.03%) jQuery
13 12 (3.03%) Laravel
13 12 (3.03%) OAuth
13 12 (3.03%) Symfony
14 10 (2.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.36%) Hedge funds
2 43 (10.86%) Clustering
2 43 (10.86%) Data Structures
3 41 (10.35%) Algorithms
4 25 (6.31%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (4.80%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.04%) Cloud Native
8 13 (3.28%) Product Ownership
8 13 (3.28%) Virtual Team
9 12 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (2.78%) Public Cloud
11 10 (2.53%) Blog
12 8 (2.02%) Blockchain
13 7 (1.77%) Data Centre
14 6 (1.52%) Digital Currency
14 6 (1.52%) IoT
15 5 (1.26%) Cyberattack
15 5 (1.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.60%) Linux
2 12 (3.03%) Windows
3 6 (1.52%) Android
4 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.01%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.01%) Unix
4 4 (1.01%) VMS
5 3 (0.76%) CentOS
5 3 (0.76%) SUSE
5 3 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Debian
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (42.68%) DevOps
2 167 (42.17%) Software Engineering
3 119 (30.05%) CI/CD
4 117 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
5 116 (29.29%) Microservices
6 114 (28.79%) Agile
7 111 (28.03%) Continuous Integration
8 78 (19.70%) TDD
9 70 (17.68%) Code Quality
10 63 (15.91%) Open Source
11 59 (14.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 58 (14.65%) Containerisation
13 50 (12.63%) Design Patterns
14 46 (11.62%) Asset Management
15 45 (11.36%) Investment Management
16 44 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
17 43 (10.86%) Unit Testing
18 42 (10.61%) Full Stack Development
19 41 (10.35%) Continuous Deployment
19 41 (10.35%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 242 (61.11%) Python
2 210 (53.03%) Java
3 169 (42.68%) JavaScript
4 88 (22.22%) Bash
5 56 (14.14%) Ruby
6 48 (12.12%) TypeScript
7 42 (10.61%) C#
8 39 (9.85%) Perl
9 36 (9.09%) Scala
10 34 (8.59%) SQL
11 26 (6.57%) PHP
12 20 (5.05%) Rust
13 17 (4.29%) PowerShell
14 15 (3.79%) C
15 10 (2.53%) Groovy
16 9 (2.27%) Kotlin
17 7 (1.77%) C++
18 5 (1.26%) Shell Script
19 4 (1.01%) Lua
20 2 (0.51%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 38 (9.60%) Security Cleared
2 31 (7.83%) Degree
3 29 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.51%) PhD
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.25%) MCP
10 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.88%) QA
2 19 (4.80%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.25%) SEPA
4 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 138 (34.85%) Docker
2 6 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.76%) Ceph
3 3 (0.76%) Gluster
3 3 (0.76%) KVM
3 3 (0.76%) oVirt
4 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 158 (39.90%) Kubernetes
2 98 (24.75%) Terraform
3 65 (16.41%) Prometheus
4 43 (10.86%) Ansible
5 23 (5.81%) Progress Chef
6 22 (5.56%) Grafana
7 20 (5.05%) Puppet
8 13 (3.28%) Kibana
9 7 (1.77%) Argo
10 5 (1.26%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.26%) Rancher
11 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.76%) Graylog
12 3 (0.76%) Observium
12 3 (0.76%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.51%) Istio
13 2 (0.51%) Rundeck
14 1 (0.25%) Consul
14 1 (0.25%) Packer
14 1 (0.25%) Salt
Vendors
1 47 (11.87%) Oracle
2 43 (10.86%) Google
3 24 (6.06%) Dell
4 11 (2.78%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.27%) New Relic
6 8 (2.02%) SaltStack
7 7 (1.77%) Splunk
7 7 (1.77%) VMware
8 6 (1.52%) Teradata
9 4 (1.01%) YouTube
10 3 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.76%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.51%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.51%) Spotify
12 1 (0.25%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.25%) Ivanti
12 1 (0.25%) Rollbar
12 1 (0.25%) StreamSets
12 1 (0.25%) Sybase