Go (Golang)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham requiring Go skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Go over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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Rank | 18 | 31 | 22 |
Rank change year-on-year | +13 | -9 | - |
Contract jobs citing Go | 1 | 7 | 8 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 1.72% | 3.57% | 5.37% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.85% | 10.77% | 11.59% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 3 |
10th Percentile | - | £522 | - |
25th Percentile | £644 | £525 | £506 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £663 | £550 | £513 |
Median % change year-on-year | +20.45% | +7.32% | - |
75th Percentile | £681 | £575 | £547 |
90th Percentile | - | £650 | £564 |
Gloucestershire median daily rate | £700 | £550 | £513 |
% change year-on-year | +27.27% | +7.32% | +13.89% |
All Programming Languages
Cheltenham
Go falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheltenham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 26 | 65 | 69 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 44.83% | 33.16% | 46.31% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 49 | 41 |
10th Percentile | £575 | £363 | £488 |
25th Percentile | £607 | £525 | £525 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £615 | £560 | £651 |
Median % change year-on-year | +9.82% | -13.98% | +24.00% |
75th Percentile | £676 | £630 | £725 |
90th Percentile | £703 | £745 | £763 |
Gloucestershire median daily rate | £614 | £550 | £535 |
% change year-on-year | +11.59% | +2.80% | +2.39% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Median hourly rate | - | £75.00 | £90.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -16.67% | - |
Gloucestershire median hourly rate | £70.00 | £72.50 | £78.00 |
% change year-on-year | -3.45% | -7.05% | +115.17% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Go as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Go in Cheltenham.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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: