Go Job Trends in Scotland

Go (Golang)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland citing Go skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	142	143	141
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-2	+1
Permanent jobs citing Go	7	10	11
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	0.15%	0.36%	0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category	1.41%	1.49%	1.04%
Number of salaries quoted	0	4	4
10^th Percentile	-	£77,000	£70,665
25^th Percentile	-	£78,125	£71,517
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	£90,000	£77,675
Median % change year-on-year	-	+15.87%	+18.86%
75^th Percentile	-	£104,063	£85,253
90^th Percentile	-	£104,625	-
UK median annual salary	£80,000	£95,000	£87,610
% change year-on-year	-15.79%	+8.44%	+13.05%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

Go falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing coding skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	496	673	1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	10.78%	24.41%	32.25%
Number of salaries quoted	298	253	557
10^th Percentile	£40,242	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£37,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,250	£55,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+13.18%	-	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£74,830	£78,750	£69,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£87,500	£78,190
UK median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-

Go Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Go relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Go Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Go.

Go Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Go within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Edinburgh	+21	4	-	-	12
Glasgow	-2	3	-	-	14
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Go Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, job vacancies citing Go also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region citing Go.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	100.0%	7
1	Software Engineering	100.0%	7
1	Test Automation	100.0%	7
4	Azure	71.4%	5
4	Machine Learning	71.4%	5
6	Azure Certification	57.1%	4
6	Data Science	57.1%	4
6	Google	57.1%	4
6	Java	57.1%	4
6	Kotlin	57.1%	4
6	Python	57.1%	4
6	Rust	57.1%	4
6	TypeScript	57.1%	4
14	Agile	42.9%	3
14	AWS	42.9%	3
14	CI/CD	42.9%	3
14	Continuous Improvement	42.9%	3
14	Kubernetes	42.9%	3
14	Operational Stability	42.9%	3
14	SDLC	42.9%	3
21	Code Quality	28.6%	2
21	Refactoring	28.6%	2
21	Secure Coding	28.6%	2
21	Visualisation	28.6%	2
25	Architectural Design	14.3%	1
25	Artificial Intelligence Engineering	14.3%	1
25	Claude Code	14.3%	1
25	Cloud Foundry	14.3%	1
25	Community of Practice	14.3%	1
25	Continuous Delivery	14.3%	1

Go Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Java	57.1%	4
1	Kotlin	57.1%	4
1	Python	57.1%	4
1	Rust	57.1%	4
1	TypeScript	57.1%	4