Go (Golang)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Go skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 185 339
Rank change year-on-year -207 +154 -92
Permanent jobs citing Go 516 834 534
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 1.70% 0.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.79% 6.71% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 293 189 304
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £120,000 £110,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £142,500 £124,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,479 12,433 22,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.62% 25.34% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,087 8,073 13,339
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% -0.77%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

Go
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Go job vacancy trend in the UK

Go
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Go.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Go

Go
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Go over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Go in the UK

Go
Top 16 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 13 October 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -199 484 £80,000 -11.11% 781
UK excluding London -262 270 £75,000 +11.11% 280
London -53 216 £95,000 -9.52% 530
Work from Home -112 199 £80,000 -15.79% 380
South East -2 97 £70,000 +24.44% 55
North of England -232 85 £80,000 +18.52% 74
North West -164 68 £80,000 +23.08% 58
South West -32 54 £85,000 - 36
Midlands -30 34 £80,000 -1.54% 26
West Midlands -24 24 £85,000 +3.03% 21
East Midlands -26 10 £50,000 -4.76% 5
North East - 10 £80,000 - 4
Yorkshire -48 7 £80,000 +14.29% 12
Scotland -1 5 - - 35
East of England -51 5 £85,000 +70.00% 24
Wales - 3 £75,000 - 9

Go
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.16%) Apache
2 5 (0.97%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.58%) Cloud Foundry
3 3 (0.58%) Hedera
4 2 (0.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.19%) Quorum
2 1 (0.19%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 227 (43.99%) AWS
2 104 (20.16%) GCP
3 98 (18.99%) Azure
4 51 (9.88%) GitHub
4 51 (9.88%) SaaS
5 46 (8.91%) GitHub Actions
6 35 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
7 33 (6.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (5.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 24 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 21 (4.07%) Amazon ECS
10 21 (4.07%) Google Compute Engine
10 21 (4.07%) OpenShift
11 20 (3.88%) Serverless
12 19 (3.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 19 (3.68%) Datadog
13 15 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (2.13%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.62%) VPN
2 28 (5.43%) TCP/IP
3 27 (5.23%) Broadband
4 24 (4.65%) Firewall
5 20 (3.88%) Network Security
6 19 (3.68%) BGP
7 13 (2.52%) DNS
8 12 (2.33%) HTTP
9 9 (1.74%) VLAN
10 4 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.58%) Internet
11 3 (0.58%) IPv4
11 3 (0.58%) IPv6
11 3 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.58%) X.509
12 2 (0.39%) DHCP
12 2 (0.39%) SSH
12 2 (0.39%) SSL
12 2 (0.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.31%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (7.36%) MongoDB
3 28 (5.43%) Amazon RDS
4 27 (5.23%) NoSQL
5 23 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (2.91%) MySQL
7 12 (2.33%) Redis
7 12 (2.33%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.94%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.16%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (0.78%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.78%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.58%) Big Data
11 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.58%) ZAP BI
12 2 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.39%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.39%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 56 (10.85%) Git
2 46 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 37 (7.17%) GitLab
4 28 (5.43%) TeamCity
5 13 (2.52%) Subversion
6 10 (1.94%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.55%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.55%) Postman
8 7 (1.36%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.36%) Selenium
9 6 (1.16%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.16%) Claude Code
9 6 (1.16%) JMeter
10 5 (0.97%) JUnit
10 5 (0.97%) Newman
10 5 (0.97%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.78%) Gatling
12 3 (0.58%) Hardhat
12 3 (0.58%) NUnit
12 3 (0.58%) Snyk
General
1 127 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 115 (22.29%) Finance
3 66 (12.79%) Banking
4 54 (10.47%) Retail
5 53 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (8.53%) Law
7 28 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (5.23%) Games
9 22 (4.26%) Financial Institution
10 17 (3.29%) Back Office
11 15 (2.91%) Marketing
12 11 (2.13%) Legal
12 11 (2.13%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.94%) Retail Banking
14 8 (1.55%) Advertising
15 6 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.78%) Electronics
17 3 (0.58%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.58%) Automotive
17 3 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 142 (27.52%) Senior
2 138 (26.74%) Software Engineer
3 122 (23.64%) Developer
4 43 (8.33%) Lead
5 38 (7.36%) Senior Software Engineer
6 36 (6.98%) Senior Developer
7 35 (6.78%) DevOps Engineer
8 32 (6.20%) Cloud Engineer
9 28 (5.43%) Security Engineer
10 27 (5.23%) Architect
11 24 (4.65%) Platform Engineer
12 23 (4.46%) Backend Developer
13 22 (4.26%) Python Engineer
14 21 (4.07%) GCP Engineer
14 21 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (3.88%) Software Developer
16 19 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
16 19 (3.68%) Engineering Manager
17 18 (3.49%) Cloud Security Engineer
18 15 (2.91%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (28.88%) Terraform
2 67 (12.98%) React
3 62 (12.02%) RESTful
4 39 (7.56%) Node.js
5 38 (7.36%) Kafka
6 24 (4.65%) .NET
6 24 (4.65%) REST
7 17 (3.29%) Keycloak
8 15 (2.91%) OpenTelemetry
9 14 (2.71%) CSS
10 13 (2.52%) HTML
11 10 (1.94%) gRPC
11 10 (1.94%) web3js
12 9 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
12 9 (1.74%) GraphQL
12 9 (1.74%) Middleware
12 9 (1.74%) OAuth
12 9 (1.74%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (1.55%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.55%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 151 (29.26%) Cloud Native
2 119 (23.06%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (6.20%) Video\Live Streaming
4 25 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (4.65%) Low-Code
6 23 (4.46%) Blog
7 17 (3.29%) IoT
7 17 (3.29%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.71%) Algorithms
8 14 (2.71%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.71%) Embedded Systems
8 14 (2.71%) Security Posture
9 13 (2.52%) AI Agents
9 13 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 13 (2.52%) Virtual Team
10 12 (2.33%) PKI
11 11 (2.13%) Private Cloud
11 11 (2.13%) Robotics
12 10 (1.94%) Blockchain
12 10 (1.94%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 87 (16.86%) Linux
2 16 (3.10%) Windows
3 12 (2.33%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.36%) Android
4 7 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.16%) macOS
6 5 (0.97%) Unix
7 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.39%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.19%) Debian
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (46.32%) Software Engineering
2 232 (44.96%) CI/CD
3 164 (31.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (27.13%) DevOps
5 130 (25.19%) AI
6 116 (22.48%) Observability
7 115 (22.29%) Agile
8 111 (21.51%) Test Automation
9 91 (17.64%) Containerisation
9 91 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
10 86 (16.67%) Microservices
11 83 (16.09%) Mentoring
12 79 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 74 (14.34%) Full-Stack Development
14 62 (12.02%) Fintech
15 59 (11.43%) Event-Driven
16 58 (11.24%) Machine Learning
17 54 (10.47%) Cloud Security
17 54 (10.47%) Platform Engineering
18 53 (10.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 304 (58.91%) Python
2 185 (35.85%) Java
3 98 (18.99%) TypeScript
4 86 (16.67%) Bash
5 68 (13.18%) JavaScript
6 63 (12.21%) Rust
7 55 (10.66%) SQL
8 48 (9.30%) C#
9 37 (7.17%) C++
10 17 (3.29%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.94%) PHP
12 7 (1.36%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.36%) Ruby
13 5 (0.97%) C
13 5 (0.97%) Scala
14 3 (0.58%) Bicep
14 3 (0.58%) Embedded C++
14 3 (0.58%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.58%) Solidity
14 3 (0.58%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 94 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 55 (10.66%) Degree
3 43 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 40 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (7.17%) DV Cleared
6 31 (6.01%) AWS Certification
7 26 (5.04%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.71%) CISM
8 14 (2.71%) CISSP
8 14 (2.71%) OSCP
9 8 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.55%) CCSP
9 8 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.16%) CEH
10 6 (1.16%) GCFA
10 6 (1.16%) GIAC
11 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.78%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.78%) GSEC
13 3 (0.58%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.23%) SOC 2
3 26 (5.04%) QA
4 21 (4.07%) PCI DSS
5 17 (3.29%) NIST
6 9 (1.74%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.55%) GDPR
8 7 (1.36%) GRC
9 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.39%) PERC
11 1 (0.19%) JTAG
11 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 98 (18.99%) Docker
2 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) iptables
5 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.19%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 197 (38.18%) Kubernetes
2 59 (11.43%) Grafana
3 47 (9.11%) Prometheus
4 37 (7.17%) Ansible
5 21 (4.07%) Argo
6 19 (3.68%) Puppet
7 16 (3.10%) Cilium
8 12 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (2.13%) Rancher
10 10 (1.94%) Progress Chef
11 9 (1.74%) Istio
11 9 (1.74%) Kibana
12 8 (1.55%) Proxmox
12 8 (1.55%) yum
13 7 (1.36%) logstash
14 5 (0.97%) linkerd
15 3 (0.58%) Podman
16 2 (0.39%) kaniko
17 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 1 (0.19%) Consul
Vendors
1 55 (10.66%) Google
2 20 (3.88%) Microsoft
3 18 (3.49%) Splunk
4 16 (3.10%) VMware
5 12 (2.33%) Oracle
6 9 (1.74%) Palantir
7 6 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.97%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.78%) Facebook
9 4 (0.78%) Instagram
9 4 (0.78%) New Relic
9 4 (0.78%) TikTok
10 3 (0.58%) Foundry
10 3 (0.58%) Okta
10 3 (0.58%) SAP
10 3 (0.58%) Thales
10 3 (0.58%) YouTube
11 2 (0.39%) Databricks
12 1 (0.19%) Arista