Go (Golang)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Go skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Go over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 271 | 243 | 237 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -28 | -6 | -8 |
| Contract jobs citing Go | 379 | 656 | 1,104 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.87% | 1.10% | 1.24% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.95% | 3.14% | 3.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 288 | 471 | 815 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £470 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £485 | £537 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £625 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | +8.70% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £713 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £697 | £850 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £550 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.27% | +5.77% | +15.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £74.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £65.50 | - |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,854 | 20,901 | 32,217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.49% | 35.02% | 36.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,130 | 15,092 | 23,463 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £760 | £780 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 485 | 471 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.25 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.50 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.33% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.52 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.21% | +16.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Go as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Go.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Go over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Go.
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Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Go within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -22 | 330 | £575 | -8.00% | 242 |
| London | -28 | 208 | £575 | -10.71% | 150 |
| Work from Home | +6 | 155 | £625 | - | 166 |
| UK excluding London | +32 | 89 | £538 | -2.27% | 105 |
| North of England | +14 | 36 | £523 | -12.92% | 32 |
| North West | +5 | 27 | £500 | -16.67% | 25 |
| South East | +26 | 23 | £371 | -32.55% | 21 |
| South West | -12 | 19 | £544 | -1.14% | 16 |
| Scotland | +40 | 9 | £650 | +23.81% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 9 | £523 | +30.63% | 3 |
| Midlands | +28 | 2 | £500 | -4.76% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +28 | 2 | £500 | -4.76% | 9 |
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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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