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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 247 | 245 | 240 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -5 | -8 |
| Contract jobs citing Go | 396 | 625 | 1,099 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.93% | 1.09% | 1.26% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.12% | 3.16% | 3.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 305 | 441 | 809 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £463 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £525 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £567 | £625 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.28% | +8.70% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £725 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £863 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.27% | +4.76% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.93 | £66.85 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £43.69 | £69.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £48.25 | £74.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.80% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £53.69 | £79.25 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £55.98 | £81.95 | - |
| 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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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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 15 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Go.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Go over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.
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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 15 May 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 | -12 | 343 | £567 | -9.28% | 223 |
| London | -2 | 229 | £575 | -9.45% | 134 |
| Work from Home | +26 | 171 | £600 | -4.00% | 141 |
| UK excluding London | +16 | 83 | £538 | -2.27% | 90 |
| North of England | +7 | 33 | £510 | -15.00% | 27 |
| North West | +4 | 25 | £450 | -25.00% | 23 |
| South East | +27 | 20 | £371 | -32.55% | 23 |
| South West | -2 | 19 | £544 | -1.14% | 23 |
| Scotland | +52 | 9 | £650 | +23.81% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 8 | £520 | +30.00% | 4 |
| Midlands | +30 | 2 | £500 | -4.76% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 2 | £500 | -4.76% | 6 |
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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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