Go (Golang)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Go skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Go over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 313 | 172 | 110 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -141 | -62 | +49 |
| Permanent jobs citing Go | 893 | 2,198 | 5,367 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.89% | 2.21% | 3.30% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.69% | 5.10% | 6.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 621 | 1,047 | 2,405 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £53,750 | £51,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £63,750 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.75% | - | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £102,500 | £105,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £118,750 | £136,250 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | - | +25.00% |
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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,218 | 43,078 | 87,895 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.25% | 43.31% | 53.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,863 | 27,599 | 43,697 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,375 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £107,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Go as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Go.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Go over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
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Top 17 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 20 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -162 | 681 | £80,000 | - | 287 |
| UK excluding London | -182 | 470 | £60,000 | -20.00% | 148 |
| Work from Home | -147 | 409 | £77,000 | -4.94% | 173 |
| London | -67 | 342 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 178 |
| Scotland | -32 | 133 | £57,500 | -20.39% | 4 |
| South East | -21 | 124 | £55,000 | -24.14% | 63 |
| North of England | -155 | 87 | £65,000 | -18.37% | 33 |
| North West | -90 | 71 | £65,000 | -19.82% | 28 |
| Midlands | -67 | 48 | £77,000 | +10.00% | 10 |
| South West | -114 | 47 | £70,576 | -2.65% | 20 |
| West Midlands | -4 | 40 | £77,500 | +10.71% | 9 |
| East of England | -93 | 21 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | -63 | 12 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -64 | 8 | £55,000 | -45.00% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | -9 | 5 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 1 |
| Wales | -19 | 5 | £62,500 | +19.05% | 4 |
| North East | -40 | 4 | £55,000 | -37.14% |
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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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