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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 337 | 216 | 103 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -121 | -113 | +54 |
| Permanent jobs citing Go | 854 | 1,643 | 5,871 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.81% | 1.73% | 3.47% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.52% | 4.10% | 6.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 621 | 1,005 | 2,362 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,750 | £63,631 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.25% | - | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £105,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £118,750 | £137,000 | £106,200 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.24% | -3.33% | +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 | 33,947 | 40,085 | 91,945 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 32.25% | 42.29% | 54.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,291 | 26,714 | 43,327 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £48,750 | £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 | £85,688 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £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 2 June 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 2 June 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 | -117 | 668 | £80,000 | - | 296 |
| UK excluding London | -121 | 440 | £60,000 | -17.24% | 126 |
| Work from Home | -114 | 372 | £77,000 | -3.75% | 165 |
| London | -68 | 335 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 199 |
| South East | +17 | 127 | £55,000 | -26.67% | 46 |
| Scotland | -18 | 115 | £56,250 | -19.00% | |
| North of England | -134 | 80 | £63,750 | -15.00% | 32 |
| North West | -88 | 67 | £65,000 | -10.34% | 28 |
| Midlands | -31 | 48 | £77,250 | +10.36% | 14 |
| South West | -83 | 46 | £70,576 | -0.95% | 18 |
| West Midlands | -13 | 43 | £77,500 | +10.71% | 10 |
| East of England | -31 | 19 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | -61 | 9 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 4 |
| East Midlands | -32 | 5 | £55,000 | -45.00% | 4 |
| North East | -9 | 4 | £55,000 | -37.14% | |
| Wales | -15 | 3 | £70,000 | +33.33% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 2 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 1 |
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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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