Go Jobs with Work from Home Options

Go (Golang)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 181 76
Rank change year-on-year -105 -105 +43
Permanent jobs citing Go 372 772 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.07% 2.01% 4.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.65% 4.17% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 307 548 1,777
10th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £66,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £104,000 £107,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £126,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,059 18,511 44,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.47% 48.13% 59.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,501 14,065 23,940
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,161 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

Go
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Go as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Go trend for jobs with a WFH option

Go
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Go.

Go salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Go
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Go over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Go salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Go
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 54 (14.52%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (7.26%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.96%) Apache
4 9 (2.42%) Confluence
5 6 (1.61%) nginx
6 3 (0.81%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.81%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.27%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 208 (55.91%) AWS
2 95 (25.54%) GCP
3 79 (21.24%) Azure
4 55 (14.78%) Snowflake
5 54 (14.52%) dbt
6 51 (13.71%) GitHub
7 43 (11.56%) Serverless
8 30 (8.06%) SaaS
9 29 (7.80%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (5.91%) Amazon S3
11 22 (5.91%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (4.30%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (4.03%) Slack
14 14 (3.76%) Google Docs
14 14 (3.76%) Lucidchart
14 14 (3.76%) Miro
15 13 (3.49%) Azure AKS
16 10 (2.69%) Datadog
17 9 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.34%) AMQP
1 5 (1.34%) Network Security
2 3 (0.81%) iSCSI
3 2 (0.54%) Broadband
3 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 2 (0.54%) HTTP
3 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) Anycast
4 1 (0.27%) BGP
4 1 (0.27%) Firewall
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (22.04%) Big Data
2 76 (20.43%) PostgreSQL
3 62 (16.67%) Data Lake
4 58 (15.59%) Amazon Athena
5 54 (14.52%) Apache Arrow
5 54 (14.52%) Dremio
5 54 (14.52%) Relational Database
6 35 (9.41%) Redis
7 31 (8.33%) MySQL
8 30 (8.06%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (5.38%) Hadoop
10 17 (4.57%) BigQuery
11 15 (4.03%) NoSQL
12 14 (3.76%) Scylla
13 12 (3.23%) SQL Server
14 11 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (2.69%) MongoDB
16 8 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (2.15%) Flink
17 7 (1.88%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 72 (19.35%) Git
2 24 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.76%) GitLab
4 11 (2.96%) JIRA
5 7 (1.88%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (1.61%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.81%) JUnit
7 3 (0.81%) Maven
7 3 (0.81%) Selenium
7 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.54%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.27%) Gatling
9 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.27%) Spinnaker
9 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 138 (37.10%) Finance
2 108 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 23 (6.18%) Retail
4 22 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.11%) Banking
6 17 (4.57%) Marketing
7 14 (3.76%) Games
8 11 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (2.96%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.69%) French Language
10 9 (2.42%) Law
10 9 (2.42%) Legal
11 7 (1.88%) Publishing
12 5 (1.34%) Tech for Good
13 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.81%) Advertising
14 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.27%) iGaming
15 1 (0.27%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.27%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 132 (35.48%) Developer
2 80 (21.51%) Senior
3 70 (18.82%) Software Engineer
4 64 (17.20%) AWS Engineer
5 60 (16.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 59 (15.86%) Site Engineer
7 54 (14.52%) Big Data Engineer
8 46 (12.37%) Senior Developer
9 31 (8.33%) Lead
10 30 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (6.99%) Full Stack Developer
12 23 (6.18%) Principal Engineer
13 21 (5.65%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
15 16 (4.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 16 (4.30%) Software Developer
16 15 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
17 14 (3.76%) Azure Engineer
17 14 (3.76%) Principal Software Engineer
17 14 (3.76%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (26.08%) gRPC
2 86 (23.12%) Kafka
3 58 (15.59%) Web Services
4 56 (15.05%) GraphQL
5 54 (14.52%) Node.js
5 54 (14.52%) Protocol Buffers
6 47 (12.63%) REST
7 46 (12.37%) RabbitMQ
8 36 (9.68%) CSS
8 36 (9.68%) HTML
8 36 (9.68%) React
9 28 (7.53%) RESTful
10 17 (4.57%) .NET
11 13 (3.49%) jQuery
12 12 (3.23%) ASP.NET
12 12 (3.23%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (3.23%) CSS3
12 12 (3.23%) HTML5
12 12 (3.23%) Laravel
12 12 (3.23%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.32%) Hedge funds
2 55 (14.78%) Clustering
3 34 (9.14%) Data Structures
4 32 (8.60%) Algorithms
5 27 (7.26%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (5.91%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (5.65%) Onboarding
8 15 (4.03%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.76%) Product Ownership
10 12 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (3.23%) Virtual Team
11 9 (2.42%) Blog
12 8 (2.15%) Blockchain
12 8 (2.15%) IoT
13 7 (1.88%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.88%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.61%) Digital Currency
15 5 (1.34%) Cyberattack
16 3 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.95%) Linux
2 12 (3.23%) Windows
3 6 (1.61%) Android
4 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.08%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.81%) SUSE
5 3 (0.81%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.81%) Unix
5 3 (0.81%) VMS
6 2 (0.54%) CentOS
6 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (38.71%) DevOps
2 130 (34.95%) Software Engineering
3 116 (31.18%) CI/CD
4 113 (30.38%) Agile
5 81 (21.77%) TDD
6 79 (21.24%) Microservices
7 78 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (19.89%) Continuous Integration
9 71 (19.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 58 (15.59%) Asset Management
11 57 (15.32%) Investment Management
12 44 (11.83%) Full Stack Development
12 44 (11.83%) Infrastructure as Code
13 42 (11.29%) Continuous Deployment
14 37 (9.95%) Regression Testing
15 36 (9.68%) Mentoring
16 35 (9.41%) Code Quality
17 33 (8.87%) Configuration Management
18 32 (8.60%) Computer Science
18 32 (8.60%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 214 (57.53%) Python
2 174 (46.77%) Java
3 141 (37.90%) JavaScript
4 49 (13.17%) TypeScript
5 42 (11.29%) SQL
6 41 (11.02%) C#
7 39 (10.48%) Bash
8 26 (6.99%) PHP
8 26 (6.99%) Scala
9 24 (6.45%) Rust
10 19 (5.11%) PowerShell
11 17 (4.57%) Ruby
12 15 (4.03%) C
13 10 (2.69%) Groovy
14 9 (2.42%) Kotlin
15 8 (2.15%) C++
16 5 (1.34%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.81%) Haskell
17 3 (0.81%) Perl
18 1 (0.27%) Lua
Qualifications
1 39 (10.48%) Security Cleared
2 34 (9.14%) Degree
3 29 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.54%) PhD
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) MCP
9 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.65%) Accessibility
2 16 (4.30%) QA
3 8 (2.15%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.27%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) SEPA
5 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 136 (36.56%) Docker
2 3 (0.81%) Ceph
2 3 (0.81%) Gluster
2 3 (0.81%) KVM
2 3 (0.81%) oVirt
2 3 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 159 (42.74%) Kubernetes
2 109 (29.30%) Terraform
3 77 (20.70%) Prometheus
4 42 (11.29%) Ansible
5 22 (5.91%) Grafana
6 21 (5.65%) Progress Chef
7 18 (4.84%) Puppet
8 13 (3.49%) Kibana
9 5 (1.34%) Argo
9 5 (1.34%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (1.08%) Rancher
11 3 (0.81%) Graylog
11 3 (0.81%) Observium
11 3 (0.81%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.54%) Istio
12 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
13 1 (0.27%) Consul
13 1 (0.27%) Icinga
13 1 (0.27%) Packer
13 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (9.14%) Google
2 14 (3.76%) Dell
3 11 (2.96%) Oracle
4 10 (2.69%) Microsoft
5 9 (2.42%) New Relic
6 8 (2.15%) SaltStack
7 7 (1.88%) Splunk
7 7 (1.88%) VMware
8 6 (1.61%) Teradata
9 4 (1.08%) YouTube
10 3 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.81%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.54%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.54%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.54%) Spotify
12 1 (0.27%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.27%) Ivanti
12 1 (0.27%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.27%) Rollbar
12 1 (0.27%) Sybase