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 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 | 250 | 252 | 223 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -29 | +28 |
| Contract jobs citing Go | 402 | 582 | 1,147 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.93% | 1.04% | 1.31% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.11% | 3.04% | 3.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 312 | 401 | 854 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £463 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £525 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £625 | £583 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | +7.20% | +11.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £743 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £710 | £863 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £600 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.42% | +11.11% | +20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.93 | £66.85 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £43.69 | £69.25 | £25.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.25 | £74.00 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.80% | +184.62% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £53.69 | £79.25 | £26.50 |
| 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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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 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 | -5 | 346 | £575 | -8.00% | 269 |
| London | -4 | 233 | £575 | -9.09% | 173 |
| Work from Home | +30 | 178 | £610 | -2.40% | 147 |
| UK excluding London | +27 | 81 | £538 | -10.42% | 98 |
| North of England | +14 | 32 | £520 | -5.45% | 32 |
| North West | +13 | 24 | £500 | -16.67% | 28 |
| South East | +21 | 21 | £371 | -32.55% | 22 |
| South West | +8 | 20 | £550 | -15.38% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 8 | £520 | +30.00% | 4 |
| Scotland | +39 | 6 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +18 | 2 | £500 | - | 13 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 2 | £500 | - | 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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