VBA Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for VBA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VBA over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 130 172
Rank change year-on-year +9 +42 -44
Contract jobs citing VBA 3 40 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 1.13% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% 2.61% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 25 14
10th Percentile - £429 -
25th Percentile £818 £510 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £837 £560 £468
Median % change year-on-year +49.38% +19.79% +3.89%
75th Percentile £855 £738 £512
90th Percentile - - £570
Central London median daily rate £800 £560 £468
% change year-on-year +42.86% +19.79% +3.89%

All Programming Languages
City of London

VBA is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 744 1,530 1,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.33% 43.09% 44.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 1,003 1,452
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £712
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
Central London median daily rate £563 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -9.27% +3.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 11
10th Percentile - £35.00 £44.25
25th Percentile £46.75 £43.13 £46.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% -4.96% +120.00%
75th Percentile £50.25 £71.25 £74.38
90th Percentile - £84.25 £77.50
Central London median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year -15.65% -4.96% +137.49%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in the City of London

VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for VBA in the City of London

VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for VBA in the City of London

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Big Data
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Data Virtualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (33.33%) Collateral Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Monte Carlo Method
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle