The first table below looks at the demand for the Excel VBA Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Excel VBA Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Excel VBA Developer
Rank 471 533 459
Rank change year-on-year
+62 -74
Contract jobs requiring an Excel VBA Developer 62 40 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.133% 0.069% 0.216%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.144% 0.074% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 29 98
Average daily rate £475 £475 £540
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £321 £446
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £604
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+56.52% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £24.57 £51.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.76% -52.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £27.63 -
% change year-on-year
-36.66% -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Excel VBA Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Excel VBA Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Excel VBA Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Excel VBA Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Excel VBA Developer within the UK.

Excel VBA Developer Daily Rate Trend

Excel VBA Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Excel VBA Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Excel VBA Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Excel VBA Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Excel VBA Developer within the UK.

Excel VBA Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Excel VBA Developer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Excel VBA Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +82 57 £475 -
London +42 50 £475 -
City of London +22 14 £475 -
Scotland -6 5 £450 +5.88%
Glasgow - 4 £450 -
Yorkshire - 3 £110 -
South East +20 2 - -
West Yorkshire - 2 £110 -
West Midlands +8 1 £330 +14.78%
Docklands, London +2 1 £350 -26.31%
Warwickshire -4 1 £330 +14.78%
Bradford - 1 £110 -
Brighton - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -

Excel VBA Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Excel VBA Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Excel VBA Developer in their job title.

1 137 (100.00%) VBA
2 59 (43.07%) C#
3 56 (40.88%) Banking
4 55 (40.15%) RAD
5 53 (38.69%) SQL
6 43 (31.39%) Front Office
7 42 (30.66%) Finance
8 38 (27.74%) SQL Server
9 34 (24.82%) Investment Banking
10 28 (20.44%) Derivative
11 24 (17.52%) Fixed Income
12 22 (16.06%) MS Excel
13 21 (15.33%) MS Access
13 21 (15.33%) Oracle
14 17 (12.41%) .NET
14 17 (12.41%) Spreadsheet
14 17 (12.41%) Market Risk
15 15 (10.95%) Analytics
16 14 (10.22%) Python
17 13 (9.489%) VB
17 13 (9.489%) Degree
18 11 (8.029%) Credit Derivative
18 11 (8.029%) Oracle Reports
19 9 (6.569%) Sybase
20 8 (5.839%) Microsoft
20 8 (5.839%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 8 (5.839%) Credit Risk
21 7 (5.109%) Business Analysis
21 7 (5.109%) MS Office
22 6 (4.380%) HTML

Excel VBA Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Excel VBA Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Excel VBA Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (12.41%) .NET
2 6 (4.380%) HTML
3 3 (2.190%) Web Services
3 3 (2.190%) XML
4 2 (1.460%) XSLT
4 2 (1.460%) ADO
4 2 (1.460%) WinForms
5 1 (0.730%) WCF
5 1 (0.730%) WPF
5 1 (0.730%) ASP
5 1 (0.730%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.730%) COM
5 1 (0.730%) ActiveX
5 1 (0.730%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.920%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (16.06%) MS Excel
2 17 (12.41%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (5.109%) MS Office
4 4 (2.920%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.730%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.730%) LatentZero
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.460%) HTTP
1 2 (1.460%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (27.74%) SQL Server
2 21 (15.33%) MS Access
3 11 (8.029%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (4.380%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.460%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.460%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.730%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.190%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 1 (0.730%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (40.88%) Banking
2 43 (31.39%) Front Office
3 42 (30.66%) Finance
4 34 (24.82%) Investment Banking
5 5 (3.650%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.190%) Back Office
7 1 (0.730%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.44%) Derivative
2 24 (17.52%) Fixed Income
3 17 (12.41%) Market Risk
4 11 (8.029%) Credit Derivative
5 8 (5.839%) Credit Risk
5 8 (5.839%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (4.380%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 4 (2.920%) Data Extraction
8 2 (1.460%) Computer Science
8 2 (1.460%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.460%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.730%) Equities
9 1 (0.730%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (0.730%) Physics
9 1 (0.730%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.730%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (40.15%) RAD
2 15 (10.95%) Analytics
3 7 (5.109%) Business Analysis
4 6 (4.380%) OO
5 4 (2.920%) Investment Management
5 4 (2.920%) Fund Management
5 4 (2.920%) Project Management
5 4 (2.920%) Asset Management
6 3 (2.190%) Risk Management
6 3 (2.190%) DNA
6 3 (2.190%) Data Analysis
6 3 (2.190%) Financial Modelling
6 3 (2.190%) Rapid Prototyping
7 2 (1.460%) Problem Management
7 2 (1.460%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (1.460%) Workflow
7 2 (1.460%) Migration
7 2 (1.460%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.730%) BPR
8 1 (0.730%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (100.00%) VBA
2 59 (43.07%) C#
3 53 (38.69%) SQL
4 14 (10.22%) Python
5 13 (9.489%) VB
6 5 (3.650%) VB6
6 5 (3.650%) VBScript
6 5 (3.650%) C++
7 4 (2.920%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.920%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.730%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (9.489%) Degree
2 1 (0.730%) MCP
2 1 (0.730%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (0.730%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (15.33%) Oracle
2 9 (6.569%) Sybase
3 8 (5.839%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.650%) Bloomberg
5 4 (2.920%) Cognos
6 3 (2.190%) Reuters
7 2 (1.460%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.730%) SAP
8 1 (0.730%) thinkFolio
London
Our Client require an Excel VBA Developer to create manual reports for the business. The role involves creation of ad-hoc analysis tools, development of data gathering tools...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £250 - £270 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
North West London
A leading hands-on performance improvement consultancy are currently seeking a VBA Developer. Essential skills: - Strong knowledge of VBA - Up to date understanding of the capabilities of Excel...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
A global Investment Bank is currently seeking to hire a RAD Developer to join a team that's currently working on front office related projects around operational risk.....
iKas International
Rate: £475 - £530 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
A leading investment bank requires a RAD Access VBA/ Excel VBA developer to work in the front office risk area. The successful candidate will be required to; 1]...
iKas International
Rate: £450 - £530 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013