The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 VBA Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VBA Developer
Rank 438 504 400
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -104
Contract jobs requiring a VBA Developer 102 77 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.216% 0.132% 0.308%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.234% 0.142% 0.331%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 54 127
Average daily rate £438 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £239 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £605
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £276 £275
% change year-on-year
+4.07% +0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.35 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.12% -25.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 - £25.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

VBA Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VBA Developer Jobs Demand Trend

VBA Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

VBA Developer Daily Rate Trend

VBA Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBA Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

VBA Developer Daily Rate Histogram

VBA Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VBA Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VBA Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBA Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

VBA Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

VBA Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +69 96 £425 -5.55%
London +32 70 £475 -
City of London +15 21 £501 +5.36%
West Midlands +20 9 £250 -13.04%
South East +22 6 £325 +36.84%
Scotland -12 6 £450 +2.85%
Yorkshire +7 5 £155 -40.38%
North West +19 4 - -
West Yorkshire +5 4 £155 -45.61%
Glasgow - 4 £450 -
Coventry - 4 £135 -
Bromley - 3 £240 -
Manchester - 3 - -
Reading +9 2 £331 -
Berkshire +9 2 £331 -
Shropshire - 2 £250 -
Telford - 2 £250 -
Hayes - 2 - -
South West +25 1 - -
East of England +10 1 £175 -
Andover +5 1 £200 -33.33%
Docklands, London +1 1 £350 -26.31%
Warwickshire -4 1 £330 +14.78%
Hampshire -10 1 £200 -33.33%
Watford - 1 £175 -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £175 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 - -

VBA Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 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 VBA Developer in their job title.

1 213 (100.00%) VBA
2 81 (38.03%) SQL
3 78 (36.62%) C#
4 67 (31.46%) Banking
5 66 (30.99%) Finance
6 56 (26.29%) RAD
7 53 (24.88%) MS Access
8 52 (24.41%) SQL Server
9 48 (22.54%) MS Excel
10 47 (22.07%) Front Office
11 40 (18.78%) .NET
12 38 (17.84%) Investment Banking
13 33 (15.49%) Derivative
14 27 (12.68%) Oracle
15 26 (12.21%) Microsoft
16 24 (11.27%) Fixed Income
17 22 (10.33%) Market Risk
18 21 (9.859%) Degree
18 21 (9.859%) VB
19 20 (9.390%) Spreadsheet
20 16 (7.512%) Analytics
21 15 (7.042%) Python
22 13 (6.103%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 13 (6.103%) MS Office
23 12 (5.634%) Credit Derivative
24 11 (5.164%) Sybase
24 11 (5.164%) Oracle Reports
25 10 (4.695%) VBScript
25 10 (4.695%) C++
25 10 (4.695%) Business Analysis

VBA Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited 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 VBA Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (18.78%) .NET
2 9 (4.225%) HTML
3 5 (2.347%) J2EE
3 5 (2.347%) XML
4 4 (1.878%) Web Services
4 4 (1.878%) ADO
4 4 (1.878%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.878%) WCF
5 3 (1.408%) WinForms
5 3 (1.408%) CSS
5 3 (1.408%) XSLT
6 2 (0.939%) ODBC
6 2 (0.939%) COM
6 2 (0.939%) ASP
6 2 (0.939%) Mason
7 1 (0.469%) REST
7 1 (0.469%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (0.469%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.469%) JSON
7 1 (0.469%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.225%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.408%) SAS
3 1 (0.469%) Force.com
3 1 (0.469%) CMS
3 1 (0.469%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 48 (22.54%) MS Excel
2 20 (9.390%) Spreadsheet
3 13 (6.103%) MS Office
4 4 (1.878%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.878%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.939%) CATIA
6 1 (0.469%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.469%) LatentZero
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.408%) HTTP
2 2 (0.939%) Intranet
3 1 (0.469%) Internet
3 1 (0.469%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (24.88%) MS Access
2 52 (24.41%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.164%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (2.817%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.817%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.408%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.469%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.878%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 1 (0.469%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (31.46%) Banking
2 66 (30.99%) Finance
3 47 (22.07%) Front Office
4 38 (17.84%) Investment Banking
5 7 (3.286%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.817%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.408%) Back Office
8 2 (0.939%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.469%) Advertising
9 1 (0.469%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.49%) Derivative
2 24 (11.27%) Fixed Income
3 22 (10.33%) Market Risk
4 13 (6.103%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (5.634%) Credit Derivative
6 8 (3.756%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.817%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 5 (2.347%) Computer Science
9 4 (1.878%) Data Extraction
10 2 (0.939%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.939%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.939%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (0.939%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.469%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.469%) Physics
11 1 (0.469%) IBM Mainframe
11 1 (0.469%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.286%) Windows
2 5 (2.347%) Windows XP
3 3 (1.408%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.939%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.469%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.469%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (26.29%) RAD
2 16 (7.512%) Analytics
3 10 (4.695%) Business Analysis
4 8 (3.756%) OO
5 7 (3.286%) Financial Modelling
5 7 (3.286%) Workflow
6 6 (2.817%) Project Management
6 6 (2.817%) Migration
6 6 (2.817%) Asset Management
6 6 (2.817%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (2.347%) Fund Management
7 5 (2.347%) Risk Management
8 4 (1.878%) DNA
8 4 (1.878%) Systems Analysis
8 4 (1.878%) Data Analysis
8 4 (1.878%) Investment Management
9 3 (1.408%) Rapid Prototyping
9 3 (1.408%) Time Management
9 3 (1.408%) Regression Testing
10 2 (0.939%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 213 (100.00%) VBA
2 81 (38.03%) SQL
3 78 (36.62%) C#
4 21 (9.859%) VB
5 15 (7.042%) Python
6 10 (4.695%) VBScript
6 10 (4.695%) C++
7 8 (3.756%) T-SQL
7 8 (3.756%) VB6
8 6 (2.817%) JavaScript
9 5 (2.347%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.408%) Java
11 1 (0.469%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (9.859%) Degree
2 2 (0.939%) SC Cleared
2 2 (0.939%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.469%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.469%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.469%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.469%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 27 (12.68%) Oracle
2 26 (12.21%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.164%) Sybase
4 5 (2.347%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.878%) Cognos
6 3 (1.408%) Reuters
6 3 (1.408%) SAP
7 2 (0.939%) Business Objects
7 2 (0.939%) Google
8 1 (0.469%) Twitter
8 1 (0.469%) thinkFolio
8 1 (0.469%) SolidWorks
8 1 (0.469%) IBM
8 1 (0.469%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (0.469%) Murex
8 1 (0.469%) Lotus
8 1 (0.469%) PeopleSoft
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
City of London
C# Developer with strong VBA skills required by a top-tier Investment Bank They require a C# Developer with strong VBA skills who has commercial experience of FX...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 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