The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 131 137 105
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -32
Contract jobs citing VBA 747 780 1105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 1.553% 1.344% 1.775%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.122% 3.832% 4.693%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 502 716
Average daily rate £400 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 29
Average hourly rate £31.50 £23.20 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.77% -7.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £15.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.53 £35.00 £50.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+35.45% +10.00%
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18123 20356 23548
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.67% 35.08% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11115 12069 13891
Average daily rate £400 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 737 849
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £17.51 £19.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VBA Jobs Demand Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Trend

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

VBA Daily Rate Trend

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

VBA Daily Rate Histogram

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VBA Hourly Rate Trend

VBA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VBA within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

VBA Hourly Rate Histogram

VBA
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +5 697 £400 -5.88% 166
London +11 506 £475 +5.55% 93
City of London +3 195 £490 +15.29% 38
South East +37 66 £325 +8.33% 14
Scotland -2 37 £250 -41.17% 1
Glasgow +8 29 £250 -20.00%
West Midlands +16 27 £250 -9.09% 5
East of England -4 27 £325 +33.33% 8
South West +21 23 £348 +13.93% 10
North West +23 21 £305 +28.42% 26
Yorkshire -1 19 £325 -13.33% 2
Hertfordshire +21 18 £335 +11.66% 4
Buckinghamshire +10 17 £238 - 2
Canary Wharf +8 16 £600 +14.28%
Dorset +14 15 £375 +127.27%
Bromley +13 15 £325 +8.33%
Manchester +9 14 £305 +35.55% 13
West Yorkshire -3 14 £325 -14.47% 2
Berkshire +5 13 £350 +27.27% 1
Surrey +14 11 - - 1
Milton Keynes +14 11 £231 - 1
Coventry - 9 £135 -
Warwickshire +2 7 £283 +2.72%
Welwyn Garden City - 7 £400 -
North Yorkshire +5 6 £368 +41.34%
Hampshire -4 6 £358 +19.16% 3
Leeds -5 6 £325 +32.65% 1
Oxfordshire +6 5 - - 5
Essex -17 5 £260 +38.66% 2
Reading 0 4 £338 +22.72% 1

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VBA also 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 that cited VBA.

1 785 (51.75%) SQL
2 511 (33.68%) Finance
3 489 (32.23%) SQL Server
4 430 (28.35%) MS Excel
5 382 (25.18%) Banking
6 357 (23.53%) C#
7 341 (22.48%) .NET
8 280 (18.46%) Microsoft
9 277 (18.26%) MS Access
10 230 (15.16%) Front Office
11 204 (13.45%) Investment Banking
12 202 (13.32%) VB
13 181 (11.93%) Oracle
14 179 (11.80%) Data Analysis
15 153 (10.09%) C++
16 144 (9.492%) Derivative
17 143 (9.426%) Degree
18 142 (9.361%) RAD
19 120 (7.910%) Windows
20 119 (7.844%) Business Objects
20 119 (7.844%) SQL Server Integration Services
21 116 (7.647%) SharePoint
21 116 (7.647%) Risk Management
22 112 (7.383%) Analytics
23 110 (7.251%) SQL Server Reporting Services
24 109 (7.185%) MS Office
24 109 (7.185%) T-SQL
25 104 (6.856%) Business Intelligence
25 104 (6.856%) SQL Server 2005
26 103 (6.790%) Market Risk

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VBA also 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 that cited VBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 341 (22.48%) .NET
2 85 (5.603%) ASP.NET
3 80 (5.274%) XML
4 70 (4.614%) WCF
5 48 (3.164%) HTML
6 43 (2.835%) .NET Framework
7 41 (2.703%) WPF
8 31 (2.044%) XSLT
8 31 (2.044%) Web Services
9 22 (1.450%) jQuery
9 22 (1.450%) WinForms
10 19 (1.252%) CSS
11 18 (1.187%) ASP
11 18 (1.187%) ADO
12 14 (0.923%) Silverlight
12 14 (0.923%) Middleware
13 13 (0.857%) MDX
14 12 (0.791%) STL
14 12 (0.791%) ODBC
15 11 (0.725%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 116 (7.647%) SharePoint
2 100 (6.592%) SAS
3 33 (2.175%) SharePoint 2010
4 22 (1.450%) IIS
5 7 (0.461%) Oracle Coherence
6 6 (0.396%) GemFire
6 6 (0.396%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.264%) Confluence
7 4 (0.264%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (0.198%) TeamSite
8 3 (0.198%) MS Exchange
8 3 (0.198%) MS Project Server
8 3 (0.198%) LiveCycle
9 2 (0.132%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.132%) CMS
9 2 (0.132%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.066%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.066%) Tuxedo
10 1 (0.066%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.066%) FileNet
Applications
1 430 (28.35%) MS Excel
2 109 (7.185%) MS Office
3 65 (4.285%) Spreadsheet
4 53 (3.494%) MS PowerPoint
5 20 (1.318%) MS Project
6 18 (1.187%) MS Visio
7 16 (1.055%) InfoPath
8 10 (0.659%) SPSS
9 6 (0.396%) Open Workbench
9 6 (0.396%) CATIA
10 4 (0.264%) XMetaL
11 3 (0.198%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.066%) Simulink
12 1 (0.066%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.989%) RMDS
2 11 (0.725%) 3000 Xtra
3 9 (0.593%) Endur
3 9 (0.593%) LatentZero
3 9 (0.593%) Global One
3 9 (0.593%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.527%) Aligne
4 8 (0.527%) ZaiNet
4 8 (0.527%) Cognos Planning
5 7 (0.461%) CODA-Financials
5 7 (0.461%) Taleo
6 5 (0.330%) Sophis RISQUE
7 4 (0.264%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.264%) Eagle PACE
7 4 (0.264%) Bond Adapt
7 4 (0.264%) Capstone
8 3 (0.198%) Agresso
8 3 (0.198%) FRx
8 3 (0.198%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.198%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.109%) HTTP
2 13 (0.857%) LAN
3 12 (0.791%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.593%) 3G
4 9 (0.593%) VPN
4 9 (0.593%) Wireless
5 6 (0.396%) GSM
5 6 (0.396%) Internet
6 5 (0.330%) Intranet
7 4 (0.264%) 2G
7 4 (0.264%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.264%) WAN
8 3 (0.198%) LTE
9 2 (0.132%) UMTS
9 2 (0.132%) SAN
10 1 (0.066%) Extranet
10 1 (0.066%) SMTP
10 1 (0.066%) PBX
10 1 (0.066%) GPRS
10 1 (0.066%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 489 (32.23%) SQL Server
2 277 (18.26%) MS Access
3 119 (7.844%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 110 (7.251%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 104 (6.856%) SQL Server 2005
6 99 (6.526%) SQL Server 2008
7 67 (4.417%) Data Warehouse
8 53 (3.494%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 52 (3.428%) Crystal Reports
10 51 (3.362%) Data Mining
11 37 (2.439%) QlikView
12 29 (1.912%) BusinessObjects XI
13 27 (1.780%) Oracle Reports
14 24 (1.582%) SQL Server 2000
15 21 (1.384%) OLAP
15 21 (1.384%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
16 18 (1.187%) RDBMS
17 17 (1.121%) Base SAS
18 11 (0.725%) Oracle 11g
18 11 (0.725%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 36 (2.373%) Visual Studio
2 24 (1.582%) Subversion
3 14 (0.923%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 12 (0.791%) JIRA
5 11 (0.725%) QuickTest Pro
6 9 (0.593%) TortoiseSVN
7 8 (0.527%) Hudson
7 8 (0.527%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.527%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.461%) NUnit
9 6 (0.396%) StarTeam
10 5 (0.330%) JUnit
10 5 (0.330%) CruiseControl
10 5 (0.330%) Selenium
11 4 (0.264%) Rhino Mocks
11 4 (0.264%) Build Forge
11 4 (0.264%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 4 (0.264%) MSI
12 3 (0.198%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.198%) Ant
General
1 511 (33.68%) Finance
2 382 (25.18%) Banking
3 230 (15.16%) Front Office
4 204 (13.45%) Investment Banking
5 49 (3.230%) Telecoms
6 45 (2.966%) Retail
7 36 (2.373%) Marketing
8 21 (1.384%) Legal
9 20 (1.318%) Financial Institution
10 13 (0.857%) Back Office
11 12 (0.791%) Retail Banking
12 10 (0.659%) French Language
12 10 (0.659%) Billing
13 8 (0.527%) Law
13 8 (0.527%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.396%) German Language
15 5 (0.330%) Advertising
15 5 (0.330%) Mandarin Language
15 5 (0.330%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.264%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 756 (49.84%) Developer
2 593 (39.09%) Analyst
3 220 (14.50%) Excel Developer
4 201 (13.25%) VBA Developer
5 149 (9.822%) Data Analyst
6 130 (8.570%) Excel VBA Developer
7 127 (8.372%) C# Developer
8 126 (8.306%) Business Analyst
9 77 (5.076%) SQL Developer
10 70 (4.614%) Support Analyst
11 68 (4.483%) RAD Developer
12 48 (3.164%) .NET Developer
12 48 (3.164%) MI Analyst
13 47 (3.098%) Access Developer
14 45 (2.966%) Risk Analyst
15 41 (2.703%) Analyst Developer
16 40 (2.637%) C++ Developer
17 39 (2.571%) Programmer
18 38 (2.505%) Report Analyst
19 37 (2.439%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 144 (9.492%) Derivative
2 103 (6.790%) Market Risk
3 97 (6.394%) Fixed Income
4 86 (5.669%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 75 (4.944%) Credit Risk
6 52 (3.428%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.098%) Mathematics
8 40 (2.637%) Computer Science
9 38 (2.505%) Equities
10 36 (2.373%) Credit Derivative
11 26 (1.714%) Data Extraction
12 25 (1.648%) Reference Data
13 23 (1.516%) NHS
13 23 (1.516%) Statistics
14 20 (1.318%) Grid Computing
15 19 (1.252%) Equity Derivative
16 16 (1.055%) Physics
17 15 (0.989%) Visualisation
18 10 (0.659%) Interest Rate Derivative
18 10 (0.659%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 120 (7.910%) Windows
2 77 (5.076%) UNIX
3 25 (1.648%) Linux
4 22 (1.450%) Windows 7
5 15 (0.989%) Windows XP
6 12 (0.791%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (0.527%) Solaris
7 8 (0.527%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.132%) Android
8 2 (0.132%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.066%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.066%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.066%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (11.80%) Data Analysis
2 142 (9.361%) RAD
3 116 (7.647%) Risk Management
4 112 (7.383%) Analytics
5 104 (6.856%) Business Intelligence
6 102 (6.724%) OO
7 89 (5.867%) Business Analysis
8 82 (5.405%) Migration
9 71 (4.680%) User Acceptance Testing
10 63 (4.153%) ETL
11 57 (3.757%) Asset Management
12 53 (3.494%) Project Management
13 52 (3.428%) Data Modelling
14 51 (3.362%) Validation
15 50 (3.296%) Multithreading
16 48 (3.164%) Agile Software Development
17 45 (2.966%) Stakeholder Management
18 42 (2.769%) CRM
19 34 (2.241%) TDD
19 34 (2.241%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 785 (51.75%) SQL
2 357 (23.53%) C#
3 202 (13.32%) VB
4 153 (10.09%) C++
5 109 (7.185%) T-SQL
6 95 (6.262%) Java
7 74 (4.878%) VB.NET
8 65 (4.285%) Python
9 49 (3.230%) VBScript
10 47 (3.098%) VB6
11 44 (2.900%) JavaScript
12 42 (2.769%) PL/SQL
13 40 (2.637%) Perl
14 18 (1.187%) Shell Script
15 17 (1.121%) Jython
16 13 (0.857%) R
17 11 (0.725%) MATLAB
17 11 (0.725%) C
18 7 (0.461%) PHP
19 5 (0.330%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 143 (9.426%) Degree
2 29 (1.912%) Security Cleared
3 27 (1.780%) SC Cleared
4 6 (0.396%) CRISC
4 6 (0.396%) CISA
4 6 (0.396%) CISM
4 6 (0.396%) PhD
4 6 (0.396%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.330%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (0.264%) MCP
6 4 (0.264%) Postgraduate
6 4 (0.264%) ISEB
6 4 (0.264%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.198%) SAS Certification
7 3 (0.198%) MCSE
8 2 (0.132%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.132%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.132%) PMP
9 1 (0.066%) ACCA
9 1 (0.066%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (2.835%) QA
2 28 (1.846%) SLA
3 22 (1.450%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 21 (1.384%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.121%) Basel II
6 12 (0.791%) Basel III
7 7 (0.461%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.396%) COBIT
9 1 (0.066%) GAAP
9 1 (0.066%) IAS 39
9 1 (0.066%) FATCA
System Software
1 24 (1.582%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.198%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (0.132%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.066%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.066%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.066%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.066%) XenApp
4 1 (0.066%) XenServer
4 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.066%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (1.318%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (0.659%) Netcool
3 6 (0.396%) Control-M
4 3 (0.198%) SCCM
5 2 (0.132%) Splunk
6 1 (0.066%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 280 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 181 (11.93%) Oracle
3 119 (7.844%) Business Objects
4 41 (2.703%) Bloomberg
5 38 (2.505%) Sybase
6 37 (2.439%) Reuters
7 32 (2.109%) SAP
8 25 (1.648%) Teradata
9 24 (1.582%) Tableau
9 24 (1.582%) Cognos
10 16 (1.055%) Cadis
11 15 (0.989%) IBM
12 13 (0.857%) SunGard
13 12 (0.791%) CODA
14 11 (0.725%) Informatica
14 11 (0.725%) Perforce
14 11 (0.725%) thinkFolio
15 10 (0.659%) OpenLink
15 10 (0.659%) Citrix
16 9 (0.593%) Sun
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Rate: 400 Per Day Plus Excellent benefits
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Rate: Neg
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
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Rate: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
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North East
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Rate: From £200 to £250 per day
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Rate: GBP95-100pd
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Manchester, Lancashire
Roc Search
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
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Rate: £450.00 - £550.00 per annum
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London
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Rate: £450 - £500 per day
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Rate: £175 - £325 per day
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
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London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £600.00 - £700.00 per annum
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Essex
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Rate: £270 per day
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London
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Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
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London
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Rate: £300 - £330 per day
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