The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 85 78 91
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +13
Permanent jobs citing VBA 39 36 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.249% 2.081% 1.338%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.333% 3.685% 2.205%
Number of salaries quoted 38 35 23
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,400 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,500 £51,700
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1170 977 1134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 67.47% 56.47% 60.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1050 905 948
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBA
South West

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VBA across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol VBA Jobs Demand Trend

VBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VBA across the Bristol region.

Bristol VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol VBA Salary Histogram

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VBA.

1 41 (64.06%) SQL Server
2 39 (60.94%) SQL
3 38 (59.38%) MS Excel
4 37 (57.81%) ASP.NET
4 37 (57.81%) .NET
5 34 (53.13%) C#
6 28 (43.75%) Microsoft
7 22 (34.38%) Finance
8 18 (28.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (28.13%) SharePoint
9 17 (26.56%) Scrum
9 17 (26.56%) E-Commerce
9 17 (26.56%) VBScript
9 17 (26.56%) VB
10 16 (25.00%) XML
10 16 (25.00%) Business Analysis
11 15 (23.44%) Agile Software Development
11 15 (23.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (20.31%) Automated Testing
12 13 (20.31%) Software Testing
12 13 (20.31%) ISTQB
12 13 (20.31%) Selenium
12 13 (20.31%) Test Automation
12 13 (20.31%) QuickTest Pro
12 13 (20.31%) Internet
12 13 (20.31%) HP
12 13 (20.31%) ISEB
13 11 (17.19%) Legal
14 9 (14.06%) JavaScript
14 9 (14.06%) Test Scripting

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VBA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (57.81%) ASP.NET
1 37 (57.81%) .NET
2 16 (25.00%) XML
3 4 (6.250%) ASP
4 3 (4.688%) jQuery
4 3 (4.688%) HTML
4 3 (4.688%) XSLT
4 3 (4.688%) CSS
5 2 (3.125%) DCOM
Application Platforms
1 18 (28.13%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.688%) SAS
3 2 (3.125%) MSMQ
3 2 (3.125%) IIS
Applications
1 38 (59.38%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.250%) MS Office
3 3 (4.688%) SPSS
4 2 (3.125%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (3.125%) InfoPath
5 1 (1.563%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Visualfiles
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.563%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.31%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (64.06%) SQL Server
2 15 (23.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (10.94%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (9.375%) MS Access
6 1 (1.563%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.563%) MySQL
6 1 (1.563%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (1.563%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 13 (20.31%) Selenium
1 13 (20.31%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (4.688%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.688%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle APEX
General
1 22 (34.38%) Finance
2 11 (17.19%) Legal
3 7 (10.94%) Banking
4 4 (6.250%) Marketing
5 3 (4.688%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.563%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.563%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (56.25%) Analyst
2 27 (42.19%) Developer
3 18 (28.13%) Microsoft Developer
4 13 (20.31%) Automation Analyst
4 13 (20.31%) Test Analyst
5 12 (18.75%) MI Analyst
6 11 (17.19%) Test Automation Analyst
7 7 (10.94%) Software Developer
8 6 (9.375%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (7.813%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.688%) Senior Software Developer
10 3 (4.688%) MI Manager
10 3 (4.688%) Systems Analyst
10 3 (4.688%) Senior Manager
10 3 (4.688%) Senior Developer
11 2 (3.125%) Support Consultant
11 2 (3.125%) Consultant
11 2 (3.125%) Data Analyst
11 2 (3.125%) Report Analyst
11 2 (3.125%) Software Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.250%) Statistics
2 3 (4.688%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.688%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.375%) Windows
2 3 (4.688%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Scrum
1 17 (26.56%) E-Commerce
2 16 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 15 (23.44%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (20.31%) Automated Testing
4 13 (20.31%) Software Testing
4 13 (20.31%) Test Automation
5 9 (14.06%) Test Scripting
6 6 (9.375%) Web Development
7 5 (7.813%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (6.250%) Data Modelling
9 3 (4.688%) Analytics
9 3 (4.688%) OO
9 3 (4.688%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (3.125%) Data Security
10 2 (3.125%) Validation
10 2 (3.125%) Waterfall
10 2 (3.125%) Data Validation
11 1 (1.563%) Web Application Development
11 1 (1.563%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 39 (60.94%) SQL
2 34 (53.13%) C#
3 17 (26.56%) VBScript
3 17 (26.56%) VB
4 9 (14.06%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.375%) PHP
6 4 (6.250%) Delphi
6 4 (6.250%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.563%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.563%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (20.31%) ISTQB
2 13 (20.31%) ISEB
3 2 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.813%) SLA
Vendors
1 28 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.31%) HP
3 3 (4.688%) Apple
4 1 (1.563%) Fiserv
4 1 (1.563%) Tableau
4 1 (1.563%) SAP
4 1 (1.563%) Oracle
4 1 (1.563%) Business Objects
Bristol, Avon
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People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + pension, life insurance etc
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Are you experienced in SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, triggers, Views etc?... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + pension, life insurance etc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
You will need to be confident with data modelling, analysis and statistics... Experience of any of the following would be advantageous VBA, SQL, Access, My SQL, SSRS, Tableau,...
Brightside Group
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of other test automation tools (such as Selenium) would be advantageous * A knowledge of VBScript, SQL and MS Excel (including formulae and VBA macros), XML, DOS/Shell *...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The position will suit a qualified or part qualified accountant with extensive experience analysing reports and discussing results with senior management. Key skills - Relationship management - Mi Reporting - Data...
Sanderson
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013