The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 26 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 Canary Wharf region.

Location
3 months to
26 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 29 44 23
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -21
Permanent jobs citing VBA 17 4 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 5.923% 1.163% 5.208%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.374% 2.837% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 15 4 3
Average salary £95,000 £72,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.03% +38.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £72,500 £38,500
10% offered a salary of more than £96,500 £74,250 £66,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
Canary Wharf
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
203 141 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 70.73% 40.99% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 151 107 56
Average salary £77,500 £72,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.89% +20.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £55,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £85,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBA
London

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 26 May 2013.

Canary Wharf VBA Salary Histogram

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 20 (74.07%) C#
2 17 (62.96%) Degree
3 16 (59.26%) SQL
4 15 (55.56%) Finance
5 12 (44.44%) C++
5 12 (44.44%) RAD
6 11 (40.74%) Derivative
7 9 (33.33%) OO
8 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
8 8 (29.63%) MS Access
8 8 (29.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (29.63%) Banking
9 7 (25.93%) XML
9 7 (25.93%) XSLT
9 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
9 7 (25.93%) WCF
9 7 (25.93%) Multithreading
9 7 (25.93%) Time Management
10 6 (22.22%) HTML
10 6 (22.22%) VBScript
10 6 (22.22%) VB
10 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
10 6 (22.22%) VB6
10 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
10 6 (22.22%) Market Risk
11 5 (18.52%) Front Office
12 4 (14.81%) Oracle
12 4 (14.81%) Mathematics
13 3 (11.11%) Java
13 3 (11.11%) .NET

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 26 May 2013, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 7 (25.93%) WCF
1 7 (25.93%) XML
1 7 (25.93%) XSLT
2 6 (22.22%) HTML
3 3 (11.11%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) SAS
2 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.704%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
1 8 (29.63%) MS Access
2 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Banking
3 5 (18.52%) Front Office
4 1 (3.704%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.704%) Retail
4 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (77.78%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) C# Developer
3 9 (33.33%) VBA Developer
3 9 (33.33%) Excel Developer
4 7 (25.93%) Excel VBA Developer
5 6 (22.22%) RAD Developer
6 4 (14.81%) Analyst
7 3 (11.11%) Java Developer
8 2 (7.407%) Front Office Developer
8 2 (7.407%) Applications Support
9 1 (3.704%) Lead Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Support Analyst
9 1 (3.704%) C++/Java Developer
9 1 (3.704%) C++/C# Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Report Analyst
9 1 (3.704%) C++ Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Applications Manager
9 1 (3.704%) Quantitative Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Support Manager
9 1 (3.704%) Applications Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Derivative
2 8 (29.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (22.22%) Market Risk
4 4 (14.81%) Mathematics
5 3 (11.11%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 3 (11.11%) Credit Risk
6 2 (7.407%) Fixed Income
6 2 (7.407%) Statistics
7 1 (3.704%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (3.704%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) UNIX
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) RAD
2 9 (33.33%) OO
3 7 (25.93%) Multithreading
3 7 (25.93%) Time Management
4 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.407%) Validation
6 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.704%) Project Management
6 1 (3.704%) OOP
6 1 (3.704%) Stress Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Econometrics
6 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.704%) Regression Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) C#
2 16 (59.26%) SQL
3 12 (44.44%) C++
4 6 (22.22%) VBScript
4 6 (22.22%) VB
4 6 (22.22%) VB6
5 3 (11.11%) Java
6 1 (3.704%) MATLAB
6 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.704%) Haskell
6 1 (3.704%) F#
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) Basel II
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 2 (7.407%) Sybase