The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 107 119 64
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -55
Permanent jobs citing VBA 279 264 519
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 2.390% 2.008% 3.389%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.436% 3.796% 6.207%
Number of salaries quoted 243 249 461
Average salary £55,000 £54,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.85% -13.60%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £40,000 £36,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6289 6955 8361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 53.88% 52.90% 54.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5581 6517 7507
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London VBA Salary Histogram

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 314 (57.19%) SQL
2 286 (52.09%) Finance
3 257 (46.81%) C#
4 226 (41.17%) SQL Server
5 213 (38.80%) .NET
6 153 (27.87%) Degree
7 148 (26.96%) Front Office
8 116 (21.13%) MS Excel
9 105 (19.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 102 (18.58%) Microsoft
11 95 (17.30%) Banking
12 94 (17.12%) OO
13 93 (16.94%) Windows
14 87 (15.85%) Oracle
15 84 (15.30%) Derivative
15 84 (15.30%) SQL Server 2008
16 80 (14.57%) Mathematics
16 80 (14.57%) Java
17 79 (14.39%) WPF
18 75 (13.66%) WCF
19 74 (13.48%) SQL Server 2005
20 69 (12.57%) Tableau
20 69 (12.57%) RAD
21 68 (12.39%) XML
21 68 (12.39%) Fixed Income
22 67 (12.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
23 63 (11.48%) Waterfall
24 62 (11.29%) Multithreading
25 56 (10.20%) Equities
26 54 (9.836%) MS Office

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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
1 213 (38.80%) .NET
2 79 (14.39%) WPF
3 75 (13.66%) WCF
4 68 (12.39%) XML
5 35 (6.375%) Task Parallel Library
6 32 (5.829%) HTML
7 27 (4.918%) ASP.NET
8 18 (3.279%) XSLT
8 18 (3.279%) MDX
9 17 (3.097%) WinForms
10 14 (2.550%) XML Schema
11 12 (2.186%) Ajax
11 12 (2.186%) XSL
11 12 (2.186%) CSS
12 9 (1.639%) ASP
12 9 (1.639%) J2EE
12 9 (1.639%) Web Services
13 8 (1.457%) XHTML
14 7 (1.275%) SOAP
14 7 (1.275%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 22 (4.007%) SAS
2 21 (3.825%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.729%) IIS
4 3 (0.546%) ESB
4 3 (0.546%) Mathematica
5 2 (0.364%) GemFire
5 2 (0.364%) Oracle Coherence
5 2 (0.364%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.364%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.364%) Rendezvous
6 1 (0.182%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.182%) CMS
6 1 (0.182%) WorkSite
6 1 (0.182%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.182%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 116 (21.13%) MS Excel
2 54 (9.836%) MS Office
3 32 (5.829%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (2.732%) SPSS
5 11 (2.004%) MS PowerPoint
6 7 (1.275%) XMetaL
7 4 (0.729%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.546%) MS Project
8 3 (0.546%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (2.186%) LatentZero
2 7 (1.275%) Oracle CRM
3 5 (0.911%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.729%) SimCorp Dimension
4 4 (0.729%) 3000 Xtra
5 3 (0.546%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 3 (0.546%) Google Analytics
5 3 (0.546%) Kondor+
5 3 (0.546%) Visualfiles
5 3 (0.546%) Summit
5 3 (0.546%) Endur
6 2 (0.364%) Monis
6 2 (0.364%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.182%) PORTIA
7 1 (0.182%) HFM
7 1 (0.182%) RMDS
7 1 (0.182%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.182%) HiInvest
7 1 (0.182%) Decalog
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.736%) Intranet
2 8 (1.457%) HTTP
3 7 (1.275%) Extranet
4 3 (0.546%) Internet
5 1 (0.182%) SSL
5 1 (0.182%) SAN
5 1 (0.182%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (41.17%) SQL Server
2 105 (19.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 84 (15.30%) SQL Server 2008
4 74 (13.48%) SQL Server 2005
5 45 (8.197%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 42 (7.650%) MS Access
7 29 (5.282%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 16 (2.914%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.368%) QlikView
10 12 (2.186%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (1.457%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.275%) OLAP
12 7 (1.275%) MarkLogic
13 6 (1.093%) SQL Server 2000
14 4 (0.729%) SQLPlus
14 4 (0.729%) GIS
14 4 (0.729%) solidDB
14 4 (0.729%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 3 (0.546%) BusinessObjects XI
15 3 (0.546%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 19 (3.461%) Visual Studio
1 19 (3.461%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 17 (3.097%) QuickTest Pro
3 11 (2.004%) MSI
4 8 (1.457%) Subversion
5 6 (1.093%) FitNesse
6 5 (0.911%) Selenium
6 5 (0.911%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.546%) JIRA
7 3 (0.546%) NUnit
8 2 (0.364%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.182%) InterDev
9 1 (0.182%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.182%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 286 (52.09%) Finance
2 148 (26.96%) Front Office
3 95 (17.30%) Banking
4 47 (8.561%) Retail
5 44 (8.015%) Investment Banking
6 27 (4.918%) Marketing
7 24 (4.372%) Law
8 21 (3.825%) Back Office
8 21 (3.825%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.914%) Legal
10 14 (2.550%) Advertising
11 10 (1.821%) Publishing
12 7 (1.275%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.729%) Games
14 3 (0.546%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.182%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 328 (59.74%) Developer
2 165 (30.05%) Analyst
3 86 (15.66%) Excel Developer
4 73 (13.30%) VBA Developer
5 54 (9.836%) Senior Developer
6 53 (9.654%) .NET Developer
7 42 (7.650%) C# Developer
7 42 (7.650%) Excel VBA Developer
8 36 (6.557%) RAD Developer
9 29 (5.282%) Senior .NET Developer
9 29 (5.282%) Data Analyst
9 29 (5.282%) Support Analyst
10 27 (4.918%) Front Office Developer
11 26 (4.736%) Applications Support
12 23 (4.189%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.643%) Architect
14 19 (3.461%) Java Developer
15 17 (3.097%) Team Leader
15 17 (3.097%) SQL Developer
16 16 (2.914%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 84 (15.30%) Derivative
2 80 (14.57%) Mathematics
3 68 (12.39%) Fixed Income
4 67 (12.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 56 (10.20%) Equities
6 30 (5.464%) Computer Science
7 25 (4.554%) Hedge funds
8 24 (4.372%) Market Risk
9 22 (4.007%) Credit Risk
10 19 (3.461%) Management Information System
11 14 (2.550%) Equity Derivative
12 8 (1.457%) Ontologies
12 8 (1.457%) Kindle
12 8 (1.457%) Semantic Web
13 7 (1.275%) Physics
13 7 (1.275%) Economics
13 7 (1.275%) Credit Derivative
13 7 (1.275%) NHS
14 6 (1.093%) Interest Rate Derivative
14 6 (1.093%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 93 (16.94%) Windows
2 33 (6.011%) UNIX
3 9 (1.639%) Windows 7
4 7 (1.275%) Windows XP
5 6 (1.093%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.093%) Linux
6 4 (0.729%) Solaris
7 3 (0.546%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (17.12%) OO
2 69 (12.57%) RAD
3 63 (11.48%) Waterfall
4 62 (11.29%) Multithreading
5 52 (9.472%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (8.561%) Investment Management
7 46 (8.379%) MVVM
8 45 (8.197%) TDD
9 44 (8.015%) Risk Management
10 42 (7.650%) Analytics
11 36 (6.557%) Configuration Management
11 36 (6.557%) Asset Management
12 34 (6.193%) System Testing
12 34 (6.193%) User Acceptance Testing
13 31 (5.647%) Data Analysis
14 28 (5.100%) Fund Management
15 19 (3.461%) Business Analysis
15 19 (3.461%) Migration
16 16 (2.914%) Validation
16 16 (2.914%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 314 (57.19%) SQL
2 257 (46.81%) C#
3 80 (14.57%) Java
4 51 (9.290%) Python
5 50 (9.107%) C++
6 45 (8.197%) VB
7 40 (7.286%) T-SQL
8 29 (5.282%) VB.NET
8 29 (5.282%) JavaScript
9 17 (3.097%) MATLAB
10 16 (2.914%) R
11 15 (2.732%) Perl
12 14 (2.550%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.368%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.821%) PowerShell
15 9 (1.639%) VB6
16 7 (1.275%) C
17 6 (1.093%) VBScript
18 3 (0.546%) Ruby
18 3 (0.546%) PHP
Qualifications
1 153 (27.87%) Degree
2 17 (3.097%) PhD
3 4 (0.729%) PMI Certification
4 3 (0.546%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (0.546%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (0.546%) MCSD
5 1 (0.182%) ACCA
5 1 (0.182%) CIMA
5 1 (0.182%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.825%) QA
2 9 (1.639%) ISO 9001
3 8 (1.457%) Basel III
4 6 (1.093%) MiFID
5 5 (0.911%) SLA
6 2 (0.364%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.364%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.182%) Basel II
System Software
1 15 (2.732%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.546%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.364%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.182%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 3 (0.546%) SCCM
1 3 (0.546%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.182%) AppDNA
2 1 (0.182%) Control-M
2 1 (0.182%) WSUS
Vendors
1 102 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 87 (15.85%) Oracle
3 69 (12.57%) Tableau
4 24 (4.372%) Bloomberg
5 21 (3.825%) Business Objects
6 18 (3.279%) Reuters
7 12 (2.186%) thinkFolio
8 11 (2.004%) Sybase
9 6 (1.093%) Cognos
9 6 (1.093%) Charles River
9 6 (1.093%) OpenLink
10 5 (0.911%) DataSynapse
10 5 (0.911%) Calypso
11 4 (0.729%) Fidessa
11 4 (0.729%) Sun
11 4 (0.729%) SimCorp
11 4 (0.729%) MKS
11 4 (0.729%) Remedy
12 3 (0.546%) Algorithmics
12 3 (0.546%) Perforce
City of London
Knowledge of fixed income or credit products preferred Skills Required: RAD Development VBA Excel C# Development SQL Server This role offers the scope to look at candidates who...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The role will be roughly a 70% Data Analysis / 30% Excel / VBA development. Data Analyst background - Insurance (Ideally exposure to Actuarial teams) Strong Excel VBA / Macro building skills...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
This is a global and prestigious company that provide a suite of products (GIS, Mapping, Reporting) used by Multinational Energy companies around the world. As a VB.NET...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
This is a global and prestigious company that provide a suite of products (GIS, Mapping, Reporting) used by Multinational Energy companies around the world. As a VB.NET...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
This is a global and prestigious company that provide a suite of products (GIS, Mapping, Reporting) used by Multinational Energy companies around the world. As a Excel VBA...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
This is a global and prestigious company that provide a suite of products (GIS, Mapping, Reporting) used by Multinational Energy companies around the world. As a Excel VBA...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
JAVA developer required for our city based client... The company is looking to hire a JAVA developer... Proven commercial experience in object oriented software design and development using...
Vadis People
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + substantial bonus potential
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Candidates will have at least four years of experience working in hands-on Excel and VBA development. They should have good knowledge of SQL and database tools. It...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
My client a large professional services organisation require a VBA Developer to join their existing development team... The successful candidate will have experience of developing applications in Visual...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
A City based Asset Manager requires a SQL/C# developer to join their team... From a technology point of view exposure to VBA along with .NET would certainly...
Real Staffing
Salary: £6000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
One of the world's leading investment banks are currently seeking a C# developer to join their rates risk technology group and work on developing new functionality for...
iKas International
Salary: £70 - £100000 per annum + bonus+package
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
The technology environment is a mixture of VBA, Excel, Access and SQL Server / Oracle and is increasingly moving towards using the .NET technologies... If you have a good...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, pension, health, etc.
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
The client has one of the largest analytic teams in the marketing industry, carrying out an enormous variety of work You will combine sophisticated data analysis techniques with...
Salt
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
As a C#, ASP.NET Developer (VBA/Access) you will be designing and developing cutting edge Real-Time Trading systems, these are new projects that will involve work...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
City of London
change, problem and capacity management) Skills required: Excellent problem solving skills Solid and in-depth technical experience working in a Windows Server-based environment Exposure and experience working...
Real Staffing
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
For the role of VBA Developer (C#,VBA,Financial modelling) you will be required to have the following: C# development VBA experience Financial modelling experience great communication skills...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus+Benefits+Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
For the role of VBA Developer (C#,VBA,Financial modelling) you will be required to have the following: C# development. VBA experience. Financial modelling experience... The successful VBA...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus+Benefits+Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Support in the system testing and UAT of developed reports ?Getting sign-off for Release from various departments. Provide Excel VBA Support for Risk, Ops and Trading. Develop...
RDF Resources
Salary: £70000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A London (City) based fund manager are currently seeking an Excel VBA Developer to join their specialist internal tactical Excel VBA team, that operate throughout the business, including...
Bond Mckenzie
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Competitive City Bonus, Pension +
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
VBA, Developer, Programmer, SQL Server, GIS, Oil and Gas Exploration, Energy, Professional Services IT, Software. VBA Developer, GIS & Oil and Gas Exploration Software, London, City £35-£40k + Benefits +...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 19 May 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates is seeking a senior Test analyst position to join a Top Financial Derivatives House to work within their Derivatives Valuations department. The candidate will be working...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
As the application support / Data analyst, you will be working with an award winning product, complex issues using a broad range of tools and technologies such as SQL,...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
As the application support / Data analyst, you will be working with an award winning product, complex issues using a broad range of tools and technologies such as SQL,...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Pricing and Analytics Support, Excel, SQL, VBA, Derivatives, Fixed Income, Financial Modelling A financial software vendor, specialising in Pricing and Analytics, is looking to hire a support analyst... *...
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A global financial services consultancy is looking to hire a number of Java Developers with experience in capital markets to work on various tier 1 investment bank projects...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £65 - £80 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
I have an exciting new C# role in the asset management reporting industry... The key skills are Office Automation through C# Interop (not VBA) and optionally OOXML experience...
Real Staffing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
I have an exciting new Back End/Serverside C# role in the asset management industry... The key skills are Office Automation through C# Interop (not VBA) and optionally...
Real Staffing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Global Investment bank based in London, seeking an extremely strong Excel VBA Developer with exceptional business knowledge, specifically in Interest Rate Derivatives and/or FX Options... The main...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Understanding of and hands on experience with FIX protocol and connectivity - Experience of liaising with or working with exchanges and algo trading/ DMAs - SQL - Linux OS - Excel/VBA...
Real Staffing
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Must Have Fixed Income Knowledge - Must Have. Knowledge of Reuters and/or Bloomberg - Must Have... - Must Have Strong object orientated skills - Beneficial. Knowledge of C++ or C# - Beneficial.....
Harrington Starr
Salary: £75000 - £100000 per annum + Package + Bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
TIBCO RV) - Beneficial This is an excellent opportunity to join a global and leading company within this space... RAD Development, Tibco etc.) and benefit from excellent training and...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £75000 - £100000 per annum + Package + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Skills Required: Derivatives asset class exposure VBA Excel Experience developing pricing applications in C# XML, XSLT, XSD and C++ Multithreaded Development Understanding of continuous integration / testing tools such...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £75000 - £110000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
As the application support analyst, you will be working extensively with technologies such as Excel, VBA, SQL and FIX to technically support front office trade applications within a...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
As the application support analyst, you will be working extensively with technologies such as Excel, VBA, SQL and FIX to technically support front office trade applications within a...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Key words: QTP, HP Quality Centre, System/ Regression Testing, SQL, VB Script, Shell Spripting... You will have a solid degree in a computing, mathematics or finance and between...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A basic knowledge of economics and the IB industry... Desirable Skills: *Advanced knowledge of MS Office products. *VBA, Groovy Scripting, SQL and/or UNIX coding capabilities. *Experience and/...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Senior Analyst - SAS/SPSS/RThis role will fit into a 60-strong analytics department operating across the company.The role of Senior Analyst in the team will involve...
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Junior project assistant - Test coordinator - VBA - banking - London. Hatstand is a global financial IT consultancy with a focus on trading systems, connectivity, data management and the impact of...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
A key global investment banking client is looking to bring on board a quantitative risk professional to join their counterparty risk exposure metrics team. The team is responsible...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013