The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 58 91 86
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -5
Permanent jobs citing VBA 23 20 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.419% 1.436% 1.395%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.251% 2.165% 2.542%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 16
Average salary £42,500 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.09% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,000 £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £48,750 £37,550 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
541 924 708
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 56.89% 66.33% 54.88%
Number of salaries quoted 469 747 603
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBA
East of England

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

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

Essex VBA Salary Histogram

VBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Basildon -5 5 £47,500 -
Colchester - 3 - -
Brentwood -14 2 £50,000 +25.00%
VBA
East of England

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 29 (53.70%) SQL
2 25 (46.30%) .NET
2 25 (46.30%) MS Excel
3 23 (42.59%) VB.NET
4 20 (37.04%) SQL Server
5 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
6 15 (27.78%) MS Office
6 15 (27.78%) C#
6 15 (27.78%) Advertising
7 14 (25.93%) System Testing
8 13 (24.07%) MS Access
9 12 (22.22%) XML
9 12 (22.22%) Retail
10 10 (18.52%) VB
10 10 (18.52%) Finance
11 9 (16.67%) Fixed Income
11 9 (16.67%) ASP
11 9 (16.67%) Windows
11 9 (16.67%) Equities
11 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (14.81%) Java
12 8 (14.81%) TCP/IP
13 7 (12.96%) VBScript
14 6 (11.11%) ASP.NET
14 6 (11.11%) Workflow
14 6 (11.11%) Music
14 6 (11.11%) Music Industry
15 5 (9.259%) Law
15 5 (9.259%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (7.407%) DOM

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 25 (46.30%) .NET
2 12 (22.22%) XML
3 9 (16.67%) ASP
4 6 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 4 (7.407%) DOM
5 4 (7.407%) XSLT
6 2 (3.704%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.556%) Documentum
1 3 (5.556%) Captiva
2 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.852%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 25 (46.30%) MS Excel
2 15 (27.78%) MS Office
3 3 (5.556%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.556%) Extranet
3 2 (3.704%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (37.04%) SQL Server
2 13 (24.07%) MS Access
3 5 (9.259%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.852%) EDMS
General
1 15 (27.78%) Advertising
2 12 (22.22%) Retail
3 10 (18.52%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Music
4 6 (11.11%) Music Industry
5 5 (9.259%) Law
6 4 (7.407%) Legal
7 3 (5.556%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.852%) German Language
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Developer
2 14 (25.93%) Analyst
3 9 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Tester
4 7 (12.96%) Test Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Junior
5 6 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Junior Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Junior C# Developer
5 6 (11.11%) VBA Developer
6 4 (7.407%) UAT Tester
6 4 (7.407%) Test Manager
6 4 (7.407%) SQL DBA
6 4 (7.407%) DBA
6 4 (7.407%) Analyst Programmer
6 4 (7.407%) Programmer
6 4 (7.407%) UAT Manager
7 3 (5.556%) Administrator
7 3 (5.556%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.704%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Fixed Income
1 9 (16.67%) Equities
2 3 (5.556%) SCADA
3 2 (3.704%) Clustering
3 2 (3.704%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.852%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (1.852%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.852%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) System Testing
2 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (11.11%) Workflow
4 3 (5.556%) ETL
4 3 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (3.704%) Release Management
5 2 (3.704%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (3.704%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (3.704%) Database Tuning
5 2 (3.704%) Document Management
6 1 (1.852%) Data Analysis
6 1 (1.852%) Business Continuity
6 1 (1.852%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.852%) BCP
6 1 (1.852%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.852%) Project Management
6 1 (1.852%) Quality Management
6 1 (1.852%) CMMI
6 1 (1.852%) Risk Management
6 1 (1.852%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 29 (53.70%) SQL
2 23 (42.59%) VB.NET
3 15 (27.78%) C#
4 10 (18.52%) VB
5 8 (14.81%) Java
6 7 (12.96%) VBScript
7 3 (5.556%) VB6
8 1 (1.852%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (1.852%) ISEB
1 1 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.407%) Open Text
3 3 (5.556%) Kofax
4 2 (3.704%) SAP
5 1 (1.852%) Interwoven
Chelmsford, South East
With continued growth they seek an experienced individual for a Project Management Office Lead. This position is to enable improved project delivery across all projects by improving efficiency...
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Salary: to £42k
Posted: 29 April 2013