The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 24 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 149 173 111
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -62
Permanent jobs citing VBA 835 809 1307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.909% 1.508% 2.254%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.562% 2.787% 4.132%
Number of salaries quoted 683 707 1087
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
23444 29032 31633
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 53.61% 54.13% 54.54%
Number of salaries quoted 20129 25775 27093
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBA
England

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +5 275 £55,000 -
Enfield +9 22 £41,250 +35.24%
Canary Wharf +15 17 £95,000 +31.03%
Croydon -7 5 £27,500 -26.66%
Docklands, London - 4 £48,750 -
Bromley 0 3 £35,000 -
Chiswick - 3 £30,000 -
Orpington -15 2 £35,000 +21.73%
Uxbridge - 2 £29,582 -
South Croydon - 1 £45,000 -
Beckenham - 1 - -
New Malden - 1 £35,000 -
Osterley - 1 - -
VBA
England

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 1079 (63.85%) SQL
2 780 (46.15%) Finance
3 649 (38.40%) C#
4 622 (36.80%) SQL Server
5 522 (30.89%) .NET
6 419 (24.79%) MS Excel
7 413 (24.44%) Degree
8 376 (22.25%) Front Office
9 356 (21.07%) Microsoft
10 306 (18.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 255 (15.09%) Derivative
12 226 (13.37%) Banking
12 226 (13.37%) SQL Server 2008
13 222 (13.14%) VB
14 218 (12.90%) Oracle
15 217 (12.84%) MS Office
16 213 (12.60%) Java
17 210 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
18 208 (12.31%) Mathematics
19 205 (12.13%) C++
20 197 (11.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
21 192 (11.36%) Windows
22 175 (10.36%) XML
22 175 (10.36%) Fixed Income
23 170 (10.06%) OO
24 166 (9.822%) Data Analysis
25 160 (9.467%) Analytics
26 157 (9.290%) SQL Server 2005
27 151 (8.935%) RAD
27 151 (8.935%) T-SQL

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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
1 522 (30.89%) .NET
2 175 (10.36%) XML
3 127 (7.515%) WCF
4 122 (7.219%) HTML
5 111 (6.568%) WPF
6 91 (5.385%) ASP.NET
7 50 (2.959%) XSLT
8 48 (2.840%) Ajax
9 46 (2.722%) CSS
10 42 (2.485%) Task Parallel Library
11 41 (2.426%) Web Services
12 39 (2.308%) MDX
13 36 (2.130%) jQuery
14 34 (2.012%) WinForms
15 30 (1.775%) .NET Framework
16 20 (1.183%) ADO
16 20 (1.183%) ASP
17 18 (1.065%) XML Schema
17 18 (1.065%) SOAP
18 16 (0.947%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 112 (6.627%) SharePoint
2 101 (5.976%) SAS
3 27 (1.598%) CMS
4 18 (1.065%) SharePoint 2010
5 11 (0.651%) WorkSite
6 8 (0.473%) Rendezvous
7 7 (0.414%) MS Exchange
8 6 (0.355%) IIS
9 5 (0.296%) Lync
9 5 (0.296%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.296%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.178%) Oracle Coherence
10 3 (0.178%) ESB
10 3 (0.178%) GemFire
11 2 (0.118%) Apache
12 1 (0.059%) Windows Azure
12 1 (0.059%) Force.com
12 1 (0.059%) Confluence
12 1 (0.059%) ActiveMQ
12 1 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 419 (24.79%) MS Excel
2 217 (12.84%) MS Office
3 91 (5.385%) Spreadsheet
4 55 (3.254%) SPSS
5 28 (1.657%) MS PowerPoint
6 17 (1.006%) MS Project
7 11 (0.651%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.414%) XMetaL
9 5 (0.296%) PowerPivot
9 5 (0.296%) Stata
10 3 (0.178%) FastStats
10 3 (0.178%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.178%) InDesign
11 2 (0.118%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.118%) S-PLUS
12 1 (0.059%) InfoPath
12 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.059%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 12 (0.710%) LatentZero
2 11 (0.651%) Google Analytics
3 9 (0.533%) 3000 Xtra
3 9 (0.533%) HFM
3 9 (0.533%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.533%) Summit
3 9 (0.533%) Oracle CRM
4 8 (0.473%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 7 (0.414%) Endur
6 6 (0.355%) Dynamics GP
6 6 (0.355%) Visualfiles
7 5 (0.296%) Hyperion Planning
7 5 (0.296%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.296%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.237%) Kondor+
8 4 (0.237%) SimCorp Dimension
8 4 (0.237%) SiteCatalyst
8 4 (0.237%) Demantra
9 3 (0.178%) Aligne
9 3 (0.178%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.491%) Intranet
2 24 (1.420%) HTTP
3 21 (1.243%) Extranet
4 16 (0.947%) Internet
5 12 (0.710%) FTP
6 8 (0.473%) SAN
7 7 (0.414%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.296%) Broadband
8 5 (0.296%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.237%) DNS
9 4 (0.237%) DHCP
10 1 (0.059%) LAN
10 1 (0.059%) VoIP
10 1 (0.059%) WAN
10 1 (0.059%) VPN
10 1 (0.059%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 622 (36.80%) SQL Server
2 306 (18.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 226 (13.37%) SQL Server 2008
4 197 (11.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 157 (9.290%) SQL Server 2005
6 118 (6.982%) MS Access
7 110 (6.509%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 60 (3.550%) Data Warehouse
9 49 (2.899%) Crystal Reports
10 44 (2.604%) QlikView
11 38 (2.249%) RDBMS
12 35 (2.071%) SQL Server 2000
12 35 (2.071%) OLAP
13 31 (1.834%) Data Mining
14 19 (1.124%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 17 (1.006%) Oracle Reports
16 16 (0.947%) Essbase
17 11 (0.651%) Oracle BI EE
17 11 (0.651%) Informix
18 10 (0.592%) GIS
Development Applications
1 85 (5.030%) Visual Studio
2 59 (3.491%) QuickTest Pro
3 43 (2.544%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 41 (2.426%) Subversion
5 27 (1.598%) Team Foundation Server
6 22 (1.302%) Eclipse
7 20 (1.183%) LoadRunner
8 18 (1.065%) Selenium
9 17 (1.006%) JIRA
10 13 (0.769%) FitNesse
10 13 (0.769%) MSI
11 11 (0.651%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 9 (0.533%) TestComplete
12 9 (0.533%) WinRunner
13 7 (0.414%) Ant
14 3 (0.178%) NUnit
14 3 (0.178%) PowerBuilder
15 2 (0.118%) Oracle Forms
16 1 (0.059%) Visual Studio Team System
16 1 (0.059%) Oracle APEX
General
1 780 (46.15%) Finance
2 376 (22.25%) Front Office
3 226 (13.37%) Banking
4 110 (6.509%) Marketing
5 94 (5.562%) Retail
6 90 (5.325%) Law
7 88 (5.207%) Legal
8 87 (5.148%) Investment Banking
9 49 (2.899%) Financial Institution
10 43 (2.544%) Back Office
11 38 (2.249%) Advertising
12 29 (1.716%) Publishing
13 13 (0.769%) Telecoms
14 11 (0.651%) Games
15 9 (0.533%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.178%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.118%) Billing
17 2 (0.118%) Greek Language
18 1 (0.059%) Music
18 1 (0.059%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 839 (49.64%) Developer
2 644 (38.11%) Analyst
3 254 (15.03%) Excel Developer
4 209 (12.37%) VBA Developer
5 141 (8.343%) Data Analyst
6 138 (8.166%) Excel VBA Developer
7 118 (6.982%) C# Developer
8 94 (5.562%) .NET Developer
9 84 (4.970%) Support Analyst
10 81 (4.793%) Senior Analyst
11 79 (4.675%) Business Analyst
12 73 (4.320%) RAD Developer
13 70 (4.142%) Applications Support
14 69 (4.083%) Senior Developer
15 67 (3.964%) Report Analyst
16 66 (3.905%) Front Office Developer
17 65 (3.846%) Junior
18 64 (3.787%) Analyst Developer
18 64 (3.787%) SQL Developer
19 58 (3.432%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 255 (15.09%) Derivative
2 208 (12.31%) Mathematics
3 175 (10.36%) Fixed Income
4 150 (8.876%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 105 (6.213%) Equities
6 90 (5.325%) Hedge funds
7 73 (4.320%) Computer Science
8 70 (4.142%) Credit Risk
9 66 (3.905%) Statistics
10 64 (3.787%) Market Risk
11 61 (3.609%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 52 (3.077%) Management Information System
13 31 (1.834%) Equity Derivative
14 30 (1.775%) NHS
15 24 (1.420%) Physics
16 23 (1.361%) Economics
17 21 (1.243%) Reference Data
18 19 (1.124%) Visualisation
19 18 (1.065%) Enterprise Software
20 14 (0.828%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 192 (11.36%) Windows
2 90 (5.325%) UNIX
3 56 (3.314%) Linux
4 32 (1.893%) Windows Server 2008
5 24 (1.420%) Windows XP
6 19 (1.124%) Windows 7
6 19 (1.124%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (0.296%) Windows Vista
7 5 (0.296%) Windows 2000
8 4 (0.237%) Solaris
9 3 (0.178%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.059%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
2 170 (10.06%) OO
3 166 (9.822%) Data Analysis
4 160 (9.467%) Analytics
5 151 (8.935%) RAD
6 130 (7.692%) Risk Management
7 106 (6.272%) Multithreading
8 85 (5.030%) Business Analysis
9 83 (4.911%) Waterfall
10 81 (4.793%) Data Modelling
11 75 (4.438%) Asset Management
12 66 (3.905%) User Acceptance Testing
13 63 (3.728%) Investment Management
13 63 (3.728%) ETL
14 62 (3.669%) Data Management
14 62 (3.669%) TDD
15 55 (3.254%) Configuration Management
16 53 (3.136%) MVVM
17 51 (3.018%) Migration
18 49 (2.899%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1079 (63.85%) SQL
2 649 (38.40%) C#
3 222 (13.14%) VB
4 213 (12.60%) Java
5 205 (12.13%) C++
6 151 (8.935%) T-SQL
7 127 (7.515%) Python
8 111 (6.568%) JavaScript
9 104 (6.154%) VB.NET
10 75 (4.438%) Perl
11 54 (3.195%) VB6
12 51 (3.018%) MATLAB
13 49 (2.899%) R
14 46 (2.722%) VBScript
15 44 (2.604%) Shell Script
16 43 (2.544%) PowerShell
17 28 (1.657%) PL/SQL
18 25 (1.479%) C
19 17 (1.006%) PHP
20 12 (0.710%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 413 (24.44%) Degree
2 39 (2.308%) PhD
3 19 (1.124%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (0.769%) MCP
5 11 (0.651%) MCSE
6 10 (0.592%) CIMA
6 10 (0.592%) ACCA
7 9 (0.533%) MCSA
8 8 (0.473%) MCITP
8 8 (0.473%) MCTS
9 6 (0.355%) CFA
10 5 (0.296%) Security Cleared
10 5 (0.296%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.237%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.178%) ISEB
12 3 (0.178%) MCSD
13 2 (0.118%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.118%) MCDST
14 1 (0.059%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.059%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (4.142%) QA
2 17 (1.006%) Basel III
3 16 (0.947%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.888%) Basel II
5 11 (0.651%) ISO 9001
6 10 (0.592%) SLA
7 5 (0.296%) MiFID
7 5 (0.296%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.296%) GAAP
System Software
1 43 (2.544%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.414%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (0.178%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.178%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (0.118%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (0.118%) Cronacle
4 2 (0.118%) XenApp
4 2 (0.118%) XenServer
4 2 (0.118%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.059%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 27 (1.598%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (0.888%) SCCM
3 9 (0.533%) WMI
4 3 (0.178%) WSUS
4 3 (0.178%) Control-M
5 2 (0.118%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.118%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
6 1 (0.059%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 356 (21.07%) Microsoft
2 218 (12.90%) Oracle
3 90 (5.325%) Tableau
4 70 (4.142%) Business Objects
5 68 (4.024%) Bloomberg
6 52 (3.077%) Reuters
7 39 (2.308%) Sybase
8 32 (1.893%) Cognos
9 24 (1.420%) HP
10 18 (1.065%) Hyperion
11 16 (0.947%) SAP
11 16 (0.947%) Adobe
11 16 (0.947%) Telerik
12 14 (0.828%) Omniture
13 12 (0.710%) OpenLink
13 12 (0.710%) Google
13 12 (0.710%) thinkFolio
14 10 (0.592%) TIBCO
14 10 (0.592%) Informatica
14 10 (0.592%) Interwoven
Enfield, Middlesex
You will use your experience as an Analyst (SQL, VBA, etc) to help the business users extract key information quicker and simpler in order to help them make...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Fantastic benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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 of London
As a VBA Developer you will be working in a role across the full software/project life cycle, form the initial gathering of requirements through to design, development...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Package + Bonus
Posted: 22 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: 21 May 2013
London
Our Client is able to offer physical acquisition, management and delivery of natural gas, power and coal in the United States, Canada and Europe. In Europe, is one...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
This is a pure Microsoft Access and Excel role and does not requires candidates to have experience in SQL or C++ for example. Create a database using Microsoft...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £24,999 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Data Analyst, Informatics, SQL Server, Access, Excel, VBA, SQL Queries, Reports, ETL, Health SystemsWe have an urgent requirement for a Data Analyst to join a busy and expanding...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus, 25 days, 5% pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The candidate must possess strong SQL skills along with ideally .NET and VBA experience... To summarise the ideal candidate is as follows 2+ Years experience Relevant Finance experience/...
Real Staffing
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
For this position as a C# ASP.NET, VBA, MS Access Developer (SQL, Excel) you will assigned to two key projects that this business has outlaid... For this...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Management Information Analyst/ MI Developer- Lloyd`s Syndicate- PermanentMy client is a top Lloyd`s syndicate based in the heart of the city seeking a Management Information Analyst...
High Finance Group
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Benefits etc
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
You will provide timely and accurate data exports for clients and a good knowledge of Access / SQL and also SSRS The Data Manager will have the following experience /...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £28k - 30k per year + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
VBA, SQL, Equity, Canary Wharf A leader in the world of exchange brokerage and investment management is hiring a VBA, SQL Server Developer with FX Derivatives knowledge for...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £85000 - £100000 per annum + bonus and benefits and training
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
This is a global team responsible for the real-time pricing / analytics functionality for the broker as well as producing prices external distribution to Bloomberg, Reuters and external...
Real Staffing
Salary: £85000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
If you are a Business Intelligence Manager looking for that next step in your career and looking to move into an environment where data and BI are at...
Eligo Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £75000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 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
London
Job Title: Senior Data Analyst - Forecasting and ReportingLocation: SohoSalary: c-£30,000OverviewTo provide accurate forecasting activity and performance trend analysis- To predict peaks and troughs in renewals and...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: GBP0 to GBP30000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus and benefits
Posted: 27 April 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: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Package + bonus
Posted: 22 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
London
For this position as a C# ASP.NET, VBA, MS Access Developer (SQL, Excel) you will assigned to two key projects that this business has outlaid... For this...
Harrington Starr
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
For this position as a C# ASP.NET, VBA, MS Access Developer (SQL, Excel) you will assigned to two key projects that this business has outlaid... For this...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Working closely with the Infrastructure Services team, Applications Developers and Testers, the Environment and Configuration Analyst will be responsible for: Installing, configuring and maintaining the application environment and...
Information Technology Services
Salary: Market related
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
The right candidate will be an expert in Excel VBA, Access VBA, Outlook VBA, SAS and Teradata SQL. *The right candidate will have experience of Oracle SQL and...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The right candidate will be an expert in Excel VBA, Access VBA, Outlook VBA, SAS and Teradata SQL. *The right candidate will have experience of Oracle SQL and...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £48000 - £58000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Your duties will also involved supporting production activities across the fixed income and risk weighted asset classes. Essential Technical Skills required: - Windows Server - SQL - Excel/VBA - Higher Degree...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £45000
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
These are predominantly SQL server based, with Informatica PowerCenter for ETL and accessed through .Net applications... SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL and Stored Procedures. WinFoms, ASP.Net, HTML,...
XL Insurance
Salary: Competitive basic, bonus and benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013