The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 192 174 168
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -6
Permanent jobs citing VBA 56 69 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.775% 0.960% 0.935%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.288% 1.572% 1.796%
Number of salaries quoted 51 66 62
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £20,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4348 4390 3508
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.20% 61.07% 52.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3822 3956 3182
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Manchester -35 23 £35,000 +7.69%
Cheshire +22 19 £28,500 +3.63%
Lancashire +13 8 £30,500 -6.15%
Merseyside +27 5 £27,250 -4.38%
VBA
England

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 106 (80.30%) SQL
2 94 (71.21%) .NET
3 82 (62.12%) Microsoft
4 75 (56.82%) SQL Server
5 62 (46.97%) MS Excel
6 46 (34.85%) T-SQL
6 46 (34.85%) Finance
7 45 (34.09%) VB.NET
8 38 (28.79%) C#
8 38 (28.79%) ASP.NET
9 36 (27.27%) VB
9 36 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 36 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 33 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
11 32 (24.24%) SQL Server 2008
12 31 (23.48%) JavaScript
12 31 (23.48%) MS Access
12 31 (23.48%) XML
13 29 (21.97%) HTML
13 29 (21.97%) Degree
14 28 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
15 24 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
16 23 (17.42%) Windows
17 22 (16.67%) CSS
17 22 (16.67%) Legal
18 21 (15.91%) jQuery
19 20 (15.15%) QA
19 20 (15.15%) MS Office
20 19 (14.39%) ETL
21 18 (13.64%) PHP

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 94 (71.21%) .NET
2 38 (28.79%) ASP.NET
3 31 (23.48%) XML
4 29 (21.97%) HTML
5 22 (16.67%) CSS
6 21 (15.91%) jQuery
7 16 (12.12%) ASP
8 14 (10.61%) Ajax
9 9 (6.818%) Web Services
9 9 (6.818%) .NET Framework
10 6 (4.545%) LINQ
10 6 (4.545%) Apache Flex
10 6 (4.545%) WinForms
10 6 (4.545%) WSDL
10 6 (4.545%) JSP
11 4 (3.030%) WCF
12 3 (2.273%) COM
13 2 (1.515%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (1.515%) WebSphere
13 2 (1.515%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 17 (12.88%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.576%) SAS
3 6 (4.545%) TeamSite
4 3 (2.273%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.515%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.515%) GlassFish
5 2 (1.515%) CICS
5 2 (1.515%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.515%) Apache
5 2 (1.515%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.758%) IIS
6 1 (0.758%) MSMQ
Applications
1 62 (46.97%) MS Excel
2 20 (15.15%) MS Office
3 2 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.515%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.758%) MFGPRO
1 1 (0.758%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.545%) Internet
2 2 (1.515%) Firewall
2 2 (1.515%) LAN
2 2 (1.515%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (56.82%) SQL Server
2 36 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 36 (27.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 33 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 32 (24.24%) SQL Server 2008
5 31 (23.48%) MS Access
6 24 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (12.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 14 (10.61%) OLAP
9 12 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (4.545%) DTS
11 4 (3.030%) Base SAS
11 4 (3.030%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 4 (3.030%) SQL Server 2000
12 3 (2.273%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (2.273%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (2.273%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (1.515%) Oracle BI EE
13 2 (1.515%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (1.515%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (8.333%) Visual Studio
2 6 (4.545%) Synon
2 6 (4.545%) Ant
3 3 (2.273%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.758%) Oracle APEX
General
1 46 (34.85%) Finance
2 22 (16.67%) Legal
3 4 (3.030%) Marketing
3 4 (3.030%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.273%) Advertising
4 3 (2.273%) Electronics
4 3 (2.273%) Retail
5 2 (1.515%) Billing
6 1 (0.758%) French Language
6 1 (0.758%) German Language
6 1 (0.758%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 83 (62.88%) Developer
2 35 (26.52%) Analyst
3 19 (14.39%) .NET Developer
4 18 (13.64%) SQL Developer
5 17 (12.88%) Senior Developer
6 15 (11.36%) Software Developer
7 13 (9.848%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (8.333%) SQL Server Developer
8 11 (8.333%) Operations Analyst
9 10 (7.576%) VB.NET Developer
10 9 (6.818%) DBA
10 9 (6.818%) Programmer
11 8 (6.061%) Graduate
12 7 (5.303%) Applications Support
12 7 (5.303%) Analyst Developer
12 7 (5.303%) IT Operations Analyst
12 7 (5.303%) Graduate Developer
13 6 (4.545%) Senior Analyst Developer
13 6 (4.545%) Developer Analyst
13 6 (4.545%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.818%) Data Extraction
1 9 (6.818%) Credit Risk
2 6 (4.545%) Derivative
2 6 (4.545%) Statistics
2 6 (4.545%) iSeries
2 6 (4.545%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.273%) Arduino
4 2 (1.515%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (1.515%) iPhone
4 2 (1.515%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.758%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.758%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.758%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.758%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.42%) Windows
2 8 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (4.545%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (4.545%) Windows 7
3 6 (4.545%) Windows XP
4 5 (3.788%) Android
5 3 (2.273%) Linux
6 2 (1.515%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (1.515%) Windows Vista
6 2 (1.515%) SUSE
6 2 (1.515%) zOS
6 2 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.515%) UNIX
6 2 (1.515%) Solaris
7 1 (0.758%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (14.39%) ETL
3 17 (12.88%) Analytics
4 16 (12.12%) Data Management
5 13 (9.848%) Data Analysis
6 9 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (5.303%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (4.545%) Waterfall
8 6 (4.545%) Web Development
8 6 (4.545%) Unit Testing
8 6 (4.545%) Integration Testing
8 6 (4.545%) Validation
9 5 (3.788%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (3.788%) MVC
10 4 (3.030%) Time Management
10 4 (3.030%) Project Planning
10 4 (3.030%) ITIL
10 4 (3.030%) Marketing Analytics
10 4 (3.030%) Web Application Development
11 3 (2.273%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 106 (80.30%) SQL
2 46 (34.85%) T-SQL
3 45 (34.09%) VB.NET
4 38 (28.79%) C#
5 36 (27.27%) VB
6 31 (23.48%) JavaScript
7 18 (13.64%) PHP
8 13 (9.848%) Java
9 8 (6.061%) Python
9 8 (6.061%) C++
10 6 (4.545%) RPG/400
10 6 (4.545%) RPG IV
10 6 (4.545%) Perl
10 6 (4.545%) RPG
11 4 (3.030%) VB6
11 4 (3.030%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.515%) Ruby
12 2 (1.515%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.758%) C
13 1 (0.758%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.97%) Degree
2 10 (7.576%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.15%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.273%) Terminal Services
2 2 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.515%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (1.515%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 82 (62.12%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.61%) Oracle
3 8 (6.061%) IBM
4 6 (4.545%) JD Edwards
5 5 (3.788%) Cognos
6 4 (3.030%) Business Objects
7 3 (2.273%) SAP
7 3 (2.273%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.273%) SolidWorks
7 3 (2.273%) Netezza
8 2 (1.515%) VMware
9 1 (0.758%) Progress
9 1 (0.758%) QAD
9 1 (0.758%) Infor
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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