The first table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 43 50 57
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Permanent jobs citing VBA 11 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.806% 0.937% 0.208%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.069% 1.923% 0.355%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 1
Average salary £31,000 £39,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.51% +2.63%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
217 208 282
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 55.36% 48.71% 58.63%
Number of salaries quoted 204 200 258
Average salary £34,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,650 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBA
Northamptonshire

VBA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Northampton VBA Salary Histogram

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 17 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 15 (88.24%) MS Access
2 15 (88.24%) .NET
2 15 (88.24%) VB
2 15 (88.24%) SQL Server
2 15 (88.24%) Crystal Reports
3 14 (82.35%) VB.NET
3 14 (82.35%) Oracle
3 14 (82.35%) Windows
3 14 (82.35%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (76.47%) MS Office
5 12 (70.59%) Data Analysis
5 12 (70.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (35.29%) Performance Improvement
6 6 (35.29%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (11.76%) Project Management
8 2 (11.76%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Performance Management
9 1 (5.882%) FMCG
9 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
9 1 (5.882%) QA
9 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
9 1 (5.882%) Degree
9 1 (5.882%) Change Management
9 1 (5.882%) Finance
9 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
9 1 (5.882%) ITIL
9 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 15 (88.24%) .NET
Applications
1 17 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 13 (76.47%) MS Office
3 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.882%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (88.24%) MS Access
1 15 (88.24%) SQL Server
1 15 (88.24%) Crystal Reports
2 14 (82.35%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Forecast Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) MI Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Capacity Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Data Steward
4 1 (5.882%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Data Analysis
1 12 (70.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (35.29%) Performance Improvement
2 6 (35.29%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Management
4 1 (5.882%) Change Management
4 1 (5.882%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) VB
2 14 (82.35%) VB.NET
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 1 (5.882%) C#
4 1 (5.882%) Java
4 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Oracle
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Business Objects