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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Rank 120 144 158
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +14
Permanent jobs citing VBA 94 67 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.779% 1.188% 0.948%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.911% 1.946% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 87 59 50
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,100 £23,900 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Programming Languages
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3229 3443 3359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 61.11% 61.07% 56.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2893 3018 2938
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £23,856
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South 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 South West region.

South West VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South 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
Bristol -1 39 £35,000 +16.66%
Gloucestershire +35 30 £27,500 -5.17%
Wiltshire +15 11 £25,500 -27.14%
Dorset -5 4 £37,500 -
Devon -1 3 £21,000 -2.32%
Somerset -11 3 £38,000 +49.01%
VBA
England

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 107 (71.33%) SQL
2 80 (53.33%) SQL Server
3 65 (43.33%) MS Excel
4 58 (38.67%) .NET
5 49 (32.67%) Finance
6 43 (28.67%) Microsoft
6 43 (28.67%) VB
6 43 (28.67%) ASP.NET
7 42 (28.00%) C#
8 35 (23.33%) XML
9 33 (22.00%) VBScript
10 24 (16.00%) SharePoint
11 23 (15.33%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (15.33%) MS Office
12 22 (14.67%) Business Analysis
13 21 (14.00%) Scrum
14 20 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 19 (12.67%) HP
16 18 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
16 18 (12.00%) VB.NET
16 18 (12.00%) E-Commerce
17 17 (11.33%) ISTQB
17 17 (11.33%) Test Automation
17 17 (11.33%) QuickTest Pro
17 17 (11.33%) ISEB
18 16 (10.67%) Internet
18 16 (10.67%) SLA
18 16 (10.67%) Business Objects
19 15 (10.00%) Software Testing
19 15 (10.00%) Automated Testing

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 58 (38.67%) .NET
2 43 (28.67%) ASP.NET
3 35 (23.33%) XML
4 8 (5.333%) HTML
4 8 (5.333%) ASP
5 6 (4.000%) EDI
5 6 (4.000%) XSLT
6 5 (3.333%) CSS
6 5 (3.333%) Web Services
7 4 (2.667%) jQuery
8 3 (2.000%) EDIFACT
9 2 (1.333%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (1.333%) DCOM
10 1 (0.667%) ADO.NET
10 1 (0.667%) WPF
10 1 (0.667%) Ajax
10 1 (0.667%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 24 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.000%) SAS
3 4 (2.667%) IIS
4 3 (2.000%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (2.000%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (1.333%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.333%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.333%) MSMQ
6 1 (0.667%) WordPress
Applications
1 65 (43.33%) MS Excel
2 23 (15.33%) MS Office
3 4 (2.667%) SPSS
4 2 (1.333%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.333%) InfoPath
4 2 (1.333%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.667%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.000%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (2.000%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.667%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.667%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.667%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.667%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.67%) Internet
2 7 (4.667%) VPN
3 6 (4.000%) Intranet
4 5 (3.333%) HTTP
5 2 (1.333%) PBX
5 2 (1.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 20 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (9.333%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (8.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (7.333%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (6.000%) MS Access
8 5 (3.333%) MySQL
8 5 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.667%) TOAD
9 4 (2.667%) Oracle Discoverer
9 4 (2.667%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (2.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (1.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 2 (1.333%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (0.667%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.667%) OLAP
12 1 (0.667%) OLTP
12 1 (0.667%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 17 (11.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 13 (8.667%) Selenium
3 6 (4.000%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.000%) JDeveloper
4 3 (2.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (2.000%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.333%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.667%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.667%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.667%) NUnit
General
1 49 (32.67%) Finance
2 14 (9.333%) Legal
3 9 (6.000%) Banking
4 6 (4.000%) Marketing
4 6 (4.000%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.333%) Retail
6 4 (2.667%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.000%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.000%) Law
8 1 (0.667%) Front Office
8 1 (0.667%) Advertising
8 1 (0.667%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.667%) Automotive
8 1 (0.667%) Games
Job Titles
1 75 (50.00%) Analyst
2 71 (47.33%) Developer
3 23 (15.33%) MI Analyst
4 18 (12.00%) Microsoft Developer
5 16 (10.67%) Test Analyst
6 14 (9.333%) Data Analyst
7 13 (8.667%) Software Developer
7 13 (8.667%) Automation Analyst
8 11 (7.333%) Test Automation Analyst
8 11 (7.333%) SQL Developer
9 10 (6.667%) .NET Developer
9 10 (6.667%) Developer Analyst
10 9 (6.000%) Business Analyst
10 9 (6.000%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (6.000%) VBA Developer
11 8 (5.333%) Information Analyst
11 8 (5.333%) VB.NET Developer
11 8 (5.333%) Senior Developer
11 8 (5.333%) Support Analyst
12 7 (4.667%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.667%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.667%) Computer Science
3 6 (4.000%) Statistics
4 4 (2.667%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.667%) Mathematics
5 3 (2.000%) TRADACOMS
6 1 (0.667%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.667%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.667%) Windows
2 5 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (2.000%) Windows XP
3 3 (2.000%) Linux
3 3 (2.000%) Android
4 2 (1.333%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.333%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (15.33%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (14.67%) Business Analysis
3 21 (14.00%) Scrum
4 18 (12.00%) E-Commerce
5 17 (11.33%) Test Automation
6 15 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 15 (10.00%) Automated Testing
6 15 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
7 13 (8.667%) User Acceptance Testing
7 13 (8.667%) Test Scripting
8 10 (6.667%) OO
8 10 (6.667%) Validation
9 9 (6.000%) ERP
10 7 (4.667%) Data Modelling
11 6 (4.000%) Web Development
11 6 (4.000%) Analytics
11 6 (4.000%) OOP
12 5 (3.333%) Project Management
12 5 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
13 4 (2.667%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 107 (71.33%) SQL
2 43 (28.67%) VB
3 42 (28.00%) C#
4 33 (22.00%) VBScript
5 18 (12.00%) VB.NET
6 14 (9.333%) JavaScript
7 10 (6.667%) PHP
8 4 (2.667%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.667%) Java
8 4 (2.667%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.667%) Delphi
9 2 (1.333%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.667%) C
10 1 (0.667%) C++
10 1 (0.667%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (11.33%) ISTQB
2 17 (11.33%) ISEB
3 8 (5.333%) Degree
4 1 (0.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.67%) SLA
2 6 (4.000%) QA
3 1 (0.667%) DO-178B
System Software
1 6 (4.000%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.333%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (1.333%) XenServer
2 2 (1.333%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 43 (28.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.67%) HP
3 16 (10.67%) Business Objects
4 8 (5.333%) Oracle
5 4 (2.667%) SAP
6 3 (2.000%) Lotus
6 3 (2.000%) Apple
6 3 (2.000%) QAD
7 2 (1.333%) Epicor
7 2 (1.333%) Citrix
7 2 (1.333%) Dell
7 2 (1.333%) McAfee
8 1 (0.667%) Adobe
8 1 (0.667%) Reuters
8 1 (0.667%) VMware
8 1 (0.667%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.667%) Cognos
8 1 (0.667%) LogiXML
8 1 (0.667%) Fiserv
8 1 (0.667%) Tableau
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Solid knowledge of SQL Server tables/views and an understanding of SQL stored procedures is also required, and applicants should also have well-rounded knowledge of MS office...
Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum - excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West
This is an exciting opportunity to join a FTSE 100 company as an MI Analyst- You will initially tasked with the manipulation and reporting of data via Excel...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Are you experienced in SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, triggers, Views etc?... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + pension, life insurance etc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon, South West
Great opportunity as a Lead PHP Developer for a company based in Swindon... The successful candidate will have a range of responsibilities which will include: Leading development and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
A local I.T firm in the South West of England are currently recruiting for a VB.NET developer with ASP.NET experience. This is an excellent opportunity...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
You will need to be confident with data modelling, analysis and statistics... Experience of any of the following would be advantageous VBA, SQL, Access, My SQL, SSRS, Tableau,...
Brightside Group
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of other test automation tools (such as Selenium) would be advantageous * A knowledge of VBScript, SQL and MS Excel (including formulae and VBA macros), XML, DOS/Shell *...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
The individual is required to be highly technical as this is a 'hands on' role and therefore must be competent in the use of systems applications and able...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The individual is required to be highly technical as this is a 'hands on' role and therefore must be competent in the use of systems applications and able...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The position will suit a qualified or part qualified accountant with extensive experience analysing reports and discussing results with senior management. Key skills - Relationship management - Mi Reporting - Data...
Sanderson
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013