The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VBA skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBA over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank228168120
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Down-48
Matching permanent IT job ads134118341821
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.112 %1.496 %1.907 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.073 %2.849 %3.744 %
Number of salaries quoted118015571456
Average salary£42,500£47,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£77,500£80,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
646836438048632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK53.64 %52.50 %50.94 %
Number of salaries quoted569875583141348
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,700£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

VBA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VBA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VBA Demand Trend

VBA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VBA within the UK.

VBA Salary Trend

VBA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBA over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

VBA Salary Histogram

VBA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-711257£42,500-10.52 %
LondonDown-70789£52,500-12.50 %
City of LondonDown-54267£52,500-14.28 %
South EastDown-33195£32,500-7.14 %
SurreyUp+2181£32,500-7.14 %
East of EnglandUp+1371£35,250+17.50 %
North WestDown-667£32,500+3.17 %
South WestDown-363£30,000-7.69 %
ManchesterUp+552£32,500-
ScotlandUp+1035£32,500-9.09 %
BristolUp+1034£30,000-7.69 %
HampshireDown-1032£40,500+6.57 %
HertfordshireUp+1927£38,000+16.92 %
County AntrimUp+2026£37,500+8.69 %
BelfastUp+2026£37,500+8.69 %
Northern IrelandUp+1926£37,500+8.69 %
YorkshireDown-5126£24,250-19.16 %
EdinburghUp+1025£32,500-10.95 %
East MidlandsUp+1021£29,000-10.76 %
EssexDown-521£31,000+3.33 %
West MidlandsDown-4821£38,000+38.18 %
CroydonNew entry-21£37,500-
ReigateNew entry-18£32,500-
West YorkshireDown-2716£24,000-20.66 %
BerkshireDown-6816£59,975+59.93 %
OxfordshireDown-715£39,250-34.58 %
GuildfordDown-1115£32,500+4.00 %
BoltonNew entry-13£35,000-
OxfordUp+812£38,500-35.83 %
BuckinghamshireUp+412£37,500-6.25 %

VBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11762 (63.61 %)SQL
21164 (42.02 %)Finance
31081 (39.03 %)SQL Server
4987 (35.63 %)C#
5888 (32.06 %).NET
6818 (29.53 %)MS Excel
7692 (24.98 %)Microsoft
8561 (20.25 %)VB
9493 (17.80 %)Degree
10446 (16.10 %)ASP.NET
11429 (15.49 %)Oracle
12424 (15.31 %)Java
13418 (15.09 %)C++
14391 (14.12 %)Front Office
15388 (14.01 %)MS Office
16364 (13.14 %)Windows
17332 (11.99 %)JavaScript
18331 (11.95 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
19324 (11.70 %)Banking
20317 (11.44 %)T-SQL
21291 (10.51 %)VB.NET
22285 (10.29 %)XML
23279 (10.07 %)HTML
24271 (9.783 %)SQL Server Integration Services
25262 (9.458 %)MS Access
26260 (9.386 %)SQL Server 2005
27258 (9.314 %)Mathematics
28238 (8.592 %)Derivative
29236 (8.520 %)Business Intelligence
30223 (8.051 %)SQL Server 2008

VBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1888 (32.06 %).NET
2446 (16.10 %)ASP.NET
3285 (10.29 %)XML
4279 (10.07 %)HTML
5165 (5.957 %)Web Services
6150 (5.415 %)ASP
7141 (5.090 %)CSS
8105 (3.791 %)WPF
988 (3.177 %).NET Framework
1081 (2.924 %)WCF
1162 (2.238 %)WinForms
1256 (2.022 %)MDX
1354 (1.949 %)Silverlight
1354 (1.949 %)LINQ
1448 (1.733 %)XSLT
1448 (1.733 %)SOAP
1539 (1.408 %)J2EE
1638 (1.372 %)Ajax
1736 (1.300 %)jQuery
1834 (1.227 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1220 (7.942 %)SharePoint
2140 (5.054 %)IIS
3107 (3.863 %)SAS
471 (2.563 %)SharePoint 2010
543 (1.552 %)MS Exchange
638 (1.372 %)Apache
728 (1.011 %)Tomcat
817 (0.614 %)CMS
912 (0.433 %)Lotus Notes
912 (0.433 %)Confluence
1011 (0.397 %)WebLogic
1011 (0.397 %)SharePoint Server
119 (0.325 %)Lotus Domino
119 (0.325 %)Exchange Server 2010
128 (0.289 %)Rendezvous
128 (0.289 %)Force.com
136 (0.217 %)Exchange Server 2007
136 (0.217 %)ColdFusion
145 (0.181 %)ESB
145 (0.181 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1818 (29.53 %)MS Excel
2388 (14.01 %)MS Office
3152 (5.487 %)Spreadsheet
4141 (5.090 %)MATLAB
592 (3.321 %)MS PowerPoint
674 (2.671 %)MS Visio
733 (1.191 %)MS Project
823 (0.830 %)SPSS
913 (0.469 %)XMetaL
1012 (0.433 %)InfoPath
116 (0.217 %)AutoCAD
125 (0.181 %)S-PLUS
133 (0.108 %)ProjectWise
133 (0.108 %)FastStats
142 (0.072 %)Stata
151 (0.036 %)Revit
151 (0.036 %)Photoshop
151 (0.036 %)Simulink
151 (0.036 %)Maple
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
137 (1.336 %)Dynamics CRM
226 (0.939 %)Dynamics GP
323 (0.830 %)Google Analytics
421 (0.758 %)LatentZero
520 (0.722 %)Visualfiles
615 (0.542 %)HFM
713 (0.469 %)Dynamics NAV
812 (0.433 %)Cognos Planning
812 (0.433 %)CODA-Financials
812 (0.433 %)Aligne
910 (0.361 %)HiInvest
910 (0.361 %)Decalog
910 (0.361 %)SalesLogix
109 (0.325 %)Summit
109 (0.325 %)Line 500
118 (0.289 %)Advent Portfolio Exchange
127 (0.253 %)Movex
127 (0.253 %)Dynamics AX
136 (0.217 %)FRx
136 (0.217 %)Agresso
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
144 (1.588 %)Internet
243 (1.552 %)Intranet
329 (1.047 %)TCP/IP
421 (0.758 %)Extranet
520 (0.722 %)DNS
619 (0.686 %)3GPP
619 (0.686 %)LTE
717 (0.614 %)Asterisk PBX
717 (0.614 %)PBX
815 (0.542 %)WAN
913 (0.469 %)HTTP
913 (0.469 %)Wireless
913 (0.469 %)SAN
1011 (0.397 %)SSL
1110 (0.361 %)LAN
128 (0.289 %)UMTS
137 (0.253 %)LDAP
146 (0.217 %)DHCP
146 (0.217 %)FTP
155 (0.181 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11081 (39.03 %)SQL Server
2331 (11.95 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
3271 (9.783 %)SQL Server Integration Services
4262 (9.458 %)MS Access
5260 (9.386 %)SQL Server 2005
6223 (8.051 %)SQL Server 2008
7153 (5.523 %)Data Warehouse
8146 (5.271 %)Crystal Reports
9136 (4.910 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1066 (2.383 %)ETL
1162 (2.238 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1260 (2.166 %)SQL Server 2000
1352 (1.877 %)OLAP
1446 (1.661 %)RDBMS
1544 (1.588 %)DTS
1642 (1.516 %)Data Mining
1741 (1.480 %)BusinessObjects
1840 (1.444 %)Essbase
1840 (1.444 %)Oracle Reports
1939 (1.408 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1172 (6.209 %)Visual Studio
257 (2.058 %)Subversion
337 (1.336 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
436 (1.300 %)JIRA
533 (1.191 %)Team Foundation Server
631 (1.119 %)QuickTest Pro
724 (0.866 %)Maven
817 (0.614 %)Selenium
916 (0.578 %)LoadRunner
1013 (0.469 %)InstallShield
1112 (0.433 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1211 (0.397 %)NUnit
1310 (0.361 %)Redmine
149 (0.325 %)Ant
158 (0.289 %)Oracle Forms
158 (0.289 %)ClearCase
158 (0.289 %)WinRunner
158 (0.289 %)InterDev
158 (0.289 %)Firebug
167 (0.253 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11164 (42.02 %)Finance
2391 (14.12 %)Front Office
3324 (11.70 %)Banking
4161 (5.812 %)Investment Banking
5141 (5.090 %)Marketing
6109 (3.935 %)Back Office
791 (3.285 %)Legal
886 (3.105 %)Retail
965 (2.347 %)Telecoms
1061 (2.202 %)Financial Institution
1129 (1.047 %)Law
1224 (0.866 %)Manufacturing
1322 (0.794 %)Advertising
1419 (0.686 %)Publishing
1419 (0.686 %)Electronics
1515 (0.542 %)Private Banking
1612 (0.433 %)Wholesale Banking
1710 (0.361 %)Games
187 (0.253 %)Billing
196 (0.217 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11244 (44.91 %)Developer
2911 (32.89 %)Analyst
3244 (8.809 %)VBA Developer
4240 (8.664 %)C# Developer
5196 (7.076 %)SQL Developer
6195 (7.040 %)Excel Developer
7163 (5.884 %)Support Analyst
8158 (5.704 %)Consultant
9156 (5.632 %)Business Analyst
10143 (5.162 %)Applications Support
11142 (5.126 %).NET Developer
12132 (4.765 %)Data Analyst
13119 (4.296 %)Excel VBA Developer
1498 (3.538 %)Programmer
1590 (3.249 %)Systems Analyst
1682 (2.960 %)Junior
1682 (2.960 %)C# .NET Developer
1776 (2.744 %)RAD Developer
1872 (2.599 %)Java Developer
1968 (2.455 %)Applications Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1258 (9.314 %)Mathematics
2238 (8.592 %)Derivative
3192 (6.931 %)Computer Science
4168 (6.065 %)Fixed Income
5142 (5.126 %)Hedge funds
6123 (4.440 %)Equities
7108 (3.899 %)Market Risk
896 (3.466 %)Economics
896 (3.466 %)Management Information System
995 (3.430 %)Statistics
1067 (2.419 %)Physics
1163 (2.274 %)Credit Risk
1261 (2.202 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1347 (1.697 %)Client/Server
1347 (1.697 %)Equity Derivative
1446 (1.661 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1532 (1.155 %)Data Extraction
1629 (1.047 %)Grid Computing
1722 (0.794 %)N-Tier
1819 (0.686 %)Credit Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1364 (13.14 %)Windows
2160 (5.776 %)UNIX
3115 (4.152 %)Windows Server 2003
4101 (3.646 %)Windows Server 2008
577 (2.780 %)Linux
654 (1.949 %)Windows 7
742 (1.516 %)Windows XP
822 (0.794 %)Windows 2000
910 (0.361 %)Windows Vista
109 (0.325 %)CentOS
118 (0.289 %)Ubuntu
127 (0.253 %)Windows Mobile
127 (0.253 %)Solaris
136 (0.217 %)Windows 2000 Server
142 (0.072 %)Apple iOS
142 (0.072 %)Android
151 (0.036 %)HPUX
151 (0.036 %)Windows NT
151 (0.036 %)VMS
151 (0.036 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1236 (8.520 %)Business Intelligence
2183 (6.606 %)OO
3175 (6.318 %)Project Management
4162 (5.848 %)Risk Management
5161 (5.812 %)RAD
6140 (5.054 %)Business Analysis
7136 (4.910 %)Asset Management
8130 (4.693 %)Data Analysis
8130 (4.693 %)ITIL
9104 (3.755 %)Data Modelling
10101 (3.646 %)Investment Management
1199 (3.574 %)Agile Software Development
1295 (3.430 %)Workflow
1390 (3.249 %)ERP
1488 (3.177 %)CRM
1586 (3.105 %)User Acceptance Testing
1673 (2.635 %)Data Management
1768 (2.455 %)Migration
1867 (2.419 %)E-Commerce
1964 (2.310 %)Software Engineering
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11762 (63.61 %)SQL
2987 (35.63 %)C#
3561 (20.25 %)VB
4424 (15.31 %)Java
5418 (15.09 %)C++
6332 (11.99 %)JavaScript
7317 (11.44 %)T-SQL
8291 (10.51 %)VB.NET
9185 (6.679 %)VBScript
9185 (6.679 %)VB6
10175 (6.318 %)Perl
11121 (4.368 %)Python
12119 (4.296 %)PL/SQL
13116 (4.188 %)C
1474 (2.671 %)PHP
1560 (2.166 %)Shell Script
1640 (1.444 %)R
1730 (1.083 %)Fortran
1828 (1.011 %)Ruby
1927 (0.975 %)PowerHouse
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1493 (17.80 %)Degree
256 (2.022 %)CFA
347 (1.697 %)PhD
437 (1.336 %)Microsoft Certification
534 (1.227 %)MCTS
632 (1.155 %)Security Cleared
719 (0.686 %)ITIL Certification
817 (0.614 %)ISEB
817 (0.614 %)MCP
817 (0.614 %)MOS
914 (0.505 %)SC Cleared
1013 (0.469 %)MCPD
1013 (0.469 %)MCITP
1013 (0.469 %)CIMA
1013 (0.469 %)ACCA
118 (0.289 %)MCAD
118 (0.289 %)MCSD
127 (0.253 %)MCSE
136 (0.217 %)MBA
136 (0.217 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (1.372 %)QA
233 (1.191 %)Data Quality
331 (1.119 %)SLA
417 (0.614 %)ISO 9001
56 (0.217 %)Basel II
64 (0.144 %)Basel III
73 (0.108 %)Solvency II
73 (0.108 %)HL7
73 (0.108 %)MiFID
73 (0.108 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
82 (0.072 %)ISO/IEC 27001
82 (0.072 %)ISO 14001
91 (0.036 %)IAS 39
91 (0.036 %)BS7666
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1116 (4.188 %)Active Directory
216 (0.578 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.253 %)Terminal Services
46 (0.217 %)Hyper-V
54 (0.144 %)XenApp
63 (0.108 %)XenServer
63 (0.108 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.072 %)NDS
72 (0.072 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.036 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (0.578 %)HP Quality Center
214 (0.505 %)SCCM
37 (0.253 %)OpenView
44 (0.144 %)BMC PATROL
53 (0.108 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.036 %)Tivoli
61 (0.036 %)MOM
61 (0.036 %)Control-M
61 (0.036 %)Nagios
61 (0.036 %)NetBackup
61 (0.036 %)WSUS
61 (0.036 %)AppDNA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1692 (24.98 %)Microsoft
2429 (15.49 %)Oracle
3146 (5.271 %)Business Objects
499 (3.574 %)Bloomberg
584 (3.032 %)Cognos
676 (2.744 %)Reuters
767 (2.419 %)SAP
858 (2.094 %)Hyperion
946 (1.661 %)Sybase
1034 (1.227 %)MicroStrategy
1034 (1.227 %)Teradata
1133 (1.191 %)IBM
1133 (1.191 %)Perforce
1231 (1.119 %)Charles River
1231 (1.119 %)Cadis
1329 (1.047 %)Google
1426 (0.939 %)CODA
1426 (0.939 %)JBoss
1524 (0.866 %)Netezza
1623 (0.830 %)DATAllegro