VBA Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring VBA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VBA over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 122 130
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +43
Contract jobs citing VBA 11 5 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.65% 0.23% 1.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.61% 0.65% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 23
10th Percentile £413 £196 £421
25th Percentile £463 £359 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £560
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +13.84% +15.46%
75th Percentile £725 £749 £738
90th Percentile £825 £813 -
Central London median daily rate £650 £600 £560
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +15.46%

All Programming Languages
City of London

VBA falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 684 769 1,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.16% 35.70% 41.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 540 933
10th Percentile £406 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £738
90th Percentile £798 £789 £825
Central London median daily rate £551 £563 £625
% change year-on-year -2.04% -10.00% +4.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £21.35
25th Percentile £16.50 £46.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £48.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.95% -7.62% -1.87%
75th Percentile £17.50 £50.25 £83.75
90th Percentile - - £84.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.04 £48.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.51% -7.62% -1.87%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for VBA in the City of London

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VBA in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for VBA in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (36.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (9.09%) Big Data
3 1 (9.09%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Front Office
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Data Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Pricing Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Pricing Data Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Reinsurance Data Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Support Analyst
5 2 (18.18%) Support Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Access Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) HR Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) HR Data Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) SQL Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Pricing Data
1 2 (18.18%) Reinsurance
2 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Data Extraction
2 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) ETRM
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (18.18%) User Stories
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) ETL
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) SDLC
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Python
3 3 (27.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 20022
2 1 (9.09%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Bloomberg
2 2 (18.18%) Trayport
3 1 (9.09%) Calypso
3 1 (9.09%) Workday