VBA Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring VBA skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 95 107
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing VBA 12 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.92% 0.13% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.08% 0.59% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £507
25th Percentile - £275 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £300 £544
Median % change year-on-year - -44.83% -1.14%
75th Percentile - £325 £580
90th Percentile - - £596
England median daily rate £408 £390 £475
% change year-on-year +4.49% -17.89% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £38.87 - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile £49.25 - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 - £23.22
% change year-on-year - - +60.14%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 390 338 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.05% 22.37% 28.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 153 311
10th Percentile £313 £286 £350
25th Percentile £450 £340 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £420 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.94% -16.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £660 £588 £700
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 80 108
10th Percentile £31.64 £51.25 £51.25
25th Percentile £52.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.00
Median % change year-on-year - -5.80% +21.05%
75th Percentile £73.75 £67.50 £84.36
90th Percentile £84.25 £80.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +3.17% +10.18%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in the East of England

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VBA in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VBA in the East of England

VBA
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 6 - - 11
Norfolk - 6 - - 1
VBA
England

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Unit4 Business World
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) SpaceWire
2 5 (41.67%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Power Query
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) ERP Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Electrical Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Development
1 6 (50.00%) ERP
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Validation
3 1 (8.33%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (8.33%) System Testing
3 1 (8.33%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Bash
1 6 (50.00%) C
1 6 (50.00%) Java
1 6 (50.00%) Python
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
1 6 (50.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared