VBA Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 59 73
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 +31
Contract jobs citing VBA 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.34% 0.50% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.91% 1.46% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £825 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +112.50% -5.88% -4.23%
75th Percentile £875 £419 £441
90th Percentile - £430 £446
Scotland median daily rate £700 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +75.00% -5.88% -

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 219 206 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.63% 34.56% 25.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 115 167
10th Percentile £406 £390 £400
25th Percentile £448 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £597 £532 £550
90th Percentile £625 £552 £600
Scotland median daily rate £500 £470 £518
% change year-on-year +6.50% -9.28% +5.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £58.00 £21.00 £55.67
25th Percentile £64.38 £21.61 £58.61
Median hourly rate £75.00 £24.66 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +204.14% -59.24% +15.24%
75th Percentile - £52.15 £60.94
90th Percentile - £72.00 £61.28
Scotland median hourly rate £59.36 £23.77 £60.50
% change year-on-year +149.76% -60.71% +15.24%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VBA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

VBA job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VBA

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Report Writer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft