VBA Contracts in England

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 448 387
Rank change year-on-year +82 -61 +69
Contract jobs citing VBA 112 105 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.28% 0.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.35% 0.93% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 80 208
10th Percentile £375 £312 £363
25th Percentile £385 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £576 £595 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £408 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -9.44% -5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £25.51 - £23.51
25th Percentile £29.07 - £23.95
Median hourly rate £29.20 - £25.24
75th Percentile £41.15 - £27.09
90th Percentile £53.88 - £27.86
UK median hourly rate £29.20 - £25.24
% change year-on-year - - +74.03%

All Programming Languages
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,274 11,265 16,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.99% 30.24% 34.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,727 8,106 11,941
10th Percentile £358 £350 £381
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £540 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% -4.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £690
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 473 391
10th Percentile £28.30 £35.52 £30.00
25th Percentile £36.19 £49.25 £50.42
Median hourly rate £60.75 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.90 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £56.75 £62.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.84% -0.40% +21.36%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VBA in England

VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA in England.

Daily rate trend for VBA in England

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VBA in England

VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA in England.

Hourly rate trend for VBA in England

VBA
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VBA in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VBA in England

VBA
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
London +61 89 £408 -4.12% 191
South West - 6 £207 - 10
South East +42 4 £450 +32.35% 78
North of England +12 4 £413 - 26
Midlands +4 4 - - 27
West Midlands +14 3 - - 18
Yorkshire +8 3 £413 -8.33% 9
East of England - 3 - - 12
North West +12 1 £475 +26.67% 15
East Midlands +10 1 - - 6
VBA
UK

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (10.71%) IIS
2 6 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 91 (81.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (8.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Bankmaster
2 2 (1.79%) Endur
2 2 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.89%) HFM
3 1 (0.89%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.89%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.89%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.54%) Power Platform
2 10 (8.93%) Azure
3 6 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.57%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.71%) Internet
2 3 (2.68%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (2.68%) SpaceWire
3 1 (0.89%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (27.68%) Oracle Database
2 29 (25.89%) SQL Server
3 20 (17.86%) Power BI
4 11 (9.82%) MS Access
4 11 (9.82%) Power Query
5 8 (7.14%) Tableau
6 6 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.68%) PowerPivot
9 2 (1.79%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (0.89%) Big Data
10 1 (0.89%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.89%) Metadata
10 1 (0.89%) MySQL
10 1 (0.89%) OLAP
10 1 (0.89%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.89%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) PyCharm
2 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (39.29%) Finance
2 29 (25.89%) Social Skills
3 26 (23.21%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (14.29%) Front Office
5 13 (11.61%) Banking
6 7 (6.25%) Legal
7 6 (5.36%) Investment Banking
7 6 (5.36%) Local Government
8 3 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.68%) Retail
8 3 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.79%) Automotive
9 2 (1.79%) Back Office
9 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Aviation
10 1 (0.89%) Avionics
10 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.89%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (50.00%) Developer
2 34 (30.36%) Analyst
2 34 (30.36%) C# Developer
3 33 (29.46%) C# WPF Developer
3 33 (29.46%) WPF Developer
4 25 (22.32%) .NET Developer
5 21 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
6 20 (17.86%) Data Analyst
7 12 (10.71%) C# WCF Developer
7 12 (10.71%) WCF Developer
8 11 (9.82%) Senior
9 7 (6.25%) Senior Developer
10 6 (5.36%) Business Analyst
10 6 (5.36%) Qualitative Analyst
10 6 (5.36%) Quantitative Analyst
11 5 (4.46%) Information Analyst
11 5 (4.46%) Risk Analyst
12 4 (3.57%) Pensions Analyst
12 4 (3.57%) Systems Analyst
13 3 (2.68%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (36.61%) .NET
2 34 (30.36%) .NET Framework
3 33 (29.46%) WPF
4 12 (10.71%) WCF
4 12 (10.71%) WinForms
5 5 (4.46%) .NET Core
5 5 (4.46%) CSS
5 5 (4.46%) HTML
6 2 (1.79%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.79%) NumPy
6 2 (1.79%) Pandas
7 1 (0.89%) Altair
7 1 (0.89%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.89%) ODBC
7 1 (0.89%) OLE
7 1 (0.89%) React
7 1 (0.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (4.46%) Reinsurance
4 3 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.68%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.79%) Pricing Data
5 2 (1.79%) Spread Betting
6 1 (0.89%) CAN bus
6 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.89%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (3.57%) Linux
3 3 (2.68%) Unix
4 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.46%) Data Analysis
2 22 (19.64%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (11.61%) Data Modelling
5 12 (10.71%) Computer Science
5 12 (10.71%) Data Management
5 12 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (9.82%) Migration
7 10 (8.93%) Validation
8 9 (8.04%) Decision-Making
9 8 (7.14%) Analytics
9 8 (7.14%) Data Migration
9 8 (7.14%) PnL Attribution
10 7 (6.25%) Agile
10 7 (6.25%) ETL
10 7 (6.25%) Project Management
11 6 (5.36%) Greeks
12 5 (4.46%) Data Integration
12 5 (4.46%) ETRM
12 5 (4.46%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 72 (64.29%) SQL
2 41 (36.61%) C#
3 36 (32.14%) Python
4 33 (29.46%) PL/SQL
4 33 (29.46%) VB
5 22 (19.64%) VB.NET
6 15 (13.39%) T-SQL
7 8 (7.14%) PowerShell
8 5 (4.46%) Java
9 3 (2.68%) Bash
9 3 (2.68%) C
9 3 (2.68%) R
9 3 (2.68%) Tcl
10 2 (1.79%) C++
11 1 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.89%) Korn
11 1 (0.89%) VB6
Qualifications
1 10 (8.93%) Degree
2 5 (4.46%) DBS Check
2 5 (4.46%) SC Cleared
2 5 (4.46%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.68%) HNC
4 2 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.89%) ACCA
5 1 (0.89%) CIMA
5 1 (0.89%) CIPFA
5 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.89%) MCSA
5 1 (0.89%) MCSE
5 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.39%) QA
2 8 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.68%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.79%) Basel III
5 1 (0.89%) GDPR
5 1 (0.89%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.89%) PMO
5 1 (0.89%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (2.68%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (33.93%) Oracle
2 34 (30.36%) Microsoft
3 12 (10.71%) Citrix
4 7 (6.25%) SAP
5 5 (4.46%) Apple
6 2 (1.79%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.79%) Ariba
6 2 (1.79%) Cognos
6 2 (1.79%) EMC
6 2 (1.79%) Informatica
7 1 (0.89%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.89%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.89%) Calypso
7 1 (0.89%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.89%) IBM
7 1 (0.89%) Trayport
7 1 (0.89%) Twitter
7 1 (0.89%) Workday