VBA Contracts in Hertfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing VBA 5 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.53% - 1.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.46% - 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £399 - £514
25th Percentile £399 - £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.51%
75th Percentile £400 - £622
90th Percentile £400 - £631
East of England median daily rate £400 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +30.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £39.43 - -
25th Percentile £43.87 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £54.38 - -
90th Percentile £54.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 112 183 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.36% 22.00% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 46 98
10th Percentile £409 £356 £361
25th Percentile £468 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -14.00% -
75th Percentile £597 £584 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
East of England median daily rate £488 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +1.88% -4.20% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 111 85
10th Percentile £49.77 £60.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £60.69 £61.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - +16.07%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £90.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.15% - +16.07%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VBA in Hertfordshire

VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for VBA in Hertfordshire

VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for VBA in Hertfordshire

VBA
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VBA in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VBA in Hertfordshire

VBA
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Stevenage - 3 - - 8
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £400 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £400 - 1
VBA
East of England

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SpaceWire
2 1 (20.00%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Avionics
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Acquisition
1 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) System Testing
1 2 (40.00%) TestOps
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Bash
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) EMC
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter