VBA Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 272 302
Rank change year-on-year -117 +30 +17
Contract jobs citing VBA 52 94 94
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.26% 0.70% 0.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.83% 1.83% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 80 72
10th Percentile £401 £378 £313
25th Percentile £404 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £408 £390
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% +4.49% -18.75%
75th Percentile £628 £668 £488
90th Percentile £725 £753 £699
England median daily rate £481 £408 £390
% change year-on-year +18.10% +4.49% -17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £27.70 -
England median hourly rate £14.25 £39.32 -
% change year-on-year -63.76% - -

All Programming Languages
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,286 5,150 6,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.31% 38.50% 39.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,217 3,595 4,777
10th Percentile £385 £375 £373
25th Percentile £450 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £658 £696 £710
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 60 40
10th Percentile £27.87 £26.31 £25.11
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £38.31
Median hourly rate £52.50 £44.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -7.37% -22.90%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.25 £75.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.59%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VBA job vacancy trend in London

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VBA

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA in London over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VBA in London

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VBA

VBA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the London region over the 6 months to 26 August 2026. 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
Central London -29 3 £638 -1.92% 8
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (21.15%) IIS
2 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.77%) Confluence
4 1 (1.92%) MTS
4 1 (1.92%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (76.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.77%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (3.85%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (3.85%) Summit
2 1 (1.92%) Alphatax
2 1 (1.92%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (1.92%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.92%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.92%) OneSumX
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.85%) Collibra
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.85%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.85%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.92%) GitHub
4 1 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (1.92%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.92%) PaaS
4 1 (1.92%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.85%) Power BI
2 11 (21.15%) SQL Server
3 10 (19.23%) Oracle Database
4 8 (15.38%) Power Query
5 6 (11.54%) Tableau
6 2 (3.85%) MS Access
6 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.92%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.92%) Data Mart
7 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.92%) DataStage
7 1 (1.92%) Metadata
7 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (9.62%) JIRA
2 3 (5.77%) Git
3 2 (3.85%) REST Assured
3 2 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.92%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.92%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.92%) HP UFT
4 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.92%) Liquibase
4 1 (1.92%) Selenium
4 1 (1.92%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.92%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (61.54%) Finance
2 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
3 17 (32.69%) Banking
4 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Front Office
6 4 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (5.77%) Legal
8 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.85%) International Banking
8 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Private Banking
8 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.92%) Back Office
9 1 (1.92%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.92%) Law
9 1 (1.92%) Marketing
9 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Developer
2 13 (25.00%) Analyst
3 10 (19.23%) C# Developer
4 7 (13.46%) Report Specialist
5 4 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Lead
5 4 (7.69%) Report Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Accountant
7 2 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Applications Support
7 2 (3.85%) Applications Support Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Financial Accountant
7 2 (3.85%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Python Developer
7 2 (3.85%) Risk Business Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.92%) Credit Risk Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (26.92%) .NET
2 11 (21.15%) WinForms
3 10 (19.23%) .NET Framework
3 10 (19.23%) WPF
4 2 (3.85%) NumPy
4 2 (3.85%) Pandas
5 1 (1.92%) Apache FOP
5 1 (1.92%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.92%) HTML
5 1 (1.92%) JSON
5 1 (1.92%) Kafka
5 1 (1.92%) Matplotlib
5 1 (1.92%) Node.js
5 1 (1.92%) REST
5 1 (1.92%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.92%) SciPy
5 1 (1.92%) WCF
5 1 (1.92%) WebSockets
5 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Reinsurance
2 4 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (5.77%) Credit Risk
3 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.85%) DTCC
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.92%) Eurex
5 1 (1.92%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.92%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.92%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.92%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.92%) Replication
5 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Windows
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) Data Analysis
2 17 (32.69%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (30.77%) Validation
4 15 (28.85%) Process Improvement
5 11 (21.15%) Analytics
5 11 (21.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (21.15%) Project Delivery
6 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.38%) AI
8 8 (15.38%) Decision-Making
8 8 (15.38%) Migration
8 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (13.46%) Agile
9 7 (13.46%) Data Management
10 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (9.62%) Data Validation
11 5 (9.62%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (9.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (63.46%) SQL
2 14 (26.92%) Python
2 14 (26.92%) T-SQL
3 13 (25.00%) C#
4 11 (21.15%) PL/SQL
5 10 (19.23%) VB
6 9 (17.31%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.85%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.92%) COBOL
8 1 (1.92%) Java
8 1 (1.92%) Tcl
8 1 (1.92%) VBScript
8 1 (1.92%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) ACCA
3 2 (3.85%) ISTQB
3 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) CIMA
4 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.00%) QA
2 5 (9.62%) Data Quality
3 4 (7.69%) PMO
4 2 (3.85%) Basel III
4 2 (3.85%) IFRS
5 1 (1.92%) COREP
5 1 (1.92%) EMIR
5 1 (1.92%) FINREP
5 1 (1.92%) GDPR
5 1 (1.92%) IFRS 17
5 1 (1.92%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Ansible
1 1 (1.92%) Control-M
1 1 (1.92%) Grafana
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.92%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Oracle
2 10 (19.23%) Citrix
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.77%) Bloomberg
4 3 (5.77%) Murex
5 1 (1.92%) BT
5 1 (1.92%) Cognos
5 1 (1.92%) IBM
5 1 (1.92%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.92%) MarketAxess
5 1 (1.92%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.92%) Pega
5 1 (1.92%) Sybase
5 1 (1.92%) Tradeweb
5 1 (1.92%) UiPath
5 1 (1.92%) Wolters Kluwer
5 1 (1.92%) Workday