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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 261 322
Rank change year-on-year -84 +61 -41
Contract jobs citing VBA 55 89 80
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.70% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.96% 1.77% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 70 69
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £400 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -2.50% -23.81%
75th Percentile £488 £539 £600
90th Percentile £600 £700 £800
England median daily rate £408 £397 £400
% change year-on-year +2.58% -0.69% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £29.07 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year - +12.72% -
England median hourly rate £25.42 £29.07 £25.79
% change year-on-year -12.57% +12.72% +2.20%

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 5,758 5,018 6,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 32.90% 39.42% 35.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,898 3,512 4,862
10th Percentile £363 £375 £383
25th Percentile £428 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £771 £825 £825
England median daily rate £503 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.29% -2.78% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 28 55
10th Percentile £35.25 £29.07 £24.38
25th Percentile £42.50 £35.00 £36.56
Median hourly rate £58.94 £44.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.44% -11.88% -12.17%
75th Percentile £71.88 £60.94 £60.88
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.75 £68.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £62.18
% change year-on-year +3.59% +0.92% -0.52%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -19 4 £575 +25.00% 9
South London - 1 - -
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 12 (21.82%) IIS
2 2 (3.64%) SAS
3 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (69.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (12.73%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Advent Geneva
1 1 (1.82%) Alphatax
1 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.82%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.82%) OneSumX
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.45%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 2 (3.64%) Collibra
3 2 (3.64%) GCP
3 2 (3.64%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.82%) AWS
4 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.82%) Google Drive
4 1 (1.82%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.82%) PaaS
4 1 (1.82%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.45%) Power BI
2 13 (23.64%) SQL Server
3 12 (21.82%) Oracle Database
4 6 (10.91%) Power Query
5 5 (9.09%) Tableau
6 2 (3.64%) BigQuery
6 2 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.82%) Cognos Query Studio
7 1 (1.82%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.82%) Metadata
7 1 (1.82%) MS Access
7 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.82%) PowerPivot
7 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
2 2 (3.64%) Git
2 2 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 30 (54.55%) Finance
2 22 (40.00%) Banking
3 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Front Office
5 5 (9.09%) Investment Banking
6 4 (7.27%) Retail
7 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.64%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Law
9 1 (1.82%) Legal
9 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (45.45%) Developer
2 17 (30.91%) Analyst
3 13 (23.64%) C# Developer
4 8 (14.55%) Applications Developer
4 8 (14.55%) C# Application Developer
5 7 (12.73%) Python Developer
5 7 (12.73%) RAD Developer
6 6 (10.91%) Business Analyst
6 6 (10.91%) Data Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Senior
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Developer
8 3 (5.45%) Administrator
8 3 (5.45%) Data Administrator
8 3 (5.45%) Risk Business Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Accountant
9 2 (3.64%) Automation Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) C# WPF Developer
9 2 (3.64%) Financial Accountant
9 2 (3.64%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (27.27%) .NET
2 12 (21.82%) .NET Framework
2 12 (21.82%) WinForms
2 12 (21.82%) WPF
3 10 (18.18%) Pandas
4 9 (16.36%) COM
4 9 (16.36%) NumPy
5 8 (14.55%) REST
6 2 (3.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 2 (3.64%) Plotly
6 2 (3.64%) Qt
6 2 (3.64%) WCF
6 2 (3.64%) Web Services
7 1 (1.82%) Matplotlib
7 1 (1.82%) Node.js
7 1 (1.82%) SciPy
7 1 (1.82%) Seaborn
7 1 (1.82%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Equities
2 8 (14.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (14.55%) Hedge funds
3 4 (7.27%) Credit Risk
4 3 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.64%) Derivative
6 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.82%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.82%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.82%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Windows
2 2 (3.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Data Analysis
2 16 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (21.82%) Analytics
3 12 (21.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (21.82%) Migration
4 11 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 7 (12.73%) Data Management
6 7 (12.73%) Pricing Analytics
6 7 (12.73%) Prototyping
6 7 (12.73%) RAD
6 7 (12.73%) Rapid Prototyping
7 6 (10.91%) Data Migration
8 5 (9.09%) Business Analysis
8 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (7.27%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (7.27%) User Stories
9 4 (7.27%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 39 (70.91%) SQL
2 20 (36.36%) Python
3 15 (27.27%) C#
4 13 (23.64%) T-SQL
5 12 (21.82%) PL/SQL
5 12 (21.82%) VB
6 3 (5.45%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (3.64%) C++
7 2 (3.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (3.64%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.82%) R
8 1 (1.82%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (5.45%) ACCA
1 3 (5.45%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) QA
2 6 (10.91%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.64%) COREP
3 2 (3.64%) FINREP
3 2 (3.64%) MiFID
4 1 (1.82%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Docker
1 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Control-M
2 1 (1.82%) Grafana
Vendors
1 13 (23.64%) Citrix
1 13 (23.64%) Oracle
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.45%) Google
3 3 (5.45%) Murex
4 2 (3.64%) SAP
4 2 (3.64%) Yardi
5 1 (1.82%) Advent
5 1 (1.82%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.82%) BT
5 1 (1.82%) Cognos
5 1 (1.82%) Informatica
5 1 (1.82%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.82%) Wolters Kluwer