VBA Contracts in London

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 314 281
Rank change year-on-year +47 -33 +108
Contract jobs citing VBA 86 77 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.69% 0.43% 0.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.73% 1.20% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 64 179
10th Percentile £377 £354 -
25th Percentile £385 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +6.93%
75th Percentile £566 £595 £663
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
England median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year -0.13% -20.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £27.42 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.72% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £34.49 - -
England median hourly rate £29.07 £25.79 £25.24
% change year-on-year +12.72% +2.20% +29.41%

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 4,959 6,430 11,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.52% 36.06% 40.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,479 4,906 8,206
10th Percentile £380 £380 £413
25th Percentile £449 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £712 £700 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 57 85
10th Percentile £29.07 £23.80 £34.55
25th Percentile £35.00 £36.25 £49.25
Median hourly rate £44.50 £50.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% -12.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £60.81 £61.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £69.38 £70.75 £83.45
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for VBA in London

VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for VBA in London

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VBA in London

VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for VBA in London

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 1 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
Central London +12 11 £555 -18.53% 4
West London - 2 £450 -
VBA
England

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 11 (12.79%) IIS
2 7 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 67 (77.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.98%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Bankmaster
1 3 (3.49%) Endur
2 2 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.16%) HFM
3 1 (1.16%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (1.16%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (23.26%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.49%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (32.56%) Oracle Database
2 21 (24.42%) SQL Server
3 16 (18.60%) Power BI
4 12 (13.95%) MS Access
5 8 (9.30%) Power Query
6 6 (6.98%) Tableau
7 5 (5.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (3.49%) PowerPivot
9 2 (2.33%) Cognos Query Studio
10 1 (1.16%) Big Data
10 1 (1.16%) Metadata
10 1 (1.16%) OLAP
10 1 (1.16%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Git
General
1 42 (48.84%) Finance
2 23 (26.74%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.93%) Front Office
4 14 (16.28%) Banking
5 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.81%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Back Office
8 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 2 (2.33%) Retail
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Local Government
9 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 48 (55.81%) Developer
2 30 (34.88%) C# Developer
3 29 (33.72%) C# WPF Developer
3 29 (33.72%) WPF Developer
4 25 (29.07%) Analyst
5 19 (22.09%) .NET Developer
6 18 (20.93%) C# .NET Developer
7 13 (15.12%) Data Analyst
8 11 (12.79%) C# WCF Developer
8 11 (12.79%) WCF Developer
9 6 (6.98%) Qualitative Analyst
9 6 (6.98%) Quantitative Analyst
10 5 (5.81%) Business Analyst
10 5 (5.81%) Information Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Access Developer
11 4 (4.65%) Risk Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Senior
12 3 (3.49%) Endur Business Analyst
12 3 (3.49%) OpenLink Analyst
12 3 (3.49%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (38.37%) .NET
2 30 (34.88%) .NET Framework
3 29 (33.72%) WPF
4 11 (12.79%) WCF
4 11 (12.79%) WinForms
5 3 (3.49%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.33%) Matplotlib
6 2 (2.33%) NumPy
6 2 (2.33%) Pandas
7 1 (1.16%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.16%) CSS
7 1 (1.16%) HTML
7 1 (1.16%) jQuery
7 1 (1.16%) OLE
7 1 (1.16%) Playwright
7 1 (1.16%) React
7 1 (1.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.33%) Market Risk
3 2 (2.33%) Spread Betting
4 1 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.16%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 32 (37.21%) Windows
2 1 (1.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.56%) Data Analysis
2 16 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (16.28%) Migration
4 11 (12.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.47%) Data Migration
7 8 (9.30%) Computer Science
7 8 (9.30%) Validation
8 7 (8.14%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.14%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.14%) ETRM
8 7 (8.14%) PnL Attribution
9 6 (6.98%) Agile
9 6 (6.98%) Data Integration
9 6 (6.98%) Data Management
9 6 (6.98%) Greeks
10 5 (5.81%) Analytics
10 5 (5.81%) OO
10 5 (5.81%) OOP
10 5 (5.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (67.44%) SQL
2 34 (39.53%) C#
3 30 (34.88%) VB
4 29 (33.72%) PL/SQL
5 27 (31.40%) Python
6 18 (20.93%) VB.NET
7 12 (13.95%) T-SQL
8 3 (3.49%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.49%) R
9 2 (2.33%) C++
9 2 (2.33%) Java
10 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.16%) Formula Language
10 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (8.14%) Degree
2 3 (3.49%) HNC
3 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.16%) ACCA
4 1 (1.16%) CIMA
4 1 (1.16%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.44%) QA
2 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) Basel III
3 1 (1.16%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.16%) PMO
3 1 (1.16%) SEPA
Vendors
1 34 (39.53%) Oracle
2 20 (23.26%) Microsoft
3 11 (12.79%) Citrix
4 3 (3.49%) SAP
5 2 (2.33%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.33%) Ariba
5 2 (2.33%) Bloomberg
5 2 (2.33%) Cognos
5 2 (2.33%) Informatica
5 2 (2.33%) Trayport
6 1 (1.16%) Calypso
6 1 (1.16%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.16%) IBM