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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 255 294
Rank change year-on-year -88 +39 +6
Contract jobs citing VBA 58 95 94
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.36% 0.72% 0.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.01% 1.83% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 65 82
10th Percentile £318 £355 £365
25th Percentile £389 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -2.50% -25.93%
75th Percentile £488 £556 £619
90th Percentile £599 £675 £744
England median daily rate £408 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +4.49% -2.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £29.07 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year - +12.72% -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £29.07 £25.79
% change year-on-year +46.20% +12.72% -5.36%

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 5,720 5,181 6,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.20% 39.04% 34.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,868 3,486 4,763
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £699 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £801
England median daily rate £507 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.45% -5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 35 67
10th Percentile £19.09 £31.60 £26.06
25th Percentile £39.34 £37.43 £38.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.89% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.38 £62.13
90th Percentile £79.63 £93.75 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -27 4 £525 -4.55% 4
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 11 (18.97%) IIS
2 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (62.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Advent Geneva
1 1 (1.72%) Alphatax
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.72%) IntelliMatch
1 1 (1.72%) Loan IQ
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.90%) Azure
3 2 (3.45%) AWS
3 2 (3.45%) GCP
3 2 (3.45%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.72%) GitHub
4 1 (1.72%) Google Drive
4 1 (1.72%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.72%) MailChimp
4 1 (1.72%) PaaS
4 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.72%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.97%) Internet
2 1 (1.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.14%) Power BI
2 13 (22.41%) Oracle Database
2 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.90%) Tableau
4 2 (3.45%) BigQuery
4 2 (3.45%) MS Access
4 2 (3.45%) Power Query
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.72%) Cognos Query Studio
5 1 (1.72%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.72%) DB2
5 1 (1.72%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) JIRA
2 2 (3.45%) Git
2 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 29 (50.00%) Finance
2 21 (36.21%) Banking
3 13 (22.41%) Front Office
4 12 (20.69%) Social Skills
5 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Investment Banking
7 3 (5.17%) Retail
8 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.72%) Law
9 1 (1.72%) Legal
9 1 (1.72%) Marketing
9 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (51.72%) Developer
2 14 (24.14%) C# Developer
3 13 (22.41%) Analyst
4 9 (15.52%) Python Developer
4 9 (15.52%) RAD Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Applications Developer
5 7 (12.07%) C# Application Developer
6 6 (10.34%) C# WPF Developer
6 6 (10.34%) WPF Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) C# WCF Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Quantitative Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Senior
7 4 (6.90%) Senior Developer
7 4 (6.90%) WCF Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Administrator
8 3 (5.17%) Data Administrator
8 3 (5.17%) Data Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) Senior C++ Developer
9 2 (3.45%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.86%) .NET
2 13 (22.41%) .NET Framework
2 13 (22.41%) WPF
3 11 (18.97%) COM
3 11 (18.97%) Pandas
3 11 (18.97%) WinForms
4 10 (17.24%) REST
5 9 (15.52%) NumPy
6 4 (6.90%) WCF
7 2 (3.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (3.45%) Plotly
7 2 (3.45%) Qt
7 2 (3.45%) Web Services
8 1 (1.72%) HTML
8 1 (1.72%) JSON
8 1 (1.72%) PySpark
8 1 (1.72%) XML
8 1 (1.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Equities
2 12 (20.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (17.24%) Hedge funds
4 5 (8.62%) Derivative
5 3 (5.17%) Fixed Income
5 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.72%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (1.72%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.72%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (27.59%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (46.55%) Data Analysis
2 17 (29.31%) Analytics
2 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (24.14%) Risk Management
4 11 (18.97%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (18.97%) Migration
4 11 (18.97%) Pricing Analytics
5 9 (15.52%) Decision-Making
5 9 (15.52%) Prototyping
5 9 (15.52%) RAD
5 9 (15.52%) Rapid Prototyping
6 6 (10.34%) Data Management
6 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.90%) Agile
7 4 (6.90%) Data Migration
7 4 (6.90%) Data Modelling
7 4 (6.90%) User Stories
8 3 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (5.17%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (68.97%) SQL
2 26 (44.83%) Python
3 17 (29.31%) C#
4 15 (25.86%) VB
5 14 (24.14%) PL/SQL
6 12 (20.69%) T-SQL
7 5 (8.62%) C++
8 3 (5.17%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (5.17%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.72%) Java
9 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.72%) R
9 1 (1.72%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.14%) QA
2 3 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.45%) MiFID
4 1 (1.72%) COREP
4 1 (1.72%) EMIR
4 1 (1.72%) FINREP
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Control-M
Vendors
1 16 (27.59%) Oracle
2 12 (20.69%) Citrix
3 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.17%) Google
5 2 (3.45%) Alteryx
5 2 (3.45%) Cognos
5 2 (3.45%) Murex
5 2 (3.45%) SAP
5 2 (3.45%) Yardi
6 1 (1.72%) Advent
6 1 (1.72%) Databricks
6 1 (1.72%) Informatica
6 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.72%) VMware