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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 310 291
Rank change year-on-year +51 -19 +89
Contract jobs citing VBA 101 97 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.77% 0.55% 0.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.96% 1.43% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 79 166
10th Percentile £378 £313 -
25th Percentile £385 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £400 £498
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% -19.60% -8.38%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £675
90th Percentile £708 £738 £800
England median daily rate £408 £400 £468
% change year-on-year +1.88% -14.44% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £27.42 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £29.07 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £34.49 - -
England median hourly rate £29.33 - £23.22
% change year-on-year - - +60.14%

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 5,152 6,798 10,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.31% 38.57% 39.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,613 5,166 7,571
10th Percentile £375 £375 £406
25th Percentile £431 £460 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £700 £700 £738
90th Percentile £825 £849 £835
England median daily rate £520 £540 £555
% change year-on-year -3.70% -2.70% +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 50 77
10th Percentile £27.08 £23.80 £25.55
25th Percentile £33.25 £34.82 £48.60
Median hourly rate £41.66 £49.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.27% -17.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58.81 £62.23 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.88 £72.75 £87.94
England median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.99%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 14 £650 +8.33% 31
West London - 1 - - 6
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 12 (11.88%) IIS
2 3 (2.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 84 (83.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.96%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Bankmaster
2 2 (1.98%) Endur
2 2 (1.98%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.99%) HFM
3 1 (0.99%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.99%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.85%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.97%) Azure
2 3 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.98%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (32.67%) SQL Server
2 31 (30.69%) Oracle Database
3 12 (11.88%) Power BI
4 10 (9.90%) MS Access
5 6 (5.94%) Power Query
5 6 (5.94%) Tableau
6 5 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.98%) Cognos Query Studio
8 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.99%) Big Data
9 1 (0.99%) Metadata
9 1 (0.99%) OLAP
9 1 (0.99%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.99%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Git
General
1 50 (49.50%) Finance
2 26 (25.74%) Social Skills
3 21 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.85%) Front Office
5 14 (13.86%) Banking
6 6 (5.94%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Back Office
8 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Legal
8 2 (1.98%) Retail
9 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.99%) Local Government
9 1 (0.99%) Prime Brokerage
9 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.99%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 61 (60.40%) Developer
2 34 (33.66%) C# Developer
3 33 (32.67%) C# WPF Developer
3 33 (32.67%) WPF Developer
4 31 (30.69%) Analyst
5 25 (24.75%) .NET Developer
6 21 (20.79%) C# .NET Developer
7 16 (15.84%) Data Analyst
8 12 (11.88%) C# WCF Developer
8 12 (11.88%) WCF Developer
9 9 (8.91%) VBA Developer
10 7 (6.93%) Business Analyst
10 7 (6.93%) Senior
11 6 (5.94%) Qualitative Analyst
11 6 (5.94%) Quantitative Analyst
11 6 (5.94%) Risk Analyst
12 5 (4.95%) Information Analyst
13 4 (3.96%) Senior Developer
14 3 (2.97%) Senior .NET Developer
14 3 (2.97%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (38.61%) .NET
2 34 (33.66%) .NET Framework
3 33 (32.67%) WPF
4 12 (11.88%) WCF
4 12 (11.88%) WinForms
5 5 (4.95%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.97%) MDX
7 2 (1.98%) JSON
7 2 (1.98%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.98%) NumPy
7 2 (1.98%) Pandas
7 2 (1.98%) RESTful
7 2 (1.98%) XML
8 1 (0.99%) Altair
8 1 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.99%) OLE
8 1 (0.99%) React
8 1 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
1 6 (5.94%) Reinsurance
2 5 (4.95%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.96%) Market Risk
4 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.98%) Pricing Data
5 2 (1.98%) Spread Betting
6 1 (0.99%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.99%) Derivative
6 1 (0.99%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.99%) NHS
6 1 (0.99%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 36 (35.64%) Windows
2 1 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (30.69%) Data Analysis
2 20 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (11.88%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (10.89%) Validation
6 10 (9.90%) Data Modelling
6 10 (9.90%) Migration
7 8 (7.92%) Data Migration
7 8 (7.92%) PnL Attribution
8 7 (6.93%) Agile
8 7 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (6.93%) Decision-Making
8 7 (6.93%) Project Management
9 6 (5.94%) Computer Science
9 6 (5.94%) Greeks
9 6 (5.94%) User Stories
10 5 (4.95%) Analytics
10 5 (4.95%) Data Management
10 5 (4.95%) ETL
10 5 (4.95%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 70 (69.31%) SQL
2 40 (39.60%) C#
3 33 (32.67%) PL/SQL
4 31 (30.69%) VB
5 26 (25.74%) Python
6 20 (19.80%) VB.NET
7 16 (15.84%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.97%) R
9 2 (1.98%) C++
9 2 (1.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (7.92%) Degree
2 3 (2.97%) HNC
3 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.99%) ACCA
4 1 (0.99%) CIMA
4 1 (0.99%) CIPFA
4 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.99%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.85%) QA
2 8 (7.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.98%) Basel III
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.99%) PMO
4 1 (0.99%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.99%) Control-M
1 1 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (35.64%) Oracle
2 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
3 12 (11.88%) Citrix
4 3 (2.97%) Alteryx
4 3 (2.97%) Cognos
4 3 (2.97%) SAP
5 2 (1.98%) Ariba
5 2 (1.98%) EMC
5 2 (1.98%) IBM
5 2 (1.98%) Informatica
5 2 (1.98%) VMware
6 1 (0.99%) Calypso
6 1 (0.99%) Cisco
6 1 (0.99%) HP
6 1 (0.99%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) Workday