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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 273 309
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 +31
Contract jobs citing VBA 83 105 133
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.62% 0.66% 0.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.61% 1.66% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 69 106
10th Percentile £372 £310 £385
25th Percentile £385 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £390 £483
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -19.17% -12.27%
75th Percentile £640 £488 £698
90th Percentile £775 £690 £800
England median daily rate £416 £390 £450
% change year-on-year +6.73% -13.33% -15.09%

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 5,149 6,334 7,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.42% 39.59% 37.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,480 4,407 5,932
10th Percentile £375 £370 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -
75th Percentile £680 £700 £713
90th Percentile £807 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 44 72
10th Percentile £24.83 £30.73 £25.80
25th Percentile £32.50 £39.67 £39.02
Median hourly rate £44.90 £49.75 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% -11.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £63.25 £71.88 £69.06
90th Percentile £87.50 £97.50 £84.25
England median hourly rate £58.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.00% +3.73%

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 17 October 2025.

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 17 October 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 -2 14 £648 +16.40% 15
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 9 (10.84%) IIS
2 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) SAS
Applications
1 68 (81.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.20%) HFM
2 1 (1.20%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (1.20%) IntelliMatch
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.05%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.02%) Nutanix
3 3 (3.61%) Azure
3 3 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.41%) AWS
4 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.20%) GitHub
5 1 (1.20%) MailChimp
5 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) Internet
2 1 (1.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (32.53%) SQL Server
2 25 (30.12%) Oracle Database
3 10 (12.05%) Power BI
4 4 (4.82%) Tableau
5 3 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.41%) DB2
7 1 (1.20%) Metadata
7 1 (1.20%) MS Access
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (53.01%) Finance
2 17 (20.48%) Social Skills
3 16 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.25%) Front Office
5 8 (9.64%) Banking
6 4 (4.82%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.20%) Marketing
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 49 (59.04%) Developer
2 26 (31.33%) C# Developer
2 26 (31.33%) C# WPF Developer
2 26 (31.33%) WPF Developer
3 22 (26.51%) Analyst
4 20 (24.10%) .NET Developer
5 17 (20.48%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (12.05%) VBA Developer
7 9 (10.84%) C# WCF Developer
7 9 (10.84%) WCF Developer
8 7 (8.43%) Data Analyst
9 5 (6.02%) Business Analyst
9 5 (6.02%) ETL Developer
9 5 (6.02%) Senior
10 4 (4.82%) Consultant
10 4 (4.82%) Excel Developer
10 4 (4.82%) Pricing Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Qualitative Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Quantitative Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (34.94%) .NET
2 26 (31.33%) .NET Framework
2 26 (31.33%) WPF
3 9 (10.84%) WCF
3 9 (10.84%) WinForms
4 7 (8.43%) XML
5 6 (7.23%) JSON
6 5 (6.02%) RESTful
7 3 (3.61%) .NET Core
7 3 (3.61%) MDX
7 3 (3.61%) XSLT
8 2 (2.41%) HTML
8 2 (2.41%) Pandas
9 1 (1.20%) Altair
9 1 (1.20%) COM
9 1 (1.20%) NumPy
9 1 (1.20%) PySpark
9 1 (1.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Reinsurance
2 6 (7.23%) Derivative
3 3 (3.61%) Equities
3 3 (3.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.61%) Pricing Data
4 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (2.41%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.41%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 2 (2.41%) Market Risk
4 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.41%) Swaptions
5 1 (1.20%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.20%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.20%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (31.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.12%) Data Analysis
2 24 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (14.46%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (13.25%) Validation
5 10 (12.05%) ETL
6 9 (10.84%) Analytics
6 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (9.64%) Agile
7 8 (9.64%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (7.23%) Capacity Management
9 6 (7.23%) Data Extraction
10 5 (6.02%) Agile Project Management
10 5 (6.02%) Business Analysis
10 5 (6.02%) Data Engineering
10 5 (6.02%) Data Mapping
10 5 (6.02%) Project Management
10 5 (6.02%) Risk Management
10 5 (6.02%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 60 (72.29%) SQL
2 32 (38.55%) C#
3 28 (33.73%) PL/SQL
3 28 (33.73%) VB
4 24 (28.92%) Python
5 16 (19.28%) T-SQL
5 16 (19.28%) VB.NET
6 4 (4.82%) C++
7 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.41%) Java
8 2 (2.41%) R
8 2 (2.41%) VC++
9 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (7.23%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) ACCA
2 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.41%) CFA
4 1 (1.20%) CIMA
4 1 (1.20%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.05%) Data Quality
2 9 (10.84%) QA
3 2 (2.41%) EMIR
4 1 (1.20%) Basel III
4 1 (1.20%) IFRS
4 1 (1.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Control-M
1 4 (4.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (37.35%) Oracle
2 16 (19.28%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.84%) Citrix
4 6 (7.23%) VMware
5 5 (6.02%) EMC
6 3 (3.61%) Alteryx
6 3 (3.61%) Cognos
7 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.20%) Cisco
8 1 (1.20%) Databricks
8 1 (1.20%) HP
8 1 (1.20%) Hyperion
8 1 (1.20%) IBM
8 1 (1.20%) Workday