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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 273 326
Rank change year-on-year +5 +53 +31
Contract jobs citing VBA 93 107 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.70% 0.67% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.83% 1.66% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 76 108
10th Percentile £372 £313 £396
25th Percentile £385 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £390 £524
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% -25.54% -4.77%
75th Percentile £668 £460 £691
90th Percentile £760 £659 £800
England median daily rate £408 £390 £475
% change year-on-year +4.49% -17.89% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £29.07 - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 - £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 5,095 6,456 8,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.48% 40.14% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,502 4,650 6,315
10th Percentile £368 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 41 75
10th Percentile £26.71 £25.25 £25.45
25th Percentile £33.25 £33.07 £38.68
Median hourly rate £44.90 £47.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% -20.83% +12.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.43 £73.08
90th Percentile £87.00 £78.75 £88.62
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +1.56% +12.28%

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
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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +3 15 £645 +14.67% 14
West London - 1 - - 9
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 9 (9.68%) IIS
2 1 (1.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) SAS
2 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 75 (80.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Bankmaster
2 2 (2.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (2.15%) Loan IQ
3 1 (1.08%) HFM
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (1.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.38%) Nutanix
3 3 (3.23%) Azure
3 3 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.15%) AWS
5 1 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.68%) Internet
2 1 (1.08%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (30.11%) Oracle Database
1 28 (30.11%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.90%) Power BI
3 4 (4.30%) MS Access
4 3 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (3.23%) Power Query
4 3 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.23%) Tableau
5 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.15%) DB2
6 1 (1.08%) Metadata
6 1 (1.08%) OLAP
6 1 (1.08%) PowerPivot
6 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (51.61%) Finance
2 21 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 17 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.90%) Front Office
5 8 (8.60%) Banking
6 5 (5.38%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.15%) Back Office
7 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.08%) Legal
8 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (1.08%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 52 (55.91%) Developer
2 29 (31.18%) C# Developer
2 29 (31.18%) C# WPF Developer
2 29 (31.18%) WPF Developer
3 28 (30.11%) Analyst
4 23 (24.73%) .NET Developer
5 20 (21.51%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (11.83%) Data Analyst
7 9 (9.68%) C# WCF Developer
7 9 (9.68%) WCF Developer
8 8 (8.60%) Qualitative Analyst
8 8 (8.60%) Quantitative Analyst
8 8 (8.60%) VBA Developer
9 6 (6.45%) Business Analyst
9 6 (6.45%) Senior
10 5 (5.38%) ETL Developer
10 5 (5.38%) Risk Analyst
11 4 (4.30%) Consultant
11 4 (4.30%) Pricing Analyst
11 4 (4.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (34.41%) .NET
2 29 (31.18%) .NET Framework
2 29 (31.18%) WPF
3 9 (9.68%) WCF
3 9 (9.68%) WinForms
4 7 (7.53%) XML
5 6 (6.45%) JSON
6 5 (5.38%) RESTful
7 3 (3.23%) .NET Core
7 3 (3.23%) MDX
7 3 (3.23%) XSLT
8 2 (2.15%) HTML
9 1 (1.08%) Altair
9 1 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.53%) Reinsurance
2 5 (5.38%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.30%) Derivative
4 3 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.23%) Market Risk
4 3 (3.23%) Pricing Data
5 2 (2.15%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.15%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (2.15%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.15%) Swaptions
6 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.08%) Credit Derivative
6 1 (1.08%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.08%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (34.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.73%) Data Analysis
2 21 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.13%) Validation
4 14 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (9.68%) Data Modelling
5 9 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (9.68%) ETL
6 8 (8.60%) Agile
6 8 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (7.53%) PnL Attribution
7 7 (7.53%) Quantitative Research
8 6 (6.45%) Analytics
8 6 (6.45%) Capacity Management
8 6 (6.45%) Data Extraction
8 6 (6.45%) Greeks
9 5 (5.38%) Agile Project Management
9 5 (5.38%) Business Analysis
9 5 (5.38%) Data Mapping
9 5 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (5.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 66 (70.97%) SQL
2 35 (37.63%) C#
3 31 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 31 (33.33%) VB
4 23 (24.73%) Python
5 19 (20.43%) VB.NET
6 16 (17.20%) T-SQL
7 4 (4.30%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.23%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.15%) C++
9 2 (2.15%) Java
9 2 (2.15%) R
9 2 (2.15%) VC++
Qualifications
1 7 (7.53%) Degree
2 3 (3.23%) ACCA
2 3 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.15%) CFA
3 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.08%) CIMA
4 1 (1.08%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.08%) HNC
4 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.83%) QA
2 10 (10.75%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.15%) EMIR
4 1 (1.08%) Basel III
4 1 (1.08%) IFRS
4 1 (1.08%) IFRS 9
4 1 (1.08%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.08%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.30%) Control-M
1 4 (4.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (37.63%) Oracle
2 20 (21.51%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.68%) Citrix
4 6 (6.45%) VMware
5 5 (5.38%) EMC
6 3 (3.23%) Cognos
7 2 (2.15%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.15%) IBM
8 1 (1.08%) Calypso
8 1 (1.08%) Cisco
8 1 (1.08%) HP
8 1 (1.08%) Hyperion
8 1 (1.08%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.08%) Workday