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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 283 275 291
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +57
Contract jobs citing VBA 89 105 125
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.64% 0.68% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.65% 1.73% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 71 100
10th Percentile £376 £300 £385
25th Percentile £385 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -2.50% -25.93%
75th Percentile £541 £488 £691
90th Percentile £775 £650 £800
England median daily rate £425 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.79
England median hourly rate £42.50 - £25.79
% change year-on-year - - +77.86%

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 5,379 6,053 7,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.51% 39.02% 37.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,616 4,133 5,610
10th Percentile £369 £367 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £585
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -2.91% -2.50%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £813
England median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 40 73
10th Percentile £22.99 £34.81 £25.76
25th Percentile £31.83 £40.06 £36.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63.63 £63.26 £65.11
90th Percentile £87.50 £97.50 £77.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £64.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -3.10% +4.03% -0.80%

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 12 November 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 12 November 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 +4 15 £645 +17.27% 21
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 10 (11.24%) IIS
2 3 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.12%) Confluence
3 1 (1.12%) SAS
Applications
1 66 (74.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.37%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (1.12%) IntelliMatch
2 1 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.48%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.62%) Nutanix
3 4 (4.49%) Azure
4 2 (2.25%) AWS
4 2 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.25%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.12%) GitHub
5 1 (1.12%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.12%) MailChimp
5 1 (1.12%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.12%) SaaS
5 1 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.24%) Internet
2 1 (1.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (31.46%) SQL Server
2 24 (26.97%) Oracle Database
3 12 (13.48%) Power BI
4 4 (4.49%) Tableau
5 3 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.25%) DB2
6 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.12%) MS Access
7 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (53.93%) Finance
2 17 (19.10%) Social Skills
3 15 (16.85%) Front Office
4 14 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (15.73%) Banking
5 4 (4.49%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.25%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.12%) Marketing
7 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 53 (59.55%) Developer
2 25 (28.09%) C# Developer
2 25 (28.09%) C# WPF Developer
2 25 (28.09%) WPF Developer
3 20 (22.47%) Analyst
4 17 (19.10%) .NET Developer
5 15 (16.85%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (11.24%) C# WCF Developer
6 10 (11.24%) VBA Developer
6 10 (11.24%) WCF Developer
7 7 (7.87%) Business Analyst
7 7 (7.87%) Python Developer
7 7 (7.87%) RAD Developer
8 5 (5.62%) Data Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) ETL Developer
9 4 (4.49%) Consultant
9 4 (4.49%) Excel Developer
9 4 (4.49%) Pricing Analyst
9 4 (4.49%) Senior
10 3 (3.37%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (30.34%) .NET
2 25 (28.09%) .NET Framework
2 25 (28.09%) WPF
3 10 (11.24%) WCF
3 10 (11.24%) WinForms
4 8 (8.99%) Pandas
4 8 (8.99%) REST
5 7 (7.87%) COM
5 7 (7.87%) NumPy
5 7 (7.87%) XML
6 6 (6.74%) JSON
7 5 (5.62%) RESTful
8 3 (3.37%) MDX
8 3 (3.37%) XSLT
9 2 (2.25%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.25%) HTML
10 1 (1.12%) Altair
10 1 (1.12%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.11%) Equities
1 9 (10.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (8.99%) Hedge funds
3 7 (7.87%) Reinsurance
4 6 (6.74%) Derivative
5 3 (3.37%) Pricing Data
6 2 (2.25%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.25%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.25%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.25%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (2.25%) Market Risk
6 2 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.25%) Swaptions
7 1 (1.12%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (1.12%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.12%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 26 (29.21%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.08%) Data Analysis
2 30 (33.71%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.85%) Analytics
4 14 (15.73%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (12.36%) Risk Management
6 10 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (11.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (11.24%) Validation
7 9 (10.11%) Data Modelling
7 9 (10.11%) ETL
7 9 (10.11%) Pricing Analytics
8 8 (8.99%) Agile
9 7 (7.87%) Prototyping
9 7 (7.87%) RAD
9 7 (7.87%) Rapid Prototyping
9 7 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (6.74%) Business Analysis
10 6 (6.74%) Capacity Management
10 6 (6.74%) Data Extraction
10 6 (6.74%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 68 (76.40%) SQL
2 30 (33.71%) C#
3 29 (32.58%) Python
4 27 (30.34%) PL/SQL
4 27 (30.34%) VB
5 17 (19.10%) T-SQL
6 14 (15.73%) VB.NET
7 4 (4.49%) C++
8 3 (3.37%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.25%) Java
9 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.25%) R
9 2 (2.25%) VC++
10 1 (1.12%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 6 (6.74%) Degree
2 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.37%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.25%) ACCA
3 2 (2.25%) CFA
4 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.24%) QA
2 9 (10.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.25%) EMIR
3 2 (2.25%) MiFID
4 1 (1.12%) Basel III
4 1 (1.12%) IFRS
4 1 (1.12%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.49%) Control-M
1 4 (4.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (32.58%) Oracle
2 17 (19.10%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.24%) Citrix
4 6 (6.74%) VMware
5 5 (5.62%) EMC
6 3 (3.37%) Alteryx
6 3 (3.37%) Cognos
7 2 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.12%) Cisco
8 1 (1.12%) Databricks
8 1 (1.12%) Google
8 1 (1.12%) HP
8 1 (1.12%) IBM
8 1 (1.12%) Workday