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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 283 293
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 +49
Contract jobs citing VBA 83 98 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.58% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.54% 1.67% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 64 88
10th Percentile £334 £317 £378
25th Percentile £385 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £390 £431
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -9.57% -19.58%
75th Percentile £526 £488 £700
90th Percentile £684 £668 £765
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 - - -48.42%

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 5,385 5,870 6,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.75% 38.43% 36.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,615 3,963 5,209
10th Percentile £368 £375 £395
25th Percentile £430 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £810
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 39 65
10th Percentile £25.29 £35.60 £26.24
25th Percentile £33.88 £40.06 £36.28
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £97.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.97% +1.99% -0.79%

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 14 December 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 14 December 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 -5 10 £623 +13.18% 1
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 9 (10.84%) IIS
2 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) SAS
Applications
1 59 (71.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.82%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Loan IQ
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%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.28%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.02%) Nutanix
3 3 (3.61%) AWS
3 3 (3.61%) Azure
4 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.20%) GitHub
5 1 (1.20%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.20%) MailChimp
5 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.20%) SaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) Internet
2 1 (1.20%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (25.30%) SQL Server
2 20 (24.10%) Oracle Database
3 16 (19.28%) Power BI
4 6 (7.23%) Tableau
5 2 (2.41%) DB2
5 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.20%) Cognos Query Studio
6 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.20%) MS Access
6 1 (1.20%) Power Query
6 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JIRA
2 2 (2.41%) Git
3 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (55.42%) Finance
2 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
3 16 (19.28%) Banking
3 16 (19.28%) Front Office
4 10 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.41%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Marketing
7 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Prime Brokerage
7 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (57.83%) Developer
2 20 (24.10%) C# Developer
3 18 (21.69%) Analyst
3 18 (21.69%) C# WPF Developer
3 18 (21.69%) WPF Developer
4 11 (13.25%) .NET Developer
4 11 (13.25%) C# .NET Developer
5 10 (12.05%) VBA Developer
6 9 (10.84%) Python Developer
6 9 (10.84%) RAD Developer
7 7 (8.43%) C# WCF Developer
7 7 (8.43%) WCF Developer
8 6 (7.23%) Business Analyst
9 5 (6.02%) ETL Developer
10 4 (4.82%) Consultant
10 4 (4.82%) Excel Developer
10 4 (4.82%) Operations Analyst
11 3 (3.61%) Data Analyst
11 3 (3.61%) Excel VBA Developer
12 2 (2.41%) Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (24.10%) .NET
1 20 (24.10%) .NET Framework
1 20 (24.10%) WPF
2 10 (12.05%) Pandas
2 10 (12.05%) REST
3 9 (10.84%) COM
3 9 (10.84%) NumPy
3 9 (10.84%) WinForms
4 7 (8.43%) WCF
4 7 (8.43%) XML
5 6 (7.23%) JSON
6 5 (6.02%) RESTful
7 3 (3.61%) MDX
7 3 (3.61%) XSLT
8 2 (2.41%) HTML
8 2 (2.41%) Plotly
9 1 (1.20%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (13.25%) Equities
3 10 (12.05%) Hedge funds
4 7 (8.43%) Derivative
5 3 (3.61%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.41%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.41%) Reinsurance
6 2 (2.41%) Swaptions
7 1 (1.20%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (1.20%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.20%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.20%) Pricing Data
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Data Analysis
2 30 (36.14%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (20.48%) Analytics
4 16 (19.28%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (15.66%) Risk Management
6 11 (13.25%) Pricing Analytics
7 10 (12.05%) Agile
8 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (10.84%) Prototyping
8 9 (10.84%) RAD
8 9 (10.84%) Rapid Prototyping
8 9 (10.84%) Validation
9 8 (9.64%) ETL
10 7 (8.43%) Migration
11 6 (7.23%) Capacity Management
11 6 (7.23%) Decision-Making
11 6 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (6.02%) Agile Project Management
12 5 (6.02%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 60 (72.29%) SQL
2 35 (42.17%) Python
3 23 (27.71%) C#
3 23 (27.71%) VB
4 22 (26.51%) PL/SQL
5 15 (18.07%) T-SQL
6 11 (13.25%) VB.NET
7 4 (4.82%) C++
8 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
8 3 (3.61%) R
9 2 (2.41%) Java
9 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.41%) VC++
10 1 (1.20%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 6 (7.23%) Degree
2 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.41%) ACCA
4 2 (2.41%) CFA
5 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.46%) QA
2 7 (8.43%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.41%) EMIR
3 2 (2.41%) MiFID
4 1 (1.20%) IFRS
4 1 (1.20%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
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 26 (31.33%) Oracle
2 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.05%) Citrix
4 6 (7.23%) VMware
5 5 (6.02%) EMC
6 4 (4.82%) Alteryx
6 4 (4.82%) Cognos
7 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.41%) SAP
8 1 (1.20%) Cisco
8 1 (1.20%) Databricks
8 1 (1.20%) Google
8 1 (1.20%) HP
8 1 (1.20%) IBM
8 1 (1.20%) Informatica
8 1 (1.20%) Murex
8 1 (1.20%) Yardi