VBA Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 116 143
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +44
Contract jobs citing VBA 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.12% 0.25% 0.036%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.50% 1.20% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £406 £223 -
25th Percentile £416 £296 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £433 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% - -
75th Percentile £466 £493 -
90th Percentile £479 £520 -
England median daily rate £425 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% -24.10%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 597 500 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.85% 21.22% 27.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 310 569
10th Percentile £313 £325 £325
25th Percentile £360 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £575
90th Percentile £619 £610 £664
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.56% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 45
10th Percentile £38.36 £37.55 £42.35
25th Percentile £61.30 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £49.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +51.55% +6.11% -12.41%
75th Percentile - £68.13 £50.25
90th Percentile £88.70 £93.75 £70.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VBA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

VBA job vacancy trend in the North West

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VBA

VBA
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester -6 2 £400 -7.51% 6
Merseyside 0 1 £475 +137.50% 1
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Power Query
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modeller
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Database Security
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Korn
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle