VBA Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VBA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.35% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £268 - -

All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 93 58 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 32.29% 38.67% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 45 20
10th Percentile £360 £295 £375
25th Percentile £397 £340 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £356 £474
Median % change year-on-year +22.89% -24.85% +17.70%
75th Percentile £496 £401 £520
90th Percentile £575 £463 £583
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% -1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate - - £22.28
Median % change year-on-year - - +78.20%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.71 £17.71 £41.75
% change year-on-year +33.87% -57.58% +57.67%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

VBA job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing VBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing VBA

VBA
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. 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
Northampton - 1 £268 -
VBA
East Midlands

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft