VBA Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring VBA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VBA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 90 82
Rank change year-on-year +33 -8 +13
Contract jobs citing VBA 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.50% 0.084% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.82% 0.35% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £290
Median % change year-on-year - +81.03% -
75th Percentile - £538 £422
90th Percentile - - £461
Berkshire median daily rate - £525 £413
% change year-on-year - +27.27% +155.42%

All Programming Languages
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 165 289 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 27.64% 24.24% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 202 216
10th Percentile £406 £363 £369
25th Percentile £500 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £670
90th Percentile £700 £688 £714
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 7
10th Percentile - £54.13 £63.00
25th Percentile - £56.65 £72.63
Median hourly rate £77.19 £59.22 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +30.34% -25.22% -
75th Percentile - £66.03 -
90th Percentile - £67.63 £80.06
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% -12.00% -12.50%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in Reading

VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA in Reading.

Daily rate trend for VBA in Reading

VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for VBA in Reading

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Query
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Report Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft