VBA Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VBA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 - -
75th Percentile £426 - -
90th Percentile £426 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £395 £525
% change year-on-year +17.09% -24.76% -

All Programming Languages
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 222 43 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 34.42% 31.85% 53.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 30 52
10th Percentile £385 £411 £309
25th Percentile £416 £453 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -13.55% -0.93%
75th Percentile £501 £524 £538
90th Percentile £556 £538 -
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +1.41% +2.78% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £52.05 - -
25th Percentile £53.25 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
90th Percentile £59.15 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £61.32 £31.05 £57.50
% change year-on-year +97.51% -46.01% +96.13%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

VBA job vacancy trend in Shropshire

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing VBA

VBA
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Telford - 2 £421 - 3
VBA
West Midlands

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) VB Developer
1 2 (100.00%) VB6 Developer
2 1 (50.00%) VB VBA Developer
2 1 (50.00%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ActiveX
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft