VBA Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 113 141
Rank change year-on-year -27 +28 +3
Contract jobs citing VBA 3 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.12% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.59% 0.44% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £231
25th Percentile - - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £289
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile - - £319
90th Percentile - - £332
South East median daily rate £400 - £238
% change year-on-year - - -47.22%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 509 459 543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.84% 27.87% 19.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 291 388
10th Percentile £324 £321 £350
25th Percentile £403 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +0.96%
75th Percentile £569 £625 £615
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 30
10th Percentile £25.02 £54.52 £33.94
25th Percentile £38.41 £55.87 £46.25
Median hourly rate £75.90 £56.75 £57.81
Median % change year-on-year +33.76% -1.84% -3.65%
75th Percentile £82.19 £65.62 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.98 £70.25 £67.63
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £59.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.54% +7.27%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VBA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VBA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VBA

VBA
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £400 -
VBA
South East

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Report Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Reporting Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Project Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering