Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VBA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VBA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 498 | 424 | 506 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -74 | +82 | -83 |
| Contract jobs citing VBA | 100 | 315 | 389 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.23% | 0.53% | 0.44% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.78% | 1.50% | 1.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 76 | 238 | 272 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £367 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +11.11% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £578 | £650 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £729 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £340 | £450 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.44% | +5.88% | +3.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £23.51 | £12.71 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £23.95 | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.79 | £25.24 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.20% | +29.41% | +6.78% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £27.09 | £28.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £27.86 | £37.03 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £25.24 | £17.87 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +41.25% | -2.18% |
All Programming Languages
UK
VBA is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
VBA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA.
VBA
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA.
VBA
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -48 | 94 | £400 | -20.00% | 135 |
| London | -35 | 79 | £400 | -25.93% | 80 |
| Work from Home | +9 | 28 | £460 | +15.00% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +12 | 15 | £340 | -24.44% | 57 |
| South East | +16 | 8 | £340 | -22.29% | 14 |
| North of England | +29 | 3 | £450 | +12.50% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 3 | £450 | -4.26% | 5 |
| Scotland | +27 | 2 | £425 | +2.41% | 5 |
| Midlands | +19 | 2 | £263 | -30.00% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 1 | £325 | - | 15 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 1 | £200 | -46.67% | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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