VBA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 277 315 328
Rank change year-on-year +38 +13 +154
Contract jobs citing VBA 27 30 150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.20% 0.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.73% 0.58% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 22 119
10th Percentile £325 £313 £374
25th Percentile £400 £346 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £455 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% +13.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £547 £769 £560
90th Percentile £588 £875 £675
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.32 - £23.22
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £25.79 £25.24
% change year-on-year +12.72% +2.20% +29.41%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

VBA falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,699 5,133 9,659
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 37.34% 33.45% 37.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,627 3,702 7,073
10th Percentile £363 £350 £393
25th Percentile £421 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £656
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 147 213
10th Percentile £24.60 £27.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.73% +26.95%
75th Percentile £68.25 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.50 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

VBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VBA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VBA.

VBA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VBA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

VBA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VBA.

VBA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (74.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (3.70%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 2 (7.41%) Azure
4 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) IaaS
4 2 (7.41%) PaaS
4 2 (7.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Power Query
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
3 4 (14.81%) MS Access
4 3 (11.11%) Power BI
5 2 (7.41%) Tableau
6 1 (3.70%) OLAP
6 1 (3.70%) PowerPivot
6 1 (3.70%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Cucumber
1 2 (7.41%) Cypress.io
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
1 2 (7.41%) Postman
1 2 (7.41%) Selenium
1 2 (7.41%) Subversion
1 2 (7.41%) TeamCity
1 2 (7.41%) WebDriver
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Finance
4 5 (18.52%) Banking
5 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.70%) Front Office
7 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Developer
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Pensions Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Report Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Access Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (7.41%) QA Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Writer
4 2 (7.41%) Telecoms Developer
5 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Junior Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.70%) Playwright
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 5 (18.52%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.41%) Client/Server
3 2 (7.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.70%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Migration
2 4 (14.81%) Data Integration
2 4 (14.81%) Data Management
2 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
2 4 (14.81%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (11.11%) Attestation
3 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (11.11%) Change Management
3 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 3 (11.11%) Data Reconciliation
3 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 3 (11.11%) DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (11.11%) Information Security
3 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
3 3 (11.11%) Validation
3 3 (11.11%) Workflow
4 2 (7.41%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (18.52%) Python
3 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
4 3 (11.11%) C#
5 2 (7.41%) C++
5 2 (7.41%) Java
5 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
5 2 (7.41%) VB
5 2 (7.41%) VBScript
6 1 (3.70%) R
6 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) CIMA
2 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.41%) ISEB
2 2 (7.41%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
2 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (11.11%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) IBM