VBA Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring VBA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 108 98
Rank change year-on-year -37 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing VBA 10 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.35% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.22% 0.81% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £432 £351 -
25th Percentile £445 £359 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.67% -16.67% -4.26%
75th Percentile £505 £389 -
90th Percentile £523 £396 -
England median daily rate £460 £408 £390
% change year-on-year +12.88% +4.49% -17.89%

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 821 494 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.63% 32.61% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 326 317
10th Percentile £353 £325 £334
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -1.07%
75th Percentile £564 £548 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £18.79 £37.07 £34.38
25th Percentile £21.24 £45.03 £37.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.40 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% +34.92% +117.03%
75th Percentile £26.63 £82.53 £61.88
90th Percentile £34.80 £92.15 £63.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.13 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.79% -12.12% +8.14%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

VBA job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

VBA
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing VBA

VBA
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing VBA

VBA
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
South Yorkshire -22 8 £468 +24.67%
West Yorkshire - 2 - - 7
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) BIG-IP
1 6 (60.00%) DHCP
1 6 (60.00%) DNS
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
2 2 (20.00%) Git
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) PMO Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Finance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) React Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) JSON
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (20.00%) MediatR
2 2 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 7 (70.00%) Risk Management
2 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (50.00%) API Integration
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Business Case
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Dependency Management
6 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) F5
1 6 (60.00%) Infoblox
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle