VBA Job Trends in England

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 515 551
Rank change year-on-year +38 +36 -2
Permanent jobs citing VBA 127 165 125
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.34% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.24% 1.01% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 84 55 93
10th Percentile £36,625 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £74,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,900
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

All Programming Languages
England

VBA falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,239 16,365 18,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.52% 33.94% 38.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,730 9,616 15,803
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VBA job vacancy trend in England

VBA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in England over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VBA in England

VBA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the England region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +50 41 £52,500 -10.64% 17
London -2 38 £53,750 -23.21% 11
Midlands +35 19 £42,500 +21.43% 10
North of England +17 19 £45,000 -2.17% 7
West Midlands +35 17 £42,500 -2.86% 8
North West +20 11 £48,979 -2.04% 4
South West -12 8 £42,750 +14.00% 6
Yorkshire - 8 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands +4 5 £45,750 +30.71% 2
East of England +15 3 £52,500 - 6
VBA
UK

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (15.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.94%) SAS
Applications
1 82 (64.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.72%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (2.36%) Stata
6 2 (1.57%) Trello
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (7.09%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.79%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (0.79%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 65 (51.18%) Power Platform
2 21 (16.54%) PowerApps
3 20 (15.75%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (11.81%) Power Automate
5 12 (9.45%) Azure
6 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.57%) AWS
7 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.94%) Firewall
2 1 (0.79%) DHCP
2 1 (0.79%) DNS
2 1 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (51.18%) Power BI
2 18 (14.17%) SQL Server
3 10 (7.87%) Power Query
4 9 (7.09%) PowerPivot
5 8 (6.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.72%) Data Mining
6 6 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.94%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.94%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (3.94%) Pentaho
7 5 (3.94%) Tableau
8 3 (2.36%) MS Access
8 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.79%) Big Data
10 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.79%) GIS
10 1 (0.79%) KNIME
10 1 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Git
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 65 (51.18%) Social Skills
2 46 (36.22%) Finance
3 44 (34.65%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (18.90%) Retail
5 13 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.87%) Banking
6 10 (7.87%) Legal
7 7 (5.51%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.72%) Financial Institution
8 6 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.94%) Front Office
10 4 (3.15%) Automotive
10 4 (3.15%) Marketing
11 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.79%) Back Office
12 1 (0.79%) Billing
12 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (44.09%) Analyst
2 23 (18.11%) Data Analyst
3 15 (11.81%) Consultant
3 15 (11.81%) Developer
3 15 (11.81%) Senior
4 13 (10.24%) Financial Analyst
5 12 (9.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 12 (9.45%) Systems Analyst
6 11 (8.66%) IT Support
7 10 (7.87%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (6.30%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (6.30%) Power BI Analyst
9 7 (5.51%) Principal Consultant
10 6 (4.72%) Accountant
10 6 (4.72%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
10 6 (4.72%) VBA Developer
11 5 (3.94%) IT Support Assistant
11 5 (3.94%) Pentaho Developer
11 5 (3.94%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.94%) FreeMarker
2 4 (3.15%) .NET
3 3 (2.36%) Altair
3 3 (2.36%) XML
4 2 (1.57%) XSLT
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.72%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.94%) FMCG
5 4 (3.15%) Credit Risk
5 4 (3.15%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.15%) Reinsurance
5 4 (3.15%) SCADA
6 3 (2.36%) Derivative
6 3 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.57%) CCTV
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.57%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.57%) Equities
7 2 (1.57%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.57%) IoT
8 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.79%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.30%) Windows
2 7 (5.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (42.52%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (32.28%) Data Analysis
3 39 (30.71%) Decision-Making
4 28 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (21.26%) Agile
6 26 (20.47%) Visualisation
7 21 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (14.96%) Analytics
9 18 (14.17%) Project Management
10 16 (12.60%) Data Science
11 14 (11.02%) Data Visualisation
11 14 (11.02%) Planning and Forecasting
12 13 (10.24%) ERP
12 13 (10.24%) ETL
13 12 (9.45%) Financial Analysis
14 11 (8.66%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 11 (8.66%) Data Modelling
14 11 (8.66%) Process Improvement
14 11 (8.66%) Test Automation
15 10 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 69 (54.33%) SQL
2 51 (40.16%) Python
3 8 (6.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 8 (6.30%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.30%) PHP
4 7 (5.51%) Java
5 5 (3.94%) C#
5 5 (3.94%) C++
6 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.15%) R
7 3 (2.36%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.36%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.36%) VB
8 2 (1.57%) C
8 2 (1.57%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.57%) VC++
9 1 (0.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (33.86%) Degree
2 18 (14.17%) ACCA
2 18 (14.17%) CIMA
2 18 (14.17%) Master's Degree
3 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.51%) APMP
4 7 (5.51%) MBA
5 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.15%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.15%) PMP
6 3 (2.36%) CFA
7 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.57%) HNC
7 2 (1.57%) HND
7 2 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.94%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.36%) QA
4 2 (1.57%) EMIR
5 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.94%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.94%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.57%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) Control-M
2 1 (0.79%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 34 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.17%) SAP
3 13 (10.24%) Oracle
4 6 (4.72%) Blue Prism
4 6 (4.72%) Citrix
4 6 (4.72%) Pega
5 5 (3.94%) Informatica
5 5 (3.94%) Talend
5 5 (3.94%) VMware
6 4 (3.15%) Adaptive Insights
6 4 (3.15%) Facebook
6 4 (3.15%) Workday
7 3 (2.36%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.79%) Calypso
8 1 (0.79%) Cognos
8 1 (0.79%) Murex
8 1 (0.79%) Reuters
8 1 (0.79%) Symantec