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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 545 579
Rank change year-on-year -15 +34 +16
Permanent jobs citing VBA 138 90 274
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.92% 0.71% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 116 57 174
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,750 £27,550
25th Percentile £42,188 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,125 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,473 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.92% +0.95% -2.63%

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 14,927 12,683 28,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.23% 32.27% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10,678 8,486 22,842
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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
London -35 36 £80,000 +6.67% 18
South East +2 31 £62,500 +13.64% 13
Midlands +2 26 £35,500 -21.11% 6
North of England -29 26 £50,000 +44.93% 3
West Midlands -8 15 £42,500 -5.56% 4
North West +5 13 £45,000 +30.43% 2
East Midlands - 11 £30,000 - 2
South West -56 10 £53,750 -14.00% 1
Yorkshire - 10 £63,076 -
East of England -8 9 £45,000 +63.64%
North East - 3 £63,076 - 1
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 16 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.25%) IIS
3 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.90%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.45%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.45%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.72%) Appian
Applications
1 105 (76.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (15.94%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.17%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.45%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.45%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.45%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 80 (57.97%) Power Platform
2 40 (28.99%) PowerApps
3 33 (23.91%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (11.59%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.35%) Azure
6 3 (2.17%) AWS
6 3 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.80%) DHCP
1 8 (5.80%) DNS
1 8 (5.80%) Firewall
1 8 (5.80%) TCP/IP
1 8 (5.80%) VLAN
2 2 (1.45%) Intranet
2 2 (1.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (46.38%) Power BI
2 18 (13.04%) Power Query
3 16 (11.59%) SQL Server
4 9 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.35%) Tableau
6 4 (2.90%) Big Data
6 4 (2.90%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (2.17%) MySQL
7 3 (2.17%) PowerPivot
7 3 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.45%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.45%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Git
2 2 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 62 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 41 (29.71%) Finance
3 36 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.42%) Legal
6 12 (8.70%) Retail
7 11 (7.97%) Front Office
8 9 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (5.07%) Law
10 6 (4.35%) Marketing
10 6 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.17%) Banking
12 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (30.43%) Analyst
2 27 (19.57%) Senior
3 23 (16.67%) Developer
4 21 (15.22%) Data Analyst
5 16 (11.59%) Consultant
6 14 (10.14%) Digital Project Manager
6 14 (10.14%) Project Manager
6 14 (10.14%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 14 (10.14%) Senior Manager
6 14 (10.14%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (8.70%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (7.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 11 (7.97%) IT Support
8 11 (7.97%) Power BI Analyst
9 9 (6.52%) RAD Developer
9 9 (6.52%) Support Technician
10 8 (5.80%) IT Support Technician
10 8 (5.80%) IT Technician
10 8 (5.80%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (5.80%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.42%) CSS
1 13 (9.42%) HTML
2 12 (8.70%) .NET
3 7 (5.07%) .NET Framework
3 7 (5.07%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.90%) JSON
5 3 (2.17%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.45%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.45%) NumPy
6 2 (1.45%) Pandas
6 2 (1.45%) PySpark
6 2 (1.45%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.45%) XML
7 1 (0.72%) ADO
7 1 (0.72%) COM
7 1 (0.72%) REST
7 1 (0.72%) SOAP
7 1 (0.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.59%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (10.87%) Low-Code
3 14 (10.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (10.14%) Legacy Applications
4 12 (8.70%) Management Information System
5 11 (7.97%) Fixed Income
6 9 (6.52%) Hedge funds
7 7 (5.07%) Pricing Data
8 4 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.17%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.17%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.17%) Derivative
9 3 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.17%) Social Media
9 3 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.72%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.72%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.22%) Windows
2 20 (14.49%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.80%) Linux
4 6 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (39.13%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (26.81%) Agile
3 31 (22.46%) Decision-Making
4 30 (21.74%) Visualisation
5 29 (21.01%) Mentoring
6 28 (20.29%) Data Analysis
7 27 (19.57%) Project Management
8 24 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (15.22%) Analytics
9 21 (15.22%) ERP
10 20 (14.49%) Project Delivery
11 19 (13.77%) Data Visualisation
12 18 (13.04%) Coaching
13 17 (12.32%) Data Science
13 17 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (11.59%) ETL
14 16 (11.59%) Process Improvement
15 14 (10.14%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (10.14%) Conflict Resolution
15 14 (10.14%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (56.52%) SQL
2 53 (38.41%) Python
3 21 (15.22%) C#
4 16 (11.59%) VBScript
5 10 (7.25%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.25%) PowerShell
6 8 (5.80%) Java
7 7 (5.07%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.35%) VB
9 5 (3.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.62%) PHP
10 3 (2.17%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.45%) Bash
11 2 (1.45%) C++
11 2 (1.45%) Rust
12 1 (0.72%) R
12 1 (0.72%) VC++
Qualifications
1 21 (15.22%) Degree
2 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
2 11 (7.97%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.25%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.52%) ACCA
4 9 (6.52%) CIMA
5 7 (5.07%) APMP
5 7 (5.07%) MBA
6 2 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.45%) PMP
6 2 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.62%) SLA
4 3 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.17%) GDPR
5 2 (1.45%) QA
6 1 (0.72%) EMIR
System Software
1 15 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.80%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (3.62%) SCCM
2 2 (1.45%) Ansible
2 2 (1.45%) Grafana
2 2 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.45%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (42.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.87%) SAP
3 8 (5.80%) Adobe
4 7 (5.07%) iManage
4 7 (5.07%) Oracle
5 5 (3.62%) IBM
5 5 (3.62%) Snow
5 5 (3.62%) VMware
6 4 (2.90%) Databricks
6 4 (2.90%) SYSPRO
7 2 (1.45%) Cisco
7 2 (1.45%) Infor
7 2 (1.45%) Meraki
7 2 (1.45%) Splunk
8 1 (0.72%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.72%) Pega