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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 492 591
Rank change year-on-year -26 +99 +2
Permanent jobs citing VBA 116 259 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.38% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.99% 1.22% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 68 94 120
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,563 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £68,125 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,750 £78,200
UK median annual salary £42,750 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -14.50% -6.54% +4.19%

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 11,774 21,217 22,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.33% 30.76% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,785 13,530 18,330
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +1.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VBA 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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 2025. 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 +12 34 £70,000 +9.80% 66
South West +66 28 £50,000 - 8
South East +36 23 £53,750 +19.44% 42
East of England - 14 £27,500 - 10
North of England -10 13 £24,500 -25.76% 11
North West -17 13 £24,500 -25.76% 7
West Midlands +43 3 - - 9
Midlands +28 3 - - 12
East Midlands +19 2 - - 3
VBA
UK

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.76%) IIS
2 9 (7.76%) Tomcat
3 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.45%) SAS
5 1 (0.86%) MTS
Applications
1 81 (69.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (18.10%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.59%) Stata
5 1 (0.86%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (14.66%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.45%) Sage 1000
3 2 (1.72%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.86%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 57 (49.14%) Power Platform
2 51 (43.97%) Azure
3 24 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (12.07%) Entra ID
5 13 (11.21%) Power Automate
6 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (7.76%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) DMARC
1 9 (7.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (49.14%) Power BI
2 30 (25.86%) SQL Server
3 21 (18.10%) BusinessObjects
3 21 (18.10%) Data Mining
4 12 (10.34%) Tableau
5 10 (8.62%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (7.76%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (6.03%) Power Query
8 6 (5.17%) MS Access
9 5 (4.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (3.45%) Data Lake
10 4 (3.45%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.72%) BigQuery
11 2 (1.72%) Looker
11 2 (1.72%) MySQL
11 2 (1.72%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.86%) KNIME
12 1 (0.86%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Git
2 4 (3.45%) Subversion
3 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 55 (47.41%) Analytical Skills
2 54 (46.55%) Social Skills
3 41 (35.34%) Finance
4 32 (27.59%) Retail
5 18 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (7.76%) Czech Language
6 9 (7.76%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (6.90%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.17%) Front Office
9 5 (4.31%) Automotive
9 5 (4.31%) Marketing
10 4 (3.45%) Banking
10 4 (3.45%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.45%) Social Housing
10 4 (3.45%) Swedish Language
11 3 (2.59%) Back Office
11 3 (2.59%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (23.28%) Analyst
2 25 (21.55%) Developer
2 25 (21.55%) IT Support
3 20 (17.24%) Junior
4 16 (13.79%) Junior Developer
5 11 (9.48%) Accountant
5 11 (9.48%) Systems Accountant
6 10 (8.62%) Consultant
6 10 (8.62%) Senior
7 9 (7.76%) Administrator
7 9 (7.76%) Data Analyst
7 9 (7.76%) IT Administrator
8 6 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 5 (4.31%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (4.31%) Analytics Manager
9 5 (4.31%) Data Manager
9 5 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (4.31%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.31%) Support Assistant
9 5 (4.31%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.62%) XML
2 9 (7.76%) JSON
2 9 (7.76%) REST
2 9 (7.76%) SOAP
3 5 (4.31%) .NET
3 5 (4.31%) FreeMarker
4 4 (3.45%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.45%) CSS
4 4 (3.45%) HTML
5 3 (2.59%) Altair
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.41%) Data Structures
2 16 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (7.76%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (6.03%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (4.31%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.45%) Equities
6 4 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.59%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.59%) Derivative
7 3 (2.59%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.86%) FMCG
9 1 (0.86%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.86%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.10%) Windows
2 12 (10.34%) Linux
3 9 (7.76%) Unix
4 4 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.52%) Data Analysis
2 43 (37.07%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (31.03%) Business Intelligence
4 28 (24.14%) Coaching
5 24 (20.69%) Data Management
6 23 (19.83%) Analytics
7 22 (18.97%) Customer Experience
8 21 (18.10%) Agile
8 21 (18.10%) Decision-Making
8 21 (18.10%) Service Delivery
8 21 (18.10%) WFM
9 20 (17.24%) Commercial Awareness
9 20 (17.24%) Performance Management
10 19 (16.38%) ERP
11 16 (13.79%) Customer Service
11 16 (13.79%) Data Analytics
11 16 (13.79%) Process Improvement
12 15 (12.93%) CRM
12 15 (12.93%) Project Management
13 13 (11.21%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 83 (71.55%) SQL
2 25 (21.55%) Python
3 19 (16.38%) JavaScript
4 12 (10.34%) Java
5 11 (9.48%) PowerShell
6 10 (8.62%) R
7 8 (6.90%) C#
8 5 (4.31%) PL/SQL
8 5 (4.31%) VB
8 5 (4.31%) VB.NET
9 4 (3.45%) Julia
9 4 (3.45%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.59%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.72%) C++
11 2 (1.72%) PHP
12 1 (0.86%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (17.24%) Degree
2 10 (8.62%) ACCA
2 10 (8.62%) CIMA
3 8 (6.90%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.31%) DBS Check
4 5 (4.31%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.31%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.59%) CFA
5 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.86%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.03%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.31%) QA
4 2 (1.72%) GAAP
4 2 (1.72%) IFRS
4 2 (1.72%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.72%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (7.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.76%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.59%) Control-M
Vendors
1 52 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 27 (23.28%) Oracle
3 20 (17.24%) Facebook
4 16 (13.79%) SAP
5 10 (8.62%) Adaptive Insights
5 10 (8.62%) Workday
6 5 (4.31%) Logitech
6 5 (4.31%) VMware
7 4 (3.45%) Alteryx
7 4 (3.45%) Bloomberg
7 4 (3.45%) Sage
7 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.59%) Anaplan
8 3 (2.59%) Calypso
9 1 (0.86%) Cognos