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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 509 569
Rank change year-on-year +8 +60 -2
Permanent jobs citing VBA 144 135 204
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.33% 0.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.25% 0.95% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 108 53 151
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +30.00% -2.63%
75th Percentile £65,640 £82,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.20% +28.95% -5.00%

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 11,481 14,185 24,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.40% 34.62% 35.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,445 9,042 21,132
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +20 52 £57,500 - 14
London -29 30 £71,500 -4.67% 16
North of England -11 29 £63,038 +31.33% 12
Midlands +3 24 £42,500 +17.24% 5
West Midlands +36 19 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Yorkshire - 14 £54,038 - 2
North West +9 12 £48,979 +2.04% 10
East Midlands -25 7 £28,750 -17.86% 1
East of England +10 6 £52,500 - 7
South West -30 4 £46,250 +23.33% 2
North East - 3 £63,076 -
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 22 (15.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) SAS
Applications
1 89 (61.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.42%) Spreadsheet
3 11 (7.64%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.39%) Trello
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.69%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.69%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.69%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 91 (63.19%) Power Platform
2 42 (29.17%) PowerApps
3 26 (18.06%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (11.11%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.78%) Azure
6 2 (1.39%) AWS
6 2 (1.39%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.69%) DHCP
2 1 (0.69%) DNS
2 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (53.47%) Power BI
2 14 (9.72%) Power Query
3 9 (6.25%) PowerPivot
4 8 (5.56%) Tableau
5 7 (4.86%) SQL Server
5 7 (4.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.47%) Pentaho
8 3 (2.08%) Data Mining
8 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.69%) Big Data
9 1 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.69%) GIS
9 1 (0.69%) KNIME
9 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Git
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 73 (50.69%) Social Skills
2 47 (32.64%) Finance
3 46 (31.94%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.89%) Retail
5 15 (10.42%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (9.72%) Legal
6 14 (9.72%) Public Sector
7 12 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (6.25%) Banking
9 7 (4.86%) Manufacturing
10 6 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.47%) Front Office
12 4 (2.78%) Automotive
13 3 (2.08%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.39%) Marketing
15 1 (0.69%) Billing
15 1 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
15 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (43.06%) Analyst
2 31 (21.53%) Senior
3 27 (18.75%) Data Analyst
4 22 (15.28%) Consultant
5 19 (13.19%) Financial Analyst
6 15 (10.42%) Developer
7 14 (9.72%) Digital Project Manager
7 14 (9.72%) Project Manager
7 14 (9.72%) Senior Digital Project Manager
7 14 (9.72%) Senior Manager
7 14 (9.72%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (9.03%) Principal Consultant
9 10 (6.94%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 9 (6.25%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
11 8 (5.56%) Power BI Analyst
12 6 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
12 6 (4.17%) Senior Operations Analyst
12 6 (4.17%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.47%) .NET
2 4 (2.78%) XML
3 3 (2.08%) CSS
3 3 (2.08%) HTML
3 3 (2.08%) XSLT
4 1 (0.69%) JSON
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.72%) Hybrid Cloud
1 14 (9.72%) Legacy Applications
1 14 (9.72%) Legacy Systems
1 14 (9.72%) Low-Code
2 9 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.17%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.78%) FMCG
5 4 (2.78%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.78%) SCADA
6 3 (2.08%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.39%) CCTV
7 2 (1.39%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.39%) Derivative
7 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.39%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.39%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.39%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.56%) Windows
2 7 (4.86%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.47%) Linux
4 4 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (35.42%) Agile
3 50 (34.72%) Decision-Making
4 44 (30.56%) Data Analysis
5 37 (25.69%) Visualisation
6 35 (24.31%) Project Management
7 24 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (15.28%) Data Science
8 22 (15.28%) ETL
8 22 (15.28%) Mentoring
8 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (11.81%) ERP
10 16 (11.11%) Analytics
10 16 (11.11%) Coaching
10 16 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
10 16 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 14 (9.72%) Budget Management
11 14 (9.72%) Conflict Resolution
11 14 (9.72%) Digital Strategy
11 14 (9.72%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 72 (50.00%) Python
2 68 (47.22%) SQL
3 8 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 8 (5.56%) Java
4 7 (4.86%) C#
4 7 (4.86%) C++
4 7 (4.86%) PHP
4 7 (4.86%) VB
5 6 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.78%) VBScript
7 3 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.08%) VC++
8 2 (1.39%) C
8 2 (1.39%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (1.39%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.69%) Perl
9 1 (0.69%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (33.33%) Degree
2 21 (14.58%) Master's Degree
3 20 (13.89%) ACCA
3 20 (13.89%) CIMA
4 19 (13.19%) SC Cleared
4 19 (13.19%) Security Cleared
5 13 (9.03%) APMP
5 13 (9.03%) MBA
6 4 (2.78%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.78%) PMP
7 3 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.39%) HNC
8 2 (1.39%) HND
8 2 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.08%) EMIR
4 3 (2.08%) GDPR
5 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) SCCM
2 1 (0.69%) Control-M
2 1 (0.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 44 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (14.58%) SAP
3 9 (6.25%) Oracle
4 6 (4.17%) Blue Prism
4 6 (4.17%) Citrix
4 6 (4.17%) Pega
5 5 (3.47%) Informatica
5 5 (3.47%) Talend
6 4 (2.78%) Adobe
6 4 (2.78%) IBM
6 4 (2.78%) Snow
6 4 (2.78%) VMware
7 1 (0.69%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.69%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.69%) Cognos
7 1 (0.69%) Facebook
7 1 (0.69%) Murex
7 1 (0.69%) Reuters
7 1 (0.69%) Symantec