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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 479 568
Rank change year-on-year -22 +89 -12
Permanent jobs citing VBA 122 264 123
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.43% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.16% 1.33% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 76 84 97
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,990 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.75% - +8.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £69,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.95% - +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 10,502 19,873 19,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.67% 32.42% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,846 11,963 15,831
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 22 November 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 22 November 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
South East +55 39 £52,500 -12.50% 21
London -14 36 £65,000 - 46
North of England +5 21 £42,500 +60.38% 17
North West +23 16 £34,500 -34.29% 11
Midlands +53 10 £50,000 +2.56% 4
South West +7 10 £42,750 +14.00% 6
West Midlands +52 8 £50,000 - 4
East of England +26 6 £26,000 - 11
East Midlands +23 5 £45,750 -3.68%
Yorkshire +4 5 £45,000 +28.57% 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 21 (17.21%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.10%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (65.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.46%) Stata
5 1 (0.82%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.82%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (13.93%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.46%) Sage 1000
3 2 (1.64%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.82%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 54 (44.26%) Power Platform
2 24 (19.67%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (14.75%) Azure
4 15 (12.30%) PowerApps
5 10 (8.20%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.10%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.82%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.10%) Firewall
2 1 (0.82%) DHCP
2 1 (0.82%) DNS
2 1 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (44.26%) Power BI
2 23 (18.85%) SQL Server
3 15 (12.30%) Power Query
4 11 (9.02%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (6.56%) PowerPivot
6 6 (4.92%) MS Access
6 6 (4.92%) Tableau
7 5 (4.10%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (4.10%) Data Mining
7 5 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (4.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.64%) Looker
8 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.82%) GIS
9 1 (0.82%) KNIME
9 1 (0.82%) MySQL
9 1 (0.82%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Git
1 1 (0.82%) JIRA
General
1 65 (53.28%) Social Skills
2 51 (41.80%) Finance
3 36 (29.51%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.85%) Retail
5 16 (13.11%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (9.02%) Manufacturing
7 10 (8.20%) Legal
8 8 (6.56%) Banking
9 7 (5.74%) Automotive
10 6 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (4.92%) Front Office
11 5 (4.10%) Financial Institution
12 4 (3.28%) Marketing
13 3 (2.46%) Back Office
13 3 (2.46%) Social Housing
13 3 (2.46%) Swedish Language
14 1 (0.82%) Billing
14 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.82%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (39.34%) Analyst
2 18 (14.75%) Data Analyst
3 17 (13.93%) IT Support
3 17 (13.93%) Senior
4 14 (11.48%) Consultant
5 12 (9.84%) Accountant
5 12 (9.84%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (9.02%) Developer
6 11 (9.02%) Systems Accountant
7 9 (7.38%) Operations Analyst
7 9 (7.38%) Support Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Senior Operations Analyst
9 6 (4.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 5 (4.10%) IT Assistant
10 5 (4.10%) IT Support Assistant
10 5 (4.10%) Principal Consultant
10 5 (4.10%) Support Assistant
10 5 (4.10%) Technical Consultant
11 4 (3.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) FreeMarker
2 4 (3.28%) .NET
3 3 (2.46%) Altair
3 3 (2.46%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.46%) CSS
3 3 (2.46%) HTML
4 2 (1.64%) XML
5 1 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.82%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.92%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.92%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.10%) FMCG
4 5 (4.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.28%) Credit Risk
5 4 (3.28%) Equities
5 4 (3.28%) SCADA
6 3 (2.46%) Derivative
6 3 (2.46%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.64%) CCTV
7 2 (1.64%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.64%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.64%) IoT
8 1 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.82%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.30%) Windows
2 9 (7.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (38.52%) Data Analysis
2 45 (36.89%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (30.33%) Decision-Making
5 21 (17.21%) Agile
6 20 (16.39%) Visualisation
7 18 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (14.75%) ERP
7 18 (14.75%) Planning and Forecasting
7 18 (14.75%) Process Improvement
8 17 (13.93%) Analytics
9 16 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (12.30%) Data Science
11 14 (11.48%) Data Analytics
11 14 (11.48%) Project Management
12 12 (9.84%) Data Visualisation
13 11 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
13 11 (9.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 10 (8.20%) Budgeting
14 10 (8.20%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 65 (53.28%) SQL
2 34 (27.87%) Python
3 10 (8.20%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.38%) C#
5 8 (6.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (4.92%) R
6 6 (4.92%) VB
7 5 (4.10%) PHP
7 5 (4.10%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.28%) C++
8 4 (3.28%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.46%) Java
9 3 (2.46%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.46%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.46%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.64%) C
10 2 (1.64%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.82%) Perl
11 1 (0.82%) VC++
Qualifications
1 40 (32.79%) Degree
2 18 (14.75%) ACCA
2 18 (14.75%) CIMA
3 17 (13.93%) Master's Degree
4 12 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.10%) APMP
5 5 (4.10%) MBA
6 4 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.46%) CFA
7 3 (2.46%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.64%) HND
8 2 (1.64%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.64%) PMP
9 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.82%) HNC
9 1 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.10%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.10%) QA
3 2 (1.64%) GAAP
3 2 (1.64%) IFRS
3 2 (1.64%) IFRS 17
3 2 (1.64%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.82%) EMIR
4 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.10%) Active Directory
1 5 (4.10%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.82%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) Control-M
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.82%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 38 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.03%) SAP
3 20 (16.39%) Oracle
4 10 (8.20%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (8.20%) Workday
5 6 (4.92%) Blue Prism
5 6 (4.92%) Pega
6 5 (4.10%) Bloomberg
6 5 (4.10%) Citrix
6 5 (4.10%) VMware
7 4 (3.28%) Facebook
8 3 (2.46%) Calypso
8 3 (2.46%) Logitech
8 3 (2.46%) Sage
8 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.82%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.82%) Cognos
9 1 (0.82%) Murex
9 1 (0.82%) Reuters
9 1 (0.82%) Symantec