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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 494 556
Rank change year-on-year +3 +62 -6
Permanent jobs citing VBA 127 204 118
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.39% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.24% 1.15% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 76 74 90
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £36,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £74,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 10,254 17,673 17,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.09% 34.08% 40.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,755 10,720 14,825
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,625 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £110,000
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 15 December 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 15 December 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 +6 45 £65,000 -7.14% 23
South East +46 40 £52,500 -12.50% 44
North of England +10 17 £45,000 +69.81% 14
Midlands +27 11 £50,000 +17.65% 17
North West +3 11 £48,979 -2.04% 7
South West -3 10 £42,750 +14.00% 8
West Midlands +30 9 £50,000 +14.29% 9
Yorkshire - 6 £45,000 - 6
East Midlands -3 5 £45,750 +7.65% 7
East of England +26 4 £39,250 - 14
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 19 (14.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.94%) SAS
Applications
1 78 (61.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.36%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.36%) Stata
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (13.39%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.57%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.79%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.79%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 55 (43.31%) Power Platform
2 19 (14.96%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.45%) Azure
3 12 (9.45%) PowerApps
4 7 (5.51%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.57%) AWS
6 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
7 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 55 (43.31%) Power BI
2 20 (15.75%) SQL Server
3 13 (10.24%) Power Query
4 11 (8.66%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (7.09%) PowerPivot
6 8 (6.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (5.51%) Tableau
8 6 (4.72%) Data Mining
8 6 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (3.94%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (3.94%) MS Access
9 5 (3.94%) Pentaho
10 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.79%) Big Data
12 1 (0.79%) GIS
12 1 (0.79%) KNIME
12 1 (0.79%) MySQL
12 1 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Git
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 62 (48.82%) Social Skills
2 56 (44.09%) Finance
3 39 (30.71%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (18.90%) Retail
5 13 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.87%) Banking
6 10 (7.87%) Legal
7 9 (7.09%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.51%) Front Office
9 6 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.72%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.15%) Automotive
10 4 (3.15%) Marketing
11 3 (2.36%) Back Office
11 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.79%) Billing
13 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (37.01%) Analyst
2 22 (17.32%) Data Analyst
3 17 (13.39%) Senior
4 16 (12.60%) Consultant
5 13 (10.24%) Developer
6 12 (9.45%) Accountant
6 12 (9.45%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (8.66%) IT Support
7 11 (8.66%) Systems Accountant
8 10 (7.87%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (6.30%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (4.72%) Principal Consultant
10 6 (4.72%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) IT Assistant
11 5 (3.94%) IT Support Assistant
11 5 (3.94%) Pentaho Developer
11 5 (3.94%) Support Assistant
11 5 (3.94%) Technical Consultant
12 4 (3.15%) Automation Specialist
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 13 (10.24%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.72%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.94%) FMCG
4 5 (3.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.15%) Credit Risk
5 4 (3.15%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.15%) Equities
5 4 (3.15%) Reinsurance
5 4 (3.15%) SCADA
6 3 (2.36%) Derivative
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%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.57%) IoT
8 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.87%) Windows
2 7 (5.51%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.80%) Data Analysis
2 45 (35.43%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (32.28%) Decision-Making
4 35 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (19.69%) Agile
6 23 (18.11%) Visualisation
7 20 (15.75%) Planning and Forecasting
8 18 (14.17%) ERP
9 17 (13.39%) Process Improvement
9 17 (13.39%) Project Management
10 16 (12.60%) Analytics
10 16 (12.60%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (11.81%) Data Science
11 15 (11.81%) Financial Analysis
12 14 (11.02%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 14 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (10.24%) Budgeting
13 13 (10.24%) Data Analytics
14 12 (9.45%) Data Visualisation
15 11 (8.66%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 73 (57.48%) SQL
2 47 (37.01%) Python
3 9 (7.09%) Java
4 8 (6.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (6.30%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.51%) C#
6 6 (4.72%) PHP
7 5 (3.94%) C++
7 5 (3.94%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.15%) R
9 3 (2.36%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.36%) VB
10 2 (1.57%) C
10 2 (1.57%) Ladder Logic
10 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.57%) VC++
11 1 (0.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (34.65%) Degree
2 21 (16.54%) ACCA
2 21 (16.54%) CIMA
3 17 (13.39%) Master's Degree
4 12 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.45%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.72%) APMP
5 6 (4.72%) MBA
6 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.36%) CFA
8 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.57%) HNC
8 2 (1.57%) HND
8 2 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.57%) PMP
9 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.94%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.94%) QA
3 2 (1.57%) EMIR
4 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 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 4 (3.15%) Control-M
2 1 (0.79%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 34 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 23 (18.11%) SAP
3 21 (16.54%) Oracle
4 10 (7.87%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (7.87%) Workday
5 6 (4.72%) Blue Prism
5 6 (4.72%) Citrix
5 6 (4.72%) Pega
6 5 (3.94%) Bloomberg
6 5 (3.94%) Informatica
6 5 (3.94%) Talend
6 5 (3.94%) VMware
7 4 (3.15%) Facebook
8 3 (2.36%) Calypso
9 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.79%) Cognos
9 1 (0.79%) Murex
9 1 (0.79%) Reuters
9 1 (0.79%) Symantec