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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 490 548
Rank change year-on-year +8 +58 -10
Permanent jobs citing VBA 127 187 119
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.38% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.23% 1.11% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 76 63 87
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,563 £72,500 £69,650
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,800
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £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 10,296 16,917 17,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.76% 34.11% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,767 10,056 14,986
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,063 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +3.17% -3.08%

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 30 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 30 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 +12 43 £65,000 -7.14% 30
South East +46 41 £52,500 -12.50% 50
North of England +6 17 £45,000 +24.14% 28
Midlands +27 13 £50,000 +37.93% 27
West Midlands +29 11 £50,000 +14.29% 19
North West +8 11 £48,979 -2.04% 16
South West -2 9 £42,750 +14.00% 19
Yorkshire - 6 £45,000 - 11
East Midlands -13 5 £45,750 +26.21% 8
East of England +23 4 £39,250 - 25
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 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (2.36%) Stata
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (11.81%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.79%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (0.79%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
2 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 19 (14.96%) SQL Server
3 11 (8.66%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (8.66%) Power Query
4 9 (7.09%) PowerPivot
5 8 (6.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.72%) Data Mining
6 6 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.94%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.94%) Pentaho
7 5 (3.94%) Tableau
8 4 (3.15%) MS Access
9 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.79%) Big Data
11 1 (0.79%) GIS
11 1 (0.79%) KNIME
11 1 (0.79%) MySQL
11 1 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Git
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 63 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 55 (43.31%) Finance
3 40 (31.50%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (18.90%) Retail
5 13 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.87%) Banking
6 10 (7.87%) Legal
7 7 (5.51%) Front Office
7 7 (5.51%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.72%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.15%) Automotive
9 4 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.15%) Marketing
10 3 (2.36%) Back Office
11 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.79%) Billing
12 1 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (37.80%) Analyst
2 23 (18.11%) Data Analyst
3 17 (13.39%) Senior
4 15 (11.81%) Consultant
5 14 (11.02%) Developer
6 12 (9.45%) Accountant
6 12 (9.45%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (8.66%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (8.66%) IT Support
7 11 (8.66%) Systems Accountant
8 8 (6.30%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (4.72%) Principal Consultant
9 6 (4.72%) Senior Operations Analyst
9 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.94%) IT Assistant
10 5 (3.94%) IT Support Assistant
10 5 (3.94%) Pentaho Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Support Assistant
10 5 (3.94%) VBA Developer
11 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 12 (9.45%) 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%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.87%) Windows
2 7 (5.51%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.01%) Data Analysis
2 45 (35.43%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (33.07%) Decision-Making
4 35 (27.56%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (20.47%) Agile
6 23 (18.11%) Visualisation
7 20 (15.75%) Planning and Forecasting
8 17 (13.39%) ERP
8 17 (13.39%) Process Improvement
8 17 (13.39%) Project Management
9 16 (12.60%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (12.60%) Financial Analysis
10 15 (11.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 15 (11.81%) Data Science
11 14 (11.02%) Budgeting
12 13 (10.24%) Analytics
12 13 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (9.45%) Data Visualisation
14 11 (8.66%) Financial Modelling
14 11 (8.66%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 71 (55.91%) SQL
2 49 (38.58%) Python
3 9 (7.09%) Java
4 8 (6.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (6.30%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.51%) C#
5 7 (5.51%) PHP
6 5 (3.94%) C++
7 4 (3.15%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.15%) R
8 3 (2.36%) MATLAB
8 3 (2.36%) VB
9 2 (1.57%) C
9 2 (1.57%) Ladder Logic
9 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.57%) VC++
10 1 (0.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (33.07%) Degree
2 22 (17.32%) ACCA
2 22 (17.32%) 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
7 3 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.36%) PMP
8 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.57%) HNC
8 2 (1.57%) HND
9 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.94%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.15%) QA
4 2 (1.57%) EMIR
5 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 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 33 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.32%) SAP
3 19 (14.96%) 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