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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 456 575
Rank change year-on-year -45 +119 0
Permanent jobs citing VBA 131 271 125
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.44% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.19% 1.38% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 71 82 98
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +2.24%
75th Percentile £66,875 £72,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,600
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +7.11%

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 10,965 19,583 20,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.43% 32.05% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,553 11,755 16,439
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
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 £111,250 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.45%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -30 36 £65,000 - 69
South East +41 31 £52,500 -12.50% 53
South West +28 26 £42,750 +14.00% 6
North of England -29 22 £34,500 +30.19% 8
North West -17 18 £24,500 -55.45% 7
East of England +29 11 £27,500 - 4
West Midlands +39 5 - - 9
Midlands +32 5 - - 10
Yorkshire -5 4 £45,000 +28.57% 1
East Midlands +12 3 - - 1
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 17 (12.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.58%) IIS
2 6 (4.58%) Tomcat
3 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.05%) SAS
Applications
1 86 (65.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (19.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (13.74%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.29%) Stata
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (12.98%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.05%) Sage 1000
3 2 (1.53%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.76%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 64 (48.85%) Power Platform
2 45 (34.35%) Azure
3 27 (20.61%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (9.92%) Power Automate
5 12 (9.16%) PowerApps
6 11 (8.40%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.58%) DMARC
1 6 (4.58%) SSL
2 4 (3.05%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (48.85%) Power BI
2 28 (21.37%) SQL Server
3 21 (16.03%) BusinessObjects
4 20 (15.27%) Data Mining
5 11 (8.40%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (8.40%) Power Query
6 9 (6.87%) Tableau
7 6 (4.58%) MS Access
7 6 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (2.29%) PowerPivot
10 2 (1.53%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.53%) Looker
10 2 (1.53%) MySQL
10 2 (1.53%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.76%) GIS
11 1 (0.76%) KNIME
11 1 (0.76%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Git
2 2 (1.53%) Subversion
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 63 (48.09%) Social Skills
2 53 (40.46%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (33.59%) Finance
4 38 (29.01%) Retail
5 19 (14.50%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.63%) Legal
7 9 (6.87%) Manufacturing
8 8 (6.11%) Automotive
8 8 (6.11%) Banking
9 6 (4.58%) Czech Language
9 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.82%) Front Office
11 4 (3.05%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.05%) Marketing
11 4 (3.05%) Social Housing
11 4 (3.05%) Swedish Language
12 3 (2.29%) Back Office
13 1 (0.76%) Billing
13 1 (0.76%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (29.01%) Analyst
2 26 (19.85%) IT Support
3 25 (19.08%) Developer
4 20 (15.27%) Junior
5 16 (12.21%) Junior Developer
6 15 (11.45%) Senior
7 13 (9.92%) Data Analyst
8 12 (9.16%) Consultant
9 11 (8.40%) Accountant
9 11 (8.40%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (8.40%) Systems Accountant
10 9 (6.87%) Operations Analyst
11 8 (6.11%) Support Analyst
12 7 (5.34%) Senior Operations Analyst
13 6 (4.58%) Administrator
13 6 (4.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 6 (4.58%) IT Administrator
14 5 (3.82%) 1st Line Support
14 5 (3.82%) Support Assistant
14 5 (3.82%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) XML
2 6 (4.58%) JSON
2 6 (4.58%) REST
2 6 (4.58%) SOAP
3 5 (3.82%) FreeMarker
4 4 (3.05%) .NET
4 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET
4 4 (3.05%) CSS
4 4 (3.05%) HTML
5 3 (2.29%) Altair
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.32%) Data Structures
2 15 (11.45%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (4.58%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.82%) FMCG
4 5 (3.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.82%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.05%) Equities
6 3 (2.29%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.29%) Derivative
6 3 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.53%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.76%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.76%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.76%) IoT
8 1 (0.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (16.79%) Windows
2 9 (6.87%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (41.22%) Data Analysis
2 45 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (32.06%) Business Intelligence
4 28 (21.37%) Decision-Making
5 26 (19.85%) Coaching
5 26 (19.85%) Data Management
6 22 (16.79%) Agile
7 20 (15.27%) Analytics
7 20 (15.27%) Commercial Awareness
7 20 (15.27%) Customer Experience
7 20 (15.27%) Performance Management
7 20 (15.27%) Service Delivery
7 20 (15.27%) WFM
8 19 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (14.50%) ERP
9 18 (13.74%) Process Improvement
9 18 (13.74%) Visualisation
10 17 (12.98%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (12.21%) Data Analytics
12 15 (11.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (61.07%) SQL
2 27 (20.61%) Python
3 17 (12.98%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.87%) Java
4 9 (6.87%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.87%) R
5 7 (5.34%) C#
6 5 (3.82%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.82%) VB
7 4 (3.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (3.05%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.05%) VB.NET
8 3 (2.29%) MATLAB
8 3 (2.29%) PHP
9 2 (1.53%) Julia
10 1 (0.76%) C++
10 1 (0.76%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (22.14%) Degree
2 13 (9.92%) ACCA
2 13 (9.92%) CIMA
3 12 (9.16%) Master's Degree
4 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.11%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.82%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.29%) APMP
7 3 (2.29%) CFA
7 3 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.29%) MBA
8 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.76%) HNC
8 1 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.82%) QA
4 2 (1.53%) GAAP
4 2 (1.53%) IFRS
4 2 (1.53%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.53%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.58%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.29%) Control-M
Vendors
1 59 (45.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (19.08%) Oracle
3 20 (15.27%) Facebook
4 18 (13.74%) SAP
5 10 (7.63%) Adaptive Insights
5 10 (7.63%) Workday
6 6 (4.58%) Blue Prism
6 6 (4.58%) Pega
7 5 (3.82%) Bloomberg
7 5 (3.82%) Logitech
7 5 (3.82%) VMware
8 4 (3.05%) Citrix
8 4 (3.05%) Sage
8 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.29%) Calypso
10 2 (1.53%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.76%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.76%) Cognos
11 1 (0.76%) Reuters