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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 464 573
Rank change year-on-year -38 +109 -16
Permanent jobs citing VBA 124 266 117
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.44% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.16% 1.38% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 78 84 90
10th Percentile £26,175 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,563 £36,250 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.11%
75th Percentile £67,188 £72,500 £71,663
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +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 10,706 19,281 19,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.51% 31.94% 41.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,747 11,428 16,000
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 £110,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 12 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 12 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 +46 38 £52,500 -12.50% 30
London -32 36 £65,000 - 54
North of England -27 22 £40,000 +50.94% 17
North West +5 18 £34,500 -37.27% 10
South West +2 11 £42,750 +14.00% 1
Midlands +44 10 £50,000 - 6
West Midlands +42 8 £50,000 - 6
East of England +17 7 £26,000 - 12
East Midlands +21 5 £45,750 -6.15%
Yorkshire -2 4 £45,000 +28.57% 5
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 (16.94%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.23%) SAS
4 2 (1.61%) IIS
4 2 (1.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 79 (63.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (8.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.42%) Stata
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.81%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (13.71%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.23%) Sage 1000
3 2 (1.61%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.81%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 54 (43.55%) Power Platform
2 27 (21.77%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (20.16%) Azure
4 16 (12.90%) PowerApps
5 11 (8.87%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.65%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.81%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.03%) Firewall
2 2 (1.61%) DMARC
2 2 (1.61%) SSL
3 1 (0.81%) DHCP
3 1 (0.81%) DNS
3 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (43.55%) Power BI
2 23 (18.55%) SQL Server
3 13 (10.48%) Power Query
4 11 (8.87%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (6.45%) Tableau
6 7 (5.65%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (4.84%) Data Mining
7 6 (4.84%) MS Access
8 5 (4.03%) PowerPivot
8 5 (4.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (4.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.61%) Looker
9 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.81%) GIS
10 1 (0.81%) KNIME
10 1 (0.81%) MySQL
10 1 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.81%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Git
2 1 (0.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 67 (54.03%) Social Skills
2 49 (39.52%) Finance
3 39 (31.45%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (20.16%) Retail
5 18 (14.52%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (8.87%) Manufacturing
7 10 (8.06%) Legal
8 8 (6.45%) Automotive
8 8 (6.45%) Banking
9 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.84%) Front Office
10 5 (4.03%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.23%) Marketing
11 4 (3.23%) Social Housing
11 4 (3.23%) Swedish Language
12 3 (2.42%) Back Office
13 2 (1.61%) Czech Language
13 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.81%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (36.29%) Analyst
2 21 (16.94%) IT Support
3 16 (12.90%) Senior
4 15 (12.10%) Data Analyst
5 14 (11.29%) Consultant
6 13 (10.48%) Developer
7 12 (9.68%) Accountant
8 11 (8.87%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) Systems Accountant
9 10 (8.06%) Support Analyst
10 9 (7.26%) Operations Analyst
11 7 (5.65%) Senior Operations Analyst
12 6 (4.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 6 (4.84%) Junior
13 5 (4.03%) Financial Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) IT Support Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) IT Support Assistant
13 5 (4.03%) Principal Consultant
13 5 (4.03%) Support Assistant
13 5 (4.03%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) FreeMarker
2 4 (3.23%) .NET
2 4 (3.23%) ASP.NET
2 4 (3.23%) CSS
2 4 (3.23%) HTML
2 4 (3.23%) XML
3 3 (2.42%) Altair
4 2 (1.61%) JSON
4 2 (1.61%) REST
4 2 (1.61%) SOAP
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.26%) Data Structures
3 8 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.84%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.03%) FMCG
5 5 (4.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.23%) Equities
6 4 (3.23%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.23%) SCADA
7 3 (2.42%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.42%) Derivative
7 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.61%) CCTV
8 2 (1.61%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.61%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.61%) IoT
8 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.61%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.52%) Windows
2 9 (7.26%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.03%) Linux
4 2 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.90%) Data Analysis
2 43 (34.68%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (33.87%) Business Intelligence
4 35 (28.23%) Decision-Making
5 23 (18.55%) Agile
6 19 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (15.32%) ERP
6 19 (15.32%) Process Improvement
6 19 (15.32%) Visualisation
7 18 (14.52%) Analytics
8 16 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (12.90%) Data Science
8 16 (12.90%) Planning and Forecasting
8 16 (12.90%) Project Management
9 15 (12.10%) Data Analytics
10 12 (9.68%) Data Management
10 12 (9.68%) Data Visualisation
11 11 (8.87%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 11 (8.87%) Coaching
12 10 (8.06%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 66 (53.23%) SQL
2 34 (27.42%) Python
3 13 (10.48%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.06%) C#
5 7 (5.65%) R
5 7 (5.65%) VB
6 6 (4.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (4.03%) Java
7 5 (4.03%) PHP
7 5 (4.03%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.23%) C++
8 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.23%) T-SQL
8 4 (3.23%) VB.NET
9 3 (2.42%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.61%) C
10 2 (1.61%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.81%) Julia
11 1 (0.81%) Perl
11 1 (0.81%) VC++
Qualifications
1 37 (29.84%) Degree
2 17 (13.71%) Master's Degree
3 16 (12.90%) ACCA
3 16 (12.90%) CIMA
4 12 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.03%) APMP
5 5 (4.03%) MBA
6 4 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.42%) CFA
7 3 (2.42%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.61%) HND
8 2 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.61%) PMP
9 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.81%) HNC
9 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.03%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.03%) QA
3 2 (1.61%) GAAP
3 2 (1.61%) IFRS
3 2 (1.61%) IFRS 17
3 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.61%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.81%) EMIR
4 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.42%) Control-M
3 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.81%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 42 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 22 (17.74%) Oracle
3 20 (16.13%) SAP
4 10 (8.06%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (8.06%) Workday
5 6 (4.84%) Blue Prism
5 6 (4.84%) Facebook
5 6 (4.84%) Pega
6 5 (4.03%) Bloomberg
6 5 (4.03%) VMware
7 4 (3.23%) Citrix
7 4 (3.23%) Logitech
7 4 (3.23%) Sage
7 4 (3.23%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.42%) Calypso
9 2 (1.61%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.81%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.81%) Cognos
10 1 (0.81%) Reuters
10 1 (0.81%) Symantec