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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 556 564
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +35
Permanent jobs citing VBA 149 91 306
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.22% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.95% 0.71% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 123 63 180
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -2.63%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £64,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £77,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,445 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.99% +0.89% -

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 15,751 12,813 28,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.36% 31.10% 30.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,437 8,655 22,670
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 1 July 2026.

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 1 July 2026. 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 -16 46 £90,500 +20.67% 31
South East -6 33 £62,500 +13.64% 9
North of England -26 26 £47,500 +61.02% 11
Midlands -16 24 £31,000 -31.11% 6
East Midlands - 13 £31,000 - 3
North West -4 12 £45,000 +52.54% 7
West Midlands -21 11 £55,000 +22.22% 3
South West -71 11 £52,500 -4.55%
Yorkshire - 11 £63,076 - 2
East of England -19 9 £45,000 +63.64% 2
North East - 3 £63,076 - 2
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 (12.75%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.71%) IIS
3 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.36%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.34%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.34%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.67%) Appian
Applications
1 115 (77.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (14.77%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (14.77%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.01%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.34%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.34%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 81 (54.36%) Power Platform
2 43 (28.86%) PowerApps
3 38 (25.50%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (10.07%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.03%) AWS
6 5 (3.36%) Azure
7 3 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.38%) TCP/IP
2 10 (6.71%) DHCP
2 10 (6.71%) DNS
2 10 (6.71%) Firewall
2 10 (6.71%) VLAN
3 2 (1.34%) Intranet
3 2 (1.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (43.62%) Power BI
2 17 (11.41%) Power Query
3 16 (10.74%) SQL Server
4 9 (6.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.03%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.36%) Big Data
6 5 (3.36%) Tableau
7 4 (2.68%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (2.01%) MySQL
8 3 (2.01%) PowerPivot
9 2 (1.34%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Git
2 2 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 68 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 38 (25.50%) Finance
3 32 (21.48%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.40%) Front Office
4 14 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.72%) Legal
6 12 (8.05%) Retail
7 10 (6.71%) Marketing
8 9 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (4.70%) Law
11 6 (4.03%) Banking
12 4 (2.68%) Investment Banking
13 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 46 (30.87%) Analyst
2 30 (20.13%) Senior
3 26 (17.45%) Developer
4 23 (15.44%) Data Analyst
5 19 (12.75%) Consultant
6 14 (9.40%) Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.40%) Project Manager
6 14 (9.40%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.40%) Senior Manager
6 14 (9.40%) Senior Project Manager
7 13 (8.72%) IT Support
8 12 (8.05%) RAD Developer
9 11 (7.38%) Financial Analyst
9 11 (7.38%) Senior Consultant
9 11 (7.38%) Support Technician
10 10 (6.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 10 (6.71%) IT Support Technician
10 10 (6.71%) IT Technician
10 10 (6.71%) Power BI Analyst
11 7 (4.70%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.72%) CSS
1 13 (8.72%) HTML
2 9 (6.04%) .NET
3 7 (4.70%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.70%) ASP.NET
4 6 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (2.68%) JSON
6 3 (2.01%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.34%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.34%) NumPy
7 2 (1.34%) Pandas
7 2 (1.34%) PySpark
7 2 (1.34%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.34%) XML
8 1 (0.67%) ADO
8 1 (0.67%) COM
8 1 (0.67%) REST
8 1 (0.67%) SOAP
8 1 (0.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.41%) Fixed Income
2 16 (10.74%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (10.07%) Low-Code
4 14 (9.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (9.40%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (8.05%) Hedge funds
5 12 (8.05%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.70%) Pricing Data
7 6 (4.03%) Derivative
7 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.68%) Credit Risk
9 3 (2.01%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.01%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (2.01%) Social Media
9 3 (2.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.67%) Equities
11 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.44%) Windows
2 22 (14.77%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.05%) Linux
4 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (30.87%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (25.50%) Agile
3 31 (20.81%) Mentoring
4 30 (20.13%) Data Analysis
5 29 (19.46%) Decision-Making
6 28 (18.79%) Visualisation
7 27 (18.12%) Project Management
8 24 (16.11%) Analytics
9 23 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (14.77%) Project Delivery
11 21 (14.09%) Data Science
12 20 (13.42%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (12.75%) ERP
14 18 (12.08%) Coaching
14 18 (12.08%) Data Visualisation
15 17 (11.41%) Process Improvement
16 14 (9.40%) Budget Management
16 14 (9.40%) Conflict Resolution
16 14 (9.40%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (55.03%) SQL
2 57 (38.26%) Python
3 28 (18.79%) C#
4 16 (10.74%) VBScript
5 11 (7.38%) Java
6 10 (6.71%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.71%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.70%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.03%) Bash
8 6 (4.03%) Rust
8 6 (4.03%) VB
9 5 (3.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (2.68%) PHP
10 4 (2.68%) R
11 3 (2.01%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.34%) C++
13 1 (0.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 27 (18.12%) Degree
2 14 (9.40%) SC Cleared
2 14 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.72%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.37%) ACCA
4 8 (5.37%) CIMA
5 7 (4.70%) APMP
5 7 (4.70%) MBA
6 6 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.37%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.70%) SLA
3 6 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.03%) QA
4 3 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.01%) GDPR
5 1 (0.67%) EMIR
System Software
1 17 (11.41%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.71%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.03%) Docker
4 5 (3.36%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.03%) Ansible
1 6 (4.03%) Grafana
1 6 (4.03%) Kubernetes
1 6 (4.03%) Prometheus
1 6 (4.03%) Terraform
2 5 (3.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.72%) SAP
3 8 (5.37%) Adobe
4 7 (4.70%) iManage
5 6 (4.03%) Oracle
5 6 (4.03%) Splunk
6 5 (3.36%) Databricks
6 5 (3.36%) IBM
6 5 (3.36%) Snow
6 5 (3.36%) VMware
7 4 (2.68%) SYSPRO
8 2 (1.34%) Cisco
8 2 (1.34%) Infor
8 2 (1.34%) Meraki
9 1 (0.67%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.67%) Litera
9 1 (0.67%) Pega