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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 541 583
Rank change year-on-year -8 +42 -11
Permanent jobs citing VBA 141 91 236
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.23% 0.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.97% 0.72% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 113 59 165
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £27,900
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -5.00%

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 14,598 12,596 27,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.76% 32.08% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 10,329 8,774 22,360
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -22 39 £71,500 -4.67% 15
South East +4 36 £62,500 +8.70% 9
North of England -17 27 £50,000 +16.28% 3
Midlands -9 21 £40,000 - 5
West Midlands -26 16 £46,250 +2.78% 3
North West +10 13 £45,000 +4.65% 2
East of England -11 11 £52,500 +90.91% 1
Yorkshire - 11 £63,076 - 1
South West -72 7 £55,000 -12.00% 3
East Midlands -18 5 £28,750 -17.86% 2
North East - 3 £63,076 -
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 18 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.09%) IIS
3 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.13%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.42%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.71%) Appian
6 1 (0.71%) Jupyter
Applications
1 101 (71.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (17.02%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (13.48%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.42%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (1.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.42%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.71%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 84 (59.57%) Power Platform
2 41 (29.08%) PowerApps
3 29 (20.57%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (11.35%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.55%) Azure
6 3 (2.13%) AWS
7 2 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) DHCP
1 2 (1.42%) DNS
1 2 (1.42%) Firewall
1 2 (1.42%) Intranet
1 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.42%) VLAN
1 2 (1.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (48.23%) Power BI
2 19 (13.48%) SQL Server
3 16 (11.35%) Power Query
4 11 (7.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (5.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (4.26%) Tableau
7 5 (3.55%) Pentaho
8 4 (2.84%) Big Data
8 4 (2.84%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (2.13%) MySQL
9 3 (2.13%) PowerPivot
10 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.42%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 61 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.79%) Finance
3 40 (28.37%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.93%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.22%) Legal
6 12 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (8.51%) Retail
7 11 (7.80%) Front Office
8 7 (4.96%) Law
9 6 (4.26%) Marketing
9 6 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.13%) Banking
12 2 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (32.62%) Analyst
2 29 (20.57%) Senior
3 27 (19.15%) Developer
4 24 (17.02%) Data Analyst
5 18 (12.77%) Consultant
6 14 (9.93%) Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.93%) Project Manager
6 14 (9.93%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.93%) Senior Manager
6 14 (9.93%) Senior Project Manager
7 13 (9.22%) Financial Analyst
8 9 (6.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 9 (6.38%) Power BI Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) Principal Consultant
9 8 (5.67%) RAD Developer
9 8 (5.67%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (5.67%) Software Developer
9 8 (5.67%) Systems Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) Data Manager
10 6 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.22%) CSS
1 13 (9.22%) HTML
2 12 (8.51%) .NET
3 7 (4.96%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.96%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.84%) JSON
5 3 (2.13%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.13%) XML
6 2 (1.42%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.42%) NumPy
6 2 (1.42%) Pandas
6 2 (1.42%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.42%) XSLT
7 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.71%) PySpark
7 1 (0.71%) REST
7 1 (0.71%) RESTful
7 1 (0.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.64%) Legacy Systems
1 15 (10.64%) Low-Code
2 14 (9.93%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (9.93%) Legacy Applications
3 10 (7.09%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.38%) Fixed Income
5 8 (5.67%) Hedge funds
6 7 (4.96%) Pricing Data
7 5 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.13%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (2.13%) Social Media
9 3 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.42%) Derivative
10 2 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.42%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.71%) Equities
11 1 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.35%) Windows
2 15 (10.64%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.96%) Linux
4 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (40.43%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (28.37%) Agile
3 34 (24.11%) Decision-Making
4 31 (21.99%) Visualisation
5 30 (21.28%) Data Analysis
6 28 (19.86%) Project Management
7 24 (17.02%) ERP
7 24 (17.02%) ETL
8 23 (16.31%) Mentoring
9 20 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (13.48%) Analytics
11 18 (12.77%) Coaching
12 17 (12.06%) Data Science
12 17 (12.06%) Data Visualisation
13 16 (11.35%) Project Delivery
14 15 (10.64%) Process Improvement
15 14 (9.93%) Conflict Resolution
15 14 (9.93%) Digital Strategy
15 14 (9.93%) Financial Analysis
15 14 (9.93%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (57.45%) SQL
2 62 (43.97%) Python
3 20 (14.18%) C#
4 16 (11.35%) VBScript
5 12 (8.51%) Java
6 11 (7.80%) JavaScript
6 11 (7.80%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.67%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.26%) PHP
8 6 (4.26%) VB
9 3 (2.13%) C++
9 3 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.13%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.42%) VC++
11 1 (0.71%) Bash
11 1 (0.71%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (17.02%) Degree
2 12 (8.51%) ACCA
2 12 (8.51%) CIMA
2 12 (8.51%) SC Cleared
2 12 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.80%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.67%) APMP
4 8 (5.67%) MBA
5 2 (1.42%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.42%) PMP
5 2 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.71%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.13%) GDPR
4 2 (1.42%) EMIR
4 2 (1.42%) QA
5 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.71%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) SCCM
2 1 (0.71%) Ansible
2 1 (0.71%) Grafana
2 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (39.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.77%) SAP
3 8 (5.67%) Adobe
3 8 (5.67%) Oracle
4 7 (4.96%) iManage
5 5 (3.55%) IBM
5 5 (3.55%) Informatica
5 5 (3.55%) Snow
5 5 (3.55%) Talend
5 5 (3.55%) VMware
6 4 (2.84%) SYSPRO
7 3 (2.13%) Databricks
8 2 (1.42%) Cisco
8 2 (1.42%) Infor
8 2 (1.42%) Meraki
9 1 (0.71%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.71%) Citrix
9 1 (0.71%) Pega
9 1 (0.71%) Splunk