VBA Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 164 147
Rank change year-on-year +38 -17 +110
Permanent jobs citing VBA 5 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.22% 0.15% 0.089%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.92% 0.45% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23,750 £47,500 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £50,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year -51.00% +104.08% -40.96%
75th Percentile £25,250 £52,500 £25,250
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +114.29% -26.87%

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 542 1,122 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 23.48% 33.16% 45.61%
Number of salaries quoted 455 584 849
10th Percentile £33,125 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,597 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,300 £85,000 £84,011
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VBA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

VBA job vacancy trend in Manchester

VBA
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VBA

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (80.00%) Data Mining
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Coaching
1 4 (80.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (80.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Data Management
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Management
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) WFM
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Facebook
3 1 (20.00%) Logitech