VBA Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 221 264
Rank change year-on-year +16 +43 +19
Permanent jobs citing VBA 24 7 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.25% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.82% 0.47% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 20 6 16
10th Percentile £28,125 £31,875 £31,750
25th Percentile £38,688 £33,125 £41,432
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,250 £41,492
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -12.63% +43.08%
75th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,640 £48,750 £58,125
England median annual salary £54,000 £67,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +39.18% -5.55%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,316 1,481 2,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.78% 27.13% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 906 2,318
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VBA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for VBA in the Midlands

VBA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
West Midlands +21 19 £50,000 -4.76% 4
East Midlands -22 7 £28,750 -17.86% 1
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (8.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (29.17%) PowerApps
3 4 (16.67%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) DHCP
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Power BI
2 3 (12.50%) Power Query
General
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Senior
3 5 (20.83%) Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Python Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Software Developer
3 5 (20.83%) VBA Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Power BI Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) Data Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) Digital Project Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Digital Project Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Change Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Software Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Low-Code
2 2 (8.33%) CCTV
2 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.33%) SCADA
3 1 (4.17%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (29.17%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (29.17%) Project Management
3 7 (29.17%) Visualisation
4 6 (25.00%) Analytics
5 5 (20.83%) Business Strategy
5 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
5 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
5 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
6 4 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 3 (12.50%) Coaching
7 3 (12.50%) Data Entry
7 3 (12.50%) Data Science
7 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 3 (12.50%) Exploratory Data Analysis
7 3 (12.50%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) PHP
1 7 (29.17%) Python
2 5 (20.83%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) VB
4 2 (8.33%) C
4 2 (8.33%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) C++
4 2 (8.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.33%) HND
2 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.33%) PMP
2 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 3 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Blue Prism
2 2 (8.33%) Pega
3 1 (4.17%) Symantec