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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 230 214
Rank change year-on-year +25 -16 +45
Permanent jobs citing VBA 16 12 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.21% 0.18% 0.100%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.40% 0.69% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 3
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,125 £43,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,375 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -27.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £50,000 £45,938 £56,875
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,875 £61,000
England median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%

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 1,143 1,747 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.65% 26.22% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 934 958 1,472
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +26 14 £42,500 -2.86% 9
East Midlands -8 5 £45,750 +26.21% 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 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) Power Automate
2 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 4 (25.00%) VBA Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Development Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) PHP Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Python Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Python Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Software Development Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Change Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Power BI Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CCTV
1 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 2 (12.50%) SCADA
2 1 (6.25%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (31.25%) Analytics
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
3 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (18.75%) Clean Code
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 3 (18.75%) Data Analytics
4 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Batch Scripting
5 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 2 (12.50%) Network Design
5 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) TDD
5 2 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (12.50%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) PHP
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) VB
3 2 (12.50%) C
3 2 (12.50%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) C++
3 2 (12.50%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (12.50%) HND
3 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (12.50%) PMP
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Blue Prism
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Pega
2 1 (6.25%) Symantec