VBA Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 88 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Permanent jobs citing VBA 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.097% 0.11% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.50% 0.28% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,511 £25,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £26,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +138.02% - -
75th Percentile £65,640 £27,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.11%

All Programming Languages
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 201 356 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 19.51% 38.28% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 152 183 189
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,144 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £69,840
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the North East

VBA
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing VBA

VBA
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tyne and Wear +8 1 £63,076 +138.02% 1
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Digital Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft