VBA Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 249 265
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 +109
Permanent jobs citing VBA 17 41 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.42% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.98% 1.46% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 8
10th Percentile - - £23,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £25,750 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £26,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.81% -33.75% +18.52%
75th Percentile £48,240 £49,250 £48,938
90th Percentile £55,187 £54,500 £60,525
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,729 2,802 2,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.58% 28.78% 38.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,345 1,521 2,114
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -0.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the North of England

VBA
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VBA in the North of England

VBA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
North West +5 11 £48,979 -2.04% 7
Yorkshire - 6 £45,000 - 7
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Power Platform
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (23.53%) Azure
4 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) Power BI
2 4 (23.53%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (23.53%) Data Mining
3 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.88%) GIS
4 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Legal
3 4 (23.53%) Retail
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Automation Specialist
2 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) IT Manager
2 4 (23.53%) IT Support
2 4 (23.53%) IT Support Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Support Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.88%) Accountant
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Modeller
4 1 (5.88%) Finance Modeller
4 1 (5.88%) Management Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Structures
1 4 (23.53%) FMCG
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
1 6 (35.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (47.06%) Server Management
3 5 (29.41%) Data Analysis
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (23.53%) Asset Management
4 4 (23.53%) Case Management
4 4 (23.53%) Coaching
4 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (23.53%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
4 4 (23.53%) Data Management
4 4 (23.53%) Data Security
4 4 (23.53%) IT Asset Management
4 4 (23.53%) Performance Management
4 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) WFM
5 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
5 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) ACCA
1 1 (5.88%) CIMA
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Citrix
3 4 (23.53%) Facebook