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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 248 287
Rank change year-on-year -34 +39 +109
Permanent jobs citing VBA 22 59 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.24% 0.47% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.01% 1.77% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 9
10th Percentile - - £23,750
25th Percentile £23,750 £25,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £26,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.19% -33.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47,500 £34,938 £53,750
90th Percentile - £47,500 £60,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +2.24%

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 2,170 3,336 3,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 23.18% 26.73% 39.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,297 1,817 2,483
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 30 October 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 30 October 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 -14 18 £24,500 -55.45% 7
Yorkshire 0 4 £45,000 +28.57% 2
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:

Applications
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (45.45%) Azure
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) Power BI
2 5 (22.73%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (22.73%) Data Mining
3 2 (9.09%) Looker
4 1 (4.55%) GIS
4 1 (4.55%) Power Query
4 1 (4.55%) Tableau
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Automotive
3 5 (22.73%) Retail
4 4 (18.18%) Legal
5 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Finance
6 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) IT Support
2 8 (36.36%) Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (18.18%) Automation Specialist
5 4 (18.18%) IT Manager
5 4 (18.18%) IT Support Manager
5 4 (18.18%) Support Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Junior
6 1 (4.55%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Data Structures
1 5 (22.73%) Public Cloud
2 4 (18.18%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (40.91%) Asset Management
3 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (36.36%) Server Management
4 7 (31.82%) Data Analysis
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (22.73%) Coaching
6 5 (22.73%) Commercial Awareness
6 5 (22.73%) Customer Experience
6 5 (22.73%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (22.73%) Data Management
6 5 (22.73%) Performance Management
6 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
6 5 (22.73%) WFM
7 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (18.18%) Data Security
7 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 4 (18.18%) IT Asset Management
7 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) SQL
2 5 (22.73%) VB
3 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Facebook
2 5 (22.73%) Logitech
3 4 (18.18%) Citrix
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) SAP