Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring VBA skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 219 | 203 | 209 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -16 | +6 | +115 |
| Permanent jobs citing VBA | 13 | 39 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 0.25% | 0.50% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.72% | 1.88% | 0.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,750 | £31,500 | £36,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £24,500 | £33,000 | £43,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.76% | -24.57% | +25.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £35,250 | £46,000 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £37,425 | £52,900 | - |
| England median annual salary | £42,750 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.50% | -4.76% | - |
All Programming Languages
North West
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 West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,812 | 2,077 | 1,709 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 35.17% | 26.79% | 37.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 696 | 1,294 | 1,371 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,125 | £35,000 | £36,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £43,710 | £43,800 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £57,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -3.51% | +3.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £67,500 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,250 | £78,750 | £82,548 |
| England median annual salary | £63,075 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.92% | -3.85% | +1.63% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
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Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VBA.
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Salary Histogram in the North West
Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the North West over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | +37 | 12 | £24,500 | - | 3 |
| Cheshire | -32 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| VBA England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: