VBA Job Trends in the North West

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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 183 187
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 +123
Permanent jobs citing VBA 10 40 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.18% 0.67% 0.055%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.19% 2.30% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £43,148 £48,000 -
25th Percentile £44,120 £48,750 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,990 £52,500 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +114.29% -26.87%
75th Percentile £48,609 £56,250 £25,250
90th Percentile £48,831 £57,000 -
England median annual salary £51,250 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% +10.00%

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 838 1,742 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.11% 29.03% 40.10%
Number of salaries quoted 692 987 1,157
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,000 £67,500 £71,250
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 West

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the North West

VBA
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VBA

VBA
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 11 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
Lancashire +19 5 £45,000 - 2
Manchester +31 4 - - 6
Cheshire -20 1 £48,979 - 2
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) Power BI
2 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (40.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (10.00%) GIS
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Automation Specialist
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Accountant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Data Structures
1 4 (40.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) Coaching
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 4 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 4 (40.00%) Data Management
3 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (40.00%) Server Management
3 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) WFM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (10.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ACCA
1 1 (10.00%) CIMA
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Facebook
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft