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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 234 241
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +13
Permanent jobs citing VBA 11 11 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.098% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% 0.57% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 8
10th Percentile - - £31,050
25th Percentile - £23,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £29,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.54% -37.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,813 £50,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £44,375 £53,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -1.33%

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 1,664 1,918 2,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.76% 37.38% 28.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 805 2,298
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,777 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the North West over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for VBA in the North West

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 16 July 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
Manchester -21 9 £45,000 +83.67%
Cheshire +11 1 £38,700 -3.25%
Lancashire - 1 £63,076 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Power BI
1 9 (81.82%) Power Query
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (72.73%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Data Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Business Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Executive
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Digital Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Pricing Data
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (63.64%) Data Pipeline
2 7 (63.64%) E-Commerce
3 6 (54.55%) Data Management
4 3 (27.27%) Coaching
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (9.09%) DataOps
6 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Project Management
6 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
6 1 (9.09%) TDD
6 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Blue Prism
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Pega