VBA Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 265 304
Rank change year-on-year -63 +39 -16
Permanent jobs citing VBA 11 21 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.060% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 1.19% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 17
10th Percentile £48,150 - £32,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +19.44% -7.22%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile - £67,375 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £42,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +34.50% -14.50% -4.76%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,925 1,769 3,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.93% 19.71% 29.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,344 1,187 2,490
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,950 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the South East

VBA
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VBA

VBA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Hampshire -40 7 £57,500 - 9
Surrey -26 3 £46,500 -11.43% 3
Thames Valley -5 1 £56,000 +1.82% 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 £56,000 - 1
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
1 9 (81.82%) Power Platform
2 8 (72.73%) PowerApps
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Power BI
2 2 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) Senior
2 7 (63.64%) Consultant
2 7 (63.64%) Senior Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Excel Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Pricing Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
1 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Data Analysis
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Data Science
2 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (63.64%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Data Transformation
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Research
4 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) Python
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) VBScript
5 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) Master's Degree
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) SYSPRO
3 1 (9.09%) SAP