VBA Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 168 223
Rank change year-on-year -7 +55 +19
Permanent jobs citing VBA 5 22 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.093% 0.56% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.62% 1.65% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 21
10th Percentile £42,500 - £36,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - +27.12%
75th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £39,000
90th Percentile - - £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -2.63%

All Programming Languages
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 812 1,336 2,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.04% 34.28% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 579 710 2,027
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,443 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +8.90% -1.08%
75th Percentile £68,575 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the South West

VBA
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VBA

VBA
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
Wiltshire +9 2 - -
Gloucestershire - 2 £46,250 - 2
Bristol 0 1 £50,000 +33.33% 1
VBA
England

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) Power Query
General
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Process Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Industry 4.0
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) SCADA
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) B2C
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Mapping
2 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (40.00%) Lean Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (40.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft