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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 181 207
Rank change year-on-year +36 +26 +46
Permanent jobs citing VBA 26 38 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.71% 0.59% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.66% 2.14% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £46,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% +23.33% +17.19%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,250 £60,140
England median annual salary £42,750 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.75% +14.29% +2.24%

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 710 1,774 1,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 19.44% 27.66% 39.85%
Number of salaries quoted 505 990 1,438
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £35,588
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the South West over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Salary histogram for VBA in the South West

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 22 October 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
Bristol +31 9 £42,750 +14.00% 3
Wiltshire +28 7 £25,000 - 1
Somerset -12 6 - - 1
Devon +11 3 £70,000 +14.29% 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £50,000 - 3
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 20 (76.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (69.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (76.92%) Power Platform
2 18 (69.23%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (76.92%) Power BI
2 15 (57.69%) BusinessObjects
2 15 (57.69%) Data Mining
3 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
4 5 (19.23%) MS Access
5 3 (11.54%) Data Lake
5 3 (11.54%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (11.54%) Tableau
6 1 (3.85%) Power Query
6 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
1 3 (11.54%) Subversion
General
1 20 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (65.38%) Retail
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (65.38%) Developer
2 15 (57.69%) Junior
2 15 (57.69%) Junior Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Analytics Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Data Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (69.23%) Data Structures
2 6 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.85%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Data Analysis
2 18 (69.23%) Coaching
3 15 (57.69%) Commercial Awareness
3 15 (57.69%) Customer Experience
3 15 (57.69%) Data Management
3 15 (57.69%) Performance Management
3 15 (57.69%) Service Delivery
3 15 (57.69%) WFM
4 9 (34.62%) Analytics
5 8 (30.77%) Data Analytics
6 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
6 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
6 5 (19.23%) Performance Improvement
6 5 (19.23%) Project Management
7 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
7 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
8 3 (11.54%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (11.54%) Dimensional Modelling
8 3 (11.54%) MapReduce
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) PL/SQL
2 5 (19.23%) R
3 4 (15.38%) Python
4 3 (11.54%) Julia
5 1 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
1 1 (3.85%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Data Quality
1 5 (19.23%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (57.69%) Facebook