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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 167 212
Rank change year-on-year +11 +45 +40
Permanent jobs citing VBA 18 36 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.44% 0.59% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.39% 2.12% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £68,750 £41,000
90th Percentile £57,750 £73,250 £60,140
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.11%

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 752 1,696 1,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 18.54% 27.85% 40.23%
Number of salaries quoted 540 944 1,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,404 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £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 £78,875 £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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +26 8 £42,750 +14.00%
Wiltshire +29 5 - -
Somerset -19 3 - -
Devon +6 1 £70,000 +14.29%
Gloucestershire - 1 £50,000 -
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 12 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) Power Platform
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) Power BI
2 8 (44.44%) BusinessObjects
2 8 (44.44%) Data Mining
3 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 5 (27.78%) MS Access
5 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (5.56%) Power Query
5 1 (5.56%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Subversion
General
1 11 (61.11%) Retail
2 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Developer
2 8 (44.44%) Junior
2 8 (44.44%) Junior Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Consultant
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Process Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analytics Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 7 (38.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.11%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (11.11%) IoT
3 2 (11.11%) SCADA
4 1 (5.56%) FMCG
4 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Data Analysis
2 9 (50.00%) Coaching
3 8 (44.44%) Commercial Awareness
3 8 (44.44%) Customer Experience
3 8 (44.44%) Data Management
3 8 (44.44%) Performance Management
3 8 (44.44%) Service Delivery
3 8 (44.44%) WFM
4 7 (38.89%) Project Management
5 6 (33.33%) Analytics
5 6 (33.33%) Data Analytics
6 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
6 5 (27.78%) Customer Service
6 5 (27.78%) Performance Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (11.11%) Change Management
8 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
8 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
8 2 (11.11%) Six Sigma
8 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) PL/SQL
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) R
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (5.56%) Julia
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) Data Quality
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Facebook