VBA Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 177 194
Rank change year-on-year +30 +17 +34
Permanent jobs citing VBA 19 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.47% 0.059% 0.050%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.24% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 2
10th Percentile £44,500 - £41,300
25th Percentile £51,250 - £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £43,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.26%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £43,750
90th Percentile £63,750 - £43,900
South East median annual salary £52,500 £58,750 £51,750
% change year-on-year -10.64% +13.53% +0.78%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 586 1,126 1,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.54% 33.27% 33.87%
Number of salaries quoted 437 663 1,024
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,623 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% -4.35%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

VBA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VBA
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VBA in the Thames Valley

VBA
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Buckinghamshire - 19 £52,500 -
VBA
South East

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (31.58%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (78.95%) Power Platform
2 9 (47.37%) Power Automate
3 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (78.95%) Power BI
2 7 (36.84%) Power Query
2 7 (36.84%) PowerPivot
General
1 17 (89.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (68.42%) Finance
3 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (31.58%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (21.05%) Automotive
5 4 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (21.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Analyst
2 17 (89.47%) Data Analyst
3 13 (68.42%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Sales Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Sales Support
4 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Power BI Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (68.42%) Decision-Making
3 7 (36.84%) Business Forecasting
3 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis
3 7 (36.84%) Planning and Forecasting
3 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (31.58%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Budgeting
4 6 (31.58%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (31.58%) Cost Optimisation
4 6 (31.58%) ERP
4 6 (31.58%) ETL
4 6 (31.58%) Financial Analysis
4 6 (31.58%) Performance Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (21.05%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (10.53%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (31.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) ACCA
1 13 (68.42%) CIMA
2 7 (36.84%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft