VBA Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 433 499
Rank change year-on-year +7 +66 +46
Permanent jobs citing VBA 105 157 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.33% 0.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.45% 1.17% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 56 37 53
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,875 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,875 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £55,313 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,500 £69,830
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +7.11%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 7,234 13,442 12,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.60% 28.03% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,827 7,427 9,483
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.45%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VBA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

VBA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VBA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for VBA in the UK excluding London

VBA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +35 33 £52,500 -12.50% 52
South West +27 26 £42,750 +14.00% 3
North of England -27 22 £34,500 +30.19% 13
North West -9 18 £24,500 -55.45% 10
East of England +27 10 £26,750 - 8
Midlands +33 8 £50,000 - 12
West Midlands +37 7 £38,750 -22.50% 11
Yorkshire +6 4 £45,000 +28.57% 3
East Midlands +5 4 £53,000 +6.00% 1
Wales +9 3 £52,500 - 1
Scotland -18 3 £52,500 - 1
VBA
UK

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.76%) IIS
2 5 (4.76%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.95%) SAS
Applications
1 70 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (25.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.95%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (8.57%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.81%) Sage 1000
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 55 (52.38%) Power Platform
2 39 (37.14%) Azure
3 29 (27.62%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (13.33%) Power Automate
4 14 (13.33%) PowerApps
5 5 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.95%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.76%) DMARC
1 5 (4.76%) Firewall
1 5 (4.76%) SSL
2 1 (0.95%) DHCP
2 1 (0.95%) DNS
2 1 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (52.38%) Power BI
2 23 (21.90%) BusinessObjects
3 22 (20.95%) Data Mining
4 16 (15.24%) SQL Server
5 11 (10.48%) Power Query
6 9 (8.57%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (6.67%) MS Access
8 5 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.81%) PowerPivot
9 4 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (3.81%) Tableau
10 2 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.90%) Looker
10 2 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.95%) GIS
11 1 (0.95%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Git
2 2 (1.90%) Subversion
3 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 45 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (40.95%) Social Skills
3 33 (31.43%) Retail
4 26 (24.76%) Finance
5 18 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (8.57%) Legal
6 9 (8.57%) Manufacturing
7 8 (7.62%) Automotive
8 5 (4.76%) Banking
8 5 (4.76%) Czech Language
8 5 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.81%) Social Housing
9 4 (3.81%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.95%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (30.48%) Analyst
2 27 (25.71%) Developer
3 22 (20.95%) Junior
4 19 (18.10%) IT Support
5 18 (17.14%) Junior Developer
6 13 (12.38%) Consultant
7 10 (9.52%) Senior
8 9 (8.57%) Accountant
8 9 (8.57%) Data Analyst
8 9 (8.57%) Systems Accountant
9 8 (7.62%) Operations Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) Support Analyst
10 6 (5.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 6 (5.71%) Senior Operations Analyst
11 5 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
11 5 (4.76%) Administrator
11 5 (4.76%) IT Analyst
11 5 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (4.76%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) JSON
1 5 (4.76%) REST
1 5 (4.76%) SOAP
1 5 (4.76%) XML
2 4 (3.81%) .NET
2 4 (3.81%) ASP.NET
2 4 (3.81%) CSS
2 4 (3.81%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.86%) Data Structures
2 12 (11.43%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.76%) FMCG
3 5 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.90%) SCADA
6 1 (0.95%) CCTV
6 1 (0.95%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.95%) IoT
6 1 (0.95%) iSeries
6 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.10%) Windows
2 9 (8.57%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.76%) Linux
3 5 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (50.48%) Data Analysis
2 34 (32.38%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (29.52%) Business Intelligence
4 28 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 25 (23.81%) Coaching
6 23 (21.90%) Data Management
7 22 (20.95%) Commercial Awareness
7 22 (20.95%) Customer Experience
7 22 (20.95%) Performance Management
7 22 (20.95%) Service Delivery
7 22 (20.95%) WFM
8 17 (16.19%) ERP
8 17 (16.19%) Project Management
8 17 (16.19%) Visualisation
9 16 (15.24%) Agile
9 16 (15.24%) Process Improvement
10 15 (14.29%) Analytics
11 14 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (13.33%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 61 (58.10%) SQL
2 20 (19.05%) Python
3 11 (10.48%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.67%) VB
5 6 (5.71%) C#
6 5 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (4.76%) Java
6 5 (4.76%) PL/SQL
6 5 (4.76%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.81%) PHP
7 4 (3.81%) R
7 4 (3.81%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.81%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.90%) C++
8 2 (1.90%) Julia
9 1 (0.95%) C
9 1 (0.95%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.95%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (12.38%) ACCA
2 13 (12.38%) CIMA
3 10 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 9 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.76%) DBS Check
6 4 (3.81%) APMP
6 4 (3.81%) MBA
7 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.86%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.95%) HNC
8 1 (0.95%) HND
8 1 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.76%) QA
3 4 (3.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.95%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 49 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (20.95%) Facebook
3 15 (14.29%) Oracle
4 14 (13.33%) SAP
5 9 (8.57%) Adaptive Insights
5 9 (8.57%) Workday
6 5 (4.76%) Blue Prism
6 5 (4.76%) Logitech
6 5 (4.76%) Pega
7 4 (3.81%) Citrix
7 4 (3.81%) Sage
7 4 (3.81%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.95%) Symantec