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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 472 491
Rank change year-on-year -110 +19 +33
Permanent jobs citing VBA 69 87 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.57% 1.06% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 55 49 74
10th Percentile £28,475 £24,114 £27,200
25th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £56,500 £56,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £68,000 £66,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 12,145 8,232 16,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.53% 23.68% 27.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,859 5,217 11,020
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £74,500 £69,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,900 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 18 August 2026.

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 18 August 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
Midlands -18 17 £31,000 -31.11% 9
South East -31 16 £57,500 +17.95% 12
North of England -34 16 £45,000 +83.67% 5
East Midlands - 13 £31,000 - 4
South West -84 11 £52,500 +4.48% 3
North West -3 10 £45,000 +83.67% 1
East of England -35 9 £45,000 +63.64% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £28,000 - 4
West Midlands -22 4 - - 5
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 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.25%) Apache Spark
3 3 (4.35%) IIS
4 2 (2.90%) ArcGIS
4 2 (2.90%) Jupyter
5 1 (1.45%) Appian
Applications
1 63 (91.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (15.94%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (4.35%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.90%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) SAP SD
2 2 (2.90%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (2.90%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 36 (52.17%) Power Platform
2 27 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (28.99%) PowerApps
4 8 (11.59%) Power Automate
5 5 (7.25%) Azure
6 3 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.39%) DHCP
1 12 (17.39%) DNS
1 12 (17.39%) Firewall
1 12 (17.39%) TCP/IP
1 12 (17.39%) VLAN
2 2 (2.90%) Intranet
2 2 (2.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (49.28%) Power BI
2 13 (18.84%) Power Query
3 9 (13.04%) SQL Server
4 5 (7.25%) Big Data
5 4 (5.80%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (4.35%) MySQL
6 3 (4.35%) PowerPivot
7 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.29%) Retail
3 11 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.70%) Finance
5 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.80%) Marketing
7 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) Analyst
2 15 (21.74%) IT Support
3 13 (18.84%) Senior
3 13 (18.84%) Support Technician
4 12 (17.39%) IT Support Technician
4 12 (17.39%) IT Technician
5 9 (13.04%) Consultant
5 9 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (11.59%) Senior Consultant
7 7 (10.14%) Data Analyst
7 7 (10.14%) Developer
8 6 (8.70%) Data Manager
8 6 (8.70%) Junior
9 4 (5.80%) Applications Specialist
9 4 (5.80%) Marketing Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Data Administrator
10 3 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Junior Data Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) .NET
2 7 (10.14%) .NET Framework
2 7 (10.14%) ASP.NET
3 4 (5.80%) JSON
4 3 (4.35%) CSS
4 3 (4.35%) Entity Framework
4 3 (4.35%) HTML
5 2 (2.90%) PySpark
6 1 (1.45%) REST
6 1 (1.45%) SOAP
6 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Management Information System
1 7 (10.14%) Pricing Data
2 3 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.35%) Social Media
2 3 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (2.90%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.90%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (24.64%) Windows
1 17 (24.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (31.88%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (23.19%) Data Analysis
5 15 (21.74%) Data Science
5 15 (21.74%) Decision-Making
6 14 (20.29%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (17.39%) Agile
7 12 (17.39%) Mentoring
8 11 (15.94%) Analytics
8 11 (15.94%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (15.94%) Time Management
9 10 (14.49%) Data Pipeline
9 10 (14.49%) ERP
10 9 (13.04%) Process Improvement
10 9 (13.04%) Project Delivery
10 9 (13.04%) Risk Management
10 9 (13.04%) Server Patching
10 9 (13.04%) Service Delivery
11 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 47 (68.12%) SQL
2 20 (28.99%) Python
3 9 (13.04%) C#
4 7 (10.14%) JavaScript
5 5 (7.25%) Java
6 4 (5.80%) VBScript
7 3 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (4.35%) PHP
7 3 (4.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) SC Cleared
2 10 (14.49%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.04%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.45%) APMP
4 1 (1.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) SLA
2 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Active Directory
1 12 (17.39%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 32 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Databricks
2 5 (7.25%) SAP
3 4 (5.80%) SYSPRO
4 3 (4.35%) Adobe
5 2 (2.90%) Cisco
5 2 (2.90%) Infor
5 2 (2.90%) Meraki
6 1 (1.45%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.45%) Pega