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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 487 498
Rank change year-on-year +31 +11 +41
Permanent jobs citing VBA 83 169 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.07% 1.10% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 46 52 60
10th Percentile £24,375 £30,125 £34,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,938 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -4.76% +18.13%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,250 £72,745
UK median annual salary £42,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.50% -4.76% +2.24%

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 7,789 15,342 12,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.63% 27.68% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,834 9,089 10,136
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VBA 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 September 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 18 September 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 West +66 28 £50,000 - 7
South East +38 21 £53,750 +19.44% 43
East of England - 14 £27,500 - 11
North West -16 13 £24,500 -25.76% 8
North of England -31 13 £24,500 -25.76% 11
West Midlands +39 3 - - 9
Midlands +38 3 - - 14
Wales +18 3 £52,500 +75.00% 4
East Midlands +29 2 - - 4
Scotland +35 1 £52,500 - 4
VBA
UK

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (10.84%) IIS
1 9 (10.84%) SharePoint
1 9 (10.84%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.20%) SAS
Applications
1 61 (73.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (31.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (18.07%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (10.84%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.82%) Sage 1000
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 46 (55.42%) Azure
2 44 (53.01%) Power Platform
3 23 (27.71%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (16.87%) Power Automate
5 9 (10.84%) Entra ID
5 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (9.64%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) DMARC
1 9 (10.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (53.01%) Power BI
2 23 (27.71%) BusinessObjects
2 23 (27.71%) Data Mining
3 21 (25.30%) SQL Server
4 9 (10.84%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (10.84%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (8.43%) MS Access
6 6 (7.23%) Power Query
7 5 (6.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (6.02%) Tableau
8 4 (4.82%) Data Lake
8 4 (4.82%) Qlik Sense
8 4 (4.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (2.41%) BigQuery
9 2 (2.41%) Looker
9 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.20%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Git
2 4 (4.82%) Subversion
3 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 46 (55.42%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (33.73%) Social Skills
3 26 (31.33%) Retail
4 22 (26.51%) Finance
5 16 (19.28%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (10.84%) Czech Language
6 9 (10.84%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (8.43%) Manufacturing
8 5 (6.02%) Automotive
9 4 (4.82%) Social Housing
9 4 (4.82%) Swedish Language
10 2 (2.41%) Marketing
11 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (30.12%) Developer
2 22 (26.51%) Junior
3 19 (22.89%) Analyst
4 18 (21.69%) IT Support
4 18 (21.69%) Junior Developer
5 9 (10.84%) Accountant
5 9 (10.84%) Administrator
5 9 (10.84%) IT Administrator
5 9 (10.84%) Systems Accountant
6 8 (9.64%) Consultant
7 6 (7.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (6.02%) Data Manager
8 5 (6.02%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.82%) Analyst Developer
9 4 (4.82%) Analytics Manager
9 4 (4.82%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.82%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.82%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (4.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.84%) JSON
1 9 (10.84%) REST
1 9 (10.84%) SOAP
1 9 (10.84%) XML
2 5 (6.02%) .NET
3 4 (4.82%) ASP.NET
3 4 (4.82%) CSS
3 4 (4.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.33%) Data Structures
2 16 (19.28%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (10.84%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.02%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.20%) FMCG
7 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.69%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) Linux
2 9 (10.84%) Unix
3 4 (4.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.01%) Data Analysis
2 29 (34.94%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (32.53%) Coaching
4 26 (31.33%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (28.92%) Customer Experience
6 23 (27.71%) Data Management
6 23 (27.71%) Service Delivery
6 23 (27.71%) WFM
7 22 (26.51%) Commercial Awareness
7 22 (26.51%) Performance Management
8 18 (21.69%) ERP
9 17 (20.48%) Decision-Making
10 16 (19.28%) Analytics
10 16 (19.28%) Project Management
11 15 (18.07%) Process Improvement
12 14 (16.87%) CRM
12 14 (16.87%) Customer Service
12 14 (16.87%) Data Analytics
13 13 (15.66%) Agile
14 11 (13.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (74.70%) SQL
2 14 (16.87%) JavaScript
3 12 (14.46%) Python
4 9 (10.84%) Java
4 9 (10.84%) PowerShell
5 6 (7.23%) C#
6 5 (6.02%) PL/SQL
6 5 (6.02%) R
6 5 (6.02%) VB
6 5 (6.02%) VB.NET
7 4 (4.82%) Julia
7 4 (4.82%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.41%) PHP
9 1 (1.20%) C++
9 1 (1.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (10.84%) ACCA
1 9 (10.84%) CIMA
2 7 (8.43%) Degree
3 5 (6.02%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.23%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.02%) QA
System Software
1 9 (10.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (55.42%) Microsoft
2 22 (26.51%) Facebook
3 19 (22.89%) Oracle
4 11 (13.25%) SAP
5 9 (10.84%) Adaptive Insights
5 9 (10.84%) Workday
6 5 (6.02%) Logitech
7 4 (4.82%) Sage
7 4 (4.82%) Salesforce