VBA Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VBA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VBA over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 543 516
Rank change year-on-year +28 -27 +52
Permanent jobs citing VBA 77 209 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.28% 0.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.74% 0.95% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 45 119 70
10th Percentile £23,932 £26,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £51,875
90th Percentile £69,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £50,445 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.89% - -

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 10,386 21,981 18,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.08% 29.20% 37.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,661 15,675 12,471
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VBA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VBA in the UK excluding London

VBA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 July 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 13 July 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 +105 26 £55,000 -8.33% 5
South East +59 17 £55,000 +22.22% 42
East of England +26 14 £27,500 -38.89% 13
North West -20 11 £29,500 -37.89% 7
North of England -36 11 £29,500 -18.62% 24
Scotland +85 4 £50,445 - 7
Wales +26 3 £24,205 -19.32%
Midlands +60 2 £45,000 -5.26% 7
West Midlands +49 2 £45,000 +12.50% 3
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 (11.69%) IIS
1 9 (11.69%) Tomcat
2 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 53 (68.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) NetSuite
2 4 (5.19%) Sage 1000
3 2 (2.60%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 41 (53.25%) Azure
2 37 (48.05%) Power Platform
3 21 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (22.08%) Power Automate
5 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (11.69%) Entra ID
7 6 (7.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.69%) DMARC
1 9 (11.69%) SSL
2 1 (1.30%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (48.05%) Power BI
2 20 (25.97%) Data Mining
2 20 (25.97%) SQL Server
3 18 (23.38%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (11.69%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (11.69%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (6.49%) MS Access
5 5 (6.49%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (5.19%) Data Lake
6 4 (5.19%) Power Query
6 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (5.19%) Tableau
7 2 (2.60%) BigQuery
7 2 (2.60%) Looker
8 1 (1.30%) MySQL
8 1 (1.30%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Git
1 5 (6.49%) Subversion
General
1 42 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (37.66%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.57%) Finance
3 22 (28.57%) Retail
4 13 (16.88%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (11.69%) Czech Language
5 9 (11.69%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.49%) Automotive
7 5 (6.49%) Banking
8 4 (5.19%) Social Housing
8 4 (5.19%) Swedish Language
9 3 (3.90%) Legal
9 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.60%) Marketing
11 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (35.06%) Developer
2 21 (27.27%) Junior
3 19 (24.68%) IT Support
4 18 (23.38%) Analyst
4 18 (23.38%) Junior Developer
5 10 (12.99%) Administrator
5 10 (12.99%) IT Administrator
6 5 (6.49%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (6.49%) Accountant
6 5 (6.49%) Data Analyst
6 5 (6.49%) Senior
6 5 (6.49%) Systems Accountant
7 4 (5.19%) Analyst Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Analytics Manager
7 4 (5.19%) Consultant
7 4 (5.19%) Data Analytics Manager
7 4 (5.19%) Data Manager
7 4 (5.19%) IT Analyst
7 4 (5.19%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.69%) JSON
1 9 (11.69%) REST
1 9 (11.69%) SOAP
1 9 (11.69%) XML
2 8 (10.39%) HTML
3 5 (6.49%) .NET
4 4 (5.19%) ASP.NET
4 4 (5.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Data Structures
2 14 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (11.69%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.49%) Public Cloud
5 4 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.30%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.30%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.97%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) Linux
2 10 (12.99%) Unix
3 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Data Analysis
2 30 (38.96%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (32.47%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (28.57%) Coaching
5 20 (25.97%) Customer Experience
6 19 (24.68%) Data Management
6 19 (24.68%) Service Delivery
6 19 (24.68%) WFM
7 18 (23.38%) Commercial Awareness
7 18 (23.38%) Performance Management
8 17 (22.08%) Project Management
9 15 (19.48%) Agile
9 15 (19.48%) CRM
10 13 (16.88%) ERP
11 12 (15.58%) Analytics
11 12 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (15.58%) Customer Service
11 12 (15.58%) Decision-Making
12 10 (12.99%) Data Analytics
12 10 (12.99%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 53 (68.83%) SQL
2 16 (20.78%) Python
3 14 (18.18%) Java
4 13 (16.88%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.69%) PowerShell
6 6 (7.79%) R
6 6 (7.79%) VB
7 5 (6.49%) C#
7 5 (6.49%) VB.NET
8 4 (5.19%) Julia
8 4 (5.19%) T-SQL
9 3 (3.90%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.30%) Bash
10 1 (1.30%) C
10 1 (1.30%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (6.49%) ACCA
1 5 (6.49%) CIMA
1 5 (6.49%) DBS Check
1 5 (6.49%) Degree
2 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.90%) QA
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (55.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.68%) Oracle
3 18 (23.38%) Facebook
4 7 (9.09%) SAP
5 5 (6.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 5 (6.49%) Logitech
5 5 (6.49%) Salesforce
5 5 (6.49%) Workday
6 4 (5.19%) Blue Prism
6 4 (5.19%) Google
6 4 (5.19%) Sage
6 4 (5.19%) UiPath
7 1 (1.30%) EMC