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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 456 580
Rank change year-on-year -26 +124 -80
Permanent jobs citing VBA 103 63 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.02% 0.80% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 88 32 115
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,285 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,254 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.39% +5.01% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,640 £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £69,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -5.00%

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 10,088 7,876 21,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.03% 27.62% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,003 5,033 16,388
10th Percentile £34,800 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 24 May 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 24 May 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
South East 0 36 £62,500 +13.64% 9
North of England -18 27 £50,000 +55.04% 3
Midlands -6 22 £40,000 -11.11% 5
West Midlands -17 16 £46,250 +2.78% 3
North West +4 13 £45,000 +39.53% 2
Yorkshire - 11 £63,076 - 1
East of England -17 10 £48,750 +77.27% 1
South West -77 8 £53,750 -14.00% 5
East Midlands - 6 £29,375 - 2
North East - 3 £63,076 -
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 18 (17.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.91%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.91%) IIS
3 2 (1.94%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.97%) Appian
4 1 (0.97%) Jupyter
Applications
1 79 (76.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (21.36%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.91%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.94%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.94%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.94%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 72 (69.90%) Power Platform
2 41 (39.81%) PowerApps
3 21 (20.39%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (15.53%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.91%) Azure
6 2 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.91%) DHCP
1 3 (2.91%) DNS
1 3 (2.91%) Firewall
1 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
1 3 (2.91%) VLAN
2 2 (1.94%) Intranet
2 2 (1.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (54.37%) Power BI
2 14 (13.59%) Power Query
3 11 (10.68%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.88%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (2.91%) Big Data
5 3 (2.91%) MySQL
5 3 (2.91%) PowerPivot
5 3 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.97%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Git
2 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 45 (43.69%) Social Skills
2 37 (35.92%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (22.33%) Finance
4 14 (13.59%) Public Sector
5 12 (11.65%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (10.68%) Retail
7 6 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.97%) Banking
9 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (37.86%) Analyst
2 23 (22.33%) Senior
3 19 (18.45%) Data Analyst
4 14 (13.59%) Digital Project Manager
4 14 (13.59%) Financial Analyst
4 14 (13.59%) Project Manager
4 14 (13.59%) Senior Digital Project Manager
4 14 (13.59%) Senior Manager
4 14 (13.59%) Senior Project Manager
5 11 (10.68%) Consultant
6 10 (9.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 10 (9.71%) Power BI Analyst
7 8 (7.77%) Principal Consultant
7 8 (7.77%) Systems Analyst
8 7 (6.80%) Developer
9 6 (5.83%) Data Manager
9 6 (5.83%) IT Support
9 6 (5.83%) Pricing Analyst
10 5 (4.85%) Administrator
10 5 (4.85%) Data Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.71%) .NET
2 7 (6.80%) .NET Framework
2 7 (6.80%) ASP.NET
3 6 (5.83%) CSS
3 6 (5.83%) HTML
4 4 (3.88%) JSON
5 3 (2.91%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.97%) PySpark
6 1 (0.97%) REST
6 1 (0.97%) SOAP
6 1 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.56%) Legacy Systems
1 15 (14.56%) Low-Code
2 14 (13.59%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (13.59%) Legacy Applications
3 7 (6.80%) Pricing Data
4 5 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.91%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.91%) Social Media
5 3 (2.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.97%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.97%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.97%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.74%) Windows
1 9 (8.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (44.66%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (37.86%) Agile
3 30 (29.13%) Decision-Making
4 25 (24.27%) Project Management
4 25 (24.27%) Visualisation
5 23 (22.33%) Data Analysis
5 23 (22.33%) ERP
6 21 (20.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (16.50%) Data Science
7 17 (16.50%) Mentoring
8 16 (15.53%) Analytics
8 16 (15.53%) Coaching
8 16 (15.53%) Project Delivery
9 15 (14.56%) ETL
10 14 (13.59%) Budget Management
10 14 (13.59%) Conflict Resolution
10 14 (13.59%) Digital Strategy
10 14 (13.59%) Supplier Management
11 13 (12.62%) Data Visualisation
11 13 (12.62%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (55.34%) SQL
2 40 (38.83%) Python
3 11 (10.68%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.74%) C#
5 6 (5.83%) PHP
6 5 (4.85%) Java
7 4 (3.88%) VBScript
8 3 (2.91%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.97%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (18.45%) Degree
2 12 (11.65%) ACCA
2 12 (11.65%) CIMA
2 12 (11.65%) SC Cleared
2 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.68%) Master's Degree
4 8 (7.77%) APMP
4 8 (7.77%) MBA
5 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.94%) PMP
5 2 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.97%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.91%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (2.91%) GDPR
3 2 (1.94%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.91%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.91%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.97%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 39 (37.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.50%) SAP
3 4 (3.88%) SYSPRO
4 3 (2.91%) Adobe
4 3 (2.91%) Databricks
5 2 (1.94%) Cisco
5 2 (1.94%) Infor
5 2 (1.94%) Meraki
6 1 (0.97%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.97%) Citrix
6 1 (0.97%) Pega