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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 613 530
Rank change year-on-year +106 -83 -5
Permanent jobs citing VBA 64 152 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.21% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.67% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 34 115 77
10th Percentile £24,444 £26,500 £25,475
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £50,500
90th Percentile £69,250 £62,500 £55,675
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 10,207 22,714 23,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.25% 30.84% 39.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,599 16,483 13,211
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,296 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,963
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +116 23 £62,500 +25.00% 18
North of England +14 11 £37,250 -3.87% 34
North West +3 11 £37,250 -21.58% 17
East of England +24 10 £27,500 -38.89% 22
South East +68 9 £55,000 +22.22% 42
Scotland +123 6 £50,445 +54.24% 8
Wales +44 3 £24,205 -19.32% 2
West Midlands +60 2 £45,000 +5.88% 22
Midlands +46 2 £45,000 +8.45% 35
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 (14.06%) IIS
1 9 (14.06%) Tomcat
2 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (67.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (34.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.13%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 37 (57.81%) Azure
2 31 (48.44%) Power Platform
3 16 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (23.44%) Power Automate
5 13 (20.31%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (14.06%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.69%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) DMARC
1 9 (14.06%) SSL
2 1 (1.56%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) SpaceWire
2 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (48.44%) Power BI
2 20 (31.25%) Data Mining
3 18 (28.13%) BusinessObjects
4 15 (23.44%) SQL Server
5 9 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (7.81%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (6.25%) Data Lake
7 4 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (6.25%) Tableau
8 2 (3.13%) BigQuery
8 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (1.56%) Looker
9 1 (1.56%) MS Access
9 1 (1.56%) MySQL
9 1 (1.56%) Power Query
9 1 (1.56%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Git
2 5 (7.81%) Subversion
3 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (59.38%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 22 (34.38%) Retail
4 13 (20.31%) Finance
5 11 (17.19%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (14.06%) Czech Language
6 9 (14.06%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (9.38%) Banking
8 5 (7.81%) Legal
8 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
9 3 (4.69%) Automotive
9 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
10 2 (3.13%) Marketing
10 2 (3.13%) Social Housing
10 2 (3.13%) Swedish Language
11 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (37.50%) Developer
2 18 (28.13%) Junior
2 18 (28.13%) Junior Developer
3 15 (23.44%) Analyst
3 15 (23.44%) IT Support
4 10 (15.63%) Administrator
4 10 (15.63%) IT Administrator
5 6 (9.38%) Data Manager
6 5 (7.81%) Data Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) Analytics Manager
7 4 (6.25%) Data Analytics Manager
7 4 (6.25%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
7 4 (6.25%) Senior
8 3 (4.69%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (4.69%) SQL Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) SQL Data Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Data Insight Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) JSON
1 9 (14.06%) REST
1 9 (14.06%) SOAP
1 9 (14.06%) XML
2 6 (9.38%) HTML
3 3 (4.69%) .NET
4 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.13%) CSS
4 2 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.38%) Data Structures
2 11 (17.19%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (14.06%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.69%) Public Cloud
6 2 (3.13%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.13%) Wiki
7 1 (1.56%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.56%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.56%) Windows
2 11 (17.19%) Linux
3 10 (15.63%) Unix
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Data Analysis
2 23 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (34.38%) Coaching
4 20 (31.25%) Customer Experience
5 19 (29.69%) Service Delivery
5 19 (29.69%) WFM
6 18 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (28.13%) Commercial Awareness
6 18 (28.13%) Data Management
6 18 (28.13%) Performance Management
7 16 (25.00%) Agile
8 14 (21.88%) Project Management
9 13 (20.31%) CRM
10 12 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (15.63%) Roadmaps
12 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
12 9 (14.06%) Data Privacy
12 9 (14.06%) Portfolio Management
12 9 (14.06%) Technology Roadmap
13 8 (12.50%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 43 (67.19%) SQL
2 18 (28.13%) Python
3 16 (25.00%) Java
4 11 (17.19%) JavaScript
5 9 (14.06%) PowerShell
6 6 (9.38%) R
7 4 (6.25%) Julia
7 4 (6.25%) VB
8 3 (4.69%) C#
8 3 (4.69%) VB.NET
9 2 (3.13%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.56%) Bash
10 1 (1.56%) C
10 1 (1.56%) Perl
10 1 (1.56%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.56%) CEH
3 1 (1.56%) CISM
3 1 (1.56%) CISSP
3 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) GIAC
3 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (14.06%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (28.13%) Facebook
3 16 (25.00%) Oracle
4 4 (6.25%) Blue Prism
4 4 (6.25%) Google
4 4 (6.25%) UiPath
5 3 (4.69%) Logitech
5 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.13%) Sage
6 2 (3.13%) SAP
7 1 (1.56%) EMC