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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 443 473
Rank change year-on-year +25 +30 +40
Permanent jobs citing VBA 88 121 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.31% 1.03% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 55 36 54
10th Percentile £38,100 £28,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,938 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +10.98% +9.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,400 £63,125 £90,229
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%

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 6,693 11,693 11,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.88% 30.80% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,039 6,442 8,527
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 December 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 24 December 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 East +45 40 £52,500 -12.50% 26
North of England -2 17 £45,000 +69.81% 3
Midlands +22 13 £50,000 +25.00% 12
West Midlands +45 11 £50,000 +14.29% 10
North West +6 11 £48,979 -2.04% 3
South West -3 10 £42,750 +14.00% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £45,000 -
East Midlands -8 5 £45,750 +14.38% 2
East of England +26 4 £39,250 - 5
Scotland -3 3 £52,500 - 1
Wales 0 1 £52,500 - 1
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 (17.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.14%) SAS
Applications
1 56 (63.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.14%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (10.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 41 (46.59%) Power Platform
2 20 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (14.77%) PowerApps
4 8 (9.09%) Power Automate
5 5 (5.68%) Azure
6 2 (2.27%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) Firewall
2 1 (1.14%) DHCP
2 1 (1.14%) DNS
2 1 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (46.59%) Power BI
2 12 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 11 (12.50%) Power Query
4 9 (10.23%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (10.23%) PowerPivot
5 6 (6.82%) Data Mining
5 6 (6.82%) MS Access
6 5 (5.68%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (2.27%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.27%) Tableau
8 1 (1.14%) GIS
8 1 (1.14%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Git
1 1 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 40 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 33 (37.50%) Finance
3 27 (30.68%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (19.32%) Retail
5 13 (14.77%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (10.23%) Legal
7 8 (9.09%) Manufacturing
8 5 (5.68%) Banking
8 5 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (4.55%) Automotive
10 3 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (39.77%) Analyst
2 16 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 15 (17.05%) Consultant
4 11 (12.50%) Senior
5 10 (11.36%) Accountant
5 10 (11.36%) Financial Analyst
6 9 (10.23%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (10.23%) Systems Accountant
7 8 (9.09%) Developer
8 7 (7.95%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (6.82%) Principal Consultant
10 5 (5.68%) IT Support
10 5 (5.68%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 5 (5.68%) Support Analyst
10 5 (5.68%) Technical Consultant
11 4 (4.55%) Automation Specialist
11 4 (4.55%) IT Manager
11 4 (4.55%) Sales Analyst
11 4 (4.55%) Sales Support
11 4 (4.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.68%) FMCG
2 5 (5.68%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.55%) SCADA
4 2 (2.27%) CCTV
4 2 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.27%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (2.27%) IoT
4 2 (2.27%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.14%) iSeries
5 1 (1.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.95%) Windows
1 7 (7.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.59%) Data Analysis
2 36 (40.91%) Decision-Making
3 30 (34.09%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (22.73%) Visualisation
6 18 (20.45%) Agile
6 18 (20.45%) Project Management
7 17 (19.32%) Planning and Forecasting
8 15 (17.05%) ERP
9 14 (15.91%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (14.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 13 (14.77%) Financial Analysis
10 13 (14.77%) Process Improvement
11 12 (13.64%) Budgeting
11 12 (13.64%) Data Science
12 10 (11.36%) Analytics
12 10 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (11.36%) Data Analytics
12 10 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
13 9 (10.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (46.59%) SQL
2 29 (32.95%) Python
3 8 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 7 (7.95%) PHP
5 5 (5.68%) PL/SQL
6 3 (3.41%) C#
6 3 (3.41%) C++
6 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.41%) VB
7 2 (2.27%) C
7 2 (2.27%) Ladder Logic
7 2 (2.27%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.27%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.14%) Perl
8 1 (1.14%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (35.23%) Degree
2 20 (22.73%) ACCA
2 20 (22.73%) CIMA
3 14 (15.91%) Master's Degree
4 12 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 12 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.82%) APMP
5 6 (6.82%) MBA
6 3 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.41%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.41%) PMP
7 2 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.27%) HNC
7 2 (2.27%) HND
8 1 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.82%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.68%) QA
3 4 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.27%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 21 (23.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (21.59%) SAP
3 9 (10.23%) Adaptive Insights
3 9 (10.23%) Oracle
3 9 (10.23%) Workday
4 6 (6.82%) Citrix
5 5 (5.68%) Blue Prism
5 5 (5.68%) Pega
6 4 (4.55%) Facebook
7 1 (1.14%) Symantec