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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 445 496
Rank change year-on-year +29 +51 +17
Permanent jobs citing VBA 88 152 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.36% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.33% 1.17% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 56 39 54
10th Percentile £36,125 £30,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.40% +18.18%
75th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £77,375 £66,250 £90,229
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,659
% change year-on-year - -5.68% +11.32%

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 6,599 12,940 11,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.62% 30.24% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,980 7,228 8,862
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,646 £35,137
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,300 £82,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +61 41 £52,500 -12.50% 36
North of England -7 15 £45,000 +69.81% 13
Midlands +26 11 £50,000 +11.11% 8
North West +13 10 £46,990 -10.50% 6
South West +3 10 £42,750 +14.00% 5
West Midlands +33 9 £50,000 +14.29% 5
East of England +30 7 £26,000 - 11
East Midlands +9 5 £45,750 +1.67% 3
Yorkshire -6 5 £45,000 - 6
Scotland -3 3 £52,500 - 7
Wales +4 1 £52,500 -
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 4 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (10.23%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.14%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 43 (48.86%) Power Platform
2 20 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (15.91%) PowerApps
4 9 (10.23%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.82%) Azure
6 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.14%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.14%) OneDrive
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 43 (48.86%) Power BI
2 13 (14.77%) Power Query
3 12 (13.64%) SQL Server
4 9 (10.23%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (10.23%) PowerPivot
5 7 (7.95%) MS Access
6 6 (6.82%) Data Mining
7 5 (5.68%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (3.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (2.27%) Relational Database
9 2 (2.27%) Tableau
10 1 (1.14%) GIS
10 1 (1.14%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Git
1 1 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 41 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 34 (38.64%) 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
11 1 (1.14%) Social Housing
11 1 (1.14%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (40.91%) 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%) Developer
6 9 (10.23%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (10.23%) Systems Accountant
7 7 (7.95%) Operations Analyst
8 6 (6.82%) IT Support
8 6 (6.82%) Principal Consultant
8 6 (6.82%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) Senior Operations Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) Technical Consultant
10 4 (4.55%) IT Manager
10 4 (4.55%) IT Support Manager
10 4 (4.55%) Junior
10 4 (4.55%) Software Engineer
10 4 (4.55%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.14%) .NET
1 1 (1.14%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.14%) CSS
1 1 (1.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.95%) 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 35 (39.77%) Decision-Making
3 31 (35.23%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (22.73%) Visualisation
6 18 (20.45%) Agile
7 16 (18.18%) ERP
7 16 (18.18%) Planning and Forecasting
7 16 (18.18%) Project Management
8 14 (15.91%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (14.77%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 13 (14.77%) Process Improvement
10 12 (13.64%) Budgeting
10 12 (13.64%) Data Science
10 12 (13.64%) Financial Analysis
11 10 (11.36%) Analytics
11 10 (11.36%) Data Analytics
11 10 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
12 9 (10.23%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 41 (46.59%) SQL
2 27 (30.68%) Python
3 8 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (6.82%) PHP
5 5 (5.68%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.55%) C#
6 4 (4.55%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.41%) C++
7 3 (3.41%) VB
8 2 (2.27%) C
8 2 (2.27%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (2.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.14%) Perl
9 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.14%) R
9 1 (1.14%) VB.NET
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
7 2 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.27%) HNC
7 2 (2.27%) HND
7 2 (2.27%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.27%) PMP
8 1 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
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 1 (1.14%) 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 5 (5.68%) Blue Prism
4 5 (5.68%) Citrix
4 5 (5.68%) Pega
5 4 (4.55%) Facebook
6 1 (1.14%) Sage
6 1 (1.14%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.14%) Symantec