VBA Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 511 569
Rank change year-on-year +8 +58 -1
Permanent jobs citing VBA 148 215 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.27% 1.11% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 93 75 102
10th Percentile £36,500 £33,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year +14.13% +8.88% +12.67%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,620 19,457 20,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.84% 33.93% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,557 11,686 16,403
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £106,281
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VBA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VBA job vacancy trend in the UK

VBA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VBA in the UK

VBA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +10 127 £52,500 -2.33% 49
UK excluding London +18 86 £52,500 +14.13% 43
Work from Home +45 47 £57,500 -16.36% 16
London +4 45 £65,000 -7.14% 16
South East +46 40 £52,500 -12.50% 27
North of England -2 17 £45,000 +69.81% 3
Midlands +22 11 £50,000 +17.65% 8
North West -3 11 £48,979 -2.04% 2
South West 0 10 £42,750 +14.00% 3
West Midlands +27 9 £50,000 +14.29% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands -4 5 £45,750 +7.65% 3
East of England +24 4 £39,250 - 2
Scotland +3 3 £52,500 - 2
Wales 0 1 £52,500 -

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 20 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.38%) SAS
Applications
1 83 (56.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.03%) Stata
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.68%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (11.49%) NetSuite
2 8 (5.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.38%) PlanetPress Connect
4 2 (1.35%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.68%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.68%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 57 (38.51%) Power Platform
2 20 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.46%) PowerApps
4 12 (8.11%) Azure
5 9 (6.08%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.38%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.35%) AWS
7 2 (1.35%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.38%) Firewall
2 3 (2.03%) SMTP
3 1 (0.68%) DHCP
3 1 (0.68%) DNS
3 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (37.84%) Power BI
2 21 (14.19%) SQL Server
3 14 (9.46%) Power Query
4 11 (7.43%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (6.76%) MS Access
6 9 (6.08%) PowerPivot
6 9 (6.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (4.73%) Tableau
8 6 (4.05%) Data Mining
8 6 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (3.38%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (3.38%) Pentaho
10 3 (2.03%) Relational Database
10 3 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.68%) Big Data
11 1 (0.68%) GIS
11 1 (0.68%) KNIME
11 1 (0.68%) MySQL
11 1 (0.68%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (4.73%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 64 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 56 (37.84%) Finance
3 43 (29.05%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (17.57%) Retail
5 14 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (8.78%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (8.11%) Banking
7 12 (8.11%) Legal
8 10 (6.76%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.73%) Front Office
10 6 (4.05%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.70%) Automotive
11 4 (2.70%) Marketing
12 3 (2.03%) Back Office
12 3 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.03%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.68%) Billing
14 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (34.46%) Analyst
2 22 (14.86%) Data Analyst
2 22 (14.86%) Developer
3 19 (12.84%) Senior
4 16 (10.81%) Consultant
5 14 (9.46%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (8.11%) Accountant
7 11 (7.43%) IT Support
7 11 (7.43%) Systems Accountant
8 10 (6.76%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (6.76%) Operations Analyst
9 8 (5.41%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 7 (4.73%) PowerBuilder Developer
11 6 (4.05%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.05%) Principal Consultant
11 6 (4.05%) Support Analyst
12 5 (3.38%) Applications Specialist
12 5 (3.38%) Support Assistant
12 5 (3.38%) Support Specialist
12 5 (3.38%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.11%) .NET
2 10 (6.76%) XML
3 7 (4.73%) Web Services
4 5 (3.38%) FreeMarker
5 3 (2.03%) Altair
6 2 (1.35%) XSLT
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.78%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.41%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.38%) FMCG
5 5 (3.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.70%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.70%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.70%) Equities
6 4 (2.70%) Reinsurance
6 4 (2.70%) SCADA
7 3 (2.03%) Derivative
8 2 (1.35%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.35%) CCTV
8 2 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.35%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.35%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.35%) IoT
9 1 (0.68%) iSeries
9 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.14%) Windows
2 12 (8.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (32.43%) Data Analysis
2 46 (31.08%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (27.70%) Decision-Making
4 38 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (18.24%) ERP
6 25 (16.89%) Agile
6 25 (16.89%) Collaborative Working
7 23 (15.54%) Visualisation
8 20 (13.51%) Planning and Forecasting
9 18 (12.16%) Process Improvement
9 18 (12.16%) Project Management
10 17 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (10.81%) Analytics
12 15 (10.14%) Data Science
12 15 (10.14%) Financial Analysis
13 14 (9.46%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 13 (8.78%) Budgeting
14 13 (8.78%) Data Analytics
14 13 (8.78%) Test Automation
15 12 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 90 (60.81%) SQL
2 47 (31.76%) Python
3 16 (10.81%) C#
4 13 (8.78%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.11%) PL/SQL
6 9 (6.08%) Java
6 9 (6.08%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (4.73%) VB.NET
9 6 (4.05%) PHP
10 5 (3.38%) C++
10 5 (3.38%) R
11 3 (2.03%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.03%) VB
12 2 (1.35%) C
12 2 (1.35%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (1.35%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.35%) VC++
13 1 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (29.73%) Degree
2 21 (14.19%) ACCA
2 21 (14.19%) CIMA
3 17 (11.49%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.11%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.05%) APMP
5 6 (4.05%) MBA
6 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.03%) CFA
8 2 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.35%) HNC
8 2 (1.35%) HND
8 2 (1.35%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.35%) PMP
9 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.38%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.38%) QA
3 2 (1.35%) EMIR
4 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.68%) IFRS
4 1 (0.68%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.68%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (3.38%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.38%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.70%) Control-M
2 1 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 47 (31.76%) Microsoft
2 31 (20.95%) Oracle
3 26 (17.57%) SAP
4 10 (6.76%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (6.76%) Workday
5 8 (5.41%) Blue Prism
5 8 (5.41%) Pega
6 6 (4.05%) Citrix
7 5 (3.38%) Bloomberg
7 5 (3.38%) Informatica
7 5 (3.38%) Talend
7 5 (3.38%) VMware
8 4 (2.70%) Facebook
9 3 (2.03%) Calypso
10 1 (0.68%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.68%) Cognos
10 1 (0.68%) Murex
10 1 (0.68%) Reuters
10 1 (0.68%) Symantec