Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VBA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VBA over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 604 577 518
Rank change year-on-year -27 -59 +13
Permanent jobs citing VBA 132 602 756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.48% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.61% 1.06% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 106 445 403
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,659 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.32% +11.11% -3.23%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £85,625 £112,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -3.75% +8.84%

All Programming Languages
UK

VBA is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 21,694 56,872 66,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.61% 45.80% 52.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16,964 36,172 45,025
10th Percentile £39,750 £38,386 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,131 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in the UK

VBA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VBA.

Salary trend for VBA in the UK

VBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

Salary histogram for VBA in the UK

VBA
Top 14 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 5 December 2023. 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 -28 121 £55,000 +10.00% 147
London +53 64 £70,000 +3.70% 85
UK excluding London -5 62 £45,500 +18.18% 65
Work from Home +122 33 £55,000 +16.40% 47
South East +81 17 £55,000 +7.11% 24
South West +44 16 £37,500 +27.12% 5
North of England +107 9 £40,000 +14.29% 12
Scotland +58 9 £83,577 +178.59% 2
Yorkshire +75 7 £43,500 +24.29% 8
East of England +110 6 £47,500 +5.56% 16
Midlands +48 5 £50,000 +23.08% 12
West Midlands +52 3 £50,000 +34.68% 9
North West +110 2 £24,500 -26.87% 4
East Midlands +34 2 - - 3

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (8.33%) Oracle Application Server
2 9 (6.82%) Confluence
3 6 (4.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.76%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.76%) Mule
4 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 70 (53.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.52%) SPSS
5 1 (0.76%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.76%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.52%) EuroRunner
3 1 (0.76%) Endur
3 1 (0.76%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.79%) Power Platform
2 13 (9.85%) Azure
3 12 (9.09%) Snowflake
4 11 (8.33%) Google Analytics
5 6 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.27%) AWS
6 3 (2.27%) Azure Functions
6 3 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.27%) Serverless
7 2 (1.52%) Amazon EMR
7 2 (1.52%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.76%) GCP
8 1 (0.76%) GitHub
8 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
8 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.76%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.76%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (28.79%) Power BI
2 25 (18.94%) Tableau
3 24 (18.18%) SQL Server
4 20 (15.15%) MS Access
5 19 (14.39%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (10.61%) Oracle BI EE
6 14 (10.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (8.33%) Star Schema
9 10 (7.58%) Power Query
10 9 (6.82%) MySQL
11 8 (6.06%) MongoDB
11 8 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (3.79%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (3.79%) Data Mining
12 5 (3.79%) Essbase
12 5 (3.79%) OLAP
13 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 3 (2.27%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 13 (9.85%) JIRA
2 9 (6.82%) Git
3 7 (5.30%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.76%) NUnit
6 1 (0.76%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 64 (48.48%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (41.67%) Finance
3 45 (34.09%) Social Skills
4 20 (15.15%) Banking
5 18 (13.64%) Retail
6 11 (8.33%) Marketing
7 9 (6.82%) Legal
8 7 (5.30%) Front Office
9 6 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.55%) Private Banking
10 5 (3.79%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (3.03%) Back Office
11 4 (3.03%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.03%) Law
11 4 (3.03%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.52%) Advertising
13 2 (1.52%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (47.73%) Analyst
2 38 (28.79%) Senior
3 28 (21.21%) Developer
4 18 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (11.36%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 13 (9.85%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.55%) .NET Developer
7 6 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
7 6 (4.55%) Full Stack Engineer
7 6 (4.55%) Pricing Analyst
7 6 (4.55%) Report Analyst
7 6 (4.55%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 6 (4.55%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
7 6 (4.55%) Senior Pricing Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Data Engineer
8 5 (3.79%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (3.79%) Lead
8 5 (3.79%) Systems Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (20.45%) .NET
1 27 (20.45%) HTML
2 15 (11.36%) React
3 12 (9.09%) AngularJS
4 9 (6.82%) CSS
4 9 (6.82%) RESTful
5 8 (6.06%) Express.js
5 8 (6.06%) MEAN Stack
5 8 (6.06%) MERN Stack
5 8 (6.06%) Node.js
6 6 (4.55%) .NET Framework
7 5 (3.79%) Blazor
7 5 (3.79%) MDX
8 4 (3.03%) ASP.NET
8 4 (3.03%) jQuery
8 4 (3.03%) XML
9 3 (2.27%) Django
9 3 (2.27%) REST
10 2 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
11 1 (0.76%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.03%) Derivative
4 4 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.03%) Reinsurance
5 3 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.52%) Equities
6 2 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.76%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (0.76%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.76%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.76%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.76%) Replication
7 1 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.82%) Windows
2 4 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.76%) Linux
3 1 (0.76%) Unix
3 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (31.06%) Business Intelligence
3 40 (30.30%) Analytics
4 27 (20.45%) Visualisation
5 20 (15.15%) Agile
5 20 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
6 15 (11.36%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (11.36%) Decision-Making
6 15 (11.36%) Scrum
7 13 (9.85%) Computer Science
7 13 (9.85%) Data Analytics
8 11 (8.33%) API Development
8 11 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (8.33%) Data Analysis
8 11 (8.33%) Data Modelling
8 11 (8.33%) Full Stack Development
8 11 (8.33%) Product Marketing
9 10 (7.58%) Data Management
10 9 (6.82%) ETL
10 9 (6.82%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 90 (68.18%) SQL
2 34 (25.76%) Python
3 30 (22.73%) C#
4 20 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 14 (10.61%) PHP
6 12 (9.09%) T-SQL
7 9 (6.82%) Java
7 9 (6.82%) PowerShell
8 8 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (5.30%) R
9 7 (5.30%) VBScript
10 6 (4.55%) VB
10 6 (4.55%) VB.NET
11 3 (2.27%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.27%) VB6
12 2 (1.52%) C++
13 1 (0.76%) COBOL
13 1 (0.76%) F#
13 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.76%) VC++
Qualifications
1 43 (32.58%) Degree
2 7 (5.30%) SC Cleared
2 7 (5.30%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.79%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.52%) CFA
5 1 (0.76%) ACCA
5 1 (0.76%) MBA
5 1 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.64%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.58%) QA
3 1 (0.76%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) Control-M
Vendors
1 35 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.15%) Oracle
3 11 (8.33%) Google
4 8 (6.06%) Bloomberg
5 7 (5.30%) Advent
5 7 (5.30%) FactSet
6 5 (3.79%) Hyperion
7 4 (3.03%) Aderant
7 4 (3.03%) iManage
8 2 (1.52%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.52%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (1.52%) Quadient
8 2 (1.52%) Trayport
9 1 (0.76%) Apple
9 1 (0.76%) eFront
9 1 (0.76%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) Kofax
9 1 (0.76%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.76%) Murex
9 1 (0.76%) Telerik