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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 503 573
Rank change year-on-year -11 +70 -2
Permanent jobs citing VBA 142 260 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 1.23% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 90 78 104
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,563 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -6.78% +12.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £82,500 £85,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £47,250
% change year-on-year +2.56% +3.17% +22.73%

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 11,734 21,069 20,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.36% 33.23% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,528 12,635 16,765
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,793
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £105,000
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 4 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 4 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 +3 121 £50,000 -4.76% 66
UK excluding London +45 87 £50,000 +2.56% 57
Work from Home +54 48 £52,500 -22.22% 27
South East +60 40 £52,500 -12.50% 35
London +4 38 £65,000 - 27
North of England +5 16 £45,000 +69.81% 4
North West +18 11 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Midlands +39 10 £50,000 +5.26% 6
South West -2 10 £42,750 +14.00% 4
West Midlands +43 8 £50,000 - 3
East of England +30 7 £26,000 - 9
East Midlands +13 5 £45,750 +1.67% 3
Yorkshire +4 5 £45,000 - 1
Scotland +17 3 £52,500 - 2
Wales +10 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 19 (13.38%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.52%) SAS
Applications
1 82 (57.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.82%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (2.11%) Stata
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (11.97%) NetSuite
2 8 (5.63%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.52%) PlanetPress Connect
4 2 (1.41%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.70%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.70%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 56 (39.44%) Power Platform
2 20 (14.08%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.86%) PowerApps
4 13 (9.15%) Azure
5 10 (7.04%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.52%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.70%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.52%) Firewall
2 3 (2.11%) SMTP
3 1 (0.70%) DHCP
3 1 (0.70%) DNS
3 1 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (38.73%) Power BI
2 22 (15.49%) SQL Server
3 15 (10.56%) Power Query
4 11 (7.75%) MS Access
4 11 (7.75%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (6.34%) PowerPivot
6 7 (4.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (4.23%) Data Mining
7 6 (4.23%) Tableau
8 5 (3.52%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (2.11%) Pentaho
10 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.70%) Big Data
11 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.70%) GIS
11 1 (0.70%) KNIME
11 1 (0.70%) MySQL
11 1 (0.70%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (4.93%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.70%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 63 (44.37%) Social Skills
2 54 (38.03%) Finance
3 41 (28.87%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (17.61%) Retail
5 14 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.15%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (8.45%) Legal
8 11 (7.75%) Banking
9 10 (7.04%) Manufacturing
10 6 (4.23%) Front Office
11 5 (3.52%) Automotive
11 5 (3.52%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.82%) Marketing
13 3 (2.11%) Back Office
13 3 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.70%) Billing
14 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.70%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.70%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 50 (35.21%) Analyst
2 21 (14.79%) Data Analyst
2 21 (14.79%) Developer
3 19 (13.38%) Senior
4 14 (9.86%) Consultant
4 14 (9.86%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (9.15%) IT Support
6 12 (8.45%) Accountant
7 11 (7.75%) Systems Accountant
8 10 (7.04%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (7.04%) Operations Analyst
9 8 (5.63%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 7 (4.93%) PowerBuilder Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Support Analyst
11 6 (4.23%) Applications Support
12 5 (3.52%) Applications Specialist
12 5 (3.52%) Applications Support Specialist
12 5 (3.52%) Principal Consultant
12 5 (3.52%) Support Specialist
12 5 (3.52%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.04%) .NET
2 9 (6.34%) XML
3 7 (4.93%) Web Services
4 5 (3.52%) FreeMarker
5 3 (2.11%) Altair
6 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.70%) CSS
6 1 (0.70%) HTML
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.70%) RESTful
6 1 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.63%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.52%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.52%) FMCG
4 5 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.82%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.82%) Equities
5 4 (2.82%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.82%) SCADA
6 3 (2.11%) Derivative
7 2 (1.41%) CCTV
7 2 (1.41%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.41%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.41%) IoT
8 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Windows
2 12 (8.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.39%) Data Analysis
2 44 (30.99%) Business Intelligence
3 39 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (25.35%) Decision-Making
5 27 (19.01%) ERP
6 25 (17.61%) Collaborative Working
7 23 (16.20%) Agile
8 21 (14.79%) Visualisation
9 18 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (11.97%) Planning and Forecasting
11 16 (11.27%) Process Improvement
12 15 (10.56%) Analytics
12 15 (10.56%) Project Management
13 14 (9.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 14 (9.86%) Data Science
14 13 (9.15%) Budgeting
14 13 (9.15%) Data Analytics
14 13 (9.15%) Financial Analysis
15 12 (8.45%) Data Visualisation
15 12 (8.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 83 (58.45%) SQL
2 38 (26.76%) Python
3 16 (11.27%) C#
4 14 (9.86%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.45%) PL/SQL
6 8 (5.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (5.63%) PowerShell
6 8 (5.63%) VB.NET
7 6 (4.23%) Java
7 6 (4.23%) R
8 5 (3.52%) PHP
9 4 (2.82%) C++
9 4 (2.82%) VB
10 3 (2.11%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.41%) C
11 2 (1.41%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.70%) Perl
12 1 (0.70%) VC++
Qualifications
1 41 (28.87%) Degree
2 21 (14.79%) ACCA
2 21 (14.79%) CIMA
3 16 (11.27%) Master's Degree
4 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.75%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.52%) APMP
5 5 (3.52%) MBA
6 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.11%) CFA
8 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.41%) HNC
8 2 (1.41%) HND
8 2 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.41%) PMP
9 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.52%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.52%) QA
3 2 (1.41%) IFRS
3 2 (1.41%) IFRS 17
3 2 (1.41%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.70%) EMIR
4 1 (0.70%) GAAP
4 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.52%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.52%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.82%) Control-M
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 47 (33.10%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.42%) Oracle
3 26 (18.31%) SAP
4 10 (7.04%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (7.04%) Workday
5 8 (5.63%) Blue Prism
5 8 (5.63%) Pega
6 5 (3.52%) Bloomberg
6 5 (3.52%) Citrix
6 5 (3.52%) VMware
7 4 (2.82%) Facebook
8 3 (2.11%) Calypso
8 3 (2.11%) Informatica
8 3 (2.11%) Talend
9 1 (0.70%) Cognos
9 1 (0.70%) Murex
9 1 (0.70%) Reuters
9 1 (0.70%) Sage
9 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.70%) Symantec