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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 561 634
Rank change year-on-year -7 +73 -48
Permanent jobs citing VBA 143 94 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.89% 0.66% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 111 58 179
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £75,000 £63,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,445 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.03% +12.10% +8.43%

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 15,986 14,142 32,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 32.21% 33.60%
Number of salaries quoted 10,965 10,080 24,976
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,195
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,253 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 11 May 2026.

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 11 May 2026. 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 +12 140 £56,750 -1.30% 44
UK excluding London -18 102 £55,000 +9.03% 28
Work from Home +14 42 £63,076 +9.70% 27
South East +9 38 £60,000 +4.35% 12
London -13 38 £76,500 +2.00% 25
North of England -28 28 £50,000 +8.70% 2
Midlands -19 19 £42,500 +6.25% 5
West Midlands -10 16 £46,250 +2.78% 1
North West -2 13 £45,000 -2.17% 2
Yorkshire - 12 £63,076 -
East of England -11 10 £52,500 +90.91% 3
South West -63 7 £55,000 - 3
East Midlands -25 3 £28,750 -17.86% 4
North East - 3 £63,076 -

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 18 (12.59%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.59%) IIS
3 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.10%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.40%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.70%) Appian
6 1 (0.70%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 102 (71.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (16.78%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.10%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.40%) Trello
7 1 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.70%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 88 (61.54%) Power Platform
2 40 (27.97%) PowerApps
3 25 (17.48%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (11.89%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.50%) Azure
6 3 (2.10%) AWS
7 2 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.40%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Intranet
1 1 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (51.05%) Power BI
2 18 (12.59%) SQL Server
3 17 (11.89%) Power Query
4 9 (6.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (6.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.20%) Tableau
6 5 (3.50%) Pentaho
7 4 (2.80%) Big Data
7 4 (2.80%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (2.80%) PowerPivot
8 3 (2.10%) MySQL
9 2 (1.40%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.40%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 57 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.37%) Finance
3 39 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.79%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.09%) Retail
6 12 (8.39%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (7.69%) Front Office
7 11 (7.69%) Legal
8 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.20%) Marketing
8 6 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.50%) Law
10 4 (2.80%) Banking
11 2 (1.40%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (33.57%) Analyst
2 29 (20.28%) Senior
3 27 (18.88%) Developer
4 25 (17.48%) Data Analyst
5 18 (12.59%) Consultant
6 14 (9.79%) Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.79%) Financial Analyst
6 14 (9.79%) Project Manager
6 14 (9.79%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.79%) Senior Manager
6 14 (9.79%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) Power BI Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) Principal Consultant
7 8 (5.59%) RAD Developer
7 8 (5.59%) Senior Consultant
7 8 (5.59%) Software Developer
7 8 (5.59%) Systems Analyst
8 6 (4.20%) Data Manager
8 6 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.79%) .NET
2 11 (7.69%) CSS
2 11 (7.69%) HTML
3 7 (4.90%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.90%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.80%) JSON
4 4 (2.80%) XML
5 3 (2.10%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.40%) DOM
6 2 (1.40%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.40%) NumPy
6 2 (1.40%) Pandas
6 2 (1.40%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.40%) XSLT
7 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.70%) PySpark
7 1 (0.70%) REST
7 1 (0.70%) RESTful
7 1 (0.70%) SOAP
7 1 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) Legacy Systems
1 15 (10.49%) Low-Code
2 14 (9.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (9.79%) Legacy Applications
3 9 (6.29%) Fixed Income
4 8 (5.59%) Hedge funds
5 7 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.90%) Pricing Data
6 5 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.10%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.10%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.10%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (2.10%) Social Media
8 3 (2.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.40%) Derivative
9 2 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.40%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (1.40%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.70%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.39%) Windows
2 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.90%) Linux
4 5 (3.50%) Unix
5 4 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (41.96%) Business Intelligence
2 40 (27.97%) Agile
3 36 (25.17%) Decision-Making
4 34 (23.78%) Data Analysis
5 32 (22.38%) Visualisation
6 28 (19.58%) Project Management
7 24 (16.78%) ERP
7 24 (16.78%) ETL
8 21 (14.69%) Mentoring
9 19 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (12.59%) Analytics
10 18 (12.59%) Coaching
11 17 (11.89%) Data Science
12 16 (11.19%) Data Visualisation
13 15 (10.49%) Project Delivery
14 14 (9.79%) Budget Management
14 14 (9.79%) Conflict Resolution
14 14 (9.79%) Digital Strategy
14 14 (9.79%) Financial Analysis
14 14 (9.79%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 81 (56.64%) SQL
2 65 (45.45%) Python
3 23 (16.08%) C#
4 14 (9.79%) VBScript
5 13 (9.09%) JavaScript
6 12 (8.39%) Java
7 10 (6.99%) PowerShell
8 7 (4.90%) T-SQL
9 6 (4.20%) PHP
9 6 (4.20%) VB
10 4 (2.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (2.80%) VB.NET
11 3 (2.10%) C++
12 2 (1.40%) VC++
13 1 (0.70%) Bash
13 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 28 (19.58%) Degree
2 14 (9.79%) ACCA
2 14 (9.79%) CIMA
3 13 (9.09%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.39%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.59%) APMP
5 8 (5.59%) MBA
6 2 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.40%) HND
6 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.40%) PMP
6 2 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.29%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.10%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.10%) GDPR
4 2 (1.40%) EMIR
4 2 (1.40%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.40%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.50%) SCCM
2 2 (1.40%) MOM
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
3 1 (0.70%) Control-M
3 1 (0.70%) Grafana
3 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (37.06%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.38%) SAP
3 9 (6.29%) Oracle
4 8 (5.59%) Adobe
5 5 (3.50%) IBM
5 5 (3.50%) iManage
5 5 (3.50%) Informatica
5 5 (3.50%) Snow
5 5 (3.50%) Talend
5 5 (3.50%) VMware
6 4 (2.80%) SYSPRO
7 3 (2.10%) Databricks
8 2 (1.40%) Citrix
8 2 (1.40%) Cognos
9 1 (0.70%) Cisco
9 1 (0.70%) Infor
9 1 (0.70%) Meraki
9 1 (0.70%) Murex
9 1 (0.70%) Pega
9 1 (0.70%) Splunk