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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 524 612
Rank change year-on-year -20 +88 +21
Permanent jobs citing VBA 126 271 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.35% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.97% 1.13% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 76 96 133
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% -4.76% +2.24%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £79,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year -5.56% -4.76% +18.13%

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 12,937 23,905 25,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.33% 30.82% 40.77%
Number of salaries quoted 8,304 15,114 20,717
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,900 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £106,250 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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

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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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 -9 114 £42,750 -14.50% 225
UK excluding London +14 83 £42,500 -5.56% 198
Work from Home +77 69 £42,500 -15.00% 109
London +15 34 £70,000 +9.80% 70
South West +68 29 £50,250 +0.50% 19
South East +31 21 £53,750 +19.44% 70
East of England - 14 £27,500 - 29
North West -17 13 £24,500 -25.76% 17
North of England -32 13 £24,500 -25.76% 28
Wales +19 3 £52,500 +75.00% 6
West Midlands +46 2 - - 21
Midlands +37 2 - - 38
Scotland +49 1 £52,500 - 9
East Midlands +21 1 - - 15

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 14 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.14%) IIS
2 9 (7.14%) Tomcat
3 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (3.17%) SAS
5 1 (0.79%) MTS
Applications
1 85 (67.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (20.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.38%) Stata
5 1 (0.79%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (13.49%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.17%) Sage 1000
3 3 (2.38%) PlanetPress Connect
4 2 (1.59%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 60 (47.62%) Power Platform
2 53 (42.06%) Azure
3 23 (18.25%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (11.90%) Power Automate
5 14 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
7 8 (6.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.14%) DMARC
1 9 (7.14%) SSL
2 3 (2.38%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (47.62%) Power BI
2 31 (24.60%) SQL Server
3 24 (19.05%) Data Mining
4 23 (18.25%) BusinessObjects
5 12 (9.52%) Tableau
6 10 (7.94%) MS Access
6 10 (7.94%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (7.14%) Power Query
8 5 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.17%) Data Lake
9 4 (3.17%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (2.38%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.59%) BigQuery
11 2 (1.59%) Looker
11 2 (1.59%) MySQL
12 1 (0.79%) KNIME
12 1 (0.79%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Git
2 4 (3.17%) Subversion
3 1 (0.79%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) PowerBuilder
General
1 63 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (41.27%) Social Skills
3 42 (33.33%) Finance
4 34 (26.98%) Retail
5 16 (12.70%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.94%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.14%) Czech Language
7 9 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.56%) Marketing
9 6 (4.76%) Front Office
10 5 (3.97%) Automotive
11 4 (3.17%) Banking
11 4 (3.17%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.17%) Social Housing
11 4 (3.17%) Swedish Language
12 3 (2.38%) Back Office
12 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.38%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.38%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (23.02%) Developer
2 27 (21.43%) Analyst
3 25 (19.84%) IT Support
4 22 (17.46%) Junior
5 18 (14.29%) Junior Developer
6 10 (7.94%) Accountant
6 10 (7.94%) Data Analyst
6 10 (7.94%) Systems Accountant
7 9 (7.14%) Administrator
7 9 (7.14%) IT Administrator
7 9 (7.14%) Senior
8 8 (6.35%) Consultant
9 6 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 5 (3.97%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (3.97%) Data Manager
10 5 (3.97%) IT Assistant
10 5 (3.97%) IT Support Assistant
10 5 (3.97%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.97%) Support Assistant
10 5 (3.97%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.73%) XML
2 9 (7.14%) JSON
2 9 (7.14%) REST
2 9 (7.14%) SOAP
3 6 (4.76%) .NET
4 5 (3.97%) FreeMarker
5 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.17%) CSS
5 4 (3.17%) HTML
6 3 (2.38%) Altair
7 1 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.22%) Data Structures
2 16 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.97%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.17%) Equities
6 4 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.38%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.38%) Derivative
7 3 (2.38%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.59%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.79%) FMCG
9 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.79%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.79%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 24 (19.05%) Windows
2 12 (9.52%) Linux
3 9 (7.14%) Unix
4 7 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (38.10%) Data Analysis
2 45 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (30.95%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (23.81%) Coaching
5 29 (23.02%) Data Management
6 24 (19.05%) Customer Experience
6 24 (19.05%) Service Delivery
7 23 (18.25%) ERP
7 23 (18.25%) Performance Management
7 23 (18.25%) WFM
8 22 (17.46%) Analytics
8 22 (17.46%) Commercial Awareness
9 20 (15.87%) Agile
9 20 (15.87%) Collaborative Working
9 20 (15.87%) Decision-Making
10 18 (14.29%) CRM
11 17 (13.49%) Process Improvement
12 16 (12.70%) Customer Service
12 16 (12.70%) Project Management
13 15 (11.90%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 94 (74.60%) SQL
2 22 (17.46%) JavaScript
2 22 (17.46%) Python
3 14 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 12 (9.52%) Java
5 10 (7.94%) C#
5 10 (7.94%) R
6 6 (4.76%) PL/SQL
6 6 (4.76%) VB.NET
7 5 (3.97%) VB
8 4 (3.17%) Julia
8 4 (3.17%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.38%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.59%) C++
11 1 (0.79%) Perl
11 1 (0.79%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Degree
2 10 (7.94%) ACCA
2 10 (7.94%) CIMA
3 6 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 5 (3.97%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.38%) CFA
5 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.97%) QA
4 2 (1.59%) GAAP
4 2 (1.59%) IFRS
4 2 (1.59%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.59%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.97%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.38%) Control-M
Vendors
1 61 (48.41%) Microsoft
2 31 (24.60%) Oracle
3 22 (17.46%) Facebook
4 19 (15.08%) SAP
5 10 (7.94%) Adaptive Insights
5 10 (7.94%) Workday
6 6 (4.76%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.97%) Logitech
7 5 (3.97%) VMware
8 4 (3.17%) Alteryx
8 4 (3.17%) Bloomberg
8 4 (3.17%) Sage
9 3 (2.38%) Anaplan
9 3 (2.38%) Calypso