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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 522 569
Rank change year-on-year +23 +47 +11
Permanent jobs citing VBA 146 199 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.36% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.26% 1.06% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 92 65 102
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £84,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +14.13% +15.00% +6.67%

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 11,585 18,765 20,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.58% 33.84% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8,477 11,094 16,511
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,968
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £106,250
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 31 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 31 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 -4.55% 178
UK excluding London +32 89 £52,500 +14.13% 164
Work from Home +43 47 £57,500 -16.36% 148
London +14 42 £65,000 -7.14% 31
South East +46 41 £52,500 -12.50% 50
North of England -2 17 £45,000 +24.14% 29
Midlands +30 15 £46,250 +27.59% 29
West Midlands +37 13 £46,250 +5.71% 20
North West +8 11 £48,979 -2.04% 17
South West -2 9 £42,750 +14.00% 21
Yorkshire - 6 £45,000 - 11
East Midlands -8 5 £45,750 +26.21% 9
East of England +24 3 £52,500 - 26
Scotland +3 3 £52,500 +8.23% 5
Wales +7 1 £52,500 - 4

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 (13.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.42%) SAS
Applications
1 81 (55.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (2.05%) Stata
6 2 (1.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.68%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (10.27%) NetSuite
2 8 (5.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.42%) PlanetPress Connect
4 1 (0.68%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.68%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 57 (39.04%) Power Platform
2 20 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.27%) PowerApps
4 12 (8.22%) Azure
5 10 (6.85%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.42%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.37%) AWS
7 2 (1.37%) 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 (3.42%) Firewall
2 1 (0.68%) DHCP
2 1 (0.68%) DNS
2 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.68%) SMTP
2 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (38.36%) Power BI
2 20 (13.70%) SQL Server
3 11 (7.53%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (7.53%) Power Query
4 9 (6.16%) PowerPivot
4 9 (6.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (4.79%) MS Access
6 6 (4.11%) Data Mining
6 6 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.42%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.42%) Pentaho
7 5 (3.42%) Tableau
8 3 (2.05%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.68%) Big Data
9 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.68%) KNIME
9 1 (0.68%) MySQL
9 1 (0.68%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (4.79%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 64 (43.84%) Social Skills
2 55 (37.67%) Finance
3 43 (29.45%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (17.81%) Retail
5 14 (9.59%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (8.90%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (8.22%) Banking
7 12 (8.22%) Legal
8 8 (5.48%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.79%) Front Office
10 6 (4.11%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.74%) Automotive
11 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.74%) Marketing
12 3 (2.05%) Back Office
13 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.68%) Billing
14 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (36.30%) Analyst
2 23 (15.75%) Data Analyst
2 23 (15.75%) Developer
3 19 (13.01%) Senior
4 15 (10.27%) Consultant
5 14 (9.59%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (8.22%) Accountant
7 11 (7.53%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (7.53%) IT Support
7 11 (7.53%) Systems Accountant
8 10 (6.85%) Operations Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 7 (4.79%) PowerBuilder Developer
11 6 (4.11%) Applications Support
11 6 (4.11%) Principal Consultant
11 6 (4.11%) Support Analyst
12 5 (3.42%) Applications Specialist
12 5 (3.42%) Support Assistant
12 5 (3.42%) Support Specialist
12 5 (3.42%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.22%) .NET
2 10 (6.85%) XML
3 7 (4.79%) Web Services
4 5 (3.42%) FreeMarker
5 3 (2.05%) Altair
6 2 (1.37%) XSLT
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.22%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.48%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.42%) FMCG
4 5 (3.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.74%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.74%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.74%) Equities
5 4 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.74%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.74%) SCADA
6 3 (2.05%) Derivative
7 2 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.37%) CCTV
7 2 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.37%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.37%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.37%) IoT
8 1 (0.68%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Windows
2 12 (8.22%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.19%) Data Analysis
2 46 (31.51%) Business Intelligence
3 42 (28.77%) Decision-Making
4 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (17.81%) Agile
5 26 (17.81%) ERP
6 24 (16.44%) Visualisation
7 23 (15.75%) Collaborative Working
8 20 (13.70%) Planning and Forecasting
9 19 (13.01%) Project Management
10 18 (12.33%) Process Improvement
11 17 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (10.96%) Financial Analysis
13 15 (10.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 15 (10.27%) Data Science
14 14 (9.59%) Budgeting
15 13 (8.90%) Analytics
15 13 (8.90%) Data Visualisation
15 13 (8.90%) Test Automation
16 12 (8.22%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 86 (58.90%) SQL
2 49 (33.56%) Python
3 16 (10.96%) C#
4 13 (8.90%) JavaScript
5 11 (7.53%) PL/SQL
6 9 (6.16%) Java
6 9 (6.16%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (4.79%) PHP
8 7 (4.79%) VB.NET
9 5 (3.42%) C++
9 5 (3.42%) R
10 3 (2.05%) MATLAB
10 3 (2.05%) VB
11 2 (1.37%) C
11 2 (1.37%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (1.37%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.37%) VC++
12 1 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (28.77%) Degree
2 22 (15.07%) ACCA
2 22 (15.07%) CIMA
3 17 (11.64%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.22%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.11%) APMP
5 6 (4.11%) MBA
6 4 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.74%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.74%) PMP
7 3 (2.05%) CFA
8 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.37%) HNC
8 2 (1.37%) HND
8 2 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.42%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.74%) QA
4 2 (1.37%) EMIR
5 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.68%) IFRS
5 1 (0.68%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.68%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (3.42%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.42%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Control-M
2 1 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 45 (30.82%) Microsoft
2 27 (18.49%) Oracle
3 23 (15.75%) SAP
4 10 (6.85%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (6.85%) Workday
5 8 (5.48%) Blue Prism
5 8 (5.48%) Pega
6 6 (4.11%) Citrix
7 5 (3.42%) Bloomberg
7 5 (3.42%) Informatica
7 5 (3.42%) Talend
7 5 (3.42%) VMware
8 4 (2.74%) Facebook
9 3 (2.05%) 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