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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 579 614
Rank change year-on-year -14 +35 -13
Permanent jobs citing VBA 146 96 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.87% 0.69% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 120 65 187
10th Percentile £30,500 £25,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% +0.89% -2.63%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% -

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 16,841 13,971 34,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.89% 31.13% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,911 9,215 25,983
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -20 144 £57,500 +4.55% 31
UK excluding London -14 103 £55,000 +29.41% 21
Work from Home -9 47 £63,076 +30.03% 17
London -10 41 £90,000 +20.00% 15
South East -3 32 £62,500 +13.64% 12
Midlands -2 26 £35,500 -21.11% 2
North of England -12 25 £50,000 +69.49% 7
West Midlands -5 15 £42,500 -5.56%
North West +4 12 £45,000 +52.54% 5
South West -73 11 £52,500 -16.00%
East Midlands - 11 £30,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 10 £63,076 - 1
East of England -16 9 £45,000 +63.64% 1
North East - 3 £63,076 - 1

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 17 (11.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.85%) IIS
3 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.42%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.37%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.68%) Appian
Applications
1 111 (76.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (15.07%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (15.07%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.05%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.37%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.37%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.37%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 82 (56.16%) Power Platform
2 41 (28.08%) PowerApps
3 34 (23.29%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (10.96%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.42%) AWS
5 5 (3.42%) Azure
6 3 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) DHCP
1 8 (5.48%) DNS
1 8 (5.48%) Firewall
1 8 (5.48%) TCP/IP
1 8 (5.48%) VLAN
2 2 (1.37%) Intranet
2 2 (1.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (45.21%) Power BI
2 17 (11.64%) Power Query
3 16 (10.96%) SQL Server
4 9 (6.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (3.42%) Big Data
5 5 (3.42%) Tableau
6 4 (2.74%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.05%) MySQL
7 3 (2.05%) PowerPivot
8 2 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Git
2 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 63 (43.15%) Social Skills
2 39 (26.71%) Finance
3 34 (23.29%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.59%) Front Office
4 14 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.90%) Legal
6 11 (7.53%) Retail
7 9 (6.16%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (5.48%) Marketing
9 7 (4.79%) Law
9 7 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.74%) Banking
10 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 44 (30.14%) Analyst
2 28 (19.18%) Senior
3 26 (17.81%) Developer
4 22 (15.07%) Data Analyst
5 17 (11.64%) Consultant
6 14 (9.59%) Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.59%) Project Manager
6 14 (9.59%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.59%) Senior Manager
6 14 (9.59%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (8.22%) Financial Analyst
7 12 (8.22%) RAD Developer
8 11 (7.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 11 (7.53%) IT Support
8 11 (7.53%) Power BI Analyst
9 9 (6.16%) Senior Consultant
9 9 (6.16%) Support Technician
10 8 (5.48%) IT Support Technician
10 8 (5.48%) IT Technician
10 8 (5.48%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.90%) CSS
1 13 (8.90%) HTML
2 9 (6.16%) .NET
3 7 (4.79%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.79%) ASP.NET
4 5 (3.42%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (2.74%) JSON
6 3 (2.05%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.37%) DOM
7 2 (1.37%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.37%) NumPy
7 2 (1.37%) Pandas
7 2 (1.37%) PySpark
7 2 (1.37%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.37%) XML
8 1 (0.68%) ADO
8 1 (0.68%) COM
8 1 (0.68%) REST
8 1 (0.68%) SOAP
8 1 (0.68%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.96%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (10.27%) Fixed Income
2 15 (10.27%) Low-Code
3 14 (9.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (9.59%) Legacy Applications
4 12 (8.22%) Hedge funds
4 12 (8.22%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.79%) Pricing Data
6 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.74%) Derivative
8 3 (2.05%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.05%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.05%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (2.05%) Social Media
8 3 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.37%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.37%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.68%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.38%) Windows
2 20 (13.70%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.53%) Linux
4 6 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (33.56%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (25.34%) Agile
3 31 (21.23%) Visualisation
4 30 (20.55%) Data Analysis
5 29 (19.86%) Mentoring
6 28 (19.18%) Decision-Making
7 27 (18.49%) Project Management
8 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (15.75%) Analytics
10 20 (13.70%) ERP
10 20 (13.70%) Project Delivery
11 19 (13.01%) Data Science
11 19 (13.01%) Data Visualisation
12 18 (12.33%) Coaching
13 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (10.96%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (10.96%) Process Improvement
15 14 (9.59%) Conflict Resolution
15 14 (9.59%) ETL
15 14 (9.59%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (52.74%) SQL
2 56 (38.36%) Python
3 29 (19.86%) C#
4 16 (10.96%) VBScript
5 12 (8.22%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.85%) Java
6 10 (6.85%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.79%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.11%) VB
9 5 (3.42%) Bash
9 5 (3.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.42%) PHP
9 5 (3.42%) Rust
10 3 (2.05%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.37%) C++
11 2 (1.37%) R
12 1 (0.68%) VC++
Qualifications
1 25 (17.12%) Degree
2 13 (8.90%) Master's Degree
3 12 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.22%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.16%) ACCA
4 9 (6.16%) CIMA
5 7 (4.79%) APMP
5 7 (4.79%) MBA
6 5 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.37%) HND
7 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.37%) PMP
7 2 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.42%) SLA
4 4 (2.74%) QA
5 3 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.05%) GDPR
6 1 (0.68%) EMIR
System Software
1 15 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.48%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.42%) Docker
3 5 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (3.42%) Ansible
1 5 (3.42%) Grafana
1 5 (3.42%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.42%) Prometheus
1 5 (3.42%) SCCM
1 5 (3.42%) Terraform
2 2 (1.37%) MOM
Vendors
1 58 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.96%) SAP
3 8 (5.48%) Adobe
4 7 (4.79%) iManage
5 6 (4.11%) Oracle
6 5 (3.42%) Databricks
6 5 (3.42%) IBM
6 5 (3.42%) Snow
6 5 (3.42%) Splunk
6 5 (3.42%) VMware
7 4 (2.74%) SYSPRO
8 2 (1.37%) Cisco
8 2 (1.37%) Cognos
8 2 (1.37%) Infor
8 2 (1.37%) Meraki
9 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.68%) Litera
9 1 (0.68%) Pega