Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VBA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VBA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 636 611
Rank change year-on-year +29 -25 -37
Permanent jobs citing VBA 77 253 421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.26% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.76% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 57 182 229
10th Percentile £38,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -7.50% +3.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,125 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,445 £45,000 £40,951
% change year-on-year +12.10% +9.89% +2.38%

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 15,664 33,221 45,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 33.78% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,561 25,021 28,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VBA.

Salary trend for VBA in the UK

VBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 April 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 +31 69 £57,500 +21.05% 297
UK excluding London +88 39 £50,445 +12.10% 173
London +52 37 £75,000 +11.11% 139
Work from Home +121 31 £57,500 +21.05% 62
South East +91 10 £57,500 +27.78% 28
Scotland +124 7 £50,445 -13.24% 10
North of England +54 6 £48,000 +20.00% 42
North West +30 6 £48,000 +1.05% 22
South West +93 5 £55,000 +44.74% 21
Midlands +49 5 £40,000 -3.60% 35
East of England +34 5 £27,500 -38.89% 35
East Midlands +41 3 £37,500 -9.62% 13
West Midlands +47 2 £45,000 +5.88% 19
Wales +35 1 £24,205 -19.32% 5

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 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.19%) IIS
2 4 (5.19%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.60%) SAS
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.30%) MTS
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 56 (72.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (9.09%) MS Visio
4 4 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.60%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.30%) Stata
Business Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.30%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.30%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 19 (24.68%) Power Platform
2 11 (14.29%) Azure
3 10 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (11.69%) Power Automate
5 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (6.49%) PowerApps
7 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.90%) AWS
8 3 (3.90%) GitHub
9 2 (2.60%) dbt
9 2 (2.60%) SaaS
10 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) DMARC
1 4 (5.19%) SSL
2 1 (1.30%) Firewall
2 1 (1.30%) Network Security
2 1 (1.30%) SpaceWire
2 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (24.68%) Power BI
2 10 (12.99%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.79%) Tableau
4 5 (6.49%) MS Access
4 5 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (5.19%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (3.90%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (2.60%) BigQuery
7 2 (2.60%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.60%) Data Mining
7 2 (2.60%) MySQL
7 2 (2.60%) Power Query
8 1 (1.30%) FileMaker
8 1 (1.30%) Hadoop
8 1 (1.30%) HBase
8 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.30%) QlikView
8 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Subversion
3 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 43 (55.84%) Social Skills
2 33 (42.86%) Finance
3 30 (38.96%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.99%) Banking
5 8 (10.39%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (9.09%) Marketing
7 6 (7.79%) Legal
7 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
7 6 (7.79%) Retail
8 4 (5.19%) Czech Language
8 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.60%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.60%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.30%) Front Office
11 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (31.17%) Analyst
2 19 (24.68%) Developer
3 12 (15.58%) Senior
4 9 (11.69%) Data Analyst
4 9 (11.69%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Administrator
5 5 (6.49%) IT Administrator
5 5 (6.49%) IT Support
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Software Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) VBA Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Consultant
6 4 (5.19%) Data Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
7 3 (3.90%) Data Insight Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Forecast Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Insight Data Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Lead
7 3 (3.90%) SQL Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) .NET
1 6 (7.79%) HTML
2 5 (6.49%) REST
2 5 (6.49%) XML
3 4 (5.19%) JSON
3 4 (5.19%) React
3 4 (5.19%) SOAP
4 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.30%) CSS
4 1 (1.30%) jQuery
4 1 (1.30%) Pandas
4 1 (1.30%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.39%) Management Information System
1 8 (10.39%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.90%) Fixed Income
3 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.90%) Wiki
4 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.60%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.60%) Replication
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.30%) Derivative
5 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.30%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.30%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Windows
2 7 (9.09%) Linux
3 5 (6.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (24.68%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (23.38%) Agile
4 16 (20.78%) Project Management
5 15 (19.48%) Workflow
6 14 (18.18%) Data Analysis
7 13 (16.88%) Analytics
8 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (11.69%) ERP
11 8 (10.39%) Mathematics
11 8 (10.39%) Mentoring
12 7 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (9.09%) CRM
12 7 (9.09%) Data Science
12 7 (9.09%) Financial Modelling
12 7 (9.09%) Software Engineering
13 6 (7.79%) Artificial Intelligence
13 6 (7.79%) B2B
13 6 (7.79%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 43 (55.84%) SQL
2 34 (44.16%) Python
3 16 (20.78%) Java
4 11 (14.29%) C#
5 6 (7.79%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.79%) PowerShell
5 6 (7.79%) R
6 4 (5.19%) VB
7 2 (2.60%) C++
7 2 (2.60%) Julia
8 1 (1.30%) Bash
8 1 (1.30%) C
8 1 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.30%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.30%) Perl
8 1 (1.30%) PHP
8 1 (1.30%) Tcl
8 1 (1.30%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.30%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (10.39%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) PMP
5 2 (2.60%) CFA
5 2 (2.60%) CISM
5 2 (2.60%) CISSP
6 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.30%) CCSP
6 1 (1.30%) CEH
6 1 (1.30%) CISA
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.30%) FFIEC
6 1 (1.30%) GIAC
6 1 (1.30%) MBA
6 1 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.30%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.60%) NIST
3 1 (1.30%) COBIT
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) GRC
3 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.19%) Docker
3 1 (1.30%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (3.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.88%) Oracle
3 6 (7.79%) Infor
3 6 (7.79%) Sun
4 5 (6.49%) Google
5 4 (5.19%) Blue Prism
5 4 (5.19%) UiPath
6 2 (2.60%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.60%) Anaplan
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.60%) SAP
7 1 (1.30%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.30%) Databricks
7 1 (1.30%) EMC
7 1 (1.30%) Sybase
7 1 (1.30%) Temenos