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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 484 580
Rank change year-on-year -34 +96 +7
Permanent jobs citing VBA 145 283 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.42% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 1.32% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 95 85 102
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +8.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +25.00%

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 11,991 21,477 21,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.64% 31.60% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,576 12,741 17,735
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £108,750 £105,000
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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -28 124 £45,000 -18.18% 116
UK excluding London +23 92 £45,000 -5.26% 67
Work from Home +42 58 £45,000 -30.77% 55
South East +46 39 £52,500 -12.50% 31
London -25 36 £65,000 - 61
North of England -1 22 £40,000 +50.94% 17
North West +24 17 £34,500 -37.27% 10
Midlands +46 10 £50,000 - 6
South West +9 10 £42,750 +14.00% 2
West Midlands +37 8 £50,000 - 6
East of England +28 7 £26,000 - 13
East Midlands +16 5 £45,750 -6.15%
Yorkshire -1 5 £45,000 +28.57% 5
Scotland -8 3 £52,500 - 2
Wales +7 1 £52,500 -

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 23 (15.86%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.76%) SAS
4 2 (1.38%) IIS
4 2 (1.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 83 (57.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (9.66%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (6.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.07%) Stata
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.69%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (11.72%) NetSuite
2 7 (4.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.45%) PlanetPress Connect
4 4 (2.76%) Sage 1000
5 2 (1.38%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.69%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 56 (38.62%) Power Platform
2 29 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (15.86%) Azure
4 18 (12.41%) PowerApps
5 15 (10.34%) Power Automate
6 7 (4.83%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) Firewall
2 3 (2.07%) SMTP
3 2 (1.38%) DMARC
3 2 (1.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.69%) DHCP
4 1 (0.69%) DNS
4 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (37.93%) Power BI
2 25 (17.24%) SQL Server
3 16 (11.03%) Power Query
4 11 (7.59%) MS Access
4 11 (7.59%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (5.52%) Tableau
6 6 (4.14%) PowerPivot
6 6 (4.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.76%) Data Mining
9 3 (2.07%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.38%) Looker
10 2 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.69%) GIS
11 1 (0.69%) KNIME
11 1 (0.69%) MySQL
11 1 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.69%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (4.14%) PowerBuilder
2 2 (1.38%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) JIRA
3 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 70 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 50 (34.48%) Finance
3 41 (28.28%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (17.24%) Retail
5 19 (13.10%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (8.97%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (8.97%) Manufacturing
7 12 (8.28%) Legal
8 10 (6.90%) Banking
9 8 (5.52%) Automotive
10 6 (4.14%) Front Office
11 5 (3.45%) Financial Institution
11 5 (3.45%) Marketing
12 4 (2.76%) Social Housing
12 4 (2.76%) Swedish Language
13 3 (2.07%) Back Office
13 3 (2.07%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.38%) Czech Language
14 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 51 (35.17%) Analyst
2 21 (14.48%) IT Support
3 19 (13.10%) Developer
4 18 (12.41%) Senior
5 17 (11.72%) Data Analyst
6 14 (9.66%) Consultant
7 13 (8.97%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (8.28%) Accountant
9 11 (7.59%) Operations Analyst
9 11 (7.59%) Systems Accountant
10 10 (6.90%) Support Analyst
11 9 (6.21%) Senior Operations Analyst
12 6 (4.14%) Applications Support
12 6 (4.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 6 (4.14%) Financial Analyst
12 6 (4.14%) PowerBuilder Developer
13 5 (3.45%) Applications Specialist
13 5 (3.45%) Applications Support Specialist
13 5 (3.45%) Support Assistant
13 5 (3.45%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.59%) .NET
2 10 (6.90%) XML
3 6 (4.14%) Web Services
4 5 (3.45%) FreeMarker
5 4 (2.76%) ASP.NET
5 4 (2.76%) CSS
5 4 (2.76%) HTML
6 3 (2.07%) Altair
7 2 (1.38%) JSON
7 2 (1.38%) REST
7 2 (1.38%) SOAP
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.28%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.52%) Mobile App
3 7 (4.83%) Data Structures
4 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.45%) FMCG
5 5 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.76%) Equities
6 4 (2.76%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.76%) SCADA
7 3 (2.07%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.07%) Derivative
8 2 (1.38%) CCTV
8 2 (1.38%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.38%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.38%) IoT
8 2 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.38%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.55%) Windows
2 15 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.45%) Linux
4 2 (1.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.41%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (31.72%) Data Analysis
3 45 (31.03%) Business Intelligence
4 36 (24.83%) Decision-Making
5 27 (18.62%) ERP
6 26 (17.93%) Collaborative Working
7 24 (16.55%) Agile
8 22 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (13.79%) Process Improvement
9 20 (13.79%) Visualisation
10 18 (12.41%) Analytics
11 17 (11.72%) Planning and Forecasting
11 17 (11.72%) Project Management
12 16 (11.03%) Data Science
13 15 (10.34%) Data Analytics
14 13 (8.97%) Data Management
14 13 (8.97%) Data Visualisation
15 12 (8.28%) Test Automation
16 11 (7.59%) Mathematics
16 11 (7.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 83 (57.24%) SQL
2 34 (23.45%) Python
3 18 (12.41%) C#
3 18 (12.41%) JavaScript
4 11 (7.59%) PL/SQL
5 10 (6.90%) PowerShell
5 10 (6.90%) VB.NET
6 8 (5.52%) R
7 7 (4.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (4.83%) VB
8 5 (3.45%) Java
8 5 (3.45%) PHP
8 5 (3.45%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.76%) C++
10 3 (2.07%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.38%) C
11 2 (1.38%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.69%) Julia
12 1 (0.69%) Perl
12 1 (0.69%) VC++
Qualifications
1 38 (26.21%) Degree
2 17 (11.72%) ACCA
2 17 (11.72%) CIMA
2 17 (11.72%) Master's Degree
3 12 (8.28%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.28%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.45%) APMP
4 5 (3.45%) MBA
5 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.76%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.07%) CFA
6 3 (2.07%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.38%) HND
7 2 (1.38%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.38%) PMP
8 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.69%) HNC
8 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.45%) QA
3 3 (2.07%) IFRS
3 3 (2.07%) IFRS 17
3 3 (2.07%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.38%) GAAP
4 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.69%) EMIR
5 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.07%) Control-M
3 2 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 54 (37.24%) Microsoft
2 31 (21.38%) Oracle
3 24 (16.55%) SAP
4 10 (6.90%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (6.90%) Workday
5 8 (5.52%) Blue Prism
5 8 (5.52%) Pega
6 5 (3.45%) Bloomberg
6 5 (3.45%) Citrix
6 5 (3.45%) VMware
7 4 (2.76%) Facebook
7 4 (2.76%) Logitech
7 4 (2.76%) Sage
7 4 (2.76%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.07%) Calypso
9 2 (1.38%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.69%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.69%) Cognos
10 1 (0.69%) Reuters
10 1 (0.69%) Symantec