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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 693 545 518
Rank change year-on-year -148 -27 +91
Permanent jobs citing VBA 118 135 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 1.05% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 92 81 93
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.50% -18.57% -
75th Percentile £83,125 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -4.26%

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 18,657 12,849 23,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.88% 26.05% 30.94%
Number of salaries quoted 13,194 8,261 14,329
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for VBA in the UK

VBA
Top 13 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 28 September 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 -132 116 £57,500 +34.50% 216
London -20 64 £77,500 +19.23% 113
UK excluding London -173 52 £45,000 +5.88% 111
Work from Home -68 39 £57,500 +35.29% 77
Midlands -36 16 £31,000 - 24
East Midlands -26 12 £31,000 - 6
South West -97 12 £52,500 +13.21% 11
North of England -67 10 £45,000 +83.67% 28
South East -68 9 £57,500 +6.98% 30
Yorkshire - 6 £36,500 - 9
East of England -37 5 £45,000 +63.64% 3
West Midlands -36 4 - - 18
North West -46 4 £45,000 +83.67% 15

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 22 (18.64%) SharePoint
2 13 (11.02%) IIS
3 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (4.24%) Apache Spark
5 3 (2.54%) SAS
6 2 (1.69%) CMS
6 2 (1.69%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.85%) Appian
7 1 (0.85%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.85%) MTS
Applications
1 84 (71.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (19.49%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (9.32%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.54%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.69%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.69%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.85%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.85%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.14%) Power Platform
2 34 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (18.64%) PowerApps
4 19 (16.10%) Azure
5 18 (15.25%) Power Automate
6 8 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (5.93%) AWS
8 3 (2.54%) Azure AI
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.85%) NetDocuments
10 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.86%) TCP/IP
2 12 (10.17%) DHCP
2 12 (10.17%) DNS
2 12 (10.17%) Firewall
2 12 (10.17%) VLAN
3 2 (1.69%) Intranet
3 2 (1.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (33.05%) Power BI
2 30 (25.42%) SQL Server
3 15 (12.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (7.63%) Power Query
5 6 (5.08%) Big Data
5 6 (5.08%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.54%) MySQL
6 3 (2.54%) PowerPivot
7 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.69%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (11.02%) Git
2 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 59 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.81%) Finance
3 17 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.17%) Front Office
5 10 (8.47%) Legal
6 9 (7.63%) Law
6 9 (7.63%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.78%) Banking
7 8 (6.78%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.93%) Marketing
9 6 (5.08%) Retail
10 5 (4.24%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.85%) Back Office
12 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 45 (38.14%) Developer
2 32 (27.12%) Analyst
3 20 (16.95%) Data Analyst
4 15 (12.71%) IT Support
5 12 (10.17%) IT Support Technician
5 12 (10.17%) IT Technician
5 12 (10.17%) Support Technician
6 11 (9.32%) RAD Developer
7 10 (8.47%) Junior
8 9 (7.63%) Software Developer
9 8 (6.78%) Senior
10 7 (5.93%) Applications Developer
10 7 (5.93%) Consultant
10 7 (5.93%) Junior Developer
11 6 (5.08%) Data Analytics Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Marketing Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Marketing Analytics Data Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Marketing Data Analyst
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (16.10%) CSS
1 19 (16.10%) HTML
2 18 (15.25%) .NET
3 13 (11.02%) ASP.NET
4 12 (10.17%) .NET Framework
5 10 (8.47%) .NET Core
6 8 (6.78%) REST
7 7 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (5.93%) Terraform
8 6 (5.08%) Entity Framework
8 6 (5.08%) JSON
9 5 (4.24%) Blazor
10 4 (3.39%) XML
11 3 (2.54%) Classic ASP
11 3 (2.54%) HTML5
11 3 (2.54%) RESTful
12 2 (1.69%) HTML5 Canvas
12 2 (1.69%) Matplotlib
12 2 (1.69%) NumPy
12 2 (1.69%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.25%) Management Information System
2 17 (14.41%) Fixed Income
3 11 (9.32%) Onboarding
4 10 (8.47%) Hedge funds
5 7 (5.93%) Derivative
6 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (5.08%) Low-Code
7 5 (4.24%) Credit Risk
7 5 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (3.39%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.54%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.54%) Equities
9 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.54%) Social Media
9 3 (2.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.69%) Pricing Data
11 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.88%) Windows
2 24 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.78%) Linux
4 6 (5.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (23.73%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (17.80%) Collaborative Working
4 21 (17.80%) Mentoring
5 18 (15.25%) Process Improvement
6 17 (14.41%) Analytics
6 17 (14.41%) Decision-Making
7 15 (12.71%) Data Analysis
7 15 (12.71%) DevOps
7 15 (12.71%) Requirements Gathering
8 14 (11.86%) AI
9 13 (11.02%) Agile
10 12 (10.17%) Data Science
11 11 (9.32%) RAD
11 11 (9.32%) Service Delivery
12 10 (8.47%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.47%) Workflow
13 9 (7.63%) Risk Management
13 9 (7.63%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 73 (61.86%) SQL
2 36 (30.51%) C#
2 36 (30.51%) Python
3 16 (13.56%) JavaScript
4 11 (9.32%) PowerShell
4 11 (9.32%) VBScript
5 10 (8.47%) Java
6 8 (6.78%) T-SQL
7 7 (5.93%) Bash
7 7 (5.93%) Rust
8 6 (5.08%) R
9 5 (4.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (4.24%) VB.NET
10 3 (2.54%) PHP
10 3 (2.54%) VB
11 2 (1.69%) Delphi
12 1 (0.85%) C++
12 1 (0.85%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 20 (16.95%) Degree
2 7 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (5.93%) SC Cleared
2 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) Data Quality
1 9 (7.63%) SLA
2 7 (5.93%) QA
3 6 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 19 (16.10%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.17%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.93%) Docker
4 6 (5.08%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Ansible
1 7 (5.93%) Grafana
1 7 (5.93%) Kubernetes
1 7 (5.93%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 56 (47.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.93%) iManage
2 7 (5.93%) Splunk
3 5 (4.24%) Databricks
4 3 (2.54%) Adobe
5 2 (1.69%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco
5 2 (1.69%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.69%) Infor
5 2 (1.69%) Meraki
5 2 (1.69%) Oracle
6 1 (0.85%) Aderant
6 1 (0.85%) Foundry
6 1 (0.85%) Intapp
6 1 (0.85%) Litera
6 1 (0.85%) MarketAxess
6 1 (0.85%) SAP
6 1 (0.85%) Sybase
6 1 (0.85%) SYSPRO
6 1 (0.85%) Tradeweb