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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 486 583
Rank change year-on-year -8 +97 +4
Permanent jobs citing VBA 138 267 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.19% 1.25% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 89 79 105
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.78% +12.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £82,500 £85,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year - +5.82% +22.73%

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 11,594 21,384 20,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.43% 32.67% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,390 12,837 17,206
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
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 £107,500 £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 30 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 30 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 -17 117 £50,000 -6.98% 54
UK excluding London +18 86 £50,000 - 48
Work from Home +61 50 £52,500 -22.22% 18
South East +61 39 £52,500 -12.50% 25
London -4 35 £65,000 - 16
North of England +10 17 £45,000 +69.81% 6
North West +21 12 £34,750 -33.81% 2
Midlands +40 10 £50,000 +5.26% 5
South West +7 10 £42,750 +14.00% 3
West Midlands +49 8 £50,000 - 2
East of England +38 6 £26,000 - 11
East Midlands +20 5 £45,750 +1.67% 3
Yorkshire +7 5 £45,000 - 4
Scotland +1 3 £52,500 - 2
Wales +9 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 20 (14.49%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.62%) SAS
Applications
1 81 (58.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.17%) Stata
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.72%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (12.32%) NetSuite
2 8 (5.80%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.62%) PlanetPress Connect
4 2 (1.45%) Infor M3
4 2 (1.45%) Sage 1000
5 1 (0.72%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 55 (39.86%) Power Platform
2 22 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.87%) Azure
3 15 (10.87%) PowerApps
4 11 (7.97%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.62%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.72%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.62%) Firewall
2 3 (2.17%) SMTP
3 1 (0.72%) DHCP
3 1 (0.72%) DNS
3 1 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (39.13%) Power BI
2 22 (15.94%) SQL Server
3 15 (10.87%) Power Query
4 11 (7.97%) MS Access
4 11 (7.97%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (5.80%) PowerPivot
6 6 (4.35%) Tableau
7 5 (3.62%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.62%) Data Mining
7 5 (3.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (2.17%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.72%) GIS
10 1 (0.72%) KNIME
10 1 (0.72%) MySQL
10 1 (0.72%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (5.07%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.72%) Git
2 1 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 63 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 52 (37.68%) Finance
3 39 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (18.12%) Retail
5 14 (10.14%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.42%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (8.70%) Legal
8 10 (7.25%) Banking
8 10 (7.25%) Manufacturing
9 6 (4.35%) Automotive
9 6 (4.35%) Front Office
10 5 (3.62%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.90%) Marketing
12 3 (2.17%) Back Office
12 3 (2.17%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.45%) Social Housing
13 2 (1.45%) Swedish Language
14 1 (0.72%) Billing
14 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (35.51%) Analyst
2 19 (13.77%) Data Analyst
2 19 (13.77%) Developer
3 18 (13.04%) Senior
4 15 (10.87%) IT Support
5 14 (10.14%) Consultant
6 13 (9.42%) Senior Analyst
7 12 (8.70%) Accountant
8 11 (7.97%) Systems Accountant
9 10 (7.25%) Operations Analyst
10 9 (6.52%) Financial Analyst
11 8 (5.80%) Senior Operations Analyst
11 8 (5.80%) Support Analyst
12 7 (5.07%) PowerBuilder Developer
13 6 (4.35%) Applications Support
14 5 (3.62%) Applications Specialist
14 5 (3.62%) Principal Consultant
14 5 (3.62%) Support Assistant
14 5 (3.62%) Support Specialist
14 5 (3.62%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.97%) .NET
2 9 (6.52%) XML
3 7 (5.07%) Web Services
4 5 (3.62%) FreeMarker
5 3 (2.17%) Altair
6 2 (1.45%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.45%) CSS
6 2 (1.45%) HTML
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.80%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.62%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.62%) FMCG
4 5 (3.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.90%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.90%) Equities
5 4 (2.90%) SCADA
6 3 (2.17%) Derivative
6 3 (2.17%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.45%) CCTV
7 2 (1.45%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.45%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.45%) IoT
7 2 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.72%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.04%) Windows
2 13 (9.42%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.61%) Data Analysis
2 43 (31.16%) Business Intelligence
3 40 (28.99%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (25.36%) Decision-Making
5 27 (19.57%) ERP
6 25 (18.12%) Collaborative Working
7 22 (15.94%) Agile
8 20 (14.49%) Visualisation
9 19 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (12.32%) Planning and Forecasting
10 17 (12.32%) Process Improvement
11 15 (10.87%) Project Management
12 14 (10.14%) Analytics
12 14 (10.14%) Data Science
13 13 (9.42%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 12 (8.70%) Budgeting
14 12 (8.70%) Data Analytics
14 12 (8.70%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (8.70%) Financial Analysis
14 12 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 79 (57.25%) SQL
2 33 (23.91%) Python
3 17 (12.32%) C#
4 14 (10.14%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.70%) PL/SQL
6 9 (6.52%) VB.NET
7 8 (5.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (5.80%) PowerShell
8 6 (4.35%) R
9 5 (3.62%) PHP
9 5 (3.62%) VB
10 4 (2.90%) C++
11 3 (2.17%) Java
11 3 (2.17%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.17%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.45%) C
12 2 (1.45%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.72%) Perl
13 1 (0.72%) VC++
Qualifications
1 39 (28.26%) Degree
2 20 (14.49%) ACCA
2 20 (14.49%) CIMA
3 16 (11.59%) Master's Degree
4 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.97%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.62%) APMP
5 5 (3.62%) MBA
6 4 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.17%) CFA
8 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.45%) HND
8 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.45%) PMP
9 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.72%) HNC
9 1 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.62%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.62%) QA
3 2 (1.45%) IFRS
3 2 (1.45%) IFRS 17
3 2 (1.45%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.72%) EMIR
4 1 (0.72%) GAAP
4 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.62%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.72%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.90%) Control-M
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.72%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 49 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.01%) Oracle
3 25 (18.12%) SAP
4 10 (7.25%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (7.25%) Workday
5 8 (5.80%) Blue Prism
5 8 (5.80%) Pega
6 5 (3.62%) Bloomberg
6 5 (3.62%) Citrix
6 5 (3.62%) VMware
7 4 (2.90%) Facebook
8 3 (2.17%) Calypso
9 2 (1.45%) Logitech
9 2 (1.45%) Sage
9 2 (1.45%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.72%) Cognos
10 1 (0.72%) Murex
10 1 (0.72%) Reuters
10 1 (0.72%) Symantec