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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 576 552
Rank change year-on-year -45 -24 +67
Permanent jobs citing VBA 131 119 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.24% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.73% 0.83% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 102 74 168
10th Percentile £29,150 £26,000 £28,950
25th Percentile £36,325 £36,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.01% +0.89% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £78,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -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 17,870 14,359 28,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.78% 29.25% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12,751 9,529 20,688
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -60 130 £56,000 +1.82% 40
UK excluding London -82 76 £45,000 +5.88% 25
London -9 54 £90,000 +16.13% 17
Work from Home -49 44 £57,500 +13.99% 17
South East -17 22 £60,000 +9.09% 8
Midlands -17 19 £31,000 -31.11% 8
North of England -33 15 £45,000 +83.67% 6
East Midlands - 15 £31,000 - 1
South West -75 11 £52,500 -0.47% 3
North West -6 10 £45,000 +83.67% 2
East of England -18 9 £45,000 +63.64%
Yorkshire - 5 £28,000 - 2
West Midlands -31 4 - - 7

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 (16.79%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.63%) IIS
3 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.82%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.53%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.53%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.76%) Appian
Applications
1 106 (80.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (19.08%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (15.27%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.29%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.53%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.53%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.53%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (46.56%) Power Platform
2 41 (31.30%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (19.08%) PowerApps
4 13 (9.92%) Power Automate
5 10 (7.63%) Azure
6 7 (5.34%) AWS
7 3 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.69%) TCP/IP
2 12 (9.16%) DHCP
2 12 (9.16%) DNS
2 12 (9.16%) Firewall
2 12 (9.16%) VLAN
3 2 (1.53%) Intranet
3 2 (1.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (42.75%) Power BI
2 20 (15.27%) SQL Server
3 17 (12.98%) Power Query
4 11 (8.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (4.58%) Big Data
5 6 (4.58%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.82%) Tableau
7 4 (3.05%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (2.29%) MySQL
8 3 (2.29%) PowerPivot
9 2 (1.53%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Git
2 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 68 (51.91%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.72%) Finance
3 20 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.45%) Retail
5 14 (10.69%) Front Office
6 12 (9.16%) Legal
7 10 (7.63%) Marketing
8 9 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (6.11%) Banking
10 7 (5.34%) Law
11 6 (4.58%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.82%) Investment Banking
13 4 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 34 (25.95%) Developer
2 33 (25.19%) Analyst
3 18 (13.74%) Data Analyst
4 16 (12.21%) Consultant
5 15 (11.45%) IT Support
5 15 (11.45%) Senior
6 13 (9.92%) RAD Developer
6 13 (9.92%) Support Technician
7 12 (9.16%) IT Support Technician
7 12 (9.16%) IT Technician
8 10 (7.63%) Senior Consultant
9 9 (6.87%) Junior
10 7 (5.34%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Data Manager
11 6 (4.58%) Junior Developer
11 6 (4.58%) Marketing Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Marketing Analytics Data Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Marketing Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.92%) CSS
1 13 (9.92%) HTML
2 11 (8.40%) .NET
3 9 (6.87%) ASP.NET
4 7 (5.34%) .NET Framework
4 7 (5.34%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (3.05%) JSON
6 3 (2.29%) Entity Framework
6 3 (2.29%) REST
7 2 (1.53%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.53%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.53%) NumPy
7 2 (1.53%) Pandas
7 2 (1.53%) PySpark
7 2 (1.53%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.53%) XML
7 2 (1.53%) XSLT
8 1 (0.76%) COM
8 1 (0.76%) DOM
8 1 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.98%) Fixed Income
2 12 (9.16%) Hedge funds
2 12 (9.16%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.63%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.34%) Derivative
4 7 (5.34%) Pricing Data
5 5 (3.82%) Credit Risk
6 4 (3.05%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.05%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.29%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.29%) Social Media
7 3 (2.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.53%) Equities
8 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.32%) Windows
1 24 (18.32%) Windows Server
2 11 (8.40%) Linux
3 6 (4.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.77%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (19.08%) Data Analysis
4 23 (17.56%) Decision-Making
5 22 (16.79%) Agile
5 22 (16.79%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (16.03%) Mentoring
7 20 (15.27%) Data Science
8 18 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (12.98%) Analytics
10 16 (12.21%) Process Improvement
10 16 (12.21%) Requirements Gathering
10 16 (12.21%) Visualisation
11 15 (11.45%) ERP
12 13 (9.92%) RAD
13 11 (8.40%) Project Management
13 11 (8.40%) Time Management
14 10 (7.63%) Computer Science
14 10 (7.63%) Data Pipeline
14 10 (7.63%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 79 (60.31%) SQL
2 53 (40.46%) Python
3 33 (25.19%) C#
4 15 (11.45%) VBScript
5 13 (9.92%) Java
5 13 (9.92%) JavaScript
6 10 (7.63%) PowerShell
7 7 (5.34%) Bash
7 7 (5.34%) Rust
7 7 (5.34%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.58%) R
9 5 (3.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.82%) VB
10 3 (2.29%) PHP
10 3 (2.29%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.53%) C++
12 1 (0.76%) VC++
Qualifications
1 25 (19.08%) Degree
2 12 (9.16%) Master's Degree
2 12 (9.16%) SC Cleared
2 12 (9.16%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.82%) APMP
4 5 (3.82%) MBA
5 4 (3.05%) ACCA
5 4 (3.05%) CIMA
6 1 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.76%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) SLA
2 8 (6.11%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.58%) QA
4 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) EMIR
System Software
1 19 (14.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.16%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.34%) Docker
4 6 (4.58%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.34%) Ansible
1 7 (5.34%) Grafana
1 7 (5.34%) Kubernetes
1 7 (5.34%) Prometheus
1 7 (5.34%) Terraform
2 4 (3.05%) SCCM
3 1 (0.76%) MOM
Vendors
1 50 (38.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.63%) SAP
3 7 (5.34%) Adobe
3 7 (5.34%) iManage
3 7 (5.34%) Splunk
4 6 (4.58%) Oracle
5 5 (3.82%) Databricks
6 4 (3.05%) IBM
6 4 (3.05%) Snow
6 4 (3.05%) SYSPRO
6 4 (3.05%) VMware
7 2 (1.53%) Cisco
7 2 (1.53%) Infor
7 2 (1.53%) Meraki
8 1 (0.76%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.76%) Cognos
8 1 (0.76%) Litera
8 1 (0.76%) Pega