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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 576 639
Rank change year-on-year +28 +63 -42
Permanent jobs citing VBA 155 79 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.00% 0.57% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 116 59 181
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +15.79% -7.50%
75th Percentile £65,793 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £50,445 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.57% +12.10% +11.94%

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 15,542 13,865 32,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.47% 32.99% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,562 10,168 25,031
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 26 April 2026.

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 26 April 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 +13 149 £55,000 -4.35% 37
UK excluding London +2 114 £52,750 +4.57% 24
South East -1 45 £57,500 - 10
Work from Home +22 44 £63,076 +9.70% 27
London -19 37 £71,500 -4.67% 18
North of England -37 29 £50,000 +4.17% 2
Midlands -22 25 £42,500 +13.33% 3
West Midlands -11 20 £50,000 +11.11% 2
North West -17 14 £45,000 -6.25% 2
Yorkshire - 12 £63,076 -
East of England -28 9 £52,500 +90.91% 1
South West -44 5 £55,000 - 7
East Midlands -56 5 £28,750 -20.69% 1
North East - 3 £63,076 -
Scotland -26 1 - - 1

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 21 (13.55%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.52%) IIS
3 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.29%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.65%) Appian
5 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 105 (67.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (15.48%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.94%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.65%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 92 (59.35%) Power Platform
2 43 (27.74%) PowerApps
3 27 (17.42%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (11.61%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.29%) AWS
5 2 (1.29%) Azure
5 2 (1.29%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) DHCP
1 1 (0.65%) DNS
1 1 (0.65%) Firewall
1 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (50.32%) Power BI
2 19 (12.26%) Power Query
3 16 (10.32%) SQL Server
4 9 (5.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (5.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.87%) PowerPivot
6 6 (3.87%) Tableau
7 5 (3.23%) Pentaho
8 4 (2.58%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (1.94%) MySQL
10 2 (1.29%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.65%) Big Data
11 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.29%) PowerBuilder
General
1 66 (42.58%) Social Skills
2 45 (29.03%) Finance
3 41 (26.45%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.90%) Retail
5 14 (9.03%) Legal
5 14 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.74%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (6.45%) Front Office
8 9 (5.81%) Banking
8 9 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.52%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.23%) Marketing
12 3 (1.94%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.94%) Law
13 1 (0.65%) Automotive
13 1 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (39.35%) Analyst
2 35 (22.58%) Senior
3 27 (17.42%) Data Analyst
3 27 (17.42%) Developer
4 19 (12.26%) Consultant
5 16 (10.32%) Financial Analyst
6 14 (9.03%) Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.03%) Project Manager
6 14 (9.03%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 14 (9.03%) Senior Manager
6 14 (9.03%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (7.10%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (6.45%) Principal Consultant
9 9 (5.81%) Software Developer
10 8 (5.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (5.16%) Power BI Analyst
10 8 (5.16%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (5.16%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (3.87%) RAD Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.68%) .NET
2 10 (6.45%) CSS
2 10 (6.45%) HTML
3 7 (4.52%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.52%) ASP.NET
4 6 (3.87%) XML
5 4 (2.58%) JSON
6 3 (1.94%) Entity Framework
6 3 (1.94%) XSLT
7 2 (1.29%) DOM
7 2 (1.29%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.29%) NumPy
7 2 (1.29%) Pandas
7 2 (1.29%) Seaborn
7 2 (1.29%) Web Services
8 1 (0.65%) REST
8 1 (0.65%) RESTful
8 1 (0.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.68%) Low-Code
2 14 (9.03%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (9.03%) Legacy Applications
2 14 (9.03%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.52%) Fixed Income
3 7 (4.52%) Pricing Data
4 6 (3.87%) Hedge funds
4 6 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.87%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.94%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.94%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.94%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (1.94%) SCADA
5 3 (1.94%) Social Media
5 3 (1.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.29%) CCTV
6 2 (1.29%) Derivative
6 2 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.10%) Windows
2 10 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.87%) Linux
4 5 (3.23%) Unix
5 3 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 44 (28.39%) Agile
3 42 (27.10%) Decision-Making
4 41 (26.45%) Data Analysis
5 34 (21.94%) Visualisation
6 32 (20.65%) Project Management
7 25 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (15.48%) ERP
8 24 (15.48%) ETL
8 24 (15.48%) Mentoring
9 18 (11.61%) Coaching
9 18 (11.61%) Data Science
10 17 (10.97%) Project Delivery
11 16 (10.32%) Data Visualisation
11 16 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (9.03%) Analytics
12 14 (9.03%) Conflict Resolution
12 14 (9.03%) Digital Strategy
12 14 (9.03%) Financial Analysis
12 14 (9.03%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (51.61%) SQL
2 68 (43.87%) Python
3 24 (15.48%) C#
4 13 (8.39%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.39%) VBScript
5 11 (7.10%) Java
6 9 (5.81%) VB
7 8 (5.16%) PHP
7 8 (5.16%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.87%) C++
8 6 (3.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (3.87%) T-SQL
9 5 (3.23%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.94%) VC++
11 2 (1.29%) C
11 2 (1.29%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (22.58%) Degree
2 18 (11.61%) Master's Degree
3 17 (10.97%) ACCA
3 17 (10.97%) CIMA
4 16 (10.32%) SC Cleared
4 16 (10.32%) Security Cleared
5 10 (6.45%) APMP
5 10 (6.45%) MBA
6 4 (2.58%) HND
7 3 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.94%) PMP
8 2 (1.29%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.65%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (1.94%) EMIR
2 3 (1.94%) GDPR
2 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.65%) IFRS
3 1 (0.65%) IFRS 17
3 1 (0.65%) QA
3 1 (0.65%) Solvency II
System Software
1 5 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (3.23%) SCCM
2 2 (1.29%) MOM
3 1 (0.65%) Control-M
3 1 (0.65%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 54 (34.84%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.48%) SAP
3 11 (7.10%) Oracle
4 8 (5.16%) Adobe
5 6 (3.87%) Blue Prism
5 6 (3.87%) Pega
6 5 (3.23%) IBM
6 5 (3.23%) Informatica
6 5 (3.23%) Snow
6 5 (3.23%) Talend
6 5 (3.23%) VMware
7 4 (2.58%) SYSPRO
8 3 (1.94%) iManage
9 2 (1.29%) Citrix
9 2 (1.29%) Cognos
10 1 (0.65%) Murex
10 1 (0.65%) Symantec