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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 699 537 473
Rank change year-on-year -162 -64 +131
Permanent jobs citing VBA 109 140 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.59% 1.11% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 87 85 86
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £38,375 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.50% -22.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £67,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £76,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,750 £46,250
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.57% -1.60%

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 18,453 12,598 22,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.61% 25.52% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,012 8,128 13,543
10th Percentile £39,781 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £45,994 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% -3.08%
75th Percentile £83,813 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -152 107 £57,500 +34.50% 323
London -25 62 £70,000 +7.69% 191
UK excluding London -171 45 £45,000 +5.26% 142
Work from Home -79 35 £57,500 +35.29% 103
Midlands -34 18 £31,000 - 35
East Midlands -18 13 £31,000 - 14
South West -89 11 £52,500 +5.00% 10
North of England -78 8 £45,000 +30.43% 26
Yorkshire -39 6 £36,500 -18.89% 8
South East -65 6 £57,500 +6.98% 38
West Midlands -47 5 £70,000 - 21
North West -38 2 £45,000 +83.67% 13
East of England -54 2 £45,000 +63.64% 9

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 (18.35%) SharePoint
2 11 (10.09%) IIS
3 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (4.59%) Apache Spark
5 3 (2.75%) SAS
6 2 (1.83%) CMS
6 2 (1.83%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.92%) MTS
7 1 (0.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 75 (68.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (20.18%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (6.42%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.83%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.83%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.83%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.92%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.92%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.92%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 44 (40.37%) Power Platform
2 31 (28.44%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (17.43%) Azure
3 19 (17.43%) PowerApps
4 16 (14.68%) Power Automate
5 8 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (6.42%) AWS
7 3 (2.75%) Azure AI
7 3 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.75%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.92%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.92%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.92%) NetDocuments
9 1 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.84%) TCP/IP
2 12 (11.01%) DHCP
2 12 (11.01%) DNS
2 12 (11.01%) Firewall
2 12 (11.01%) VLAN
3 2 (1.83%) Intranet
3 2 (1.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (34.86%) Power BI
2 28 (25.69%) SQL Server
3 13 (11.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (8.26%) Power Query
5 6 (5.50%) Big Data
6 5 (4.59%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.75%) PowerPivot
8 2 (1.83%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.83%) MySQL
8 2 (1.83%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 2 (1.83%) Tableau
9 1 (0.92%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 13 (11.93%) Git
2 2 (1.83%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.92%) JIRA
3 1 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 56 (51.38%) Social Skills
2 35 (32.11%) Finance
3 19 (17.43%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.26%) Front Office
4 9 (8.26%) Legal
5 8 (7.34%) Banking
5 8 (7.34%) Law
5 8 (7.34%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.50%) Marketing
7 5 (4.59%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.59%) Retail
8 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.92%) Automotive
9 1 (0.92%) Back Office
9 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (38.53%) Developer
2 27 (24.77%) Analyst
3 18 (16.51%) Data Analyst
4 14 (12.84%) IT Support
5 12 (11.01%) IT Support Technician
5 12 (11.01%) IT Technician
5 12 (11.01%) Support Technician
6 10 (9.17%) Junior
7 9 (8.26%) Software Developer
8 8 (7.34%) Consultant
8 8 (7.34%) RAD Developer
9 7 (6.42%) Applications Developer
9 7 (6.42%) Junior Developer
10 6 (5.50%) Business Developer
10 6 (5.50%) Senior
11 5 (4.59%) Data Analytics Analyst
11 5 (4.59%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
11 5 (4.59%) Marketing Analytics Data Analyst
11 5 (4.59%) Marketing Data Analyst
11 5 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.60%) CSS
1 17 (15.60%) HTML
2 15 (13.76%) .NET
3 11 (10.09%) ASP.NET
4 10 (9.17%) .NET Core
4 10 (9.17%) .NET Framework
5 8 (7.34%) REST
6 7 (6.42%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (6.42%) Terraform
7 5 (4.59%) Blazor
7 5 (4.59%) Entity Framework
7 5 (4.59%) JSON
7 5 (4.59%) XML
8 3 (2.75%) Classic ASP
8 3 (2.75%) HTML5
8 3 (2.75%) RESTful
9 2 (1.83%) Matplotlib
9 2 (1.83%) NumPy
9 2 (1.83%) WinForms
9 2 (1.83%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.68%) Management Information System
2 14 (12.84%) Fixed Income
3 11 (10.09%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.42%) Derivative
4 7 (6.42%) Hedge funds
5 6 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.59%) Credit Risk
6 5 (4.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (4.59%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.75%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.75%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.75%) Equities
7 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.83%) Social Media
9 1 (0.92%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (0.92%) Eurex
9 1 (0.92%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.94%) Windows
2 22 (20.18%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.34%) Linux
4 5 (4.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (38.53%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (26.61%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (21.10%) Mentoring
4 21 (19.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (18.35%) Collaborative Working
6 17 (15.60%) Decision-Making
7 16 (14.68%) AI
7 16 (14.68%) Analytics
8 15 (13.76%) DevOps
8 15 (13.76%) Process Improvement
9 13 (11.93%) Data Analysis
9 13 (11.93%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (11.01%) Agile
11 11 (10.09%) Data Science
11 11 (10.09%) Service Delivery
12 10 (9.17%) Project Delivery
12 10 (9.17%) Workflow
13 9 (8.26%) Risk Management
13 9 (8.26%) Server Patching
14 8 (7.34%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (63.30%) SQL
2 37 (33.94%) Python
3 30 (27.52%) C#
4 14 (12.84%) JavaScript
5 10 (9.17%) PowerShell
6 9 (8.26%) Java
6 9 (8.26%) VBScript
7 8 (7.34%) T-SQL
8 7 (6.42%) Bash
8 7 (6.42%) Rust
9 6 (5.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (5.50%) R
10 4 (3.67%) VB.NET
11 3 (2.75%) PHP
11 3 (2.75%) VB
12 2 (1.83%) Delphi
13 1 (0.92%) C++
13 1 (0.92%) Tcl
13 1 (0.92%) VB6
Qualifications
1 21 (19.27%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (6.42%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.59%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.26%) Data Quality
1 9 (8.26%) SLA
2 6 (5.50%) QA
3 5 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (16.51%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.01%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.42%) Docker
4 6 (5.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) Ansible
1 7 (6.42%) Grafana
1 7 (6.42%) Kubernetes
1 7 (6.42%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (47.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.42%) Splunk
3 6 (5.50%) Databricks
3 6 (5.50%) iManage
4 2 (1.83%) Adobe
4 2 (1.83%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.83%) Cisco
4 2 (1.83%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.83%) Infor
4 2 (1.83%) Meraki
4 2 (1.83%) Oracle
5 1 (0.92%) Aderant
5 1 (0.92%) Foundry
5 1 (0.92%) Intapp
5 1 (0.92%) ION Trading
5 1 (0.92%) Litera
5 1 (0.92%) MarketAxess
5 1 (0.92%) Sage
5 1 (0.92%) Sybase
5 1 (0.92%) Tradeweb