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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 559 531
Rank change year-on-year -116 -28 +78
Permanent jobs citing VBA 126 122 270
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.25% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.68% 0.94% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 100 73 107
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,013 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £42,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.75% -14.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,625 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £76,000
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 18,482 13,035 24,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.75% 26.57% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,182 8,419 16,033
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
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 4 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 4 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 -85 126 £56,750 +32.75% 178
London -19 66 £80,000 +23.08% 125
UK excluding London -130 60 £45,000 +5.88% 61
Work from Home -73 40 £57,500 +35.29% 39
Midlands -23 16 £31,000 - 15
South East -49 14 £57,500 +35.29% 20
North of England -55 14 £45,000 +83.67% 16
East Midlands -23 12 £31,000 - 9
South West -91 11 £52,500 +4.48% 4
North West -22 8 £45,000 +83.67% 8
Yorkshire - 6 £28,000 - 7
East of England -33 5 £45,000 +63.64% 4
West Midlands -25 4 - - 6

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 24 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 13 (10.32%) IIS
3 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.97%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.59%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.59%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.79%) Appian
6 1 (0.79%) MTS
Applications
1 94 (74.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (10.32%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.38%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.59%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.59%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.79%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.79%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 54 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 39 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (19.05%) PowerApps
4 19 (15.08%) Azure
5 17 (13.49%) Power Automate
6 8 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (5.56%) AWS
8 3 (2.38%) Azure AI
8 3 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.79%) NetDocuments
10 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 12 (9.52%) DHCP
2 12 (9.52%) DNS
2 12 (9.52%) Firewall
2 12 (9.52%) VLAN
3 2 (1.59%) Intranet
3 2 (1.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (38.10%) Power BI
2 31 (24.60%) SQL Server
3 16 (12.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (9.52%) Power Query
5 6 (4.76%) Big Data
5 6 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.17%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.38%) MySQL
7 3 (2.38%) PowerPivot
8 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (10.32%) Git
2 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.79%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 63 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (25.40%) Finance
3 16 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.32%) Front Office
5 11 (8.73%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.94%) Legal
6 10 (7.94%) Retail
7 9 (7.14%) Banking
7 9 (7.14%) Law
7 9 (7.14%) Marketing
8 6 (4.76%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.97%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Back Office
11 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 45 (35.71%) Developer
2 33 (26.19%) Analyst
3 19 (15.08%) Data Analyst
4 15 (11.90%) IT Support
5 12 (9.52%) IT Support Technician
5 12 (9.52%) IT Technician
5 12 (9.52%) RAD Developer
5 12 (9.52%) Senior
5 12 (9.52%) Support Technician
6 10 (7.94%) Consultant
6 10 (7.94%) Junior
7 9 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
8 8 (6.35%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.56%) Applications Developer
9 7 (5.56%) Business Developer
9 7 (5.56%) Junior Developer
10 6 (4.76%) Marketing Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Marketing Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.08%) .NET
1 19 (15.08%) CSS
1 19 (15.08%) HTML
2 14 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 13 (10.32%) .NET Framework
4 10 (7.94%) .NET Core
5 8 (6.35%) REST
6 7 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (5.56%) Terraform
7 6 (4.76%) Entity Framework
7 6 (4.76%) JSON
8 4 (3.17%) XML
9 3 (2.38%) Blazor
9 3 (2.38%) Classic ASP
9 3 (2.38%) HTML5
9 3 (2.38%) RESTful
10 2 (1.59%) NumPy
10 2 (1.59%) PySpark
10 2 (1.59%) Seaborn
10 2 (1.59%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.29%) Fixed Income
2 16 (12.70%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.73%) Hedge funds
3 11 (8.73%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.56%) Derivative
5 6 (4.76%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.97%) Credit Risk
6 5 (3.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.97%) Pricing Data
7 4 (3.17%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.38%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.38%) Equities
8 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.38%) Social Media
8 3 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.59%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.79%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.43%) Windows
2 24 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.14%) Linux
4 6 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (17.46%) Mentoring
4 21 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 20 (15.87%) Decision-Making
6 18 (14.29%) Analytics
6 18 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 18 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 17 (13.49%) Requirements Gathering
8 15 (11.90%) Agile
8 15 (11.90%) DevOps
9 14 (11.11%) Data Science
10 12 (9.52%) AI
10 12 (9.52%) RAD
11 11 (8.73%) Time Management
12 10 (7.94%) Project Delivery
13 9 (7.14%) ERP
13 9 (7.14%) Server Patching
13 9 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 78 (61.90%) SQL
2 38 (30.16%) C#
2 38 (30.16%) Python
3 19 (15.08%) JavaScript
4 15 (11.90%) VBScript
5 10 (7.94%) Java
5 10 (7.94%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.35%) T-SQL
7 7 (5.56%) Bash
7 7 (5.56%) Rust
8 6 (4.76%) R
9 5 (3.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.38%) PHP
10 3 (2.38%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.59%) VB
12 1 (0.79%) C++
12 1 (0.79%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 22 (17.46%) Degree
2 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 9 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.35%) Master's Degree
4 7 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.94%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.14%) SLA
3 6 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.76%) QA
4 4 (3.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 19 (15.08%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.52%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.56%) Docker
4 6 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.56%) Ansible
1 7 (5.56%) Grafana
1 7 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 7 (5.56%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.56%) iManage
2 7 (5.56%) Splunk
3 5 (3.97%) Databricks
4 4 (3.17%) Adobe
4 4 (3.17%) SYSPRO
5 3 (2.38%) Oracle
5 3 (2.38%) SAP
6 2 (1.59%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.59%) Cisco
6 2 (1.59%) Infor
6 2 (1.59%) Meraki
7 1 (0.79%) Aderant
7 1 (0.79%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.79%) Intapp
7 1 (0.79%) Litera
7 1 (0.79%) MarketAxess
7 1 (0.79%) Pega
7 1 (0.79%) Snow
7 1 (0.79%) Tradeweb