Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VBA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VBA over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 610 653 606
Rank change year-on-year +43 -47 -48
Permanent jobs citing VBA 77 248 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.26% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.75% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 59 180 236
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,365 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -7.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,473 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.16% +12.50% -

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 15,804 32,987 46,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.30% 33.98% 43.65%
Number of salaries quoted 11,666 24,970 29,413
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.80%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in the UK

VBA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VBA.

Salary trend for VBA in the UK

VBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBA over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for VBA in the UK

VBA
Top 14 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 21 April 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 +16 69 £57,500 +21.05% 263
London +50 41 £75,000 +11.11% 181
UK excluding London +86 35 £50,473 +12.16% 101
Work from Home +103 29 £70,000 +47.37% 65
South East +92 10 £57,500 +27.78% 27
Scotland +126 7 £50,445 -13.24% 10
Midlands +57 6 £40,000 -3.60% 16
North of England +54 6 £48,000 +20.00% 22
North West +17 6 £48,000 +1.05% 9
South West +98 4 £55,000 +46.67% 9
East Midlands +57 4 £36,250 -12.63% 6
West Midlands +33 2 £48,750 +14.71% 10
Wales +47 1 £24,205 -19.32%
East of England +34 1 - - 18

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.90%) SAS
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) MTS
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 60 (77.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.39%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.60%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.30%) Stata
Business Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.30%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.30%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Power Platform
2 8 (10.39%) Azure
3 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.49%) Power Automate
4 5 (6.49%) PowerApps
5 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.90%) AWS
6 3 (3.90%) GitHub
7 2 (2.60%) dbt
7 2 (2.60%) SaaS
8 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Firewall
1 1 (1.30%) Network Security
1 1 (1.30%) SpaceWire
1 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.08%) Power BI
2 9 (11.69%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.79%) MS Access
4 4 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (5.19%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (5.19%) Tableau
5 2 (2.60%) BigQuery
5 2 (2.60%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.60%) MySQL
5 2 (2.60%) Power Query
5 2 (2.60%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.30%) FileMaker
6 1 (1.30%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.30%) HBase
6 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.90%) Subversion
General
1 39 (50.65%) Social Skills
2 32 (41.56%) Finance
3 28 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.69%) Banking
5 7 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.09%) Marketing
6 6 (7.79%) Legal
7 5 (6.49%) Retail
8 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.30%) Advertising
11 1 (1.30%) Aviation
11 1 (1.30%) Electronics
11 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.30%) Front Office
11 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.30%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Analyst
2 23 (29.87%) Developer
3 12 (15.58%) Senior
4 10 (12.99%) Financial Analyst
5 9 (11.69%) Data Analyst
6 6 (7.79%) VBA Developer
7 5 (6.49%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Consultant
8 4 (5.19%) Data Warehouse Developer
8 4 (5.19%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
8 4 (5.19%) SSAS Developer
8 4 (5.19%) SSIS Developer
8 4 (5.19%) SSRS Developer
9 3 (3.90%) Data Manager
9 3 (3.90%) Lead
9 3 (3.90%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.90%) Quantitative Developer
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.90%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) .NET
1 6 (7.79%) HTML
2 4 (5.19%) React
3 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.30%) CSS
3 1 (1.30%) jQuery
3 1 (1.30%) Pandas
3 1 (1.30%) pytest
3 1 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.90%) Fixed Income
3 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.90%) Wiki
4 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.60%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.60%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.60%) Replication
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.30%) Derivative
5 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.30%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.19%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (20.78%) Analytics
3 16 (20.78%) Data Analysis
4 15 (19.48%) Workflow
5 14 (18.18%) Agile
6 12 (15.58%) Project Management
7 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (12.99%) ERP
9 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (10.39%) Financial Modelling
10 8 (10.39%) Mathematics
11 7 (9.09%) B2B
11 7 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (9.09%) Data Science
11 7 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 7 (9.09%) Software Engineering
12 6 (7.79%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (7.79%) Customer-Centricity
12 6 (7.79%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (53.25%) SQL
2 35 (45.45%) Python
3 12 (15.58%) Java
4 11 (14.29%) C#
5 6 (7.79%) VB
6 5 (6.49%) R
7 4 (5.19%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.60%) C
8 2 (2.60%) C++
8 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.30%) Bash
9 1 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.30%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.30%) Perl
9 1 (1.30%) PHP
9 1 (1.30%) Ruby
9 1 (1.30%) Tcl
9 1 (1.30%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (10.39%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) PMP
5 2 (2.60%) CFA
5 2 (2.60%) CISM
5 2 (2.60%) CISSP
6 1 (1.30%) APMP
6 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.30%) CCSP
6 1 (1.30%) CEH
6 1 (1.30%) CISA
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.30%) CRISC
6 1 (1.30%) GIAC
6 1 (1.30%) MBA
6 1 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.60%) NIST
2 1 (1.30%) COBIT
2 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.30%) GRC
2 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.19%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) Oracle
3 7 (9.09%) Infor
3 7 (9.09%) Sun
4 5 (6.49%) Google
5 4 (5.19%) Blue Prism
5 4 (5.19%) UiPath
6 3 (3.90%) Databricks
7 2 (2.60%) EMC
7 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.60%) SAP
8 1 (1.30%) Alteryx
8 1 (1.30%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.30%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.30%) Sybase
8 1 (1.30%) Temenos