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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 558 636
Rank change year-on-year -37 +78 -22
Permanent jobs citing VBA 148 99 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.90% 0.72% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 118 61 181
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.88% +1.11% +5.88%

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 16,446 13,676 32,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 31.54% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11,478 9,178 25,107
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,810
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.21% -2.16%

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 30 May 2026.

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 30 May 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 -8 146 £56,750 +3.18% 25
UK excluding London -16 105 £55,000 +20.88% 22
Work from Home +3 43 £63,076 +25.59% 14
London -24 41 £76,500 +2.00% 6
South East +5 34 £62,500 +13.64% 8
North of England -40 27 £50,000 +44.93% 4
Midlands -13 24 £40,000 -11.11% 6
West Midlands -19 16 £46,250 +2.78% 2
North West +1 13 £45,000 +30.43% 2
Yorkshire - 11 £63,076 -
East of England -15 10 £48,750 +77.27% 1
South West -66 10 £53,750 -14.00% 3
East Midlands - 8 £30,000 - 4
North East - 3 £63,076 - 2

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 18 (12.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.76%) IIS
3 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.70%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.35%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.35%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.68%) Appian
Applications
1 104 (70.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (15.54%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (14.19%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.03%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.35%) SOLIDWORKS
6 2 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.35%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.68%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 85 (57.43%) Power Platform
2 41 (27.70%) PowerApps
3 32 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (10.81%) Power Automate
5 6 (4.05%) Azure
6 4 (2.70%) AWS
7 3 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.38%) DHCP
1 5 (3.38%) DNS
1 5 (3.38%) Firewall
1 5 (3.38%) TCP/IP
1 5 (3.38%) VLAN
2 2 (1.35%) Intranet
2 2 (1.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (46.62%) Power BI
2 18 (12.16%) Power Query
2 18 (12.16%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.05%) Tableau
6 5 (3.38%) Big Data
6 5 (3.38%) Pentaho
7 4 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (2.70%) PowerPivot
8 3 (2.03%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.03%) MySQL
9 2 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.68%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Git
2 2 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 63 (42.57%) Social Skills
2 44 (29.73%) Finance
3 39 (26.35%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.78%) Legal
6 12 (8.11%) Retail
7 11 (7.43%) Front Office
8 10 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (4.73%) Law
10 6 (4.05%) Manufacturing
10 6 (4.05%) Marketing
10 6 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.70%) Banking
12 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 45 (30.41%) Analyst
2 28 (18.92%) Developer
2 28 (18.92%) Senior
3 23 (15.54%) Data Analyst
4 18 (12.16%) Consultant
5 14 (9.46%) Digital Project Manager
5 14 (9.46%) Project Manager
5 14 (9.46%) Senior Digital Project Manager
5 14 (9.46%) Senior Manager
5 14 (9.46%) Senior Project Manager
6 13 (8.78%) Financial Analyst
7 11 (7.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 11 (7.43%) Power BI Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) IT Support
8 8 (5.41%) Principal Consultant
8 8 (5.41%) RAD Developer
8 8 (5.41%) Senior Consultant
8 8 (5.41%) Software Developer
8 8 (5.41%) Systems Analyst
9 6 (4.05%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.78%) CSS
1 13 (8.78%) HTML
2 12 (8.11%) .NET
3 7 (4.73%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.73%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.70%) JSON
5 3 (2.03%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.03%) XML
6 2 (1.35%) DOM
6 2 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.35%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.35%) NumPy
6 2 (1.35%) Pandas
6 2 (1.35%) PySpark
6 2 (1.35%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.35%) XSLT
7 1 (0.68%) COM
7 1 (0.68%) REST
7 1 (0.68%) RESTful
7 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (10.14%) Low-Code
3 14 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (9.46%) Legacy Applications
4 12 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 9 (6.08%) Fixed Income
6 8 (5.41%) Hedge funds
7 7 (4.73%) Pricing Data
8 5 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.70%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.03%) Data Structures
10 3 (2.03%) Social Media
10 3 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (1.35%) Derivative
11 2 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (1.35%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.84%) Windows
2 18 (12.16%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.41%) Linux
4 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (26.35%) Agile
3 34 (22.97%) Visualisation
4 33 (22.30%) Decision-Making
5 32 (21.62%) Data Analysis
6 28 (18.92%) Project Management
7 26 (17.57%) Mentoring
8 22 (14.86%) Analytics
8 22 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (14.86%) ERP
8 22 (14.86%) ETL
9 19 (12.84%) Data Visualisation
10 18 (12.16%) Coaching
10 18 (12.16%) Data Science
10 18 (12.16%) Project Delivery
11 16 (10.81%) Process Improvement
12 15 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (9.46%) Budget Management
13 14 (9.46%) Conflict Resolution
13 14 (9.46%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 84 (56.76%) SQL
2 64 (43.24%) Python
3 23 (15.54%) C#
4 16 (10.81%) VBScript
5 13 (8.78%) Java
5 13 (8.78%) JavaScript
6 11 (7.43%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.41%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.05%) PHP
8 6 (4.05%) VB
9 5 (3.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.03%) C++
10 3 (2.03%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.35%) Bash
11 2 (1.35%) Rust
11 2 (1.35%) VC++
Qualifications
1 26 (17.57%) Degree
2 13 (8.78%) Master's Degree
3 12 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 10 (6.76%) ACCA
4 10 (6.76%) CIMA
5 8 (5.41%) APMP
5 8 (5.41%) MBA
6 2 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.35%) HND
6 2 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.35%) PMP
6 2 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.03%) GDPR
3 3 (2.03%) SLA
4 2 (1.35%) EMIR
4 2 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 12 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.38%) Hyper-V
2 5 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (3.38%) SCCM
2 2 (1.35%) Ansible
2 2 (1.35%) Grafana
2 2 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.35%) MOM
2 2 (1.35%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (39.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.16%) SAP
3 8 (5.41%) Adobe
3 8 (5.41%) Oracle
4 7 (4.73%) iManage
5 5 (3.38%) IBM
5 5 (3.38%) Informatica
5 5 (3.38%) Snow
5 5 (3.38%) Talend
5 5 (3.38%) VMware
6 4 (2.70%) Databricks
6 4 (2.70%) SYSPRO
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco
7 2 (1.35%) Cognos
7 2 (1.35%) Infor
7 2 (1.35%) Meraki
7 2 (1.35%) Splunk
8 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.68%) Citrix
8 1 (0.68%) Pega