VBA Job Trends

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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 494 580
Rank change year-on-year -12 +86 0
Permanent jobs citing VBA 143 279 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 1.26% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 92 84 106
10th Percentile £34,775 £31,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,188 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,490 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £79,750 £82,500 £85,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +24.18%

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 11,812 22,075 21,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.11% 40.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,568 13,279 17,480
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 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 -15 121 £48,979 -6.71% 49
UK excluding London +41 89 £45,000 -10.00% 42
Work from Home +59 54 £52,500 -20.75% 18
South East +65 39 £52,500 -12.50% 19
London -20 36 £65,000 - 14
North of England -1 20 £45,000 +69.81% 10
North West +25 15 £34,500 -34.29% 5
Midlands +48 10 £50,000 +2.56% 3
South West +7 10 £42,750 +14.00% 3
West Midlands +53 8 £50,000 - 3
East of England +36 6 £26,000 - 9
East Midlands +24 5 £45,750 -3.68%
Yorkshire +7 5 £45,000 - 5
Scotland +14 3 £52,500 - 1
Wales +12 1 £52,500 -

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 22 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.50%) SAS
Applications
1 84 (58.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.10%) Stata
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (11.89%) NetSuite
2 8 (5.59%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.50%) PlanetPress Connect
4 3 (2.10%) Sage 1000
5 2 (1.40%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.70%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 57 (39.86%) Power Platform
2 24 (16.78%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (11.89%) Azure
3 17 (11.89%) PowerApps
4 13 (9.09%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.70%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.50%) Firewall
2 3 (2.10%) SMTP
3 1 (0.70%) DHCP
3 1 (0.70%) DNS
3 1 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (39.16%) Power BI
2 24 (16.78%) SQL Server
3 17 (11.89%) Power Query
4 11 (7.69%) MS Access
4 11 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (5.59%) PowerPivot
6 6 (4.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.20%) Tableau
7 5 (3.50%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.50%) Data Mining
7 5 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.40%) Looker
10 1 (0.70%) GIS
10 1 (0.70%) KNIME
10 1 (0.70%) MySQL
10 1 (0.70%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.70%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 66 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 51 (35.66%) Finance
3 40 (27.97%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (17.48%) Retail
5 17 (11.89%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (8.39%) Legal
7 12 (8.39%) Manufacturing
8 10 (6.99%) Banking
9 6 (4.20%) Automotive
9 6 (4.20%) Front Office
10 5 (3.50%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.50%) Marketing
11 3 (2.10%) Back Office
11 3 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.10%) Social Housing
11 3 (2.10%) Swedish Language
12 1 (0.70%) Billing
12 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (37.06%) Analyst
2 20 (13.99%) Developer
3 19 (13.29%) Data Analyst
3 19 (13.29%) Senior
4 16 (11.19%) IT Support
5 14 (9.79%) Consultant
5 14 (9.79%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (8.39%) Accountant
7 11 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
7 11 (7.69%) Systems Accountant
8 9 (6.29%) Senior Operations Analyst
8 9 (6.29%) Support Analyst
9 7 (4.90%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (4.90%) PowerBuilder Developer
10 6 (4.20%) Applications Support
10 6 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 5 (3.50%) Applications Support Specialist
11 5 (3.50%) Principal Consultant
11 5 (3.50%) Support Specialist
11 5 (3.50%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.39%) .NET
2 9 (6.29%) XML
3 7 (4.90%) Web Services
4 5 (3.50%) FreeMarker
5 3 (2.10%) Altair
5 3 (2.10%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.10%) CSS
5 3 (2.10%) HTML
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (5.59%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.20%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.50%) FMCG
4 5 (3.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.80%) Credit Risk
5 4 (2.80%) Equities
5 4 (2.80%) SCADA
6 3 (2.10%) Derivative
6 3 (2.10%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.40%) CCTV
7 2 (1.40%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.40%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.40%) IoT
7 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.70%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.70%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.29%) Windows
2 14 (9.79%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.87%) Business Intelligence
1 47 (32.87%) Data Analysis
2 45 (31.47%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (25.87%) Decision-Making
4 27 (18.88%) ERP
5 26 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 22 (15.38%) Agile
7 21 (14.69%) Visualisation
8 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.29%) Process Improvement
10 18 (12.59%) Planning and Forecasting
11 17 (11.89%) Analytics
12 15 (10.49%) Data Science
12 15 (10.49%) Project Management
13 14 (9.79%) Data Analytics
14 13 (9.09%) Data Management
14 13 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
15 12 (8.39%) Actionable Insight
15 12 (8.39%) Test Automation
16 11 (7.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 83 (58.04%) SQL
2 34 (23.78%) Python
3 18 (12.59%) C#
4 15 (10.49%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.39%) PL/SQL
6 10 (6.99%) VB.NET
7 8 (5.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 8 (5.59%) PowerShell
8 7 (4.90%) R
9 5 (3.50%) PHP
9 5 (3.50%) VB
10 4 (2.80%) C++
10 4 (2.80%) T-SQL
11 3 (2.10%) Java
11 3 (2.10%) MATLAB
12 2 (1.40%) C
12 2 (1.40%) Ladder Logic
13 1 (0.70%) Perl
13 1 (0.70%) VC++
Qualifications
1 40 (27.97%) Degree
2 18 (12.59%) ACCA
2 18 (12.59%) CIMA
3 17 (11.89%) Master's Degree
4 12 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.39%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.50%) APMP
5 5 (3.50%) MBA
6 4 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.10%) CFA
7 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.40%) HND
8 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.40%) PMP
9 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.70%) HNC
9 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.50%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.50%) QA
3 3 (2.10%) IFRS
3 3 (2.10%) IFRS 17
3 3 (2.10%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.40%) GAAP
5 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.70%) EMIR
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) Control-M
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 51 (35.66%) Microsoft
2 30 (20.98%) Oracle
3 25 (17.48%) SAP
4 10 (6.99%) Adaptive Insights
4 10 (6.99%) Workday
5 8 (5.59%) Blue Prism
5 8 (5.59%) Pega
6 5 (3.50%) Bloomberg
6 5 (3.50%) Citrix
6 5 (3.50%) VMware
7 4 (2.80%) Facebook
8 3 (2.10%) Calypso
8 3 (2.10%) Sage
8 3 (2.10%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.40%) Logitech
10 1 (0.70%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.70%) Cognos
10 1 (0.70%) Murex
10 1 (0.70%) Reuters
10 1 (0.70%) Symantec