VBA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 501 542
Rank change year-on-year +135 +41 +71
Permanent jobs citing VBA 31 91 131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.52% 0.66% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 25 59 113
10th Percentile £31,750 £39,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £58,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £77,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.50% +2.70%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

VBA falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,974 13,779 21,042
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.95% 40.72% 49.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,843 11,434 15,507
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

VBA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VBA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VBA
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VBA.

VBA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VBA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VBA over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

VBA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (12.90%) IIS
1 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
1 4 (12.90%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.23%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (77.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) Power Automate
1 9 (29.03%) Power Platform
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Copilot
3 7 (22.58%) Azure
3 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.90%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) DMARC
1 4 (12.90%) SSL
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) Power BI
2 7 (22.58%) SQL Server
3 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (9.68%) Qlik Sense
4 3 (9.68%) Tableau
5 2 (6.45%) Data Lake
5 2 (6.45%) MySQL
5 2 (6.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.23%) FileMaker
6 1 (3.23%) MS Access
6 1 (3.23%) Power Query
6 1 (3.23%) QlikView
6 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Git
1 3 (9.68%) Subversion
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Finance
3 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Banking
4 7 (22.58%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (12.90%) Czech Language
5 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Developer
2 10 (32.26%) Senior
3 8 (25.81%) Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Administrator
4 4 (12.90%) IT Administrator
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support
4 4 (12.90%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior VBA Developer
5 3 (9.68%) VBA Developer
6 2 (6.45%) .NET Software Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Data Analytics Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Data Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) HTML
2 5 (16.13%) .NET
2 5 (16.13%) XML
3 4 (12.90%) JSON
3 4 (12.90%) REST
3 4 (12.90%) SOAP
4 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.23%) CSS
4 1 (3.23%) jQuery
4 1 (3.23%) Pandas
4 1 (3.23%) pytest
4 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Linux
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (38.71%) Agile
2 12 (38.71%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (29.03%) Project Management
3 9 (29.03%) Workflow
4 7 (22.58%) Mentoring
5 6 (19.35%) Analytics
5 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (16.13%) Data Privacy
6 5 (16.13%) Data Science
7 4 (12.90%) Change Control
7 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
7 4 (12.90%) Generative AI
7 4 (12.90%) LLM
7 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.90%) Robotic Process Automation
7 4 (12.90%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 20 (64.52%) SQL
2 16 (51.61%) Python
3 10 (32.26%) Java
4 6 (19.35%) C#
5 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
5 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
6 3 (9.68%) R
7 2 (6.45%) Julia
8 1 (3.23%) Formula Language
8 1 (3.23%) Perl
8 1 (3.23%) PHP
8 1 (3.23%) Ruby
8 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (3.23%) VB
8 1 (3.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
1 3 (9.68%) Master's Degree
1 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) CEH
3 1 (3.23%) CISM
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (12.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Oracle
3 4 (12.90%) Blue Prism
3 4 (12.90%) Google
3 4 (12.90%) UiPath
4 1 (3.23%) Databricks