Hybrid/Remote VBA Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring VBA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 346 424
Rank change year-on-year -68 +78 +34
Permanent jobs citing VBA 41 69 73
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.43% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 1.37% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 31 33 37
10th Percentile £36,250 £23,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £26,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £42,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +34.50% -14.50% -4.76%

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 6,118 5,050 8,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.52% 31.20% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,588 3,402 6,207
10th Percentile £38,772 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,882 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VBA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

VBA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VBA
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VBA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VBA

VBA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VBA over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

VBA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VBA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 12 (29.27%) SharePoint
2 6 (14.63%) IIS
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (12.20%) Apache Spark
4 2 (4.88%) CMS
4 2 (4.88%) Jupyter
4 2 (4.88%) SAS
5 1 (2.44%) Appian
Applications
1 27 (65.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (48.78%) Microsoft 365
1 20 (48.78%) Power Platform
2 12 (29.27%) PowerApps
3 9 (21.95%) Azure
4 4 (9.76%) Power Automate
5 3 (7.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (39.02%) Power BI
2 7 (17.07%) SQL Server
3 6 (14.63%) Big Data
3 6 (14.63%) Relational Database
3 6 (14.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.88%) Power Query
4 2 (4.88%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 29 (70.73%) Social Skills
2 17 (41.46%) Finance
3 8 (19.51%) Legal
3 8 (19.51%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Law
4 6 (14.63%) Marketing
5 5 (12.20%) Banking
5 5 (12.20%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Analyst
2 11 (26.83%) Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Senior
4 8 (19.51%) Consultant
4 8 (19.51%) Data Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Senior Consultant
5 6 (14.63%) Data Analytics Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Marketing Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Marketing Analytics Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Marketing Analytics Data Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Marketing Data Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Business Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Junior
6 4 (9.76%) Junior Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Data Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Applications Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Applications Support
8 2 (4.88%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) CSS
1 6 (14.63%) HTML
2 2 (4.88%) Matplotlib
2 2 (4.88%) NumPy
2 2 (4.88%) Pandas
2 2 (4.88%) PySpark
2 2 (4.88%) Seaborn
3 1 (2.44%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.20%) Credit Risk
2 5 (12.20%) Derivative
2 5 (12.20%) Fixed Income
2 5 (12.20%) Low-Code
3 4 (9.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.88%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
1 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
1 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Agile
1 14 (34.15%) Data Science
2 12 (29.27%) Analytics
2 12 (29.27%) Requirements Gathering
3 11 (26.83%) Decision-Making
4 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis
6 8 (19.51%) Data Security
6 8 (19.51%) Time Management
7 6 (14.63%) Application Security
7 6 (14.63%) Case Management
7 6 (14.63%) Data Analytics
7 6 (14.63%) Data Privacy
7 6 (14.63%) Document Management
7 6 (14.63%) Marketing Management
7 6 (14.63%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) Project Management
7 6 (14.63%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 30 (73.17%) SQL
2 25 (60.98%) Python
3 8 (19.51%) PowerShell
4 6 (14.63%) R
4 6 (14.63%) T-SQL
4 6 (14.63%) VBScript
5 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
6 3 (7.32%) VB
7 2 (4.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (2.44%) C#
8 1 (2.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
1 9 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) Degree
2 8 (19.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (14.63%) QA
2 4 (9.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (9.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) iManage
3 5 (12.20%) Databricks