Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VBA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VBA over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 483 | 407 | 499 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -76 | +92 | -64 |
| Contract jobs citing VBA | 100 | 320 | 376 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.23% | 0.54% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.78% | 1.54% | 1.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 75 | 241 | 265 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £363 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +11.11% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £650 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £358 | £450 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.56% | +5.88% | +6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £23.51 | £12.66 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £23.95 | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.79 | £25.24 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.20% | +29.41% | +6.78% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £27.09 | £24.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £27.86 | £37.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £25.24 | £17.87 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +41.25% | -2.18% |
All Programming Languages
UK
VBA is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,825 | 20,772 | 32,226 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.54% | 34.98% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,114 | 14,977 | 23,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £398 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 467 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.63 | £26.20 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £49.84 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.67% | +20.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.59 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.70 | £49.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.97% | +22.63% | +16.47% |
VBA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA.
VBA
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.
VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA.
VBA
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -61 | 94 | £400 | -20.00% | 136 |
| London | -31 | 77 | £400 | -25.93% | 85 |
| Work from Home | +13 | 30 | £455 | +13.75% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +6 | 17 | £358 | -20.56% | 52 |
| South East | +15 | 8 | £340 | -22.29% | 10 |
| North of England | +30 | 5 | £413 | +3.13% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +23 | 4 | £450 | -4.26% | 4 |
| Scotland | +32 | 2 | £425 | +2.41% | 5 |
| Midlands | +23 | 2 | £263 | -30.00% | 16 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 1 | £325 | - | 15 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 1 | £200 | -46.67% | 1 |
| North West | +14 | 1 | £375 | - | 6 |
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:
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