VBA Contracts in England

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 378 473
Rank change year-on-year -63 +95 -63
Contract jobs citing VBA 101 275 340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.58% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.91% 1.67% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 210 250
10th Percentile £313 £363 £336
25th Percentile £363 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.52% +17.06%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £485
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 16
10th Percentile - £23.51 £12.53
25th Percentile - £23.95 £14.25
Median hourly rate - £25.24 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - +74.03% -26.58%
75th Percentile - £27.09 £19.88
90th Percentile - £27.86 £38.15
UK median hourly rate - £25.24 £14.50
% change year-on-year - +74.03% -26.58%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,133 16,431 25,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.15% 34.41% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,040 12,043 19,088
10th Percentile £350 £381 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 394 438
10th Percentile £35.50 £26.48 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.84 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.77% +17.61%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £62.23
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.12
% change year-on-year -0.80% +22.26% +14.88%

VBA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VBA in England

VBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBA in England.

Daily rate trend for VBA in England

VBA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBA in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VBA in England

VBA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBA in England.

Hourly rate trend for VBA in England

VBA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBA within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London -26 78 £450 -14.08% 89
Midlands +27 8 £525 +40.00% 13
South East -1 8 £340 -20.00% 14
West Midlands +18 7 £526 - 10
North of England +25 5 £413 - 10
Yorkshire +24 4 £450 -4.26% 3
East Midlands +9 1 £200 -46.67% 3
North West +9 1 £375 -6.25% 6
VBA
UK

VBA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (11.88%) IIS
2 5 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.99%) Confluence
4 1 (0.99%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (71.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.91%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (5.94%) CANalyzer
4 3 (2.97%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.99%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.98%) Endur
2 2 (1.98%) ION MarketView
2 2 (1.98%) Temenos Globus
3 1 (0.99%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.99%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.99%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.84%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.97%) AWS
3 2 (1.98%) Amazon MSK
3 2 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (1.98%) Azure
3 2 (1.98%) GCP
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.98%) Serverless
4 1 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (0.99%) Google Compute Engine
4 1 (0.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.89%) Internet
2 6 (5.94%) Ethernet
2 6 (5.94%) FlexRay
3 2 (1.98%) Firewall
4 1 (0.99%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (27.72%) SQL Server
2 24 (23.76%) Oracle Database
3 15 (14.85%) Power BI
4 5 (4.95%) MS Access
5 3 (2.97%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.97%) KNIME
5 3 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.98%) Big Data
6 2 (1.98%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.98%) Looker
6 2 (1.98%) Metadata
6 2 (1.98%) Power Query
6 2 (1.98%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.99%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.99%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.99%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.94%) CANoe
2 5 (4.95%) Git
2 5 (4.95%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.99%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 43 (42.57%) Finance
2 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.83%) Front Office
4 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.89%) Banking
6 9 (8.91%) Investment Banking
7 7 (6.93%) Electronics
8 6 (5.94%) Automotive
8 6 (5.94%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.95%) Retail
10 4 (3.96%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.97%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.97%) Publishing
12 2 (1.98%) Back Office
12 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (45.54%) Developer
2 31 (30.69%) Analyst
3 26 (25.74%) C# Developer
4 16 (15.84%) .NET Developer
5 12 (11.88%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (10.89%) C# WCF Developer
6 11 (10.89%) C# WPF Developer
6 11 (10.89%) WCF Developer
6 11 (10.89%) WPF Developer
7 9 (8.91%) VBA Developer
8 7 (6.93%) Data Analyst
8 7 (6.93%) Senior
9 6 (5.94%) Integration Manager
9 6 (5.94%) Software Manager
9 6 (5.94%) Technical Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Qualitative Analyst
10 5 (4.95%) Quantitative Analyst
10 5 (4.95%) RAD Developer
11 4 (3.96%) Java Developer
11 4 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (43.56%) .NET
2 30 (29.70%) .NET Framework
3 13 (12.87%) WinForms
4 12 (11.88%) WPF
5 11 (10.89%) WCF
6 6 (5.94%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.98%) ActiveX
7 2 (1.98%) Kafka
7 2 (1.98%) XML
7 2 (1.98%) XSLT
8 1 (0.99%) HTML
8 1 (0.99%) Middleware
8 1 (0.99%) React
8 1 (0.99%) Spring
8 1 (0.99%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.84%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.93%) Equities
3 6 (5.94%) Fixed Income
3 6 (5.94%) Infotainment
4 5 (4.95%) Credit Risk
4 5 (4.95%) Derivative
4 5 (4.95%) Distributed Computing
4 5 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.97%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.98%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.98%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.99%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (28.71%) Windows
2 5 (4.95%) Unix
3 4 (3.96%) Linux
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (32.67%) Data Analysis
2 17 (16.83%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (16.83%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (11.88%) Analytics
4 12 (11.88%) Computer Science
5 11 (10.89%) Agile
6 9 (8.91%) DevOps
6 9 (8.91%) OO
6 9 (8.91%) Workflow
7 8 (7.92%) OOP
8 7 (6.93%) ITIL
8 7 (6.93%) Prototyping
8 7 (6.93%) RAD
8 7 (6.93%) Web Application Development
9 6 (5.94%) Decision-Making
9 6 (5.94%) Power Management
9 6 (5.94%) Roadmaps
9 6 (5.94%) Software Deployment
9 6 (5.94%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 64 (63.37%) SQL
2 48 (47.52%) C#
3 35 (34.65%) Python
4 29 (28.71%) VB
5 23 (22.77%) PL/SQL
5 23 (22.77%) VB.NET
6 18 (17.82%) T-SQL
7 16 (15.84%) C++
8 12 (11.88%) Java
9 7 (6.93%) JavaScript
10 6 (5.94%) MATLAB
11 4 (3.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (3.96%) Perl
11 4 (3.96%) Shell Script
12 3 (2.97%) R
13 2 (1.98%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.99%) VC++
14 1 (0.99%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (26.73%) Degree
2 6 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.95%) CFA
3 5 (4.95%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (3.96%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (3.96%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.97%) CISA
5 3 (2.97%) CRISC
5 3 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.98%) MBA
6 2 (1.98%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.79%) QA
2 4 (3.96%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.97%) Basel III
3 3 (2.97%) PMO
4 2 (1.98%) COREP
4 2 (1.98%) FINREP
5 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.99%) Basel II
5 1 (0.99%) GDPR
5 1 (0.99%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 6 (5.94%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.98%) Control-M
Vendors
1 32 (31.68%) Oracle
2 17 (16.83%) Citrix
3 15 (14.85%) Microsoft
4 9 (8.91%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.98%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.98%) OpenLink
5 2 (1.98%) Reuters
5 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.98%) Trayport
6 1 (0.99%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.99%) Google
6 1 (0.99%) Kepware
6 1 (0.99%) Refinitiv
6 1 (0.99%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.99%) SAP
6 1 (0.99%) Siemens
6 1 (0.99%) Sybase
6 1 (0.99%) Wonderware