Lead Business Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in the UK excluding London is £56,180 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 713 676 761
Rank change year-on-year -37 +85 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 42 74 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 28 42 59
10th Percentile - £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,847 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,180 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £72,500 £64,400 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +7.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 69,645 52,139 69,731
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.14% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 49,228 29,915 42,540
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Lead Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Business Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -18 13 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Midlands -13 10 £62,500 +4.17% 13
East Midlands -15 10 £62,500 +4.17% 8
South West -6 9 £56,180 - 1
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -
North of England +26 3 £65,000 +25.89%
North West +8 2 £65,000 -4.06%
Yorkshire +60 1 £40,000 -20.47%
East of England +10 1 £70,000 -
Scotland -64 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 - 1
Lead Business Analyst
UK

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 May 2024, Lead Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (73.81%) Business Analysis
2 23 (54.76%) Finance
3 18 (42.86%) Agile
3 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 18 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (38.10%) Degree
4 16 (38.10%) Legal
5 15 (35.71%) Coaching
6 13 (30.95%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
7 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 11 (26.19%) Microsoft Office
8 11 (26.19%) Scrum
8 11 (26.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 11 (26.19%) Wireframes
8 11 (26.19%) Process Improvement
9 10 (23.81%) V-Model
9 10 (23.81%) Requirements Analysis
9 10 (23.81%) Translating Business Requirements
9 10 (23.81%) Analytical Thinking
9 10 (23.81%) SSADM
10 9 (21.43%) ITIL
10 9 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
10 9 (21.43%) Software Testing
10 9 (21.43%) Logistics
10 9 (21.43%) Retail
10 9 (21.43%) QA
10 9 (21.43%) Telematics

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) JIRA
General
1 23 (54.76%) Finance
2 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 16 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (38.10%) Legal
4 9 (21.43%) Retail
5 5 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (11.90%) Law
6 2 (4.76%) Banking
7 1 (2.38%) Back Office
7 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (73.81%) Business Analysis
2 18 (42.86%) Agile
2 18 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (35.71%) Coaching
4 13 (30.95%) Requirements Gathering
5 11 (26.19%) Process Improvement
5 11 (26.19%) Scrum
5 11 (26.19%) Wireframes
6 10 (23.81%) Analytical Thinking
6 10 (23.81%) Requirements Analysis
6 10 (23.81%) SSADM
6 10 (23.81%) Translating Business Requirements
6 10 (23.81%) V-Model
7 9 (21.43%) Business Process Analysis
7 9 (21.43%) Business Process Improvement
7 9 (21.43%) Feasibility Study
7 9 (21.43%) Impact Assessments
7 9 (21.43%) Resource Allocation
7 9 (21.43%) SDLC
7 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) VBA
2 1 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) Degree
2 3 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.38%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.38%) Pega
2 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.38%) SAP
2 1 (2.38%) UiPath