Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 858 837 1057
Rank change year-on-year -21 +220 -206
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 56 127 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 45 75 118
10th Percentile - £49,150 £46,536
25th Percentile £52,000 £54,125 £49,217
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £64,900
Median % change year-on-year - -7.55% +8.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,180 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.30% - +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Business Analyst.

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England +35 49 £65,000 +10.64% 15
UK excluding London -61 32 £56,180 -2.30% 6
London +114 22 £85,000 +5.33% 9
Work from Home +57 22 £54,000 -6.09% 8
South East 0 13 £60,000 +4.35%
South West -18 9 £56,180 -
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -
North of England +26 3 £65,000 +18.18% 2
North West +12 2 £65,000 +3.17%
Yorkshire +68 1 £40,000 -21.51% 2
East of England +14 1 £70,000 -
Midlands +6 1 - - 2
East Midlands -17 1 - - 2
Scotland -69 1 - -

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (60.71%) Agile
2 32 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 28 (50.00%) Finance
4 26 (46.43%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
6 21 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (30.36%) Scrum
8 16 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
9 14 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (25.00%) Degree
10 13 (23.21%) Microsoft Excel
11 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
11 12 (21.43%) Microsoft
11 12 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
12 11 (19.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 11 (19.64%) Wireframes
13 10 (17.86%) SSADM
13 10 (17.86%) V-Model
13 10 (17.86%) Waterfall
14 9 (16.07%) Legal
14 9 (16.07%) Coaching
15 8 (14.29%) Project Delivery
15 8 (14.29%) SQL
15 8 (14.29%) Project Management
15 8 (14.29%) JIRA
15 8 (14.29%) Use Case
15 8 (14.29%) Analytics
16 7 (12.50%) User Stories
16 7 (12.50%) Mentoring
16 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (19.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.36%) Azure
1 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.57%) Slack
3 1 (1.79%) Apigee
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 28 (50.00%) Finance
2 26 (46.43%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
4 9 (16.07%) Legal
5 6 (10.71%) Banking
5 6 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (10.71%) Retail
6 5 (8.93%) Law
7 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.79%) Advertising
8 1 (1.79%) Back Office
8 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.79%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.79%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (60.71%) Agile
2 32 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 21 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (30.36%) Scrum
5 16 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
6 14 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 12 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
8 11 (19.64%) Wireframes
9 10 (17.86%) SSADM
9 10 (17.86%) V-Model
9 10 (17.86%) Waterfall
10 9 (16.07%) Coaching
11 8 (14.29%) Analytics
11 8 (14.29%) Project Delivery
11 8 (14.29%) Project Management
11 8 (14.29%) Use Case
12 7 (12.50%) Business Case
12 7 (12.50%) Mentoring
12 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) Python
2 1 (1.79%) VBA
2 1 (1.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) EMIR
2 1 (1.79%) MiFID
2 1 (1.79%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.79%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.79%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.79%) Pega
3 1 (1.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) UiPath