Senior Business Analyst Jobs

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 652 631
Rank change year-on-year -38 -21 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 224 371 720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.36% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.39% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 153 227 510
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,143 £53,136 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
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 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 -9 204 £65,000 - 52
UK excluding London -65 119 £55,000 -4.35% 19
London +63 98 £80,000 +23.08% 34
Work from Home +33 97 £59,925 -4.12% 21
North of England +34 55 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Yorkshire +88 30 £55,000 -13.73% 2
North West +12 24 £62,500 +8.70% 3
Midlands +8 22 £50,000 -12.66% 3
South East -19 15 £63,750 +21.43% 3
East Midlands -8 11 £49,843 -7.70%
West Midlands +2 10 £50,000 -12.66% 3
South West -20 9 £54,575 +3.95%
Wales +17 7 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Scotland -70 7 £58,800 -9.54%
Northern Ireland +26 3 £58,800 +23.79% 3
East of England +10 1 £72,000 -10.00% 4
North East -3 1 £58,800 -2.00%

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 96 (42.86%) Agile
2 94 (41.96%) Business Analysis
3 80 (35.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 76 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (32.14%) Degree
6 44 (19.64%) JIRA
6 44 (19.64%) Acceptance Criteria
7 42 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (18.75%) MS Visio
8 41 (18.30%) Social Skills
9 40 (17.86%) User Stories
10 39 (17.41%) Finance
10 39 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
12 37 (16.52%) User Research
13 33 (14.73%) Business Process Modelling
13 33 (14.73%) Security Cleared
14 32 (14.29%) SC Cleared
14 32 (14.29%) Scrum
15 31 (13.84%) Confluence
15 31 (13.84%) Epics
16 28 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
16 28 (12.50%) UML
17 26 (11.61%) Project Management
18 25 (11.16%) Actionable Insight
19 24 (10.71%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
19 24 (10.71%) Backlog Refinement
19 24 (10.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 23 (10.27%) Miro
20 23 (10.27%) Knowledge Transfer

Senior 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 31 (13.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (18.75%) MS Visio
2 18 (8.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (4.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (6.25%) Endur
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.45%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.27%) Miro
2 6 (2.68%) SaaS
3 5 (2.23%) AWS
3 5 (2.23%) Azure
3 5 (2.23%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.45%) GCP
5 1 (0.45%) Slack
5 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.46%) Broadband
1 10 (4.46%) Internet
1 10 (4.46%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.23%) Power BI
2 4 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.34%) Tableau
4 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.45%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (19.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 41 (18.30%) Social Skills
3 39 (17.41%) Finance
4 38 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.04%) Retail
6 14 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.91%) Legal
9 10 (4.46%) Law
10 9 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.13%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.34%) Banking
12 3 (1.34%) Local Government
13 2 (0.89%) Advertising
13 2 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.45%) Back Office
14 1 (0.45%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.46%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.79%) Laravel
2 4 (1.79%) Next.js
2 4 (1.79%) React
2 4 (1.79%) React Native
3 1 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.80%) Reinsurance
3 11 (4.91%) NHS
4 10 (4.46%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.13%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.34%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.45%) FMCG
10 1 (0.45%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.45%) PMI
10 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (42.86%) Agile
2 94 (41.96%) Business Analysis
3 80 (35.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 76 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (19.64%) Acceptance Criteria
6 40 (17.86%) User Stories
7 39 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (16.52%) User Research
9 33 (14.73%) Business Process Modelling
10 32 (14.29%) Scrum
11 31 (13.84%) Epics
12 28 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
12 28 (12.50%) UML
13 26 (11.61%) Project Management
14 25 (11.16%) Actionable Insight
15 24 (10.71%) Backlog Refinement
15 24 (10.71%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
15 24 (10.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 23 (10.27%) Knowledge Transfer
16 23 (10.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.36%) SQL
2 4 (1.79%) PHP
3 2 (0.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (32.14%) Degree
2 33 (14.73%) Security Cleared
3 32 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.23%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.79%) PMP
6 3 (1.34%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.89%) CBAP
7 2 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.89%) IIBA
8 1 (0.45%) ACCA
8 1 (0.45%) APMP
8 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.45%) CIMA
8 1 (0.45%) CSPO
8 1 (0.45%) MBA
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.23%) PMO
2 3 (1.34%) QA
3 2 (0.89%) IFRS
3 2 (0.89%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.89%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 18 (8.04%) Salesforce
2 11 (4.91%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.13%) F5
4 5 (2.23%) Oracle
5 3 (1.34%) SAP
6 2 (0.89%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.45%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.45%) Google
7 1 (0.45%) Murex
7 1 (0.45%) NEC
7 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow