Senior Business Analyst Jobs in Central London

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
London > Central London

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in Central London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 171 230
Rank change year-on-year +24 +59 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 8 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.32% 0.45% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.47% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 11
10th Percentile £83,875 £51,143 £55,200
25th Percentile £85,000 £68,125 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £106,250 £87,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £108,875 - £115,000
London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +23.08% -10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,274 3,585 4,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 95.30% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 2,776 4,095
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in Central London

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in Central London

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in Central London

Senior Business Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
City of London +16 4 £85,000 +13.33% 2
Senior Business Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Business Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 6 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) Confluence
4 4 (50.00%) Project Management
4 4 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) Finance
5 3 (37.50%) Scrum
6 2 (25.00%) User Stories
6 2 (25.00%) Retail
6 2 (25.00%) Azure
6 2 (25.00%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
7 1 (12.50%) Business Case
7 1 (12.50%) Product Vision
7 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
7 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
7 1 (12.50%) AWS
7 1 (12.50%) PaaS
7 1 (12.50%) Fintech
7 1 (12.50%) Minimum Viable Product
7 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
7 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) Epics
7 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 5 (62.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Business Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
4 4 (50.00%) Project Management
5 3 (37.50%) Scrum
6 2 (25.00%) User Stories
7 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (12.50%) Backlog Refinement
7 1 (12.50%) Business Case
7 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 1 (12.50%) DevOps
7 1 (12.50%) Epics
7 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree