Lead Business Analyst Jobs in England

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK > England

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 681 797 817
Rank change year-on-year +116 +20 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 14 50 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.058% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.062% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 11 39 70
10th Percentile - £52,000 £48,080
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,570 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £95,000 £91,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +84 5 £77,500 -8.82% 7
Midlands +72 4 £67,500 +8.00%
East Midlands +35 4 £67,500 +8.00%
South West +112 2 £65,000 +15.70%
South East +88 2 £62,500 +4.17%
North of England +49 2 £66,250 +1.92% 2
Yorkshire +72 1 £67,500 +68.75%
North West +11 1 £65,000 - 2
Lead Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 England region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Agile
2 10 (71.43%) Business Analysis
3 8 (57.14%) Degree
4 6 (42.86%) User Stories
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) Scrum
4 6 (42.86%) Finance
4 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
5 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (35.71%) Salesforce
5 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (28.57%) JIRA
6 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (28.57%) Six Sigma
7 3 (21.43%) Lean Six Sigma
7 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
8 2 (14.29%) Backlog Management
8 2 (14.29%) Product Backlog
8 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (14.29%) Swagger
8 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (14.29%) Gherkin
8 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
8 2 (14.29%) API Integration
8 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
8 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (14.29%) Marketing
8 2 (14.29%) Project Management
8 2 (14.29%) PRINCE

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (7.14%) Miro
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Gherkin
1 2 (14.29%) Swagger
2 1 (7.14%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Photography
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Agile
2 10 (71.43%) Business Analysis
3 6 (42.86%) Scrum
3 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (42.86%) User Stories
4 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) Six Sigma
5 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (21.43%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (14.29%) Backlog Management
7 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) Product Backlog
7 2 (14.29%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (7.14%) CBAP
3 1 (7.14%) CSPO
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft