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 to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 794 831 973
Rank change year-on-year +37 +142 -163
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 43 116 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38 66 101
10th Percentile £52,000 £49,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,570 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,750 £64,900
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -9.48% +8.17%
75th Percentile £84,688 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,900
% change year-on-year - -7.55% +8.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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
London +107 16 £85,000 -2.86% 10
South East -5 13 £60,000 +4.35%
South West -13 8 £56,180 -
North of England +22 4 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Yorkshire +70 2 £58,750 +13.78% 1
North West +11 2 £65,000 +3.17% 2
East of England +25 1 £70,000 -
Midlands -3 1 £47,000 -21.67% 1
East Midlands -21 1 £47,000 -21.67% 1
Lead Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 England region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (60.47%) Agile
2 21 (48.84%) Business Analysis
3 18 (41.86%) Finance
3 18 (41.86%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
6 11 (25.58%) Analytical Thinking
6 11 (25.58%) Degree
6 11 (25.58%) Scrum
7 10 (23.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Excel
8 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
9 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Office
9 8 (18.60%) Project Management
9 8 (18.60%) Project Delivery
9 8 (18.60%) Waterfall
10 7 (16.28%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (16.28%) Legal
10 7 (16.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (13.95%) Change Management
11 6 (13.95%) SQL
11 6 (13.95%) SSADM
11 6 (13.95%) Wireframes
11 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
11 6 (13.95%) V-Model
11 6 (13.95%) Use Case
11 6 (13.95%) Analytics
11 6 (13.95%) Mentoring
11 6 (13.95%) Coaching

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 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (16.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (9.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) Apigee
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) JIRA
General
1 18 (41.86%) Analytical Skills
1 18 (41.86%) Finance
2 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Legal
4 5 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (11.63%) Retail
5 4 (9.30%) Law
6 2 (4.65%) Banking
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Advertising
7 1 (2.33%) Back Office
7 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.33%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.33%) Robotics
2 1 (2.33%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) Agile
2 21 (48.84%) Business Analysis
3 17 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (25.58%) Analytical Thinking
4 11 (25.58%) Scrum
5 10 (23.26%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (18.60%) Project Delivery
6 8 (18.60%) Project Management
6 8 (18.60%) Waterfall
7 7 (16.28%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (13.95%) Analytics
8 6 (13.95%) Business Case
8 6 (13.95%) Change Management
8 6 (13.95%) Coaching
8 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.95%) Mentoring
8 6 (13.95%) SSADM
8 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.95%) Use Case
8 6 (13.95%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) VBA
2 1 (2.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.33%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.33%) Pega
3 1 (2.33%) SAP
3 1 (2.33%) UiPath