Senior Business Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 662 628
Rank change year-on-year +64 -34 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 81 188 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.22% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 61 130 177
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £48,450
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £55,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £86,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.45% -5.77% +4.00%

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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +60 47 £85,000 +6.25% 70
South East +71 8 £67,500 +5.88% 10
North of England -2 8 £62,500 +13.64% 21
Midlands +50 7 £61,525 +23.05% 14
North West -10 7 £58,750 -9.62% 10
West Midlands +53 6 £58,263 +16.53% 10
South West +108 4 £48,894 -10.41% 3
East of England +51 2 £70,000 -2.78% 2
East Midlands +31 1 £70,000 +40.44% 4
Yorkshire +29 1 £80,000 +45.45% 9
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 England region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (50.62%) Business Analysis
2 34 (41.98%) Social Skills
3 33 (40.74%) Agile
3 33 (40.74%) Finance
4 30 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (35.80%) Requirements Gathering
6 22 (27.16%) Workshop Facilitation
7 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (23.46%) Data Analysis
8 19 (23.46%) Degree
9 17 (20.99%) MS Visio
10 16 (19.75%) SQL
11 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
12 14 (17.28%) JIRA
13 13 (16.05%) Change Management
14 12 (14.81%) Project Management
14 12 (14.81%) Scrum
14 12 (14.81%) User Stories
15 11 (13.58%) Waterfall
15 11 (13.58%) Banking
15 11 (13.58%) Confluence
16 10 (12.35%) Decision-Making
16 10 (12.35%) Product Ownership
17 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
17 9 (11.11%) Power BI
17 9 (11.11%) Data Management
17 9 (11.11%) Management Information System
18 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
18 8 (9.88%) Asset Management

Senior 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 11 (13.58%) Confluence
2 3 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (20.99%) MS Visio
2 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.64%) Azure
3 4 (4.94%) Miro
4 3 (3.70%) AWS
4 3 (3.70%) SaaS
5 2 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.23%) Figma
6 1 (1.23%) GCP
6 1 (1.23%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.23%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Power BI
2 7 (8.64%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.70%) Tableau
4 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.23%) Looker
4 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (17.28%) JIRA
General
1 34 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 33 (40.74%) Finance
3 30 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.58%) Banking
5 7 (8.64%) Retail
6 4 (4.94%) Law
6 4 (4.94%) Marketing
6 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.70%) Advertising
7 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.70%) German Language
7 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.70%) Italian Language
7 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Publishing
8 2 (2.47%) Back Office
8 2 (2.47%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) Middleware
1 2 (2.47%) XML
2 1 (1.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Product Ownership
2 9 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.94%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.47%) PMI
5 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.23%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.23%) Equities
5 1 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.23%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.23%) Pricing Data
5 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (50.62%) Business Analysis
2 33 (40.74%) Agile
3 29 (35.80%) Requirements Gathering
4 22 (27.16%) Workshop Facilitation
5 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (23.46%) Data Analysis
6 19 (23.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (16.05%) Change Management
8 12 (14.81%) Project Management
8 12 (14.81%) Scrum
8 12 (14.81%) User Stories
9 11 (13.58%) Waterfall
10 10 (12.35%) Decision-Making
11 9 (11.11%) Data Management
12 8 (9.88%) Asset Management
12 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (8.64%) ERP
13 7 (8.64%) Mentoring
13 7 (8.64%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) SQL
2 2 (2.47%) Python
3 1 (1.23%) Bash
3 1 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (23.46%) Degree
2 2 (2.47%) CBAP
2 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.23%) CSPO
3 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.23%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) COREP
2 3 (3.70%) GDPR
2 3 (3.70%) PMO
3 2 (2.47%) QA
4 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.23%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.94%) Bloomberg
2 4 (4.94%) Salesforce
2 4 (4.94%) SAP
3 3 (3.70%) BT
4 2 (2.47%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) Refinitiv
5 1 (1.23%) Reuters
5 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow