Senior Business Analyst Job Trends in England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 579 542
Rank change year-on-year +93 -37 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 119 97 142
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 84 82 103
10th Percentile £56,625 £56,495 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +23.08% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £78,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.46% +21.15% +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Business Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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 +48 57 £82,500 - 16
North of England +36 22 £65,000 +4.48% 9
Midlands +32 13 £65,000 +9.37% 4
North West +31 12 £65,000 - 7
South East +28 12 £57,500 -22.03% 15
West Midlands +28 10 £70,000 +14.82% 3
South West +16 7 £65,000 +18.18%
Yorkshire -4 7 £65,000 - 1
East of England +25 5 - -
North East +6 3 £65,000 +9.37% 1
East Midlands -6 3 £65,000 +44.44% 1
Senior Business Analyst
UK

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Senior Business Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (42.02%) Agile
2 45 (37.82%) Business Analysis
3 28 (23.53%) User Stories
4 23 (19.33%) Process Improvement
4 23 (19.33%) Waterfall
5 19 (15.97%) Requirements Gathering
6 18 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (12.61%) AI
8 15 (12.61%) Workshop Facilitation
9 14 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (10.92%) Business Case
10 13 (10.92%) Target Operating Model
11 12 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (10.08%) Project Delivery
11 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
11 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
12 11 (9.24%) Decision-Making
12 11 (9.24%) Degree
12 11 (9.24%) JIRA
12 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
12 11 (9.24%) Scrum
13 10 (8.40%) Coaching
13 10 (8.40%) Use Case
14 9 (7.56%) Business Transformation
14 9 (7.56%) Confluence
14 9 (7.56%) Data Analysis
15 8 (6.72%) Acceptance Criteria
15 8 (6.72%) Change Management

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.56%) Confluence
2 1 (0.84%) Appian
2 1 (0.84%) CMS
2 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.20%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.52%) AWS
3 2 (1.68%) OpenShift
3 2 (1.68%) Slack
4 1 (0.84%) Azure
4 1 (0.84%) GCP
4 1 (0.84%) Google Ads
4 1 (0.84%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.84%) Miro
4 1 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.68%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.20%) Power BI
2 3 (2.52%) Tableau
3 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (9.24%) JIRA
General
1 36 (30.25%) Finance
2 35 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 34 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 10 (8.40%) Banking
7 6 (5.04%) Retail
8 5 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.20%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.52%) Advertising
9 3 (2.52%) Back Office
9 3 (2.52%) Games
9 3 (2.52%) Law
9 3 (2.52%) Marketing
10 2 (1.68%) Legal
11 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.92%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.40%) Reinsurance
3 8 (6.72%) Fixed Income
3 8 (6.72%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Equities
7 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.84%) Blog
8 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.84%) CMDB
8 1 (0.84%) Derivative
8 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.84%) NHS
8 1 (0.84%) Podcast
8 1 (0.84%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.02%) Agile
2 45 (37.82%) Business Analysis
3 28 (23.53%) User Stories
4 23 (19.33%) Process Improvement
4 23 (19.33%) Waterfall
5 19 (15.97%) Requirements Gathering
6 18 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (12.61%) AI
8 15 (12.61%) Workshop Facilitation
9 14 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (10.92%) Business Case
10 13 (10.92%) Target Operating Model
11 12 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (10.08%) Project Delivery
12 11 (9.24%) Decision-Making
12 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
12 11 (9.24%) Scrum
13 10 (8.40%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.04%) SQL
2 2 (1.68%) C++
2 2 (1.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
1 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.24%) Degree
3 6 (5.04%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.52%) CSPO
5 2 (1.68%) CBAP
6 1 (0.84%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.72%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) PMO
3 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.84%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (5.04%) Salesforce
2 5 (4.20%) Guidewire
2 5 (4.20%) SAP
3 4 (3.36%) BT
3 4 (3.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.68%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.84%) Calypso
5 1 (0.84%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.84%) IBM
5 1 (0.84%) Workday