Senior Business Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 617 625 601
Rank change year-on-year +8 -24 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 206 334 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.36% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.39% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 147 207 440
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,450 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,696 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £92,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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 +77 98 £80,000 +14.29% 25
North of England +44 56 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Yorkshire +95 31 £55,000 -12.00% 2
North West +8 24 £62,500 +8.70%
Midlands -5 23 £50,000 -8.68% 4
South East -6 15 £63,750 +21.43% 3
East Midlands -12 12 £48,687 -9.84% 1
West Midlands +9 10 £50,000 -8.68% 3
South West -23 9 £54,575 +3.95%
East of England +12 1 £72,000 -10.00% 4
North East 0 1 £58,800 -2.00%
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 80 (38.83%) Agile
2 77 (37.38%) Business Analysis
3 67 (32.52%) Requirements Gathering
4 64 (31.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (30.58%) Degree
6 41 (19.90%) Social Skills
7 39 (18.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (18.45%) Finance
9 34 (16.50%) JIRA
9 34 (16.50%) User Stories
10 33 (16.02%) MS Visio
10 33 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
12 30 (14.56%) Acceptance Criteria
13 28 (13.59%) User Research
14 26 (12.62%) Project Management
15 24 (11.65%) Roadmaps
16 23 (11.17%) Scrum
17 22 (10.68%) Confluence
17 22 (10.68%) Epics
18 21 (10.19%) Business Process Modelling
19 20 (9.71%) Retail
19 20 (9.71%) Workshop Facilitation
20 19 (9.22%) Business Case
20 19 (9.22%) Requirements Workshops
20 19 (9.22%) Product Ownership
20 19 (9.22%) UML
21 18 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
21 18 (8.74%) Change Management
21 18 (8.74%) SC Cleared

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 22 (10.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (16.02%) MS Visio
2 18 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (6.80%) Endur
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.49%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.80%) Miro
2 5 (2.43%) AWS
2 5 (2.43%) Power Platform
2 5 (2.43%) SaaS
3 4 (1.94%) Azure
4 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.49%) GCP
5 1 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.85%) Broadband
1 10 (4.85%) Internet
1 10 (4.85%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.43%) Power BI
2 4 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.46%) Tableau
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (16.50%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 41 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 38 (18.45%) Finance
4 32 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (9.71%) Retail
6 11 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.85%) Law
7 10 (4.85%) Legal
8 9 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.37%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.40%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.46%) Local Government
11 2 (0.97%) Advertising
11 2 (0.97%) Banking
11 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.49%) Back Office
12 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.85%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.94%) Laravel
2 4 (1.94%) Next.js
2 4 (1.94%) React
2 4 (1.94%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.22%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.31%) Reinsurance
3 11 (5.34%) NHS
4 10 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.40%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.46%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.49%) FMCG
9 1 (0.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.49%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.49%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.49%) PMI
9 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (38.83%) Agile
2 77 (37.38%) Business Analysis
3 67 (32.52%) Requirements Gathering
4 64 (31.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (16.50%) User Stories
6 33 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (14.56%) Acceptance Criteria
8 28 (13.59%) User Research
9 26 (12.62%) Project Management
10 24 (11.65%) Roadmaps
11 23 (11.17%) Scrum
12 22 (10.68%) Epics
13 21 (10.19%) Business Process Modelling
14 20 (9.71%) Workshop Facilitation
15 19 (9.22%) Business Case
15 19 (9.22%) Requirements Workshops
15 19 (9.22%) UML
16 18 (8.74%) Change Management
16 18 (8.74%) Waterfall
17 17 (8.25%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.83%) SQL
2 4 (1.94%) PHP
3 2 (0.97%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (30.58%) Degree
2 18 (8.74%) SC Cleared
2 18 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.43%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.94%) PMP
5 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.49%) ACCA
7 1 (0.49%) APMP
7 1 (0.49%) CBAP
7 1 (0.49%) CIMA
7 1 (0.49%) CSPO
7 1 (0.49%) IIBA
7 1 (0.49%) MBA
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.43%) PMO
2 3 (1.46%) QA
3 2 (0.97%) IFRS
3 2 (0.97%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 17 (8.25%) Salesforce
2 9 (4.37%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.40%) F5
4 4 (1.94%) Oracle
5 2 (0.97%) MicroStrategy
5 2 (0.97%) SAP
6 1 (0.49%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.49%) Google
6 1 (0.49%) NEC
6 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow