Lead Business Analyst Jobs in London

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
England > London

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in London is £77,500 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 395 479 592
Rank change year-on-year +84 +113 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 5 21 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.038% 0.089% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.094% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 24
10th Percentile £64,250 £55,750 £63,625
25th Percentile £68,750 £68,313 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,696
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +5.33% +16.95%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £96,250 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,742 22,276 32,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.14% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,310 16,685 24,119
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst in London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in London

Lead Business Analyst
Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +26 1 £92,500 +8.82% 2
East London - 1 - -
West London - 1 £62,500 -
Lead Business Analyst
England

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

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 London region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) CSPO
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Miro
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) Photography
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) BPMN
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) CBAP
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Miro
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Photography
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) BPMN
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CBAP
2 1 (20.00%) CSPO
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce