Senior Business Analyst Job Trends in London

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > London

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in London is £83,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 371 372
Rank change year-on-year +56 +1 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 54 69 81
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.39% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.47% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 38 57 66
10th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £82,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +11.49% +2.07%
75th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,875 £118,750 £97,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,535 14,529 16,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 92.78% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,299 8,435 13,708
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Senior Business Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Business Analyst job vacancies in London

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +53 21 £90,000 +9.09% 11
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 London region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (57.41%) Agile
2 27 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 18 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 18 (33.33%) User Stories
4 15 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (24.07%) Waterfall
6 11 (20.37%) AI
6 11 (20.37%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
7 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (14.81%) Business Transformation
8 8 (14.81%) Digital Innovation
8 8 (14.81%) Mentoring
9 7 (12.96%) Coaching
9 7 (12.96%) Roadmaps
9 7 (12.96%) Scrum
9 7 (12.96%) UML
10 6 (11.11%) Business Case
10 6 (11.11%) Business Strategy
10 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 6 (11.11%) Degree
10 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 6 (11.11%) SQL
10 6 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (9.26%) Change Management
11 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.56%) AWS
1 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.70%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) GCP
3 1 (1.85%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
1 3 (5.56%) Tableau
2 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 24 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.89%) Finance
3 20 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (20.37%) Banking
5 10 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.41%) Marketing
6 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.56%) Back Office
7 3 (5.56%) Games
8 2 (3.70%) Advertising
8 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.85%) Front Office
9 1 (1.85%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Product Ownership
2 10 (18.52%) Reinsurance
3 8 (14.81%) Fixed Income
4 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.70%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.70%) Equities
6 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.85%) Blog
7 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.85%) CMDB
7 1 (1.85%) Derivative
7 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.85%) Podcast
7 1 (1.85%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) Agile
2 27 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 18 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 18 (33.33%) User Stories
4 15 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (24.07%) Waterfall
6 11 (20.37%) AI
6 11 (20.37%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
7 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (14.81%) Business Transformation
8 8 (14.81%) Digital Innovation
8 8 (14.81%) Mentoring
9 7 (12.96%) Coaching
9 7 (12.96%) Roadmaps
9 7 (12.96%) Scrum
9 7 (12.96%) UML
10 6 (11.11%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) C++
2 2 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) CBAP
2 2 (3.70%) CSPO
2 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) QA
2 3 (5.56%) PMO
3 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) EMIR
3 1 (1.85%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) MiFID
Vendors
1 5 (9.26%) Guidewire
2 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.85%) Calypso
4 1 (1.85%) IBM
4 1 (1.85%) Workday