Senior Business Analyst Jobs in London

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > London

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 385 463
Rank change year-on-year +7 +78 +128
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 66 72 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.39% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.41% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 54 54 166
10th Percentile £72,500 £52,375 £49,750
25th Percentile £77,500 £59,305 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £68,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -5.17% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,188 £82,500
90th Percentile £117,625 £102,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% - +4.00%

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 15,663 17,662 38,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 95.25% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,300 13,996 28,270
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,242 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in London

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

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 16 January 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 -18 17 £82,500 +13.01% 1
South London -29 4 £65,000 - 1
Senior Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 January 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 London region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 38 (57.58%) Agile
2 37 (56.06%) Business Analysis
3 26 (39.39%) Social Skills
4 25 (37.88%) Product Ownership
5 24 (36.36%) Finance
6 22 (33.33%) SQL
7 18 (27.27%) Banking
8 17 (25.76%) Data Analysis
8 17 (25.76%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (22.73%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (21.21%) Python
12 13 (19.70%) Equities
12 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (18.18%) Asset Management
13 12 (18.18%) Front Office
13 12 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
14 11 (16.67%) Roadmaps
14 11 (16.67%) Derivative
14 11 (16.67%) Investment Management
15 10 (15.15%) AWS
15 10 (15.15%) Hedge funds
15 10 (15.15%) BISAM
15 10 (15.15%) Machine Learning
15 10 (15.15%) User Stories
15 10 (15.15%) Bloomberg
15 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (15.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (15.15%) Fixed Income
15 10 (15.15%) Artificial Intelligence

Senior 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 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (12.12%) MS Visio
2 7 (10.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (15.15%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.52%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) AWS
2 8 (12.12%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.55%) Azure
3 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.55%) PaaS
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 26 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 24 (36.36%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Banking
4 16 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (18.18%) Front Office
6 10 (15.15%) Investment Banking
7 7 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.55%) Retail
9 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Billing
10 1 (1.52%) Law
10 1 (1.52%) Legal
10 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) RESTful
2 2 (3.03%) .NET
2 2 (3.03%) HTML
3 1 (1.52%) Middleware
3 1 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 25 (37.88%) Product Ownership
2 13 (19.70%) Equities
3 11 (16.67%) Derivative
4 10 (15.15%) Fixed Income
4 10 (15.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (15.15%) Hedge funds
5 8 (12.12%) Low-Code
6 4 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
7 2 (3.03%) Reference Data
8 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Unix
1 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (57.58%) Agile
2 37 (56.06%) Business Analysis
3 17 (25.76%) Data Analysis
3 17 (25.76%) Workshop Facilitation
4 15 (22.73%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 12 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
7 11 (16.67%) Investment Management
7 11 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 10 (15.15%) Artificial Intelligence
8 10 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (15.15%) Fintech
8 10 (15.15%) Machine Learning
8 10 (15.15%) User Stories
9 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (13.64%) Target Operating Model
10 8 (12.12%) Project Management
10 8 (12.12%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 8 (12.12%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 22 (33.33%) SQL
2 14 (21.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.55%) Degree
3 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) IIBA
4 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) COREP
1 3 (4.55%) EMIR
2 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Ansible
1 1 (1.52%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (15.15%) BISAM
1 10 (15.15%) Bloomberg
2 8 (12.12%) Pega
2 8 (12.12%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.03%) SAP