Lead Business Analyst Job Trends in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
England > Midlands

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 211 237 211
Rank change year-on-year +26 -26 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 8 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.10% 0.13% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 3
10th Percentile - £52,900 £48,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +9.70%
75th Percentile £60,625 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,000 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +20.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,054 6,302 4,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.33% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,266 2,977 3,915
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,001 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Lead Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
West Midlands +30 7 £55,000 -7.56%
East Midlands -8 1 £55,000 -15.38%
Lead Business Analyst
England

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Lead 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 Midlands region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
1 3 (37.50%) Kanban
1 3 (37.50%) Lean Software Development
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (37.50%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Line Management

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
1 3 (37.50%) Kanban
1 3 (37.50%) Lean Software Development
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (37.50%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Line Management