Lead Business Analyst Jobs 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 9 August 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 252 271
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 9 42 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.13% 0.39% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.41% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 8
10th Percentile - £52,750 £54,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £53,313 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -0.83% +14.87%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,563 £64,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +23.08% +6.12% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,358 10,229 6,443
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.52% 90.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,442 6,575 4,281
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £62,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +34 6 £30,000 -46.90%
East Midlands -10 3 £70,000 +12.00% 2
Lead Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 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 Midlands region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Marketing
3 4 (44.44%) WordPress
3 4 (44.44%) WooCommerce
3 4 (44.44%) CRM
3 4 (44.44%) E-Commerce
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Six Sigma
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Kanban
5 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
5 2 (22.22%) Lean Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) ISEB
5 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
6 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (44.44%) WordPress
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) CRM
3 4 (44.44%) E-Commerce
4 3 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (33.33%) Six Sigma
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Kanban
5 2 (22.22%) Lean Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
6 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) WooCommerce
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce