Senior Business Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
England > North of England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in the North of England is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 345 378
Rank change year-on-year +11 +33 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 7 52 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.061% 0.30% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.31% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4 34 34
10th Percentile £55,125 £46,250 £40,920
25th Percentile £59,063 £47,500 £46,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -4.35% +8.26%
75th Percentile £69,375 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,621 16,613 15,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 94.96% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,732 12,861 8,142
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,629
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the North of England

Senior Business Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West -17 6 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Yorkshire +37 1 £80,000 +45.45% 9
Senior Business Analyst
England

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 North of England region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
3 3 (42.86%) Bloomberg
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) GCP
5 1 (14.29%) User Stories
5 1 (14.29%) Google
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Confluence

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
5 1 (14.29%) Data Extraction
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) User Stories
5 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Bloomberg
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft