Lead Business Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 549 515
Rank change year-on-year +44 -34 +156
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 18 30 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.086% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 26 16
10th Percentile £49,500 £54,625 £47,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,625 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +14.04% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £67,000 £89,375 £83,125
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +1.79% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,994 34,827 29,365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,048 17,337 22,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Lead Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands +25 8 £55,000 -15.38% 12
West Midlands +24 7 £55,000 -7.56% 6
East of England +23 3 £65,000 +18.18% 9
South East +26 2 £45,000 -40.00% 15
North West +19 2 £60,000 -2.13% 6
North of England +12 2 £60,000 -3.54% 13
Wales - 2 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands -13 1 £55,000 -15.38% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Lead Business Analyst
UK

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Agile
1 10 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 7 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (38.89%) SDLC
3 5 (27.78%) Kanban
3 5 (27.78%) Lean Software Development
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 4 (22.22%) Scrum
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Test Planning
6 2 (11.11%) Coaching
6 2 (11.11%) Line Management
6 2 (11.11%) People Management
6 2 (11.11%) QA
6 2 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (5.56%) Basel III
7 1 (5.56%) Business Case
7 1 (5.56%) CAPM
7 1 (5.56%) CBAP
7 1 (5.56%) Change Management
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.56%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.56%) Degree

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

General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
2 1 (5.56%) Legal
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Agile
1 10 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 7 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (38.89%) SDLC
3 5 (27.78%) Kanban
3 5 (27.78%) Lean Software Development
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 4 (22.22%) Scrum
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Test Planning
6 2 (11.11%) Coaching
6 2 (11.11%) Line Management
6 2 (11.11%) People Management
6 2 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (5.56%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) CAPM
1 1 (5.56%) CBAP
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.56%) MBA
1 1 (5.56%) PgMP
1 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Basel III
2 1 (5.56%) EMIR
2 1 (5.56%) MiFID