Lead Business Analyst Jobs 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 £69,637 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 723 685
Rank change year-on-year +165 -38 +86
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 13 42 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.057% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.060% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13 28 42
10th Percentile £58,250 - £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,000 £50,847
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,637 £56,180 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.95% -2.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,461 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £72,500 £64,400
UK median annual salary £69,824 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.37% - -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst 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 28 May 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 28 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
Midlands +55 5 £65,000 +4.00% 5
East Midlands +33 4 £67,500 +8.00%
South East +80 3 £62,500 +4.17% 4
Scotland +125 2 £73,750 -
South West +111 2 £65,000 +15.70%
North of England +40 2 £69,642 +7.14% 1
North West +1 2 £69,642 +7.14% 1
West Midlands - 1 £56,500 - 5
Lead Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 9 (69.23%) Business Analysis
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
3 7 (53.85%) Degree
4 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) User Stories
5 4 (30.77%) Finance
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (30.77%) Scrum
5 4 (30.77%) Salesforce
5 4 (30.77%) Six Sigma
5 4 (30.77%) Project Management
6 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
6 3 (23.08%) JIRA
6 3 (23.08%) Lean Six Sigma
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (23.08%) Product Backlog
7 2 (15.38%) Backlog Management
7 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
7 2 (15.38%) Gherkin
7 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
7 2 (15.38%) API Integration
7 2 (15.38%) Swagger

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (15.38%) Banking
5 2 (15.38%) Local Government
5 2 (15.38%) Marketing
5 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
6 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Gherkin
1 2 (15.38%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 9 (69.23%) Business Analysis
3 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 4 (30.77%) Scrum
4 4 (30.77%) Six Sigma
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) User Stories
5 3 (23.08%) Lean Six Sigma
5 3 (23.08%) Product Backlog
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Backlog Management
6 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) ISEB
3 1 (7.69%) CBAP
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Salesforce