Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 837 1050
Rank change year-on-year +4 +213 -168
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 62 115 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 43 72 127
10th Percentile - £47,564 £45,950
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,348 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,180 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.30% +4.55% +7.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in the UK

Lead Business Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
England +45 56 £65,000 +8.33% 13
UK excluding London -24 42 £56,180 -2.30% 9
Work from Home +50 27 £54,000 -6.09% 8
London +103 20 £85,000 +11.27% 5
South East -13 13 £60,000 +4.35% 3
East Midlands -3 10 £62,500 +4.17% 3
Midlands -12 10 £62,500 +4.17% 4
South West -7 9 £56,180 - 1
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -
North of England +25 3 £65,000 +25.89%
North West +1 2 £65,000 -4.06%
Yorkshire +68 1 £40,000 -20.47%
East of England +5 1 £70,000 -
Scotland -62 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 38 (61.29%) Business Analysis
2 32 (51.61%) Agile
3 27 (43.55%) Finance
4 23 (37.10%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (35.48%) Degree
6 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
6 21 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (27.42%) Coaching
7 17 (27.42%) Legal
8 16 (25.81%) Requirements Gathering
8 16 (25.81%) Analytical Thinking
9 14 (22.58%) Scrum
9 14 (22.58%) Retail
10 13 (20.97%) Process Improvement
11 12 (19.35%) Translating Business Requirements
11 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
11 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
12 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Office
12 11 (17.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 11 (17.74%) Logistics
12 11 (17.74%) Wireframes
13 10 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
13 10 (16.13%) Requirements Analysis
13 10 (16.13%) SSADM
13 10 (16.13%) V-Model
14 9 (14.52%) Telematics
14 9 (14.52%) QA
14 9 (14.52%) SDLC
14 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Analysis
14 9 (14.52%) Business Process Improvement

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.61%) Apigee
1 1 (1.61%) Azure
1 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.61%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 27 (43.55%) Finance
2 23 (37.10%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
4 17 (27.42%) Legal
5 14 (22.58%) Retail
6 6 (9.68%) Banking
7 5 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.06%) Law
8 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.61%) Advertising
9 1 (1.61%) Back Office
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (61.29%) Business Analysis
2 32 (51.61%) Agile
3 21 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (27.42%) Coaching
5 16 (25.81%) Analytical Thinking
5 16 (25.81%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (22.58%) Scrum
7 13 (20.97%) Process Improvement
8 12 (19.35%) Translating Business Requirements
9 11 (17.74%) Logistics
9 11 (17.74%) Wireframes
10 10 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
10 10 (16.13%) Requirements Analysis
10 10 (16.13%) SSADM
10 10 (16.13%) V-Model
11 9 (14.52%) Business Process Analysis
11 9 (14.52%) Feasibility Study
11 9 (14.52%) Resource Allocation
11 9 (14.52%) SDLC
11 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.61%) Python
2 1 (1.61%) VBA
2 1 (1.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (35.48%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) QA
2 3 (4.84%) PMO
3 1 (1.61%) EMIR
3 1 (1.61%) MiFID
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.61%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.61%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.61%) Pega
3 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.61%) SAP
3 1 (1.61%) UiPath