Senior Business Analyst Jobs

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in the UK is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2024.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 553 598
Rank change year-on-year -111 +45 +104
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 117 169 539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.32% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.33% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 92 131 378
10th Percentile £56,495 £47,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £64,438 £56,187 £51,979
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £65,000 £63,425
Median % change year-on-year +21.15% +2.48% +5.71%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £90,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,896 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.63% +5.27% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 67,646 50,582 118,718
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 95.42% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 34,094 36,952 74,339
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,881 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst over the 6 months to 4 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 December 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 -100 101 £80,000 +23.08% 40
London -13 71 £82,500 +10.00% 25
UK excluding London -114 41 £60,000 +3.63% 17
Work from Home -35 33 £60,965 -9.68% 30
North of England -55 13 £59,430 +2.65% 3
Scotland -6 10 £59,250 -21.00% 2
North West -48 8 £62,215 +8.20% 2
Midlands -51 7 £59,715 +3.85% 2
South East -64 7 £73,750 +15.69% 4
West Midlands -43 6 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Yorkshire +13 4 - - 1
East of England -64 3 £70,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +19 2 £59,430 -16.59%
Wales +24 1 £59,430 +8.05% 1
South West -1 1 £55,000 +15.79% 4
East Midlands -33 1 £45,000 -20.00% 1
North East - 1 £59,430 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2024, 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 featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 72 (61.54%) Business Analysis
2 59 (50.43%) Agile
3 46 (39.32%) Social Skills
4 41 (35.04%) Finance
5 35 (29.91%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (28.21%) Product Ownership
7 30 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
9 26 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
10 25 (21.37%) SQL
11 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (18.80%) Data Analysis
13 20 (17.09%) Banking
13 20 (17.09%) Roadmaps
14 19 (16.24%) Degree
15 18 (15.38%) User Stories
16 17 (14.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (13.68%) Python
18 15 (12.82%) Asset Management
18 15 (12.82%) Waterfall
19 14 (11.97%) AWS
19 14 (11.97%) Derivative
19 14 (11.97%) JIRA
19 14 (11.97%) Investment Management
19 14 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
19 14 (11.97%) Equities
19 14 (11.97%) Front Office
19 14 (11.97%) Business Case
20 13 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 13 (11.11%) Security Cleared

Senior 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 5 (4.27%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (8.55%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.71%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (10.26%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.71%) Endur
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Manufacturing
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.85%) Magento
3 1 (0.85%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.85%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.97%) AWS
2 12 (10.26%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.13%) SaaS
4 3 (2.56%) Azure
4 3 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.71%) PaaS
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.85%) Miro
6 1 (0.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Power BI
2 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.85%) Sisense
2 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (11.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 46 (39.32%) Social Skills
2 41 (35.04%) Finance
3 35 (29.91%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (17.09%) Banking
5 17 (14.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (11.97%) Front Office
7 12 (10.26%) Investment Banking
8 8 (6.84%) Retail
9 7 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (4.27%) Public Sector
11 4 (3.42%) Law
11 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
12 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.71%) Back Office
13 2 (1.71%) Legal
14 1 (0.85%) Advertising
14 1 (0.85%) Billing
14 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.85%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.56%) RESTful
2 2 (1.71%) .NET
2 2 (1.71%) HTML
3 1 (0.85%) Middleware
3 1 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.21%) Product Ownership
2 14 (11.97%) Derivative
2 14 (11.97%) Equities
3 13 (11.11%) Fixed Income
3 13 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (10.26%) Hedge funds
5 8 (6.84%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.42%) Reinsurance
7 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.71%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.71%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.85%) Unix
1 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (61.54%) Business Analysis
2 59 (50.43%) Agile
3 30 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
5 26 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
6 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (18.80%) Data Analysis
8 20 (17.09%) Roadmaps
9 18 (15.38%) User Stories
10 15 (12.82%) Asset Management
10 15 (12.82%) Waterfall
11 14 (11.97%) Business Case
11 14 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (11.97%) Investment Management
12 13 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
12 13 (11.11%) Project Delivery
13 12 (10.26%) Fintech
13 12 (10.26%) Machine Learning
13 12 (10.26%) Project Management
13 12 (10.26%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.37%) SQL
2 16 (13.68%) Python
3 1 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (16.24%) Degree
2 13 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.13%) IIBA
5 5 (4.27%) CBAP
6 2 (1.71%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) EMIR
2 2 (1.71%) PMO
3 1 (0.85%) COREP
3 1 (0.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Ansible
1 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (10.26%) BISAM
1 12 (10.26%) Bloomberg
2 11 (9.40%) Salesforce
3 8 (6.84%) Pega
4 5 (4.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.56%) SAP
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle
7 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow