Lead Business Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary for remote or hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 561 623
Rank change year-on-year +136 +62 +156
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 7 22 39
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.043% 0.065% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.068% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 37
10th Percentile £59,750 - £47,887
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £87,500 £64,472
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,908 32,504 40,687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 96.00% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,956 24,955 28,926
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,005 £36,679
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Lead Business Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Lead Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead Business Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Lead Business Analyst.

Lead Business Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Lead Business Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Lead Business Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 7 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) API Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Swagger
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
4 2 (28.57%) Product Backlog
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
1 2 (28.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Product Backlog
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Salesforce