Senior Business Analyst Jobs

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in the UK is £63,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 643 659
Rank change year-on-year -63 +16 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 207 342 732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.35% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.39% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 140 209 493
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,900 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,438 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 29 May 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 29 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 -43 190 £65,000 - 54
UK excluding London -66 110 £55,000 -4.35% 19
London +46 94 £80,000 +23.08% 36
Work from Home +21 88 £60,000 -4.00% 35
North of England +30 48 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Yorkshire +77 28 £55,000 -13.73% 1
Midlands -19 22 £50,000 -13.04% 3
North West -2 19 £65,000 +18.18% 2
South East -37 15 £63,750 +23.06% 3
East Midlands -19 13 £49,843 -7.70% 2
West Midlands -10 9 £50,000 -13.04% 1
South West -21 8 £54,575 +3.95% 3
Wales +11 7 £45,000 -12.20%
Scotland -67 6 £56,900 -12.46% 2
Northern Ireland +26 3 £58,800 +27.14% 2
East of England -13 1 £72,000 -10.00% 3
North East - 1 £58,800 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 88 (42.51%) Agile
2 82 (39.61%) Business Analysis
3 76 (36.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 73 (35.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (32.85%) Degree
6 43 (20.77%) JIRA
6 43 (20.77%) Social Skills
7 42 (20.29%) Acceptance Criteria
7 42 (20.29%) MS Visio
8 38 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (17.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (17.39%) User Research
10 36 (17.39%) User Stories
11 35 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
12 33 (15.94%) Business Process Modelling
13 31 (14.98%) Security Cleared
13 31 (14.98%) Confluence
13 31 (14.98%) SC Cleared
14 30 (14.49%) Finance
14 30 (14.49%) Epics
15 29 (14.01%) Scrum
16 28 (13.53%) UML
17 27 (13.04%) Requirements Workshops
18 25 (12.08%) Project Management
19 24 (11.59%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
19 24 (11.59%) Actionable Insight
19 24 (11.59%) Backlog Refinement
19 24 (11.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 23 (11.11%) Miro
20 23 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer

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 31 (14.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (20.29%) MS Visio
2 18 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (5.80%) Endur
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.11%) Miro
2 6 (2.90%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.90%) SaaS
3 5 (2.42%) Azure
4 4 (1.93%) AWS
5 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.48%) GCP
6 1 (0.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.83%) Broadband
1 10 (4.83%) Internet
1 10 (4.83%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.90%) Power BI
2 4 (1.93%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.45%) Tableau
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata
5 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.48%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 43 (20.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 43 (20.77%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 35 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (14.49%) Finance
5 14 (6.76%) Retail
6 12 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.83%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (4.35%) Legal
9 8 (3.86%) Law
10 7 (3.38%) Health Technology
11 3 (1.45%) Banking
12 2 (0.97%) Advertising
12 2 (0.97%) Local Government
12 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.83%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.93%) Laravel
2 4 (1.93%) Next.js
2 4 (1.93%) React
2 4 (1.93%) React Native
3 1 (0.48%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.21%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.31%) NHS
3 10 (4.83%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.83%) Reinsurance
4 7 (3.38%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.45%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.48%) FMCG
8 1 (0.48%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.48%) PMI
8 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (42.51%) Agile
2 82 (39.61%) Business Analysis
3 76 (36.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 73 (35.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (20.29%) Acceptance Criteria
6 38 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (17.39%) User Research
7 36 (17.39%) User Stories
8 33 (15.94%) Business Process Modelling
9 30 (14.49%) Epics
10 29 (14.01%) Scrum
11 28 (13.53%) UML
12 27 (13.04%) Requirements Workshops
13 25 (12.08%) Project Management
14 24 (11.59%) Actionable Insight
14 24 (11.59%) Backlog Refinement
14 24 (11.59%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
14 24 (11.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 23 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
16 22 (10.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.28%) SQL
2 4 (1.93%) PHP
3 2 (0.97%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 68 (32.85%) Degree
2 31 (14.98%) SC Cleared
2 31 (14.98%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.42%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.93%) PMP
5 3 (1.45%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.97%) CBAP
6 2 (0.97%) IIBA
6 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) ACCA
7 1 (0.48%) APMP
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.48%) CIMA
7 1 (0.48%) CSPO
7 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.93%) PMO
2 3 (1.45%) QA
3 2 (0.97%) IFRS
3 2 (0.97%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.48%) EMIR
4 1 (0.48%) MiFID
4 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 19 (9.18%) Salesforce
2 9 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.38%) F5
4 5 (2.42%) SAP
5 4 (1.93%) Oracle
6 2 (0.97%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.48%) Google
7 1 (0.48%) Marketo
7 1 (0.48%) NEC
7 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.48%) SnapLogic