Lead Business Analyst Jobs in England

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
UK > England

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 June 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 822 1030
Rank change year-on-year +32 +208 -166
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 73 72 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.088% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.096% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 38 59 111
10th Percentile £52,000 £46,250 £45,500
25th Percentile £53,570 £51,875 £50,558
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +30.00%
75th Percentile £85,938 £76,391 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 26 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Business Analyst in England

Lead Business Analyst
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Midlands -20 27 £62,500 +4.17% 1
East Midlands -12 21 £62,500 +4.17% 1
London +90 20 £85,000 +11.27% 2
South East -39 13 £60,000 +4.35%
South West -32 9 £56,180 +25.54%
West Midlands -10 6 - -
North of England +4 3 £65,000 +29.23% 2
North West -22 2 £65,000 -10.34%
Yorkshire +58 1 £40,000 -20.47% 1
East of England - 1 £70,000 -
Lead Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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 across the England region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (68.49%) Business Analysis
2 38 (52.05%) Degree
3 34 (46.58%) Coaching
3 34 (46.58%) Legal
4 30 (41.10%) Retail
5 28 (38.36%) Process Improvement
6 27 (36.99%) Agile
6 27 (36.99%) Requirements Analysis
6 27 (36.99%) Logistics
6 27 (36.99%) Impact Assessments
7 26 (35.62%) Feasibility Study
7 26 (35.62%) Resource Allocation
7 26 (35.62%) Business Process Analysis
7 26 (35.62%) Software Testing
7 26 (35.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (35.62%) GAP Analysis
7 26 (35.62%) ITIL
7 26 (35.62%) Stakeholder Analysis
7 26 (35.62%) SDLC
7 26 (35.62%) QA
7 26 (35.62%) Telematics
7 26 (35.62%) Business Process Improvement
8 23 (31.51%) Finance
9 18 (24.66%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
12 12 (16.44%) Analytical Thinking
13 11 (15.07%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (15.07%) Scrum
14 9 (12.33%) Microsoft

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (9.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (5.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.37%) Apigee
2 1 (1.37%) Azure
2 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.37%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.37%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) JIRA
General
1 34 (46.58%) Legal
2 30 (41.10%) Retail
3 23 (31.51%) Finance
4 18 (24.66%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.85%) Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.48%) Law
8 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.37%) Advertising
9 1 (1.37%) Back Office
9 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (68.49%) Business Analysis
2 34 (46.58%) Coaching
3 28 (38.36%) Process Improvement
4 27 (36.99%) Agile
4 27 (36.99%) Impact Assessments
4 27 (36.99%) Logistics
4 27 (36.99%) Requirements Analysis
5 26 (35.62%) Business Process Analysis
5 26 (35.62%) Business Process Improvement
5 26 (35.62%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (35.62%) Feasibility Study
5 26 (35.62%) GAP Analysis
5 26 (35.62%) ITIL
5 26 (35.62%) Resource Allocation
5 26 (35.62%) SDLC
5 26 (35.62%) Software Testing
5 26 (35.62%) Stakeholder Analysis
5 26 (35.62%) Telematics
6 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.44%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.59%) SQL
2 1 (1.37%) Python
2 1 (1.37%) VBA
2 1 (1.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (52.05%) Degree
2 3 (4.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (35.62%) QA
2 3 (4.11%) PMO
3 1 (1.37%) EMIR
3 1 (1.37%) MiFID
Vendors
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.37%) Alteryx
2 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
2 1 (1.37%) Pega
2 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.37%) SAP
2 1 (1.37%) UiPath