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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 853 1057
Rank change year-on-year +26 +204 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 57 122 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 43 76 124
10th Percentile - £47,822 £45,725
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.14% +5.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £92,125
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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 20 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 20 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 +20 50 £65,000 +8.33% 17
UK excluding London -53 37 £56,180 -2.30% 9
Work from Home +68 23 £54,000 -6.09% 7
London +93 19 £85,000 +5.33% 9
South East -16 13 £60,000 +4.35% 3
South West -14 9 £56,180 - 1
Midlands -15 5 £62,500 +4.17% 3
East Midlands -20 5 £62,500 +4.17% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -
North of England +20 3 £65,000 +21.91% 1
North West -1 2 £65,000 -4.06%
Yorkshire +67 1 £40,000 -21.51% 1
East of England +3 1 £70,000 -
Scotland -69 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 33 (57.89%) Business Analysis
2 32 (56.14%) Agile
3 28 (49.12%) Finance
4 24 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (36.84%) Social Skills
6 16 (28.07%) Analytical Thinking
6 16 (28.07%) Degree
7 15 (26.32%) Scrum
7 15 (26.32%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (21.05%) Legal
8 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
8 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
8 12 (21.05%) Coaching
8 12 (21.05%) Translating Business Requirements
9 11 (19.30%) Wireframes
9 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
9 11 (19.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 10 (17.54%) SSADM
10 10 (17.54%) V-Model
11 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
11 9 (15.79%) Retail
12 8 (14.04%) SQL
12 8 (14.04%) Process Improvement
12 8 (14.04%) Use Case
12 8 (14.04%) Analytics
12 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
13 7 (12.28%) Business Case
13 7 (12.28%) JIRA
13 7 (12.28%) Project Management

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 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (19.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.51%) Azure
1 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.75%) Apigee
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.75%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.75%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.75%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
General
1 28 (49.12%) Finance
2 24 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 12 (21.05%) Legal
5 9 (15.79%) Retail
6 6 (10.53%) Banking
7 5 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.77%) Law
8 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.75%) Advertising
9 1 (1.75%) Back Office
9 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (57.89%) Business Analysis
2 32 (56.14%) Agile
3 21 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (28.07%) Analytical Thinking
5 15 (26.32%) Requirements Gathering
5 15 (26.32%) Scrum
6 12 (21.05%) Coaching
6 12 (21.05%) Translating Business Requirements
7 11 (19.30%) Wireframes
8 10 (17.54%) SSADM
8 10 (17.54%) V-Model
9 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
10 8 (14.04%) Analytics
10 8 (14.04%) Process Improvement
10 8 (14.04%) Project Delivery
10 8 (14.04%) Use Case
11 7 (12.28%) Business Case
11 7 (12.28%) Project Management
11 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (10.53%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) SQL
2 1 (1.75%) Python
2 1 (1.75%) VBA
2 1 (1.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) QA
2 3 (5.26%) PMO
3 1 (1.75%) EMIR
3 1 (1.75%) MiFID
Vendors
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.75%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.75%) Pega
3 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.75%) SAP
3 1 (1.75%) UiPath