Senior Business Analyst Jobs

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in the UK is £65,000 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 675 637 651
Rank change year-on-year -38 +14 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 213 360 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.36% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.40% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 145 217 500
10th Percentile £45,999 £47,800 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,143 £53,136 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,500 £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 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%

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 20 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 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 -21 196 £65,000 - 59
UK excluding London -62 112 £55,000 -4.35% 21
London +51 96 £80,000 +23.08% 42
Work from Home +44 90 £60,000 -4.00% 31
North of England +36 52 £55,000 -4.35% 5
Yorkshire +80 29 £55,000 -12.00% 2
North West 0 22 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Midlands -15 21 £50,500 -14.04% 3
South East -21 15 £63,750 +23.06% 5
East Midlands -14 11 £49,843 -7.70%
West Midlands 0 9 £50,000 -19.81% 3
South West -25 8 £54,575 +3.95% 1
Wales +14 7 £45,000 -12.20%
Scotland -71 5 £58,800 -9.54% 1
Northern Ireland +32 3 £58,800 +27.14% 3
East of England -6 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 20 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 90 (42.25%) Agile
2 86 (40.38%) Business Analysis
3 77 (36.15%) Requirements Gathering
4 75 (35.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (32.39%) Degree
6 44 (20.66%) Social Skills
7 43 (20.19%) JIRA
8 42 (19.72%) MS Visio
8 42 (19.72%) Acceptance Criteria
9 38 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (17.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 37 (17.37%) User Research
11 36 (16.90%) User Stories
11 36 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
12 33 (15.49%) Finance
13 32 (15.02%) Business Process Modelling
14 31 (14.55%) SC Cleared
14 31 (14.55%) Security Cleared
14 31 (14.55%) Confluence
15 30 (14.08%) Scrum
15 30 (14.08%) Epics
16 28 (13.15%) Requirements Workshops
16 28 (13.15%) UML
17 25 (11.74%) Project Management
18 24 (11.27%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
18 24 (11.27%) Actionable Insight
18 24 (11.27%) Backlog Refinement
18 24 (11.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 23 (10.80%) Miro
19 23 (10.80%) 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 (14.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (19.72%) MS Visio
2 18 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (6.10%) Endur
2 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.80%) Miro
2 6 (2.82%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.82%) SaaS
3 5 (2.35%) Azure
4 4 (1.88%) AWS
5 2 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.47%) GCP
6 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.69%) Broadband
1 10 (4.69%) Internet
1 10 (4.69%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.82%) Power BI
2 4 (1.88%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.41%) Tableau
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.47%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.47%) Metadata
5 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 43 (20.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.94%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 44 (20.66%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (15.49%) Finance
5 16 (7.51%) Retail
6 12 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.69%) Law
7 10 (4.69%) Legal
7 10 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.29%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.41%) Banking
10 3 (1.41%) Local Government
11 2 (0.94%) Advertising
11 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.69%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.88%) Laravel
2 4 (1.88%) Next.js
2 4 (1.88%) React
2 4 (1.88%) React Native
3 1 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.45%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.16%) NHS
2 11 (5.16%) Reinsurance
3 10 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.29%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.47%) FMCG
8 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.47%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.47%) PMI
8 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (42.25%) Agile
2 86 (40.38%) Business Analysis
3 77 (36.15%) Requirements Gathering
4 75 (35.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (19.72%) Acceptance Criteria
6 38 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (17.37%) User Research
8 36 (16.90%) User Stories
9 32 (15.02%) Business Process Modelling
10 30 (14.08%) Epics
10 30 (14.08%) Scrum
11 28 (13.15%) Requirements Workshops
11 28 (13.15%) UML
12 25 (11.74%) Project Management
13 24 (11.27%) Actionable Insight
13 24 (11.27%) Backlog Refinement
13 24 (11.27%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
13 24 (11.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 23 (10.80%) Knowledge Transfer
14 23 (10.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.10%) SQL
2 4 (1.88%) PHP
3 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (32.39%) Degree
2 31 (14.55%) SC Cleared
2 31 (14.55%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.35%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.88%) PMP
5 3 (1.41%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.94%) CBAP
6 2 (0.94%) IIBA
6 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) ACCA
7 1 (0.47%) APMP
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) CIMA
7 1 (0.47%) CSPO
7 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.88%) PMO
2 3 (1.41%) QA
3 2 (0.94%) IFRS
3 2 (0.94%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.47%) EMIR
4 1 (0.47%) MiFID
4 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 20 (9.39%) Salesforce
2 10 (4.69%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.29%) F5
4 4 (1.88%) Oracle
4 4 (1.88%) SAP
5 2 (0.94%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.47%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.47%) Google
6 1 (0.47%) Marketo
6 1 (0.47%) Murex
6 1 (0.47%) NEC
6 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.47%) SnapLogic