Senior Business Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > England

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 641 631
Rank change year-on-year -23 -10 +86
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 186 292 641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.35% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.38% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 129 175 415
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,300 £46,550
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,600 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in England

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +58 91 £80,000 +23.08% 27
North of England +32 47 £55,000 -4.35% 1
Yorkshire +60 28 £55,000 -13.73%
Midlands -15 22 £50,000 -13.04% 1
North West -13 18 £65,000 +18.18% 1
South East -44 15 £63,750 +23.06% 3
East Midlands -9 13 £49,843 -7.70% 1
West Midlands -20 9 £50,000 -13.04%
South West -31 8 £54,575 +3.95%
East of England -17 1 £72,000 -10.00% 2
North East - 1 £58,800 -
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 across the England region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 74 (39.78%) Agile
2 66 (35.48%) Business Analysis
3 64 (34.41%) Requirements Gathering
4 59 (31.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (31.18%) Degree
6 43 (23.12%) Social Skills
7 34 (18.28%) JIRA
8 33 (17.74%) MS Visio
8 33 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (17.20%) User Stories
10 29 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (15.59%) Acceptance Criteria
10 29 (15.59%) Finance
11 27 (14.52%) User Research
12 24 (12.90%) Project Management
13 22 (11.83%) Confluence
13 22 (11.83%) Roadmaps
14 21 (11.29%) Epics
14 21 (11.29%) Business Process Modelling
15 20 (10.75%) Scrum
16 19 (10.22%) Salesforce
16 19 (10.22%) UML
17 18 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
17 18 (9.68%) Change Management
17 18 (9.68%) Requirements Workshops
18 17 (9.14%) Business Case
18 17 (9.14%) Workshop Facilitation
18 17 (9.14%) Product Ownership
18 17 (9.14%) SC Cleared

Senior 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 22 (11.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (17.74%) MS Visio
2 18 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (6.45%) Endur
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.54%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.53%) Miro
2 6 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.23%) SaaS
3 5 (2.69%) Azure
4 4 (2.15%) AWS
5 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.38%) Broadband
1 10 (5.38%) Internet
1 10 (5.38%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.23%) Power BI
2 4 (2.15%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (1.61%) Tableau
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.54%) Metadata
5 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.54%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 34 (18.28%) JIRA
2 2 (1.08%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 43 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (15.59%) Finance
4 14 (7.53%) Retail
5 10 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.30%) Legal
8 7 (3.76%) Health Technology
8 7 (3.76%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.23%) Law
10 3 (1.61%) Banking
11 2 (1.08%) Advertising
11 2 (1.08%) Local Government
11 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (2.15%) Laravel
2 4 (2.15%) Next.js
2 4 (2.15%) React
2 4 (2.15%) React Native
3 1 (0.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.91%) NHS
3 10 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.84%) Reinsurance
5 7 (3.76%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.54%) FMCG
9 1 (0.54%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.54%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.54%) PMI
9 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (39.78%) Agile
2 66 (35.48%) Business Analysis
3 64 (34.41%) Requirements Gathering
4 59 (31.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (17.20%) User Stories
6 29 (15.59%) Acceptance Criteria
7 27 (14.52%) User Research
8 24 (12.90%) Project Management
9 22 (11.83%) Roadmaps
10 21 (11.29%) Business Process Modelling
10 21 (11.29%) Epics
11 20 (10.75%) Scrum
12 19 (10.22%) UML
13 18 (9.68%) Change Management
13 18 (9.68%) Requirements Workshops
14 17 (9.14%) Business Case
14 17 (9.14%) Workshop Facilitation
15 16 (8.60%) Strategic Roadmap
16 15 (8.06%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.99%) SQL
2 4 (2.15%) PHP
3 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (31.18%) Degree
2 17 (9.14%) SC Cleared
2 17 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.69%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.15%) PMP
5 3 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.54%) ACCA
7 1 (0.54%) APMP
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.54%) CBAP
7 1 (0.54%) CIMA
7 1 (0.54%) CSPO
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) IIBA
7 1 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.61%) PMO
2 2 (1.08%) IFRS
2 2 (1.08%) IFRS 17
2 2 (1.08%) QA
3 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.54%) EMIR
3 1 (0.54%) MiFID
3 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.08%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (1.08%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 19 (10.22%) Salesforce
2 7 (3.76%) F5
2 7 (3.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.69%) SAP
4 4 (2.15%) Oracle
5 2 (1.08%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (0.54%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.54%) Google
6 1 (0.54%) Marketo
6 1 (0.54%) NEC
6 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.54%) SnapLogic