Lead Business Analyst
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 59% sure that is the right code. Investigo is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers) · 59% match
- Likely 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts) · 38% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 | £43,900 | £49,400 | £54,900 |
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Also possible | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Lead Business Analyst
Permanent
Hybrid Working - Solihull
Responsibilities
- Provide line management to the Business Analyst team, including workload allocation, performance management, coaching, and professional development.
- Deputise for the Project Director to represent Business Architecture & Business Analysis interests at senior stakeholder and governance forums.
- Build and lead a Business Analyst community of practice, establishing shared standards, tools, templates, and promoting best practice ways of working across the BA discipline.
- Oversee the Business Analysis artefacts for consistency and quality across the team, ensuring requirements and analysis outputs across the team meet agreed standards and quality expectations.
- Provide end-to-end business analysis support to strategy and target operating model (TOM) work, bringing BA rigour to business architecture activities and helping shape the future-state operating model.
- Lead the most strategic and complex Business Analysis assignments across projects and programmes, setting the standard for the wider BA team.
- Elicit, document, prioritise, validate, and communicate business, functional, and non-functional requirements, user stories and related acceptance criteria across projects and programmes.
- Perform gap analyses and contribute to business case development and benefit/value articulation.
- Maintain end to end traceability from business objectives and problem statements through to requirements (including regulatory requirements), solution design, testing and delivered outcomes.
- Support stakeholders in shaping business needs and future-state designs, identifying risks, constraints & dependencies.
- Lead discovery activities including current-/target-state analysis and feasibility assessment.
- Facilitate workshops for requirements gathering, problem-solving, and solution design.
- Work collaboratively with Solution Architects to support technology options evaluation.
Specialist/Technical Expertise
Essential
- Business analysis experience gained within a business architecture practice, with working knowledge of strategy and target operating model (TOM) concepts and frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, BIZBOK).
- Proven line management experience, with the ability to lead, coach and develop a team of Business Analysts.
- Experience building and leading a community of practice or centre of excellence.
- Experience in process modelling, data modelling, and requirements engineering.
- Ability to interpret, challenge, and validate complex business needs.
- Proficiency in business analysis toolsets and modelling notations (e.g., BPMN, UML).
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to handle ambiguity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including presenting complex information clearly and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Experience developing business cases and conducting options appraisals.
- Comfortable leading workshops and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in agile and waterfall development methodologies and working in cross-functional delivery teams.
- Ability to work on a range of initiatives concurrently and comfortable managing competing priorities.
- Experience in highly regulated sectors.
Desirable
- Previous experience in a Lead BA, BA Practice Lead, or similar Business Analysis leadership role.
- Professional Business Analysis qualifications (e.g. BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis; IIBA certifications).
- Business architecture qualification (e.g. TOGAF, BIZBOK, OMG-Certified).
- Experience supporting software procurement activities.
- Experience in utilities.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Investigo, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sample- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
Similar sponsored roles
See all UK visa jobsNo close matches live right now.
Browse more sponsored jobs at InvestigoAbout sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Investigo holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.