Data Business Analyst (Remote)

Most business analyst adverts ask you to gather requirements. This one asks you to open the database first. Specsavers is recruiting a permanent Data Business Analyst for its Data team, a role that combines traditional business analysis with hands‑on SQL work: profiling source data, tracing how it moves through pipelines, and turning what you find into clear requirements for engineers. The salary is up to £56,000 depending on experience, plus a bonus and benefits, and the role is listed as remote. Applications close on 13 November .

About the Employer

Specsavers is a well‑known optical and hearing care retailer with stores across the UK and many other countries. It runs a large head office function, with many of its technology and data roles at its Whiteley site in Hampshire. This role is advertised on Specsavers' own UK careers site, and it sits alongside other data vacancies such as a Global Data Quality Lead, advertised at up to £75,000.

Read Before You Apply

Strong SQL is the real entry requirement. The advert says this isn't a role where you simply gather requirements and hand them over. You'll query and profile datasets, understand tables, keys, joins and relationships, spot data quality issues, and follow data from source systems through ingestion and transformation into reporting and analytics. If your SQL is rusty, refresh it before applying and be ready to give examples.

It asks for a lot of breadth. The advert mentions data management, migration, quality, governance, architecture, master data management (MDM) and enterprise data modelling, plus reading conceptual, logical and physical data models and following SQL and Python code. You don't need to be an expert in all of them, but you should be able to speak about at least a few from real projects.

You'll work in Agile teams. The advert wants experience in Agile delivery and writing development-ready user stories, working with data product managers, modellers, architects and engineers. Bring examples of requirements you've turned into stories that developers could build.

"Remote" needs checking. The advert says remote, but it doesn't say whether you'd need to attend an office or travel occasionally, or whether you must live in the UK. It's on Specsavers' UK careers site and the salary is in pounds, so assume UK-based and check the right to work and any sponsorship position, which the advert doesn't mention.

"Up to £56,000" is a ceiling. The advert says up to £56,000 depending on experience, plus bonus and benefits. Ask where your experience would place you, what the bonus is and how it's calculated.

The deadline is close. Applications close on 13 November. The advert doesn't show the year, but the posting is current, so treat it as 13 November 2026 and apply early.

What You'll Be Doing

• Using SQL to query and profile source datasets, identify data quality issues and understand tables, keys, joins and relationships
• Tracing data from source systems through ingestion and transformation into data products, reporting and analytics
• Working with Data Product Managers, Data Modellers, Data Architects and Data Engineers
• Translating your analysis into clear data requirements and development-ready user stories
• Helping define how source data is mapped and transformed into enterprise data models
• Making sure requirements are technically sound, scalable and understood by everyone involved

Pay, Contract & Location

• Pay: Up to £56,000 a year, depending on experience, plus bonus and benefits
• Contract type: Permanent, full time
• Location: Remote (office attendance and eligible countries not stated)
• Area: Technology and Data

The advert mentions a bonus and benefits but doesn't list them. Ask about pension, leave, health cover, equipment and any Specsavers staff perks.

• Strong, hands‑on SQL skills and solid data business analysis experience
• Experience analysing source systems and database schemas
• Ability to read and interpret conceptual, logical and physical data models
• Enough SQL and Python knowledge to follow how data is transformed through pipelines
• Knowledge of data management, migration, quality, governance and architecture
• Experience on data‑centric initiatives or large transformation programmes, ideally involving data migration, MDM, reporting and analytics or enterprise data modelling
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams
• Right to work in the UK (the advert doesn't mention sponsorship)