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Overview
Business analysts study a company’s strategy, markets, stakeholders and internal structure, then explain where change, technology or new ways of working may improve performance.
In job descriptions, look for business analysis, process mapping, stakeholder interviews, change management, data visualisation, market research, standards work and recommendations to managers.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Business analyst work often starts with a problem in strategy, operations, technology or communication. The role gathers evidence from data, plans, interviews and market context, then turns it into options that managers can act on.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include business analysis, process modelling, stakeholder interviews, financial and market analysis, data visualisation, change management and writing clear recommendations with assumptions and risks visible.
Salary context
Salary context depends on domain complexity, access to senior stakeholders, financial impact, data responsibility, project scale and whether the analyst advises, designs changes or helps implement them.
Career paths
Paths can move from project support, operations, finance, market research or IT analysis into senior business analysis, management consulting, product ownership, change leadership or strategy work.
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Check adverts for the business area, expected outputs, tools, data sources, stakeholder seniority, process scope and whether the role is closer to strategy, IT change, operational improvement or compliance work.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for business analyst work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Business and other management consultancy activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include business consultant, business intelligence manager and lean manager.
Explore this activityActivities of head offices
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include lean manager, manufacturing cost estimator and human resources officer.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Management Analysts
13-1111.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETBusiness Intelligence Analysts
15-2051.01
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
70.2Business and other management consultancy activities70.1Activities of head offices
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Management and organisation analysts (2421)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/60082a99-d8ef-4e84-9290-78902681b6ed |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2421.1 |
| ISCO group | 2421 |
| Concept type | Occupation |