Business Analyst
You work out what a business actually needs and translate it into changes teams can deliver.
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- Typical pay
- €33k–€62k
- Usual education
- Degree or apprenticeship
- Outlook
- Strong in banks, insurers and consultancies.
A day in the life
Interviewing teams about how they work today, mapping processes, agreeing requirements with technology.
Ways in
- Business or technology graduate scheme
- Apprenticeship in business analysis
- Move from operations into a change team
What to study at 16
The subjects you choose for the final years of secondary school can shape which degrees, exams and careers are easiest to reach. This is about choosing courses, not choosing a school.
Spain
Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Portugal
Ciências Socioeconómicas
France
Bac général — spécialités
Germany
Oberstufe — Leistungskurse
Netherlands
Profiel Economie & Maatschappij
Poland
Liceum — rozszerzenia
Skills that matter
Best courses to take
The study routes that lead most directly into this career.
BSc Business Analytics
Turning company data into decisions with SQL, statistics and visualisation.
Process, data and requirements skills.
Helpful school subjects: Maths, Statistics, IT
BSc Business Management
Broad grounding in how organisations work: strategy, finance, operations and people.
Broad view of how businesses operate.
Helpful school subjects: Maths, Economics, English
Places that hire for this
Accenture
Business analyst roles on client change projects.
Bank of England
Internships, apprenticeships and graduate programmes open to students in this area.
Capgemini
Analysts bridging business and technology teams.
Feedzai
Internships in Coimbra and Lisbon frequently convert into full-time roles.
London Stock Exchange Group
Internships, apprenticeships and graduate programmes open to students in this area.
Novobanco
Trainee places often sit in transformation, risk and credit projects.
SIBS / MB WAY
Payments operations and product traineeships across Multibanco and MB WAY.
SIX Group
Internships, apprenticeships and graduate programmes open to students in this area.
Swiss National Bank
Internships, apprenticeships and graduate programmes open to students in this area.