Where a business analyst can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a business analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Business analysts research and understand the strategic position of businesses and companies in relation to their markets and their stakeholders. They analyse and present their views on how the company, from many perspectives, can improve its strategic position and internal corporate structure. They assess needs for change, communication methods, technology, IT tools, new standards and certifications.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 73%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 1difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 53required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- venture capitalist 32% covered · difficulty 66.7
- business intelligence manager 26% covered · difficulty 78.4
- financial risk manager 25% covered · difficulty 79.9
- financial analyst 25% covered · difficulty 78.2
- investor relations manager 24% covered · difficulty 76.6
- chief operating officer 23% covered · difficulty 76.4
- occupational analyst 22% covered · difficulty 76.3
- audit supervisor 22% covered · difficulty 74.4
- corporate risk manager 22% covered · difficulty 81.4
- chief executive officer 21% covered · difficulty 82.8
- strategic planning manager 20% covered · difficulty 81.8
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business analyst is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a business analyst already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.