Business Analyst
Bridges business needs and the teams that build solutions.
What you’d do
A business analyst studies how a business or process works, finds problems, and translates needs into clear requirements or data-backed recommendations. Employers include IT services and consulting firms, banks, product companies and analytics teams. A typical day involves meetings with users, writing requirement documents, analysing data in Excel or SQL, and working with developers or managers.
- Gather and document requirements
- Analyse processes and data
- Work between stakeholders and tech
How you get in
Freshers often join as associate or junior analysts in IT services, consulting or analytics firms, sometimes after a support or testing role. Skills in Excel, SQL and a dashboard tool, shown through a few small projects, help in interviews.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Writing requirements and user stories
- Excel and SQL analysis
- Dashboards (Power BI or Tableau)
- Process mapping
- Clear communication with business and tech teams
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BA (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- The title means different things at different employers, so job descriptions matter.
- Next roles: senior analyst, product manager, consultant.
- An MBA is common for moving into strategy roles, but not required.
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