Business Analysis

Business analysts work with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into specifications developers can build from.

Key skills

  • Requirements gathering
  • Communication
  • Process mapping
  • Stakeholder analysis

Entry routes

  • BTEC IT (Business systems) → business analyst apprenticeship
  • Any degree → graduate BA scheme
  • A-level Computer Science → business-facing tech role

Example portfolio projects

  • A requirements document for the BTEC Scenario Engine's business scenarios
  • A stakeholder analysis for a proposed system