Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship
Business Analyst
बिज़नेस एनालिस्ट
Works out what a business needs and turns it into clear requirements for new technology and better processes.
See when you could start working, and what it could payWhat people in India report they earn
See business analyst salaries shared by employees: Glassdoor India(opens in a new tab) · Indeed India(opens in a new tab).
These figures are self-reported on those sites and aren't checked by Edukrish. Pay varies a lot by city, employer and experience.
- Class 11–12 stream
- Open to any stream
- Key subjects
- Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics
- Often valued in this work
- Earning potential, Stability, Global exposure
What the work looks like
- Interviewing users and mapping how work gets done today
- Writing requirements and checking solutions against them
- Analysing data to recommend improvements
The realities
A bridge between business teams and technology teams, so communication matters as much as analysis. Common in IT services, banks and consulting firms, and a route into product or consulting roles.
The usual route in India
A B.Tech, BCA, BBA, B.Com or Economics degree; many join IT or consulting firms as analysts, and some add an MBA.
Entrance exams and tests
- JEE Main — dates and details
- CUET-UG — dates and details
- IPMAT — dates and details
- CAT (for MBA) — dates and details
Linked exams open their official dates and sources.
Other ways in
Analysts come from commerce, engineering, economics and statistics degrees; SQL and spreadsheet skills matter more than the degree.
Colleges with courses for this career
From courses we've collected from official college websites. Not a ranking, and not every college that offers it.
- Vellore Institute of Technology
B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering and Business Systems (in collaboration with TCS) · BBA · BBA (Financial Analytics) 2+2 Collaborative Degree
- XLRI - Xavier School of Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management · Postgraduate Diploma in General Management · Postgraduate Diploma in Management(Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Venture Development)
- Delhi Technological University
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) · Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Blended MBA in Business Analytics & AI · ePGD-ABA
- Jamia Millia Islamia
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (Distance MODE) · Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Distance MODE)
- University of Hyderabad
M.B.A. · M.B.A. Executive
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Integrated Programme in Management
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA)
Sources and checks
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Quick answers
- How long does it take to become a business analyst in India?
- On the usual route (B.Tech, then analyst roles), about 4 years after Class 12. A student in Class 12 in 2026–27 could start working around 2031; a student in Class 8 around 2035. A preparation year, a master's or a repeated year moves this later.
- How much does a business analyst earn?
- Edukrish doesn't publish an India salary figure for this career yet, because reliable occupation-level data that can be reused doesn't exist publicly. In the United States, median pay for computer systems analysts was $105,850 a year in 2025; the lowest-paid 10% earned under $67,340 and the top 10% over $167,710 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
- Will AI take over the work of a business analyst?
- The ILO's 2025 index of generative-AI exposure says this occupation group ("Systems analysts") has moderate exposure: of its 7 typical tasks, 2 are moderately exposed and 5 have low exposure; none is highly exposed. Exposure measures what the technology could do today, not job losses; it usually changes which tasks people spend time on.
Your future as a business analyst
When you could start working, what the work could look like by then, and what it could pay.
Pay data for
- You could start working
- 2033in about 7 years · as junior business analyst
- Pay in India
- We show India pay only where there's an official public figure, such as government pay scales. This career doesn't have one yet.
Your pay over the career
Shown only where reliable data exists.
No reliable pay data for India yet
- India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.
Your path from today
Engineering degree; many join IT services or consulting firms as analysts.
Today
Class 10 · 2026–27
Finish Class 12
May 2029
B.Tech / B.E.
Aug 2029 – Jun 2033
First role: Junior business analyst
Jul 2033
Growing in the role
2038 (5 years in)
Senior roles, for some
2043+ (10 years in)
A plan, not a promise: a repeated year, a break or a change of course moves these dates.
How the career can grow
Illustrative steps; the years vary by employer and person. Many people stay at a specialist level by choice.
Junior business analyst
Often 0–2 years in · from about 2033
Learns the work on real projects, with close guidance.
Business analyst
Often 3–5 years in · from about 2036
Owns pieces of work end to end and needs less supervision.
Senior business analyst
Often 6–9 years in · from about 2039
Handles complex work, sets direction for a project and guides newer colleagues.
Lead analyst or product / consulting manager
Often 10–14 years in · from about 2043
Leads larger areas or teams, or becomes the go-to expert in a specialism.
Head of business analysis or delivery
Often 15+ years in · from about 2048
Shapes strategy for a department or organisation. Only some people reach this level.
Demand and how the work may change
Official US outlook, 2025–2035
Employment growth: Much faster than average (7% or higher) · about 32,900 openings a year.
There's no reliable job-postings data for India yet, so these signals come from the US.
Exposure to generative AI (ILO, 2025)
Moderate exposure: a mix of tasks generative AI could do and tasks it can't.
- Very low
- Low
- Medium
- High
How many of the 7 typical tasks of “systems analysts” current generative AI could technically do. Exposure is not the same as job loss: it often changes which tasks people spend their time on. By 2033 the tools will be different again, so treat this as direction, not a forecast.
Who hires people in this career
- Banks and investment firms
- Audit, tax and consulting firms
- Consumer and industrial companies
- Start-ups
- Your own business
Kinds of employers today, written by our team. We name companies only with dated hiring evidence, and never suggest a company will be hiring in 2033.
How we work this out: sources, assumptions and limits
Why “no reliable pay data yet”
- India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.
Timeline assumptions
- Today is in the 2026–27 school year (April to March).
- One class per year, with no repeated year.
- Class 12 results arrive around May; college intakes start on the months shown.
- Admission in the first year you apply.
- Courses take their standard length; a failed year or a break adds time.
- The first job starts about a month after the last stage ends.
Sources
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. US public domain.
- Employment Projections 2025–35 — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. US public domain.
- Indeed Job Postings Index — Indeed Hiring Lab. CC BY 4.0.
- Generative AI and jobs: refined global index of occupational exposure — International Labour Organization (Working Paper 140, 2025). CC BY 4.0.
- Social Security Trustees Report 2025 (economic assumptions) — US Social Security Administration. US public domain.
- Flexible inflation target, April 2026 – March 2031 — Government of India / Reserve Bank of India. Official government publication (facts).
- Average hourly earnings by industry and CPI (back-test data) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). US public domain (BLS data).
- PLFS unit-level data (2025 calendar year) — MoSPI (microdata.gov.in). GSDD 2026: free for non-commercial use; commercial use needs MoSPI authorisation and a fee.
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