A Research on BA Trends in India This is a permanent article which will feature business analysis trends and opportunities in India. Every week we will update you with new information that will help you to plan your career in the right direction. So visit this page frequently to learn the trend and stay ahead of your colleagues. Over the past 15 years or so, India has emerged as a ‘Software Capital of the World’. This has resulted in great demand for the business analysts in India. Today, India has about 1.2 million (12 Lakh) business analysts and they are mainly distributed across few cities as indicated in the graph. To be precise about 90% of the business analysts are in 12 cities (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkatta, Mumbai, Noida and Pune). So what it says. To become a business analyst or to grow as a business analyst one should be in one of these 12 cities within India. I mean they have greater chances of getting opportunities.
Though information technology is the industry that can be credited for the creation and moulding of business analysis domain, off late other
industries followed suit to take advantage of the contribution of the business analysts to deliver successful projects. Industries such as Automotive, Banking, Construction, Education, Engineering, Entertainment, Health Care, Hospitality, Public Sector, Retail, Telecom and Travel are having handful of business analysts and there is a great demand in these industries. Domain Specialization There are two types of business analysts. One is called as the technical business analyst and the other is called as the domain business analyst. Among the two the latter, the domain business analyst is growing as the most preferred career. Typically the technical business analyst started as developer or tester in a technical or an application domain. Over the years, company has appreciated their analytical, interpersonal and communication skills and promoted them as a technical business analyst. On the other hand the domain business analyst may have only a decent technical knowledge, but will have tremendous business knowledge. The growing preference towards the domain business analyst is that technical knowledge is in abundance. IT companies have no dearth of technical knowledge, but there is a severe shortage of business knowledge. Certifications Until 2011, there was no demand for business analysis certifications either from the clients or from the companies. But during the past 4 years, there is a growing trend among companies to ask for certified business analysts. Many companies started setting up their Business Analysis Centre of Excellence (BACoE). To head these centres of excellence these companies need a business analysis framework, hence the demand for the certifications. On the other hand, when certifications are demanded by the client they want to ensure some level of expertise on the side of vendor companies while performing business analysis. Today the worlds three most popular business analysis certifications are CPRE, PMI-PBA速 and CBAP速.