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Software & IT

business analyst

Learned from 360 real résumés for this role.

Across 360 real U.S. résumés for a business analyst, the most distinctive skills are Force.Com Api, Open Jpa and Business Analyst — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Force.Com Api
1% have it · 270.3× vs average
Open Jpa
1% have it · 270.3× vs average
Business Analyst
9% have it · 62.8× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

force.com api
270.3×
1% · N=3
open jpa
270.3×
1% · N=3
business analyst
62.8×
9% · N=33
jsf 1.2
135.1×
1% · N=3
rational unified process
108.1×
1% · N=4
sharing rules
57.9×
3% · N=9
ejb 3.0
57.9×
3% · N=9
agile projects
90.1×
1% · N=3
power shell
90.1×
1% · N=3
email updates
90.1×
1% · N=3
appexchange
90.1×
1% · N=3
testing procedures
90.1×
1% · N=3
visual force pages
45.0×
3% · N=9
lightning components
49.1×
2% · N=6

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Business Analyst need?

In 360 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Force.Com Api (1% have it), Open Jpa (1% have it), Business Analyst (9% have it), Object Oriented Analysis And Design (1% have it), Jsf 1.2 (1% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Business Analyst roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are It Project Manager (12% of moves, N=42), Project Manager (7% of moves, N=27), Senior Business Analyst (4% of moves, N=15).

What roles lead into Business Analyst?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Senior Database Administrator (3% of arrivals, N=9), It Security Analyst (1% of arrivals, N=9), Junior Business Analyst (60% of arrivals, N=9).

Does this page show Business Analyst salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 360 of them are Business Analyst résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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