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Management Consultants and Business Analysts

Management consultants and business analysts advise industrial, commercial and other establishments on a variety of management and business-related matters to assist in the formulation of financial and business policies in order to maximise growth or improve business performance.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£25,628
£44,087
£72,271

New workers start around £25,628. Normal pay is £44,087 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £72,271.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 183,296 vacancies for this type of job

5.68%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Runs workshops, and addresses seminars, conferences and the media to present results of research activity or to express professional views.

  • Advises governments, commercial enterprises, organisations and other clients in light of research findings.

  • Determines the appropriate method of data collection and research methodology, analyses and interprets information gained and formulates and implements recommendations and solutions.

  • Identifies problems concerned with business strategy, policy, organisation, procedures, methods and markets.

  • Assesses the functions, objectives and requirements of the organisation seeking advice.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Finance

  • Data Analysis

  • Business Analysis

  • Agile Methodology

  • Business Process

  • Business Requirements

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • SQL (Programming Language)

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Planning

  • Detail Oriented

  • Customer Service

  • Leadership

  • Sales

  • Operations

  • Influencing Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Business Management

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business and Management

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 56/56

Business and Management

University of South Wales

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Pontypridd · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Business Analytics

Edge Hill University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Business Enterprise Top-up

University College Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Variable · Birmingham · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business and Management

Cardiff Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cardiff · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Business Management

Liverpool Hope University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Management

ESCP Business School

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 136/136

Business Management

University of Huddersfield

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

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