Business analyst resume keywords
We counted the skills in 169 open business analyst job postings from 90 employers, including Palantir, Nubank and Axon. The ones employers ask for most are automation (37% of postings), sales (31%) and process improvement (27%). 60% of the postings mention AI, though often in the company's description rather than as a skill the job needs.
Top skills and tools in business analyst postings
| # | Keyword | Share of postings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | automation | 37% |
| 2 | sales | 31% |
| 3 | process improvement | 27% |
| 4 | compliance | 25% |
| 5 | Salesforce | 24% |
| 6 | dashboards | 23% |
| 7 | SQL | 22% |
| 8 | analytics | 20% |
| 9 | sales operations | 18% |
| 10 | audit | 17% |
| 11 | accounting | 15% |
| 12 | marketing | 15% |
| 13 | go-to-market | 14% |
| 14 | Excel | 13% |
| 15 | data analysis | 13% |
| 16 | customer experience | 12% |
| 17 | Python | 11% |
| 18 | troubleshooting | 11% |
| 19 | product roadmap | 11% |
| 20 | supply chain | 11% |
| 21 | CRM | 10% |
| 22 | SOX | 10% |
| 23 | Jira | 9% |
| 24 | agile | 9% |
| 25 | data quality | 9% |
| 26 | HR | 8% |
| 27 | manufacturing | 8% |
| 28 | billing | 8% |
| 29 | reconciliation | 8% |
| 30 | procurement | 8% |
Share of the 169 postings whose description names the skill (plurals and common spellings, such as “JS” and “JavaScript”, count as one).
Soft skills employers mention
reporting · 17%communication · 12%leadership · 10%documentation · 9%analytical skills · 9%collaboration · 7%attention to detail · 7%cross-functional · 7%
Show these through results in your bullets (“led a team of six”) rather than listing them as adjectives.
How to use these keywords on your business analyst resume
- Start with the posting, not this list. These are averages across 169 jobs; the one you're applying for has its own priorities. Use this page to spot common gaps, then match the specific posting.
- Name skills the way employers do. If you use “automation”, “sales” and “process improvement”, write those exact words. Applicant tracking systems and recruiters search for them, and a close synonym can be missed.
- Put each skill in a bullet that shows a result. Naming compliance inside a bullet about what you achieved with it, with a number where you can, is stronger than listing it alone in a skills section.
- Add only what's true. If you've worked with “compliance”, “Salesforce” and “dashboards” but your resume doesn't say so, add it. If you haven't, leave it out: interviews expose padded resumes quickly.
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How these numbers are calculated
Every figure comes from open business analyst job postings on MANY Hired, imported from employers' own career pages. For each posting we pick out the skills, tools, certifications and qualifications its description names, then count how many postings ask for each one. A job counts as business analyst by its title. Updated November 10, 2026.