ICT Business Analyst Career and Immigration options for Australia

Profile Title: ICT Business Analyst Career and Immigration options for Australia

Alternative Title:BA (ICT), Business Consultant (ICT)

ANZSCO Code: 261111 | Unit Code: 2611

Skill Level: Level 1 | Work Experience: 2 Years

Assessing Bodies: Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Skill Occupation List (SOL): MLTSSL

Specialization: Business Systems Analyst

Profile Description: Identifies and communicates with users to formulate and produce a requirements specification to create system and software solutions.

Job Duties:

• Working with users to formulate and document business requirements
• Identifying, investigating, and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices
• Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices, and system functionality and behaviour
• Using project management methodologies, principles and techniques to develop project plans and to cost, resource and manage projects
• Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans, which ensure acceptable quality and integrity of the system
• Creating user and training documentation, and conducting formal training classes
• Developing functional specifications for use by system developers
• Using data and process modelling techniques to create clear system specifications for the design and development of system software
• Acting as a central reference and information source, providing guidance and assistance in the system project decision making process

Skill Level Description: Most occupations in this minor group have a level of skill commensurate with a Bachelor Degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):

• 186 - Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186)
• 189 - Skilled Independent (subclass 189) - Points-Tested
• 190 - Skilled Nominated (subclass 190)
• 407 - Training visa (subclass 407)
• 485 - Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) - Graduate Work
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - Family sponsored
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
• 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) – Medium Term Stream
• 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State or Territory nominated
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored

Registration or Licensing: Not Required

Industries: ICT Business and Systems Analysts are mainly employed in: Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; Financial and Insurance Services; and Information Media and Telecommunications

Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for ICT Business and Systems Analysts is Bachelor degree (44.5 per cent).

Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for ICT Business and Systems Analysts is expected to be average (between 10,001 and 25,000). Job openings count both employment growth and turnover (defined as workers leaving their occupation for other employment or leaving the workforce).

Age Group: The main age group is 35-44 years (34.6 per cent) and the median age is 39 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).

Gender: The female share of ICT Business and Systems Analysts is 28.8 per cent and 93.2 per cent of ICT Business and Systems Analysts work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 38.1 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).

Earning: In August 2014 (latest available data) weekly earnings full-time before tax (and not including employer superannuation) were $1,831 (compared to earnings for all occupations of $1,200).

Employment: Employment for this occupation remained relatively steady in the past five years, rose slightly in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for ICT Business and Systems Analysts to November 2020 is expected to grow moderately.