Video Transcript: Business Analyst vs Data Analyst

What is up louder Columbus. This is Antoine Waite, and in today's video, I will  be discussing the difference between a business analyst and a data analyst as  Management Information Systems majors. You all know that the two best jobs in your career that you can get as a management information systems majors is to  become a business analyst or a data analyst. I talk about the top five different  career paths that you can go down in the video that I will leave a link up here on. But guys, welcome back to the black guys channel where we talk about all  things related to the skill development in the IT sector. Now, before we get to the video, do me a stone cold favor and stump that Like button as it helps us grow  the channel. Alright, guys, in this video today, we are going to be discussing the  responsibilities, the skills that you need, the qualifications that you need, and  what your salary is going to be for each of these roles that is a business analyst  and a data analyst. Now let's get to the video. all right, guys, let's jump right into  it and let's discuss the responsibilities. But before we talk about the  responsibilities, let me give you a quick definition of what analysts are. Analysts  are basically subject matter experts for the division or the organization that  you're working in. So if you're a business analyst, you are a subject matter  expert for the department that you're working in. If you're a data analyst, you are a subject matter expert with the data on the data or the organization that you are working in. Now let's jump to responsibilities. As far as the responsibilities go  between a business analyst and a data analyst. Think about this. Business  analysts. They work with clients to understand the actual problem that exists.  They also work with the internal stakeholders. If you are an internal business  analyst for an organization that's helping the technology group within your  company, they also use the current data to outline what the problems may be.  So they do a lot of research, they do a lot of discussions, they have a lot of you  know, communications with folks to understand what that problem is. And then  they use existing data to outline that problem to show what the facts are, they  also outline and communicate the client's requirements to the team. So if they're talking to internal stakeholders, they're gathering information and bringing that  back to the team. They have to understand. They have to have really good  communication skills. They have to have really good listening skills in order for  them to be able to determine what those requirements are, hear what those  requirements are and translate that back to the team. Now let's move on to the  responsibilities of a data analyst. Well, the data analyst typically works with a  programming team in IT department or computer science department to collect  data into analyze that data. They are the more technical of the two different  analyst roles. They also use pre existing data to solve company problems, so  they look for data that exist in the company, and they use that data to solve  problems. They tell stories no different than what a business analyst does for the clients. They do it also data analysts do it for the business. Also they create  reports and dashboards. So they're really good at Excel and all this other stuff, 

because they have to create reports and dashboards to visualize that data. Part  of you know, the curriculum for data analysts, it is very technical. And the reason why it's technical is because they have to be able to use data and be able to  communicate how that data actually works. Last what they also do is they  present their analytical findings to the team. So they take the data that they have gathered. They take the data that they have found and they present it in a form  that the team can actually understand. So let's now talk about the qualifications  for a business analyst versus a data analyst. Well, the qualifications for a  business analyst, we're going to start there. Typically, to get a job as a business  analyst, you need to have a bachelor's degree or higher. Some of the roles do  require an MBA. Also, you need to have a degree in some sort of business,  some sort of finance, economics, management, any one of those you can  actually translate that or transform that into a role as a business analyst. So  what are the qualifications for data analysts? Well, a data analyst, or to become  a data analyst, you need to have a bachelor's degree or higher. Sometimes a  master's degree is required for certain roles that continue to climb the ladder.  What I'll also say is they typically need a STEM degree, so the science,  technology, engineering and math, so a lot of degrees, or a lot of the people who are hired into data analyst rolls, they have a computer science degree, they  have a statistics degree, or they have a mathematics, economics or finance  degree. So those are the different qualifications that a business analyzes  require, as well as the data analyst. So now let's talk about the skills you need  for a business analyst or a data analyst. For business analyst, you need to know SQL, because you're going to be retrieving data from databases A lot of the  times, you're going to have to also know a little bit about Microsoft Access.  You're going to have to be really good in Microsoft Excel, and you're going to  have to have really good soft skills, the communication skills, the presentation  skills and the people skills to interact with folks. Now, what are the skills that you need to become a data analyst? Well, you certainly do need SQL skills, and it  needs to be really, really good use. Also should use, or should learn Python  programming rubies on rails, one of the object oriented languages, or a coding  language in general, because it will help you to be able to retrieve data out of  certain systems, Tableau, power, bi or something like that, would be really good  as well. Data modeling Excel for sure, because you're going to live in Excel,  Microsoft, Azure or Amazon Web Services will be good to know as well. So what are these salaries for a business analyst, first, a data analyst. Well, we're going  to start with the business analyst. First. The salaries for entry level business  analyst role can be anywhere from 35k that I've researched all the way up to 50k the entry level is typically intern sky. So mid level could be anywhere from 65k  all the way up to 85k and senior can be all the way up from 75k to 116 or 15k  and for a data analyst, entry level, start off at 45k all the way to 60k again, these  are intern positions, or fresher positions mid level, typically from 65k to 85k to 

90k senior level, 85k plus to, 120 plus K guys. So their salaries are nearly the  same. I wouldn't really put one over the other. This is just from my research, but  they are both great careers to go down if you have a Management Information  Systems major, alright, guys, I hope you all have learned something new today. I hope you enjoyed the video. Do me a favor and leave me a comment on any of  these points or these topics. Also, if you like this sort of content, do me another  favor and hit that notification bell, hit that subscribe button, guys and until next  time y'all peace.