Business Analyst Jobs in Bristol

Business Analyst

From $18/yr

Job Title: Business Analyst Location: Hybrid, UK Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract – 18 months Role ID: SF76538 Shape the future of digital engineering and business transformation At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Business Analyst at any of our main UK locations. Drawing on your expertise in business analysis, you'll help shape the digital tools and systems that support some of the UK's most important engineering and defence programmes. The role As a Business Analyst, you'll play a key role in analysing, developing, maintaining and supporting engineering software applications. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you'll help define requirements, translate business needs into effective technical solutions, and support the delivery of digital transformation initiatives that drive efficiency, innovation and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative team where your expertise will directly influence how engineering and technology solutions are delivered across Babcock. You'll gain exposure to complex programmes, cutting-edge digital tools and a diverse network of stakeholders, while continuing to develop your career in a business that invests in its people. Day-to-day, you’ll be required to: * Analyse business requirements and translating them into effective system and application solutions. * Support and enhancing engineering applications in line with business and IT strategies. * Collaborate with stakeholders, developers and analysts to define user stories and acceptance criteria. * Maintain and prioritising product backlogs while supporting Agile Scrum delivery practices. * Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across engineering software applications and business processes. This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home. Essential Experience Of The Business Analyst * Business analysis experience including business process, requirements definition, systems design and application support. * Knowledge of Agile Scrum methodologies. * Experience writing user stories that meet INVEST principles. * Experience supporting the creation and refinement of product backlogs. Experience with Gherkin syntax for acceptance criteria would be advantageous. Qualifications For The Business Analyst We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) . What We Offer * Generous holiday allowance * Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance * Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+ * Employee share scheme * Employee shopping savings portal * Payment of Professional Fees * Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave * Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement * ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity * Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met * A dynamic working environment Babcock We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together. We are a disability confident, committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. Closing date: 04/11/2026

Business Analyst

From $45,000/yr

Business Analyst – Consultant / Senior Consultant Location: Bristol, UK Salary: £45,000–£65,000 per annum, depending on experience Working Arrangement: Hybrid Employment Type: Full-time Additional Compensation: Annual performance-related bonus About the Opportunity An opportunity is available for an experienced Business Analyst to join a growing consultancy delivering digital transformation and business improvement projects across public and private sector organisations. This is a client-facing position suited to someone who enjoys solving complex business problems, improving processes and helping organisations translate requirements into practical technology solutions. The successful candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, influence stakeholders and contribute to the development of business analysis capabilities. Key Responsibilities * Gather, analyse and document business requirements through stakeholder engagement and appropriate elicitation techniques. * Review existing business processes, identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements. * Facilitate discussions to establish priorities, resolve uncertainties and support change initiatives. * Evaluate potential solutions and communicate recommendations supported by business and operational analysis. * Work within Agile delivery environments, supporting sprint planning, prioritisation and minimum viable product development. * Help stakeholders define measurable objectives and assess delivery outcomes. * Work with technical and business teams throughout the digital service development lifecycle. * Support decision-making through effective analysis, communication and stakeholder collaboration. Essential Requirements * Demonstrable professional experience working as a Business Analyst. * Strong requirements gathering, documentation and process analysis capabilities. * Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies. * Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Experience analysing business problems, evaluating options and recommending improvements. * Understanding of digital services and technology-enabled business change. * Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills. * Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a consulting environment. * Ability to obtain UK Security Check (SC) clearance, or existing clearance at the required level. Desirable Experience * Previous experience supporting defence or central government projects. * Familiarity with Government Digital Service (GDS) frameworks. * Experience using data management, reporting or visualisation tools. * Relevant Business Analysis or Agile qualifications, such as Agile BA, APM, Scrum Master or Product Owner certification. * Experience working within multidisciplinary delivery teams. * Confidence engaging and influencing stakeholders at different seniority levels. Salary and Benefits * £45,000–£65,000 annual salary, dependent on experience. * Annual bonus linked to individual and company performance. * 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days. * 6% employer pension contribution. * Private healthcare and group life insurance. * Monthly wellbeing allowance of £120. * Access to confidential counselling and wellbeing resources. * Enhanced parental leave. * Annual leave purchase scheme. * Paid professional qualifications and development opportunities. * Cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes. * Additional employee benefits and company activities. Location and Working Arrangements The role operates on a hybrid basis, combining remote working with attendance at the Bristol office and client locations. Candidates should live within reasonable commuting distance of Bristol and be comfortable travelling to client sites, typically within approximately 50 miles of Bristol or along the M4 corridor. Flexibility to work at different client locations will be required. Apply If you are an experienced Business Analyst looking for a varied consulting role with opportunities for professional development and meaningful client engagement, we would welcome your application. Please apply with an up-to-date CV outlining your relevant experience.

Business Analyst

Based in our Bristol office, this role sits within Transformation and Operations where you will be working with stakeholders across the firm, including Directors and Partners to embed a culture of high-quality operational change delivery. This role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis, with a requirement to attend the Bristol office 2 days a week. Working under the guidance of the Senior Business Analyst Team Manager, the Business Analyst will be part of driving the maturity of the firm’s business analysis capability, bridging the gap between business needs and technical, strategic or operational solutions whilst delivering analysis and insights across technological, strategic and operational programmes and projects. Your Role * Quickly build the necessary trust, credibility and relationships with internal and external stakeholders. * Work in partnership with the Change Managers and stakeholders to develop a deep understanding of the reason for change, leading discussions to draw out the true requirements, challenging where necessary to arrive at an agreed optimum change solution. * Collaborate with both the wider Transformation and Operations teams, and further stakeholders across the firm, to ensure alignment and consideration of the team’s activities within project plans. * Deliver end to end business analytical support, from inception through to post Go Live activity, including gathering robust requirements, translating them to clear and concise user stories, creating testing strategies with supporting scripts, plans and scenarios and supporting how change is embedded post Go Live. * Adhere to the governance and frameworks, maintaining effective communication with stakeholders and escalating risks with appropriate mitigation solutions whenever encountered. * Ensure all materials, approaches and deliveries are aligned to the firm’s values, tone of voice and professional standards. * Responsible for the business analyst elements during the full project lifecycle, which, as required, will include being onsite at our UK offices during critical phases. * Be a model for high quality business analysis across the firm, develop, lead and implement initiatives and plans in line with the firm’s Operational Change Playbook. Skills and Experience * Experience in successfully leading all core business analytics activity; including facilitating workshops, user story creation, process mapping, UAT and benefits definition. * Experience covering a variety of business analysis techniques across technological, strategic and operational programmes with explicit experience translating specifications and requirements between business and technical teams. * Influencing and dynamic interpersonal skills. Ability to be comfortable with ambiguity and able to challenge the status quo confidently. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely. * Experience in supporting multiple cross organisational projects at one time. * Experience of successfully engaging and managing stakeholders at all levels across an organisation, including those who are not early adopters. * Excellent communication, workshop facilitation and interpersonal skills. * Ability to think creatively and strategically and see the big picture. * Excellent workload management and prioritisation skills. * Commercial awareness.

Business Analyst

Works closely with end users to gather requirements, determines operational objectives and scope, and evaluates output requirements and formats. Constructs workflow charts and diagrams, studies system capabilities, and writes specifications that drive system development and implementation. Works closely with Systems Engineers during development and implementation phase. Conducts user acceptance testing. 3+ years of relevant experience with Bachelor's degree; 0-2 years of relevant experience with Masters degree

Business Analyst

From $45,000/yr

£45,000–£65,000 (DoE) + Annual Bonus | Hybrid Working This is a key position within our business; we are looking for the right individual to help grow our Business Analysis capability across our i3works business. Overview: We deliver measurable value for clients across defence, private and public sector environments. We have an extensive range of service capabilities and expertise provided by our best-in-class team which we are seeking to expand. We are looking for Business Analyst to deliver for our clients and help shape our capability offering across the i3Works business. The work will be varied, stretching and you will have the chance to shape decisions that will have significant strategic influence on the business and our clients’ businesses. You will lead, guide and influence stakeholders and teams using effective communication, and utilisation of your discipline to the agreed delivery strategy. This is an outward-facing role requiring effective leadership and stakeholder engagement together with well-developed collaborative working practices. Role Summary: As a dynamic, purposeful and supportive Business Analyst (BA) at i3Works, your primary role will be to bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You will be an integral part of our diverse and growing digital team, leveraging your analytical skills to directly contribute to our objectives. Your expertise in transforming data into actionable insights will be crucial in enabling intelligence-driven decision-making. You will collaborate with clients to identify requirements, clarify uncertainties, resolve issues, and guide them through the digital service development lifecycle using data-driven decision-making. Your experience with various elicitation methods will allow you to advise your team on the best approach for each stakeholder and scenario. As you progress, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and manage relationships with senior stakeholders, becoming a leading figure within the BA community. In this role, you will be expected to use your judgment and creativity to tackle complex and varied issues, even in the absence of clear guidance or precedent. Your strong interpersonal skills will be essential in consulting with colleagues at all levels, including senior managers, to solve problems and make effective business modelling decisions. Core Skills: * Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst * Agile working: able to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods, measure and evaluate outcomes, and help the team decide the best approach * Ability to help teams manage and visualise outcomes, prioritise work, and work towards agreed minimum viable products (MVP), sprints, and scopes * Investigate problems and analyse options for new and existing services, providing recommendations for solutions and working with stakeholders to identify objectives, opportunities, and potential benefits * Responsible for elicitation of requirements, facilitating the setting of business priorities for medium complexity change initiatives, and managing requests for changes to baseline requirements * Ability to analyse current processes, identify opportunities for optimisation, and implement improvements using relevant techniques such as gap analysis * Ability to apply a digital understanding to your work, identifying and implementing solutions for assisted digital * Awareness of innovation and the ability to apply it to your work * The suitable candidate already holds, or will be expected to achieve, National Security Vetting to Security Check standard Desirable: * Experience delivering for Defence Sector, i.e. DE\&S and Defence Digital * Experience delivering in Central Government, i.e. Home Office, HMRC and DEFRA * Experience working with GDS frameworks * Experience with data management, data visualisation technologies, or data tooling would be highly advantageous * Equivalent Business Analysis and/or Agile certification(s) (e.g. Agile BA, APM, Scrum Master / Product Owner, etc.) * Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team * Experience managing stakeholders at all levels Role Location: Our consultants are expected to work in a hybrid environment, in accordance with our clients. We require our people to be within an easily commutable distance of our Bristol office and to be able to co-locate at our client locations, which are typically 50 miles of Bristol or along the M4 corridor. New clients are always coming on board, and we require our consultants to be able to work flexibly and wherever this work requires. Our Core Values \& Behaviours: Our core values, Purposeful, Dynamic \& Supportive, stand us apart from our competition, are the central, driving force to i3Works’ culture and are expressed through our associated behaviours: Purposeful * Professionally Responsible - Builds and delivers professionalism to bring value to the organisation, stakeholders and peers. * Driven to Deliver - Demonstrates determination, resourcefulness, and purpose to deliver the best results for and behalf of i3Works. * Critical Thinker - Demonstrates the ability to analyse and understand data and information quickly. Uses information, insights and knowledge in a structured way to identify options, make recommendations and make robust, defendable decisions. Dynamic * Curious - Is future-focused, inquisitive, and open- minded; seeks out evolving and innovative ways to add value to the organization. * Skilled Influencer - Demonstrates the ability to influence to gain the necessary commitment and support from diverse stakeholders in pursuit of organisation value. Supportive * Collaborative - Works effectively and inclusively with a range of people, both within and outside of the organisation * Role Model - Consistently leads by example. Acts impartiality and independently, balancing personal and organisation parameters. Benefits at i3Works: * Private healthcare/medical cover \& Group life insurance * Annual bonus scheme (dependent on personal and company performance) * 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing by 1 day per each calendar year, after your 3rd anniversary with the company– rising to a maximum of 30 days + bank holidays). * Enhanced Reservist Leave – up to 10 days paid. * Annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 days per year) * 6% company pension contribution * £250.00 annual donation towards a charity or grassroots organisation of your choice * Personal wellness benefit of £120.00 per month, access to unlimited 1-1 counselling support and a wealth of wellbeing and support resources * Enhanced parental leave * Electric car leasing salary sacrifice scheme * Cycle to work scheme (save 25-39% on a bike and accessories) * Paid qualifications for employees at all levels * Internal Employee Networks, regular social events throughout the year and charity fundraising activities to get involved with if you wish. At i3Works we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. * We ensure that all hiring decisions are made without regard to age, race, national origin, sex, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, or any other protected characteristics, and will treat all applications with the strictest confidence. Please don’t be afraid to ask about what we can do to support your needs. All requests will be carefully and fairly considered. We wish you every success in your job search.