Business Analyst Apprentice in Nottingham

Summary

This entry-level role is perfect if you want to build a career in business analysis, working with the team as we continuously improve our products and services to our customers. You will work as an integral part of our agile teams as we enhance existing and develop new services for our customers.

Wage

£23,088 a year

Hours

Days and shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 27 November 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You'll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

Where you'll work

1 Beeston Business Park, Technology Drive, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 1LA

Training provider

QA LIMITED

Training course

Business analyst (level 4)

What you'll do at work

• Customer change requests. Working collaboratively with our customers to understand their needs and develop system and service enhancements as appropriate.
• Internal investments. Developing new or enhanced products and services and the benefits they will bring to our customers' businesses.
• AI. Using our range of AI tools, and our strategic relationship with Google, develop our solutions.
• Documentation. Documenting the resulting business analysis for internal use and in response to customer change requests.

What you'll learn

Course contents

• Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
• Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
• Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
• Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
• Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
• Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
• Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
• Elicit process information from stakeholders
• Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
• Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
• Produce models of redesigned business processes
• Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
• Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
• Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
• Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
• Validate requirements with stakeholders
• Support the establishment of requirements traceability
• Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
• Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
• Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
• Support the development of models of future state business situations
• Identify key differences between current and future business situations
• Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
• Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
• Support business acceptance of business and system changes
• Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
• Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
• Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
• Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
• Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
• Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
• Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
• Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
• Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
• Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
• Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
• Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
• Elicit process information from stakeholders
• Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
• Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
• Produce models of redesigned business processes
• Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
• Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
• Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
• Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
• Validate requirements with stakeholders
• Support the establishment of requirements traceability
• Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
• Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
• Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
• Support the development of models of future state business situations
• Identify key differences between current and future business situations
• Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
• Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
• Support business acceptance of business and system changes
• Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
• Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
• Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
• Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
• Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience

Training schedule

The Business Analyst programme integrates live and online workshops with self‑paced learning, employing a guided discovery approach for individual learner contexts.

Learners are assigned a Digital Learning Consultant (DLC) for personalised coaching and support. These specialists ensure their successful progress, well being, and readiness for assessments.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills

Other requirements

• A Level 3 qualification plus 12+ months of work experience
• A business-related degree (e.g. business, finance, economics, maths)
• A non-business-related degree plus 6+ months of work experience
• Existing staff with 2+ years of relevant work experience

About this employer

Magellan is a European consulting and technology group operating across 13 countries, with 6,700 employees and €900 million in revenue. We help public and private organisations deliver end‑to‑end transformation from strategic consulting to the design, deployment and 24/7 operation of secure digital platforms. With expertise across Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Pega, SAP, AWS and Google, alongside strong in‑house software development capabilities, we help organisations build scalable, resilient and AI enabled businesses. Our expertise spans transport and mobility, banking and insurance, public sector, healthcare, energy, defence, luxury and retail.

Company benefits

We're passionate about helping people build successful careers. Since 2020, we've recruited and developed more than 150 apprentices across the UK, earning recognition as Apprentice Employer of the Year and achieving Great Place to Work and Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality accolades. We believe talent comes from every background, so we focus on potential, enthusiasm and ambition, providing the support, opportunities and real‑world experience needed to help our people thrive.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Once your apprenticeship programme is complete, we aim, wherever possible, to offer permanent roles within the business. For those who are successful, we will continue to invest in your professional development through opportunities such as further qualifications, day‑release courses and supported study during working hours.

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000060804.

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