Business Analyst/Project Manager is a special role given to a Business Analyst or a Project Manger. If the role is given to a Business Analyst then they wear a hat of Business Analyst + Project Manager and similarly if the role is given to Project Manager then they also wear the same hat i.e. Project Manager + Business Analyst.
The ordering of role gives you an idea of primary responsibility and secondary responsibility. As an example:A Business Analyst + Project Manager Role means the person is assigned primarily to work as business analyst and the secondary role is PM. If order reverses then the primary & secondary roles also reverses.
In any case, this combined role means the individual is capable of both Business Analysis and Project Management.
Back to the topic “Who Becomes Business Analyst/Project Manager ?”. We did some analysis to understand the career pathways of each individual who currently holds this position “Business Analyst/Project Manager” or “Project Manager/Business Analyst”, and found some interesting facts which also aligns with the indeed.com research.
Common Career Paths to Project Manager/Business Analyst
- Business Systems Analyst to Business Analyst to Senior Business Analyst to Business Project Manager to Project Manager/Business Analyst
- Business Systems Analyst to Business Analyst to Business Project Manager to Senior Business Analyst to Project Manager/Business Analyst
- Business Analyst to Business Project Manager to Senior Business Analyst to Business Systems Analyst to Project Manager/Business Analyst
- Business Project Manager to Technical Project Manager to Engineering Program Manager to IT Project Manager to Project Manager/Business Analyst
Here is the image from indeed.com suggesting the same path of career.
Project Manager/Business Analyst Salary
Nationwide data
Salary Level Salary per year
Minimum: $60,000
Median salary: $104,000
Maximum salary: $144,662
Project Manager/Business Analyst Education
Highest level attained by people with this job title
| Education | Attained Level |
| High School Diploma | 2.9% |
| Associate’s Degree | 4.3% |
| Professional Degree | 5.5% |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 56.1% |
| Master’s Degree | 30.3% |
| Doctorate | 0.9% |
Project Manager/Business Analyst Skills
Common skills for people with this job title
| Skill | Rating |
| Project Management | 100 |
| Business Analysis | 71 |
| SQL | 45 |
| Microsoft Project | 45 |
| Agile | 41 |
| HTML | 38 |
| Microsoft SharePoint | 32 |
| Visio | 29 |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 29 |
| Microsoft Office | 29 |
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Summary of PM/BA Roles:
(Source: Summary Image above from indeed.com)
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