Top 762 Business Analyst Keywords: Search Volume, CPC and Trends (October 2026)

Most searches around "business analyst" are career searches: salary, resume keywords, interview questions, certifications and job descriptions. Recruiters, course providers and job boards write for them. The resume-keyword queries alone bring this page most of its visitors.

The list holds 762 keywords with a combined 10,157,970 searches a month. The most searched are initial public offerings (1,000,000), requirement traceability matrix (450,000), control testing (301,000), business planning (246,000), business plans (246,000), software architecture (246,000), business analysis (201,000), business model canvas (201,000), simulation software (201,000) and total productive maintenance (201,000).

Advertisers pay most for legal holds ($18.90 a click), impact analysis ($8.78 a click), ticketing systems ($7.73 a click), distributed ledgers ($6.90 a click) and compliance requirements ($5.97 a click). 54% of the keywords in the list cost $1 or more a click, which marks the commercial end of the niche.

The niche is seasonal: across the list, the busiest month carries 1.5 times the searches of the quietest. The trend column shows each keyword's own twelve months.

Volumes are global monthly averages from Google; CPC is the top-of-page bid in US dollars; competition runs from 0 (few advertisers) to 1 (many). Last refreshed October 2026. For any other keyword, the free search volume checker gives the same numbers, and the Keywords Everywhere extension shows them inside Google as you search.

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No	Keyword	Search volume	CPC	Competition
1	initial public offerings	1,000,000	$0.19	0.03
2	requirement traceability matrix	450,000	$0.04	0.02
3	control testing	301,000	$0.01	0.00
4	business planning	246,000	$0.82	0.28
5	business plans	246,000	$0.82	0.28
6	software architecture	246,000	$0.49	0.09
7	business analysis	201,000	$0.46	0.01
8	business model canvas	201,000	$0.31	0.07
9	simulation software	201,000	$0.33	0.01
10	total productive maintenance	201,000	$0.05	0.01
11	eisenhower matrix	165,000	$0.05	0.18
12	raci matrix	165,000	$0.05	0.05
13	bpmn	135,000	$0.59	0.16
14	business process modeling notation	135,000	$0.59	0.16
15	bcg matrix	110,000	$0.90	0.00
16	pestel analysis	110,000	$0.07	0.01
17	business process reengineering	90,500	$0.02	0.02
18	negotiation strategies	90,500	$0.51	0.05
19	skills assessments	90,500	$0.32	0.13
20	activity diagrams	74,000	$3.19	0.01
21	key risk indicators	74,000	$0.61	0.00
22	wcag	74,000	$0.74	0.18
23	npv	74,000	$1.19	0.03
24	business modeling	60,500	$0.50	0.07
25	business models	60,500	$0.50	0.07
26	dmaic	60,500	$0.04	0.03
27	positioning	60,500	$0.43	0.01
28	burndown charts	60,500	$0.80	0.03
29	brand guidelines	49,500	$0.73	0.08
30	business analytics	49,500	$0.49	0.24
31	empathy maps	49,500	$0.97	0.01
32	feasibility study	49,500	$1.58	0.03
33	five whys	49,500	$0.27	0.01
34	performance indicators	49,500	$0.10	0.05
35	prince2	49,500	$1.12	0.52
36	professional networking	49,500	$1.16	0.01
37	professional networks	49,500	$1.16	0.01
38	target markets	49,500	$0.41	0.02
39	togaf	49,500	$0.55	0.26
40	business process management	40,500	$0.83	0.15
41	cognitive load	40,500	$0.79	0.01
42	gap analysis	40,500	$0.64	0.03
43	hypothesis testing	40,500	$0.01	0.00
44	international business	40,500	$0.63	0.16
45	mission and vision	40,500	$0.01	0.02
46	olap	40,500	$0.16	0.01
47	product owner	40,500	$0.25	0.13
48	project charter	40,500	$0.94	0.08
49	stakeholder mapping	40,500	$1.47	0.06
50	business intelligence tools	33,100	$1.74	0.22
51	business partnerships	33,100	$0.31	0.10
52	business process mapping	33,100	$2.46	0.19
53	enterprise mobility	33,100	$0.59	0.08
54	ethics in business	33,100	$0.11	0.02
55	overfitting	33,100	$0.10	0.04
56	pdca cycle	33,100	$0.03	0.01
57	planning poker	33,100	$0.24	0.01
58	process engineering	33,100	$0.25	0.04
59	product management	33,100	$0.41	0.26
60	sales funnel	33,100	$1.81	0.12
61	transfer pricing	33,100	$1.14	0.09
62	state diagrams	33,100	$3.48	0.01
63	steering committees	33,100	$0.01	0.00
64	business communication	27,100	$0.38	0.05
65	business law	27,100	$0.81	0.07
66	cmmi	27,100	$0.77	0.03
67	cobit	27,100	$0.35	0.13
68	context diagrams	27,100	$2.32	0.01
69	core competencies	27,100	$0.08	0.01
70	cost estimation	27,100	$0.83	0.01
71	data cleaning	27,100	$0.90	0.05
72	intrusion detection systems	27,100	$1.29	0.11
73	moscow prioritization	27,100	$0.04	0.04
74	oltp	27,100	$0.03	0.02
75	pert charts	27,100	$1.24	0.04
76	process flow diagrams	27,100	$2.01	0.11
77	process monitoring	27,100	$1.31	0.02
78	sampling methods	27,100	$0.01	0.00
79	star schema	27,100	$0.23	0.02
80	systems thinking	27,100	$0.53	0.13
81	frd	27,100	$0.38	0.01
82	swimlane diagrams	27,100	$0.68	0.09
83	analytical skills	22,200	$0.04	0.01
84	business acumen	22,200	$0.50	0.02
85	business strategy	22,200	$0.35	0.15
86	center of excellence	22,200	$1.35	0.06
87	communication strategies	22,200	$0.79	0.05
88	control charts	22,200	$1.54	0.01
89	corporate strategy	22,200	$0.75	0.07
90	data storytelling	22,200	$0.29	0.54
91	data visualization tools	22,200	$0.99	0.14
92	kano analysis	22,200	$0.48	0.02
93	kano model	22,200	$0.48	0.02
94	kpi dashboards	22,200	$1.47	0.23
95	ms visio	22,200	$0.37	0.35
96	pareto analysis	22,200	$0.16	0.01
97	pivoting	22,200	$0.00	0.00
98	qlikview	22,200	$1.01	0.15
99	risk register	22,200	$1.74	0.06
100	story points	22,200	$1.71	0.09
101	system architecture	22,200	$0.55	0.02
102	systems integration	22,200	$1.27	0.10
103	user personas	22,200	$1.10	0.01
104	advertising campaigns	18,100	$4.73	0.25
105	analytical thinking	18,100	$0.05	0.01
106	business environment	18,100	$0.39	0.00
107	ccba	18,100	$0.22	0.08
108	critical path method	18,100	$0.77	0.04
109	customer segments	18,100	$1.37	0.04
110	data dictionaries	18,100	$3.64	0.00
111	data interpretation	18,100	$0.39	0.01
112	divestitures	18,100	$3.93	0.00
113	functional testing	18,100	$1.24	0.08
114	iiba	18,100	$0.33	0.17
115	job shadowing	18,100	$0.31	0.01
116	matrix organizations	18,100	$0.06	0.03
117	organizational skills	18,100	$0.06	0.01
118	project lifecycle	18,100	$0.42	0.03
119	proptech	18,100	$1.08	0.07
120	quantitative analysis	18,100	$0.61	0.02
121	resume writing	18,100	$0.95	0.44
122	span of control	18,100	$0.98	0.01
123	waterfall methodologies	18,100	$0.02	0.04
124	waterfall methodology	18,100	$0.02	0.04
125	gotomarket strategy	18,100	$1.14	0.16
126	behavioral analysis	14,800	$3.74	0.19
127	code reviews	14,800	$1.84	0.25
128	data validation	14,800	$0.64	0.02
129	expectancy theory	14,800	$0.00	0.00
130	logic models	14,800	$2.74	0.02
131	marketing campaigns	14,800	$2.40	0.12
132	mifid ii	14,800	$2.09	0.08
133	people analytics	14,800	$0.61	0.37
134	productmarket fit	14,800	$0.45	0.04
135	professional ethics	14,800	$0.10	0.01
136	qualitative analysis	14,800	$0.45	0.01
137	service design	14,800	$0.64	0.17
138	social listening	14,800	$1.11	0.48
139	surveys and questionnaires	14,800	$0.13	0.10
140	test planning	14,800	$0.85	0.02
141	test plans	14,800	$0.85	0.02
142	town hall meetings	14,800	$0.00	0.00
143	acceptance criteria	12,100	$0.12	0.01
144	annual general meetings	12,100	$1.09	0.00
145	babok	12,100	$0.37	0.20
146	business analyst certification	12,100	$0.79	0.62
147	business operations	12,100	$0.85	0.04
148	cbap	12,100	$0.60	0.33
149	certified business analysis professional	12,100	$0.60	0.33
150	econometric models	12,100	$4.12	0.02
151	economic modeling	12,100	$4.12	0.02
152	financial systems	12,100	$1.49	0.05
153	healthtech	12,100	$0.59	0.12
154	kanban systems	12,100	$1.19	0.23
155	media planning	12,100	$1.02	0.10
156	operational planning	12,100	$2.43	0.03
157	process mining	12,100	$1.76	0.30
158	product backlog	12,100	$0.82	0.07
159	product roadmaps	12,100	$2.12	0.17
160	project scope	12,100	$1.12	0.02
161	quality circles	12,100	$0.33	0.01
162	recommendation systems	12,100	$1.05	0.06
163	requirements documentation	12,100	$0.66	0.00
164	service management	12,100	$2.14	0.20
165	sprint planning	12,100	$1.07	0.10
166	statistical process control	12,100	$1.06	0.05
167	user story mapping	12,100	$0.66	0.12
168	verification and validation	12,100	$0.56	0.01
169	virtual meetings	12,100	$2.31	0.06
170	business valuation	9,900	$2.97	0.24
171	business value	9,900	$2.97	0.24
172	communication plan	9,900	$1.44	0.07
173	communications planning	9,900	$1.44	0.07
174	correlation analysis	9,900	$0.25	0.01
175	cultural awareness	9,900	$0.92	0.01
176	data mapping	9,900	$1.67	0.06
177	domain authority	9,900	$0.95	0.15
178	earned value management	9,900	$0.67	0.10
179	etl processes	9,900	$0.76	0.08
180	human resources analytics	9,900	$0.37	0.29
181	information management	9,900	$1.00	0.04
182	intranet portals	9,900	$3.59	0.10
183	marketing analytics	9,900	$0.81	0.28
184	omnichannel marketing	9,900	$1.13	0.19
185	process automation	9,900	$1.48	0.17
186	procurement processes	9,900	$0.46	0.08
187	product differentiation	9,900	$0.85	0.00
188	program management	9,900	$0.56	0.17
189	records management	9,900	$1.60	0.14
190	reskilling	9,900	$0.01	0.05
191	risk management frameworks	9,900	$1.47	0.11
192	sales pipeline	9,900	$2.52	0.21
193	scrum methodology	9,900	$0.18	0.07
194	service excellence	9,900	$0.19	0.02
195	swot matrix	9,900	$0.01	0.05
196	system testing	9,900	$0.50	0.04
197	variance analysis	9,900	$0.65	0.02
198	onboarding processes	9,900	$2.24	0.16
199	association rules	8,100	$0.42	0.00
200	business objectives	8,100	$0.18	0.01
201	change requests	8,100	$1.99	0.01
202	cost analysis	8,100	$2.09	0.02
203	critical path analysis	8,100	$1.71	0.05
204	data catalog	8,100	$3.15	0.18
205	ecba	8,100	$0.51	0.33
206	executive management	8,100	$0.44	0.05
207	financial risk management	8,100	$0.57	0.21
208	forecasting models	8,100	$2.28	0.03
209	functional requirements	8,100	$0.39	0.01
210	global supply chains	8,100	$1.12	0.08
211	internal communications	8,100	$3.06	0.10
212	lean principles	8,100	$0.22	0.08
213	legacy systems	8,100	$5.53	0.05
214	market sizing	8,100	$1.09	0.02
215	mckinsey 7s framework	8,100	$0.85	0.02
216	network effects	8,100	$1.37	0.01
217	operational efficiency	8,100	$3.99	0.04
218	order management	8,100	$1.05	0.13
219	product lifecycle management	8,100	$1.83	0.18
220	project scheduling	8,100	$1.65	0.21
221	sales enablement	8,100	$3.73	0.23
222	social innovation	8,100	$0.94	0.03
223	statistical modeling	8,100	$0.64	0.03
224	streaming data	8,100	$0.69	0.02
225	system analysis	8,100	$0.35	0.02
226	systems analysis	8,100	$0.35	0.02
227	task analysis	8,100	$1.24	0.01
228	technology trends	8,100	$0.57	0.08
229	traceability matrix	8,100	$3.00	0.05
230	training needs analysis	8,100	$0.39	0.05
231	data cataloging	8,100	$3.15	0.18
232	standup meetings	8,100	$0.13	0.02
233	strategic maps	8,100	$2.01	0.03
234	aml compliance	6,600	$1.89	0.37
235	audit compliance	6,600	$2.23	0.09
236	autonomous systems	6,600	$1.12	0.03
237	business incubators	6,600	$1.60	0.13
238	business simulations	6,600	$0.99	0.18
239	business systems analyst	6,600	$0.50	0.06
240	collaboration diagrams	6,600	$3.02	0.01
241	content management	6,600	$1.96	0.21
242	cost structure	6,600	$0.60	0.00
243	email campaigns	6,600	$2.01	0.44
244	holacracy	6,600	$0.15	0.02
245	lean methodology	6,600	$0.35	0.09
246	market positioning	6,600	$0.40	0.01
247	market risk	6,600	$0.41	0.01
248	organizational design	6,600	$1.59	0.20
249	patch management	6,600	$4.00	0.38
250	risk tolerance	6,600	$0.06	0.00
251	security policies	6,600	$0.83	0.07
252	simulation modeling	6,600	$0.43	0.03
253	smart manufacturing	6,600	$0.63	0.14
254	solvency ii	6,600	$2.35	0.09
255	sprint reviews	6,600	$0.20	0.03
256	startup accelerators	6,600	$1.62	0.11
257	team collaboration	6,600	$0.87	0.04
258	transportation systems	6,600	$1.26	0.03
259	revenue modeling	6,600	$1.01	0.01
260	acceptance testing	5,400	$1.36	0.01
261	agile ceremonies	5,400	$0.03	0.04
262	business architecture	5,400	$1.08	0.13
263	business goals	5,400	$0.51	0.04
264	business impact analysis	5,400	$3.90	0.12
265	business process modeling	5,400	$1.25	0.19
266	capital adequacy	5,400	$0.00	0.00
267	coaching and mentoring	5,400	$0.53	0.14
268	cost leadership	5,400	$1.00	0.00
269	cost management	5,400	$0.83	0.07
270	creative problem solving	5,400	$0.36	0.03
271	cultural change	5,400	$1.29	0.03
272	customer due diligence	5,400	$1.57	0.14
273	customer insights	5,400	$2.15	0.15
274	demand planning	5,400	$0.99	0.16
275	descriptive analytics	5,400	$0.21	0.02
276	help desk support	5,400	$1.86	0.17
277	helpdesk support	5,400	$1.86	0.17
278	incident response planning	5,400	$4.03	0.17
279	issue tracking	5,400	$1.66	0.22
280	it business analyst	5,400	$0.28	0.15
281	job design	5,400	$0.11	0.02
282	key management	5,400	$1.74	0.13
283	lifecycle management	5,400	$2.96	0.12
284	organizational change	5,400	$1.27	0.09
285	overall equipment effectiveness	5,400	$0.45	0.16
286	payroll management	5,400	$0.50	0.37
287	performance measurement	5,400	$1.07	0.01
288	privacy impact assessments	5,400	$3.00	0.12
289	process documentation	5,400	$2.60	0.14
290	process modeling	5,400	$2.07	0.06
291	resource planning	5,400	$3.61	0.13
292	retention policies	5,400	$3.09	0.01
293	service catalog	5,400	$4.34	0.07
294	service contracts	5,400	$2.28	0.08
295	social media analytics	5,400	$1.07	0.30
296	software requirements	5,400	$1.61	0.02
297	sprint backlog	5,400	$1.59	0.05
298	underfitting	5,400	$0.18	0.08
299	user research	5,400	$0.54	0.16
300	business documentation	4,400	$0.98	0.10