Job prospects Business Data Analyst in Ontario

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "business data analyst" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Limited for business systems specialists (NOC 21221) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about business systems specialists in Ontario:

• Approximately 18,200 people work in this occupation.
• Business systems specialists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 30%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 20%
  • Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): 5%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 5%
• 79% of business systems specialists work all year, while 21% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 12% of business systems specialists are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 55% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 45% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 46% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 28% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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