Give employers more than potential.
Develop a practical skill set and evidence that shows how you approach business problems, data and AI-enabled work.
Leave with a clearer story for analyst opportunities.Build a career that keeps moving
Work is changing. Build the skills to move with it.
AI is changing how organisations solve problems, use data and make decisions. That creates a growing need for people who can connect business context, data, judgement, communication and AI.
The AI-Ready Business, Data & AI Analyst Accelerator helps you build that combination and use it with confidence in real work.
The future-ready analyst
A connected skill set for changing work
Remain relevantCreate value as work changes
01Problem framing
02Business context
03Data & insight
04Judgement & influence
05AI fluency
Informed by research from Skills England, World Economic Forum, Microsoft, McKinsey and PwC
AI literacy is becoming practical
70%
of UK workers are in roles with tasks AI could perform or enhance.
Skills England
The pattern across the research
Technical confidence matters. So do judgement, communication, problem solving and the ability to turn information into action.
Get the free 2026 career guideThe expectation is changing, even when the job title is not
The question is no longer whether AI will affect your work. It is how ready you will be to work differently.
You do not need to become a machine-learning engineer. You do need a stronger way to understand problems, work with evidence, use new tools responsibly and help people make better decisions.
Turn your existing experience into a new advantage.
Add structured business analysis, SQL, insight and AI fluency to the industry and workplace knowledge you already have.
Build a credible bridge into a new career path.Keep your foundations and extend your range.
Build on your BA or analyst experience with stronger data confidence, AI-enabled working and decision support.
Prepare for broader responsibility and progression.A skill set built from the evidence
Five capabilities that become more valuable as work changes.
The course does not treat business analysis, data and AI as separate subjects. It brings them together around the work that drives useful business outcomes.
Frame the problem
Turn uncertainty into a clear problem, outcome and question worth solving.
Understand the business
Connect customer needs, stakeholders, processes, requirements and commercial context.
Use data to find insight
Translate business questions into measures, analyse evidence and explain what it means.
Apply judgement and influence
Challenge assumptions, weigh trade-offs and communicate a recommendation people can act on.
Work confidently with AI
Use AI to improve analysis and productivity while checking quality, privacy, risk and relevance.
The practical response
Build the combination through one connected accelerator.
Across eight weeks, you work through a realistic business challenge from first question to final recommendation. Each part builds on the last so you can see how the skills come together in practice.
Understand the problem
Problem framing, stakeholder discovery, process analysis, requirements and Agile ways of working.
Find the evidence
Data literacy, measures, SQL, data quality, analysis, visualisation and insight.
Extend the work with AI
Practical AI workflows, prompting, verification, privacy, controls and business use cases.
Turn judgement into action
Executive recommendation, communication, portfolio evidence and your next career move.
What changes for you
More confidence in the work, and better evidence of what you can do.
Handle ambiguity
Know where to start when the request is unclear.
Work with evidence
Use SQL and data to answer a meaningful business question.
Use AI with purpose
Improve your workflow without outsourcing your judgement.
Communicate value
Explain your reasoning and recommendations with clarity.
Show your capability
Present a connected capstone and evidence pack.
Grounded in real delivery
Learn from experience across business, data, product and technology.
The programme is led by a practitioner with more than 20 years shaping customer-data products, platforms, migrations, transformation and commercial data strategy.
Experience includes employed roles at Amazon, Sky and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, with consulting work for Trainline, Specsavers, Co-op, Compare the Market, Sweaty Betty, Admiral, HMRC, Booking.com, Belron, Fiserv and Tesco.
Support that grows with you
The accelerator is the starting point, not the end of the relationship.
Alongside the core programme, you have places to work through career questions, build confidence and get support when a real situation needs another perspective.
Career progression clinics
Group sessions on career direction, positioning, development choices and making your experience count.
Interview practice
Practical guidance and rehearsal for competency, scenario and analyst case questions.
1:1 focused support
Use it for a real-work challenge, an on-the-job situation, a career decision or any topic where focused support would help.
Lifelong community
Stay connected to peers, shared learning, career opportunities and the experience of future cohorts.
Market intelligence
Receive the High City briefing on changing roles, relevant skills, useful tools and workplace trends.
Additional 1:1 sessions
Purchase further private coaching or real-work clinics if you want continued individual support.
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- Explore five capabilities worth developing now
- Identify the strongest next step for your career
Live online | UK time
Designed to work alongside your job or other commitments.
Tuesday | 7 to 9 pmConcepts, examples and realistic workplace scenarios
Thursday | 7 to 9 pmSQL, data, AI, capstone work and feedback
Saturday | 11 am to 1 pmOptional clinic for catch-up, careers and real-work support
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Register your interest. No payment is taken and there is no commitment to enrol.
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Questions before you decide
The practical details.
Is this mainly a business analysis, data or AI course?
It is intentionally a combination. You learn core business analysis and Agile practice, build SQL and data insight skills, and use AI across the analyst workflow. The value comes from connecting them.
Can I join if I am new to the job market?
Yes. The programme gives you structure, applied practice and evidence to discuss in interviews. You should be ready to participate actively and practise between sessions.
Can I join if I am changing career?
Yes. The course helps you connect your existing workplace or sector experience to a practical analyst skill set.
Will this help if I already work as a BA or analyst?
Yes. It can formalise your foundations while extending your capability in SQL, data insight, AI-enabled work and decision support.
Do I need SQL or coding experience?
No prior SQL or coding experience is required. SQL starts with the foundations and is practised in browser-based labs.
Will sessions be recorded?
Yes. Recordings will be available to enrolled learners through the private course portal for the period stated in the programme terms.
Can my employer pay?
Yes. High City Consulting Ltd can provide an employer-facing programme summary, learning outcomes and VAT invoice.