Industry Research Analyst

Our Company

Since 1971, IBISWorld has provided market-leading industry information to professionals in a wide variety of industry sectors, including finance, consulting, accounting and manufacturing. With offices in London, Melbourne, New York City, Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Beijing, we provide insight into thousands of industries across the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Ireland and China so our clients can make better business decisions faster.

Because of our people, we are now a global leader with a loyal following of the world's elite businesses. To keep up with demand, we are looking to add even more talented people to our team. Our London office is in Victoria, just a short walk from Victoria or St James's Park stations.

The Role

We are looking for entry-level industry research analysts to write reports on UK and European industries. Being part of the IBISWorld analyst team, you get to help clients make better business decisions by supplying them with insightful and accurate industry-specific research, analysis and forecasting. This is a great opportunity to apply your economic knowledge and analytical skills while building a career with a fast-growing, global organisation.

You'll use traditional economic research methods and emerging AI-powered tools to assist in analysing industries, create insights, and enhance the efficiency and depth of your analysis.

Role Responsibilities

• Researching, updating and writing high-quality industry reports, working within deadlines and in accordance with in-house editorial standards.
• Analysing macroeconomic, microeconomic and financial data to identify and clearly communicate key business trends.
• Critically evaluating and verifying AI-generated output to ensure accuracy, reliability and relevance.
• Building basic spreadsheet models.
• Making forecasts and projections based on existing industry data.
• Further opportunity to write media articles that bring together your economic expertise into a topical and digestible format.

Key Selection Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in economics, business or a related field or proven application of macroeconomic and microeconomic concepts in academic and/or business environments.
• Familiarity with macroeconomic and industry-specific data sources and online research methods.
• Excellent business report writing skills – i.e. being insightful, objective, engaging and succinct.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and familiarity with other analytical or AI-assisted tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Playground or similar tools).
• Curiosity and willingness to learn how to leverage AI tools in research workflows and ability to critically assess AI outputs and distinguish between reliable and biased information.

Desirable Attributes

• Experience (in an academic or business environment) in economic analysis and forecasting, market research or company/industry analysis.
• Ability to use your strong work ethic and good time management skills to work autonomously to meet deadlines while adhering to company editorial and analytical standards.
• Ability to think logically and derive conclusions from raw data. Confidence to stand behind analysis and assumptions in order to explain reports to senior management, clients and possibly the press.
• Flexibility to effectively deal with unexpected assignments and changes to workload based on management priorities or client requests.
• Strong interest in keeping up with economic news and current events.
• Experience or interest in using AI tools to enhance research outputs.

Benefits

• Health benefit scheme (including cashback on everyday health costs and discounted gym membership), travel season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme, pension scheme and a company laptop.
• Fun working environment with regular team social events.
• 25 days paid holiday with generous carryover.
• Flexible hours and work-from-home programme.
• Salary of £32,000 per year.

How to apply

If you think you are well-suited to this role, please apply by submitting your CV and a Word document to the email address below with your responses to the following:

1. Using the data from the Office for National Statistics on Real disposable income from to , answer the two parts below. (i) Interpretation (max 150 words): Write a short summary to explain the key movements in the data in your own words. Avoid repeating the figures back; instead, explain what the changes mean and highlight the trends and factors that you think might be driving these changes. (ii) Sector impact (max 300 words): Analyse the impact of the changes in real disposable income on an industry or sector of your choosing. Explain how these shifts affect your chosen sector, discuss potential opportunities and threats and focus on the commercial implications.

Year

£ billion

Growth rate %

2019-20

1,621.2

2.0

2020-21

1,620.6

0.0

2021-22

1,628.6

0.5

2022-23

1,613.7

-0.9

2023-24

1,659.3

2.8

2024-25

1,726.1

4.0

2. The skills you can bring to the role as an industry research analyst (max 250 words).

 Email: IBISWorld- 

 Full training and support will be provided. The ideal candidate will be available for an immediate start. If you would like to know more about IBISWorld, please visit our Careers Page.

IBISWorld is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be authorised for employment in The United Kingdom and be available to work in the London office. Only successful applicants will be contacted. No phone calls please.