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business valuer

Business valuers provide valuation assessements of business entities, stock and other securities and intangible assets, in order to assist their clients in strategic decision-making procedures such as mergers and acquisitions, litigation cases, bankruptcy, taxation compliance and general restructuring of the companies.

business valuer business valuers provide valuation assessements of business entities, stock and other securities and intangible assets, in order to assist their clients in strategic decision-making procedures such as mergers and acquisitions, litigation cases, bankruptcy, tax. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial statements, business valuation techniques, financial markets.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £50,330 a year for Finance and investment analysts and advisers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £36,872 to £70,665 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2422). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only business valuer, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹42,717 a month
Rural India
₹30,424 a month
All India
₹38,466 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

mergers and acquisitions investment banking financial statements business valuation techniques financial markets strategic planning value-added tax law stock market market pricing tax legislation

Frequently asked questions

What does business valuer do?

Business valuers provide valuation assessements of business entities, stock and other securities and intangible assets, in order to assist their clients in strategic decision-making procedures such as mergers and acquisitions, litigation cases, bankruptcy, taxation compliance and general restructuring of the companies.

What skills does business valuer need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, financial statements, business valuation techniques, financial markets, strategic planning. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace business valuer?

Our AI-durability model gives business valuer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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