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Principal Data Analyst

Data IdolsFarringdon, Central London🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 13 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Principal Data Analyst role offers a fantastic opportunity to lead a team and drive significant commercial impact within a rapidly growing technology business, with a competitive salary of £95K - £105K and hybrid flexibility in London. You'll thrive here if you possess strong SQL and data engineering skills, enjoy mentoring others, and are passionate about influencing strategic decisions through insightful data analysis. If you're ready to shape how analytics drives success, this is a role you'll want to explore further.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Leader

Job Description

Principal Data Analyst £95K - £105K London hybrid At Data Idols, we are working with a fast-growing, technology-led digital business operating at significant scale across multiple international markets.

They are now looking for a Principal Data Analyst to lead a small analytics team and drive commercially impactful insight across a critical business domain. The Opportunity This is a high-ownership leadership role sitting at the intersection of analytics, commercial strategy and operational performance.

You will act as the key analytics partner for a core business function, helping stakeholders understand performance, identify optimisation opportunities and make better strategic decisions through data.

Leading a small team of analysts, you will shape how analytics is delivered across the organisation, setting standards for reporting and visualisation, building measurement frameworks, and ensuring insight translates into meaningful commercial impact.

You will work closely with commercial, product and engineering teams, influencing both day-to-day decision-making and longer-term strategic direction.

Skills and experience Advanced SQL skills<br />Experience with analytics engineering tooling such as dbt<br />Experience using visualisation tools<br />Experience leading or mentoring analysts<br />Ability to influence strategic decision-making through data and insightIf you are looking for a new challenge and want to play a key role in shaping commercial and operational decision-making through analytics, please submit your CV for initial screening and further details.

Principal Data Analyst

Skills

SQL
dbt

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