Data Fabric Job Trends in the South West

Data Fabric
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Fabric in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Fabric over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
Permanent jobs citing Data Fabric 1 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% - 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.079% - 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £68,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £75,669
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.96%
75th Percentile £55,000 - £82,548
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £87,500 £72,500 £75,669
% change year-on-year +20.69% -4.19% -9.65%

All Generic Skills
South West

Data Fabric falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,265 1,588 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 24.99% 38.21% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 821 756 1,229
10th Percentile £27,250 £10,258 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,875 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Data Fabric
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Fabric relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Data Fabric job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Fabric
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Fabric.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Fabric

Data Fabric
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Fabric within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 1 £50,000 -
Data Fabric
England

Data Fabric
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Superset
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Spark SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle