Disaster Recovery Jobs

Disaster Recovery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Disaster Recovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 304 333
Rank change year-on-year +80 +29 -15
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,364 1,129 2,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.19% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.25% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 821 1,166
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,663 £93,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Disaster Recovery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
England +94 1,238 £55,000 -4.35% 290
UK excluding London +38 934 £50,000 - 210
Work from Home +47 543 £60,000 +0.80% 130
London +116 388 £75,000 +15.38% 98
North of England +71 303 £46,066 +2.37% 61
Midlands +25 210 £46,500 -7.00% 33
North West +83 187 £47,000 -6.00% 34
South East +45 167 £57,500 - 50
West Midlands +34 121 £52,500 +5.00% 19
East Midlands -5 89 £42,500 -17.59% 14
East of England +12 87 £50,000 -13.04% 28
Yorkshire +2 70 £50,000 +25.00% 19
South West -79 66 £51,522 +14.49% 20
Scotland -30 65 £50,000 -14.55% 22
North East +16 48 £45,000 +12.50% 9
Wales +4 28 £32,500 -13.33% 2
Northern Ireland +14 5 £41,750 -43.39% 1
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 144 (10.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.61%) IIS
4 18 (1.32%) WebSphere
5 15 (1.10%) Apache
6 12 (0.88%) WebLogic
7 11 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 10 (0.73%) JBoss
9 8 (0.59%) Confluence
10 7 (0.51%) WildFly
11 5 (0.37%) GlassFish
12 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.29%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.29%) SAS
12 4 (0.29%) WordPress
13 3 (0.22%) MQSeries
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 2 (0.15%) CMS
14 2 (0.15%) JCAPS
Applications
1 53 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.03%) Teamcenter
3 7 (0.51%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.29%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 2 (0.15%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.073%) Magento
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.073%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 630 (46.19%) Azure
2 302 (22.14%) Microsoft 365
3 222 (16.28%) AWS
4 130 (9.53%) Power Platform
5 103 (7.55%) Entra ID
6 83 (6.09%) GCP
7 69 (5.06%) IaaS
8 58 (4.25%) SaaS
9 47 (3.45%) PaaS
10 41 (3.01%) OneDrive
11 35 (2.57%) OCI
12 29 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 29 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (2.13%) Nutanix
13 22 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
14 21 (1.54%) Serverless
15 20 (1.47%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.32%) GitHub
16 18 (1.32%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 328 (24.05%) Firewall
2 207 (15.18%) DNS
3 156 (11.44%) WAN
4 154 (11.29%) DHCP
5 125 (9.16%) LAN
6 111 (8.14%) VPN
7 100 (7.33%) SAN
8 84 (6.16%) Broadband
9 77 (5.65%) TCP/IP
10 76 (5.57%) Network Security
11 60 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
12 51 (3.74%) SD-WAN
13 50 (3.67%) VLAN
14 48 (3.52%) Internet
14 48 (3.52%) Wireless
15 36 (2.64%) VoIP
16 28 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
17 26 (1.91%) NAS
18 23 (1.69%) SSL
19 19 (1.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (17.38%) SQL Server
2 110 (8.06%) Power BI
3 92 (6.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (3.08%) MySQL
5 33 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (2.20%) MongoDB
7 24 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (1.32%) BigQuery
9 18 (1.32%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.25%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.17%) DB2
12 13 (0.95%) Data Hub
12 13 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (0.95%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.44%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 35 (2.57%) Git
2 32 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.61%) JIRA
4 12 (0.88%) GitLab
4 12 (0.88%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
5 7 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.44%) JMeter
7 5 (0.37%) Gatling
7 5 (0.37%) JUnit
7 5 (0.37%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.37%) Subversion
8 4 (0.29%) Selenium
8 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.22%) TestNG
9 3 (0.22%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.15%) git-flow
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 458 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 284 (20.82%) Finance
3 161 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (9.46%) Legal
5 88 (6.45%) Retail
6 72 (5.28%) Banking
7 66 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 52 (3.81%) Law
9 40 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 33 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 28 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (1.98%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.61%) Public Sector
16 13 (0.95%) Local Government
17 10 (0.73%) Back Office
18 8 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
19 7 (0.51%) Marketing
20 6 (0.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 182 (13.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 167 (12.24%) Analyst
2 167 (12.24%) Senior
3 137 (10.04%) DBA
4 120 (8.80%) Lead
5 114 (8.36%) IT Manager
6 99 (7.26%) IT Engineer
6 99 (7.26%) SQL DBA
7 66 (4.84%) Network Engineer
8 57 (4.18%) Architect
9 56 (4.11%) Business Analyst
9 56 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
10 55 (4.03%) Administrator
10 55 (4.03%) IT Support
11 53 (3.89%) Support Engineer
12 44 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 38 (2.79%) Team Leader
14 36 (2.64%) Infrastructure Manager
14 36 (2.64%) Security Analyst
15 35 (2.57%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.98%) Middleware
2 21 (1.54%) 802.1X
3 20 (1.47%) LDAP
3 20 (1.47%) YAML
4 18 (1.32%) Kafka
5 17 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
6 12 (0.88%) .NET
7 11 (0.81%) ARM Templates
7 11 (0.81%) HTML
8 10 (0.73%) Web Services
9 9 (0.66%) SAML
10 8 (0.59%) XML
11 7 (0.51%) Node.js
12 6 (0.44%) CSS
12 6 (0.44%) React
13 5 (0.37%) BREW
13 5 (0.37%) Flash
13 5 (0.37%) Ruby on Rails
13 5 (0.37%) SAP Basis
13 5 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 154 (11.29%) Data Centre
2 153 (11.22%) Management Information System
3 99 (7.26%) Replication
4 58 (4.25%) Clustering
5 49 (3.59%) Public Cloud
6 46 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
7 45 (3.30%) Security Posture
8 41 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
10 28 (2.05%) Cyberattack
11 27 (1.98%) IoT
12 23 (1.69%) Cloud Native
13 22 (1.61%) Driving Licence
14 20 (1.47%) Data Fabric
14 20 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.47%) PMI
15 18 (1.32%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
16 11 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (0.73%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 469 (34.38%) Windows
2 263 (19.28%) Linux
3 253 (18.55%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.57%) VMS
5 59 (4.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (3.23%) Windows 10
8 40 (2.93%) Unix
9 36 (2.64%) Solaris
10 32 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (1.83%) zOS
12 20 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 19 (1.39%) CentOS
14 16 (1.17%) AIX
14 16 (1.17%) Ubuntu
15 15 (1.10%) Android
16 12 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
16 12 (0.88%) Windows XP
17 11 (0.81%) Windows 7
18 10 (0.73%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 306 (22.43%) ITIL
3 295 (21.63%) Cybersecurity
4 263 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
5 221 (16.20%) High Availability
6 218 (15.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 189 (13.86%) Performance Tuning
8 175 (12.83%) Information Security
9 145 (10.63%) DevOps
10 138 (10.12%) Project Management
11 136 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
13 122 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
14 118 (8.65%) Data Protection
15 106 (7.77%) Mentoring
16 103 (7.55%) Agile
17 98 (7.18%) Incident Response
17 98 (7.18%) Migration
18 96 (7.04%) Capacity Planning
19 95 (6.96%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 248 (18.18%) SQL
2 161 (11.80%) PowerShell
3 113 (8.28%) T-SQL
4 88 (6.45%) Python
5 65 (4.77%) Bash
6 27 (1.98%) Perl
7 25 (1.83%) PL/SQL
8 22 (1.61%) C#
9 20 (1.47%) Java
10 13 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.73%) RPG
12 9 (0.66%) JavaScript
13 8 (0.59%) PHP
14 5 (0.37%) ABAP
14 5 (0.37%) Bicep
14 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.29%) VBA
16 3 (0.22%) ActionScript
17 2 (0.15%) C++
17 2 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 270 (19.79%) Degree
2 140 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (7.11%) Cisco Certification
4 81 (5.94%) CISSP
5 71 (5.21%) CCNA
6 63 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (4.11%) Security Cleared
8 45 (3.30%) CCNP
8 45 (3.30%) CISM
9 41 (3.01%) SC Cleared
10 33 (2.42%) CISA
11 32 (2.35%) MCSE
12 30 (2.20%) Azure Certification
13 26 (1.91%) PMI Certification
13 26 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 25 (1.83%) MCSA
15 22 (1.61%) GIAC
16 21 (1.54%) DV Cleared
17 20 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
18 19 (1.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (11.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (4.99%) GDPR
3 63 (4.62%) QA
4 46 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (3.08%) PCI DSS
6 38 (2.79%) SLA
7 37 (2.71%) Data Quality
8 30 (2.20%) NIST
9 23 (1.69%) ISO 22301
9 23 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 19 (1.39%) Accessibility
11 18 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (1.17%) COBIT
13 12 (0.88%) NCSC
14 10 (0.73%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.44%) GRC
16 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.44%) PMO
17 4 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 365 (26.76%) Active Directory
2 223 (16.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (10.92%) Virtual Machines
4 109 (7.99%) Hyper-V
5 54 (3.96%) Docker
6 40 (2.93%) Virtual Servers
7 38 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
8 26 (1.91%) Firmware
8 26 (1.91%) vSphere
9 23 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.10%) VMware NSX
11 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.37%) KVM
12 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
14 2 (0.15%) Ceph
14 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.073%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.073%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 88 (6.45%) Terraform
2 72 (5.28%) Ansible
3 70 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 64 (4.69%) Kubernetes
5 36 (2.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 36 (2.64%) SCCM
6 31 (2.27%) vCenter Server
7 30 (2.20%) SCOM
8 25 (1.83%) ZABBIX
9 23 (1.69%) FortiGate
10 22 (1.61%) Nagios
11 21 (1.54%) WSUS
12 20 (1.47%) Grafana
13 18 (1.32%) VxRail
14 16 (1.17%) NetBackup
15 14 (1.03%) Puppet
16 13 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
17 12 (0.88%) Opsgenie
18 11 (0.81%) Prometheus
18 11 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 538 (39.44%) Microsoft
2 279 (20.45%) VMware
3 167 (12.24%) Cisco
4 106 (7.77%) Oracle
5 97 (7.11%) Veeam
6 54 (3.96%) Citrix
7 50 (3.67%) Dell
8 47 (3.45%) HP
9 45 (3.30%) NetApp
10 43 (3.15%) Google
11 42 (3.08%) IBM
11 42 (3.08%) SolarWinds
12 34 (2.49%) Splunk
13 32 (2.35%) Aruba
13 32 (2.35%) Juniper
14 29 (2.13%) F5
15 26 (1.91%) Palo Alto
15 26 (1.91%) Red Hat
16 25 (1.83%) Commvault
16 25 (1.83%) ServiceNow