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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 302 321
Rank change year-on-year +80 +19 -2
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,323 1,141 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 1.16% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.21% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 827 1,179
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% +8.17%
75th Percentile £69,688 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,375 £92,500 £87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,708
% change year-on-year - +4.81% +6.02%

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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +90 1,200 £55,000 -4.35% 266
UK excluding London +45 907 £50,000 - 180
Work from Home +53 521 £60,000 +0.80% 104
London +121 374 £75,000 +15.38% 97
North of England +79 310 £46,533 +3.41% 56
North West +93 191 £47,500 +5.56% 31
Midlands +10 184 £46,500 -7.00% 27
South East +65 166 £57,500 - 52
West Midlands +40 111 £52,500 +5.00% 14
East of England +19 84 £50,000 -13.04% 15
East Midlands -10 73 £42,500 -14.20% 13
Yorkshire +22 72 £50,000 +25.00% 18
South West -65 66 £49,000 +8.66% 20
Scotland -23 63 £50,000 -13.04% 9
North East +20 49 £44,500 +11.25% 7
Wales +10 27 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Northern Ireland +19 5 £41,750 -42.41% 2
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
1 143 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (7.94%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.59%) IIS
4 18 (1.36%) WebSphere
5 13 (0.98%) Apache
6 12 (0.91%) WebLogic
7 10 (0.76%) JBoss
7 10 (0.76%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.60%) Confluence
9 7 (0.53%) WildFly
10 5 (0.38%) GlassFish
11 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.30%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.30%) SAS
11 4 (0.30%) WordPress
12 3 (0.23%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 2 (0.15%) CMS
13 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 53 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.06%) Teamcenter
3 8 (0.60%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.23%) Maximo
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 2 (0.15%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.076%) Magento
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 620 (46.86%) Azure
2 299 (22.60%) Microsoft 365
3 220 (16.63%) AWS
4 129 (9.75%) Power Platform
5 99 (7.48%) Entra ID
6 84 (6.35%) GCP
7 69 (5.22%) IaaS
8 59 (4.46%) SaaS
9 46 (3.48%) PaaS
10 41 (3.10%) OneDrive
11 35 (2.65%) OCI
12 30 (2.27%) Nutanix
13 29 (2.19%) Amazon S3
14 28 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (1.59%) PowerApps
17 20 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
17 20 (1.51%) Serverless
18 18 (1.36%) GitHub
18 18 (1.36%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 328 (24.79%) Firewall
2 206 (15.57%) DNS
3 159 (12.02%) WAN
4 151 (11.41%) DHCP
5 125 (9.45%) LAN
6 111 (8.39%) VPN
7 100 (7.56%) SAN
8 84 (6.35%) Broadband
9 76 (5.74%) TCP/IP
10 74 (5.59%) Network Security
11 60 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
12 52 (3.93%) SD-WAN
13 50 (3.78%) Internet
13 50 (3.78%) VLAN
14 49 (3.70%) Wireless
15 37 (2.80%) VoIP
16 28 (2.12%) Intrusion Detection
17 27 (2.04%) NAS
18 24 (1.81%) SSL
19 19 (1.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (17.99%) SQL Server
2 110 (8.31%) Power BI
3 92 (6.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (3.25%) MySQL
5 33 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (2.34%) MongoDB
7 30 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (1.36%) BigQuery
9 18 (1.36%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 16 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (1.21%) DB2
12 14 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (0.98%) Data Hub
13 13 (0.98%) NoSQL
14 12 (0.91%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 12 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
15 11 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (2.65%) Git
2 33 (2.49%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.66%) JIRA
4 12 (0.91%) GitLab
4 12 (0.91%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
5 7 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.45%) JMeter
7 5 (0.38%) Gatling
7 5 (0.38%) JUnit
7 5 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.38%) Subversion
8 4 (0.30%) Selenium
8 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.23%) TestNG
9 3 (0.23%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.15%) git-flow
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 458 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 282 (21.32%) Finance
3 160 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (7.79%) Legal
5 73 (5.52%) Banking
6 67 (5.06%) Retail
7 66 (4.99%) Telecoms
8 45 (3.40%) Law
9 39 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (2.57%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.04%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.59%) Public Sector
16 13 (0.98%) Local Government
17 10 (0.76%) Back Office
18 8 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
19 7 (0.53%) Investment Banking
19 7 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 180 (13.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (12.70%) Senior
3 144 (10.88%) Analyst
4 136 (10.28%) DBA
5 109 (8.24%) IT Manager
6 105 (7.94%) Lead
7 99 (7.48%) IT Engineer
7 99 (7.48%) SQL DBA
8 65 (4.91%) Network Engineer
9 55 (4.16%) Cloud Engineer
10 54 (4.08%) Administrator
11 53 (4.01%) IT Support
12 52 (3.93%) Architect
12 52 (3.93%) Support Engineer
13 43 (3.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.80%) Security Analyst
15 34 (2.57%) Business Analyst
15 34 (2.57%) Consultant
15 34 (2.57%) Infrastructure Manager
15 34 (2.57%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.97%) Middleware
2 21 (1.59%) 802.1X
2 21 (1.59%) YAML
3 18 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
3 18 (1.36%) Kafka
3 18 (1.36%) LDAP
4 12 (0.91%) ARM Templates
4 12 (0.91%) HTML
5 11 (0.83%) .NET
6 9 (0.68%) Web Services
7 8 (0.60%) SAML
8 7 (0.53%) Node.js
9 6 (0.45%) CSS
9 6 (0.45%) React
10 5 (0.38%) BREW
10 5 (0.38%) SAP Basis
10 5 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (0.38%) XML
11 4 (0.30%) Akka
11 4 (0.30%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.56%) Management Information System
2 152 (11.49%) Data Centre
3 99 (7.48%) Replication
4 60 (4.54%) Clustering
5 48 (3.63%) Public Cloud
6 46 (3.48%) Security Posture
7 44 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
8 42 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
10 28 (2.12%) Cyberattack
11 27 (2.04%) IoT
12 22 (1.66%) Cloud Native
12 22 (1.66%) Driving Licence
13 20 (1.51%) Data Fabric
13 20 (1.51%) PMI
14 19 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
15 15 (1.13%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
16 11 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (0.76%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 468 (35.37%) Windows
2 262 (19.80%) Linux
3 254 (19.20%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.74%) VMS
5 58 (4.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 49 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 42 (3.17%) Windows 10
8 38 (2.87%) Unix
9 35 (2.65%) Solaris
10 32 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (1.89%) zOS
12 20 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.36%) CentOS
14 16 (1.21%) AIX
15 15 (1.13%) Ubuntu
16 14 (1.06%) Android
17 12 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
17 12 (0.91%) Windows XP
18 11 (0.83%) Windows 7
19 10 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (24.87%) Business Continuity
2 294 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 287 (21.69%) ITIL
4 259 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
5 222 (16.78%) High Availability
6 217 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 189 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
8 171 (12.93%) Information Security
9 143 (10.81%) DevOps
10 138 (10.43%) Project Management
11 130 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (9.37%) Collaborative Working
13 123 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
14 116 (8.77%) Data Protection
15 106 (8.01%) Agile
16 103 (7.79%) Mentoring
17 100 (7.56%) Migration
18 97 (7.33%) Customer Service
19 94 (7.11%) Capacity Planning
19 94 (7.11%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 247 (18.67%) SQL
2 162 (12.24%) PowerShell
3 114 (8.62%) T-SQL
4 87 (6.58%) Python
5 65 (4.91%) Bash
6 27 (2.04%) Perl
7 26 (1.97%) PL/SQL
8 24 (1.81%) C#
9 19 (1.44%) Java
10 12 (0.91%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.76%) RPG
12 9 (0.68%) JavaScript
13 8 (0.60%) PHP
14 5 (0.38%) ABAP
14 5 (0.38%) Bicep
14 5 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.30%) VBA
16 2 (0.15%) ActionScript
16 2 (0.15%) VBScript
16 2 (0.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 247 (18.67%) Degree
2 141 (10.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 98 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
4 81 (6.12%) CISSP
5 70 (5.29%) CCNA
6 58 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (4.08%) Security Cleared
8 45 (3.40%) CCNP
8 45 (3.40%) CISM
9 39 (2.95%) SC Cleared
10 34 (2.57%) MCSE
11 32 (2.42%) CISA
12 30 (2.27%) Azure Certification
13 26 (1.97%) PMI Certification
14 25 (1.89%) MCSA
14 25 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 22 (1.66%) GIAC
16 21 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
16 21 (1.59%) DV Cleared
17 18 (1.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (4.99%) GDPR
3 46 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 43 (3.25%) PCI DSS
5 42 (3.17%) SLA
6 40 (3.02%) QA
7 36 (2.72%) Data Quality
8 30 (2.27%) NIST
9 23 (1.74%) ISO 22301
10 22 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 19 (1.44%) Accessibility
12 18 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 16 (1.21%) COBIT
14 12 (0.91%) NCSC
15 10 (0.76%) HIPAA
16 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.45%) GRC
17 6 (0.45%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.45%) PMO
18 4 (0.30%) ITGC
System Software
1 362 (27.36%) Active Directory
2 223 (16.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (11.19%) Virtual Machines
4 112 (8.47%) Hyper-V
5 55 (4.16%) Docker
6 41 (3.10%) Virtual Servers
7 38 (2.87%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (2.04%) Firmware
9 26 (1.97%) vSphere
10 23 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (1.13%) VMware NSX
12 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.30%) KVM
13 4 (0.30%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.15%) Ceph
15 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.076%) Microsoft App-V
16 1 (0.076%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 88 (6.65%) Terraform
2 72 (5.44%) Ansible
3 67 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 63 (4.76%) Kubernetes
5 34 (2.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 34 (2.57%) SCCM
6 32 (2.42%) vCenter Server
7 31 (2.34%) SCOM
8 25 (1.89%) FortiGate
8 25 (1.89%) ZABBIX
9 23 (1.74%) Nagios
10 21 (1.59%) WSUS
11 20 (1.51%) Grafana
12 18 (1.36%) VxRail
13 16 (1.21%) NetBackup
14 14 (1.06%) Puppet
15 13 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
16 12 (0.91%) Graphite
16 12 (0.91%) HAProxy
16 12 (0.91%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 535 (40.44%) Microsoft
2 278 (21.01%) VMware
3 169 (12.77%) Cisco
4 104 (7.86%) Oracle
5 98 (7.41%) Veeam
6 56 (4.23%) Citrix
7 50 (3.78%) Dell
8 48 (3.63%) HP
9 45 (3.40%) NetApp
10 43 (3.25%) Google
11 42 (3.17%) IBM
11 42 (3.17%) SolarWinds
12 37 (2.80%) Splunk
13 33 (2.49%) Aruba
14 32 (2.42%) Juniper
15 30 (2.27%) F5
16 27 (2.04%) ServiceNow
17 26 (1.97%) Commvault
17 26 (1.97%) Palo Alto
18 25 (1.89%) Red Hat