Disaster Recovery Contracts in England

Disaster Recovery
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Disaster Recovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 266 274
Rank change year-on-year +72 +8 +24
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 456 493 717
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.24% 1.01% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.11% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 364 461
10th Percentile £313 £350 £320
25th Percentile £388 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £620 £623 £600
90th Percentile £700 £697 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £509 £488
% change year-on-year -1.77% +4.41% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 14
10th Percentile £22.00 £16.85 £20.38
25th Percentile £23.80 £19.14 £22.11
Median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £53.11
Median % change year-on-year +52.42% -23.90% +86.35%
75th Percentile - £57.02 £68.66
90th Percentile £67.50 £57.33 £69.72
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £54.83 £55.45
% change year-on-year +12.35% -1.12% +117.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in England.

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in England.

Hourly rate trend for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 247 £494 -0.72% 92
South East +73 85 £575 +4.55% 48
North of England +33 53 £534 +33.50% 53
North West +21 40 £540 +13.68% 27
South West -28 32 £550 -8.33% 14
Midlands +14 18 £400 - 31
West Midlands +13 12 £400 - 18
Yorkshire +13 9 £423 +6.96% 18
East of England 0 8 £442 -33.28% 17
East Midlands +13 6 £400 +6.67% 13
North East - 4 £475 - 8
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.07%) IIS
3 12 (2.63%) OpenStack
3 12 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.41%) Confluence
5 6 (1.32%) Apache
6 5 (1.10%) nginx
7 4 (0.88%) CICS
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.22%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.54%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) MFGPRO
3 1 (0.22%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 122 (26.75%) Azure
2 70 (15.35%) AWS
3 44 (9.65%) GCP
4 38 (8.33%) PaaS
5 24 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (5.04%) SaaS
7 20 (4.39%) GitHub
7 20 (4.39%) Serverless
8 19 (4.17%) OCI
9 15 (3.29%) IaaS
10 14 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (3.07%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.85%) Nutanix
12 12 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (2.41%) Rubrik
14 10 (2.19%) Azure API Management
15 9 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
16 8 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 83 (18.20%) Firewall
2 58 (12.72%) SAN
3 45 (9.87%) DNS
4 32 (7.02%) DHCP
5 24 (5.26%) WAN
6 21 (4.61%) LAN
7 18 (3.95%) Internet
8 17 (3.73%) NAS
8 17 (3.73%) Network Security
9 16 (3.51%) TCP/IP
10 13 (2.85%) FTP
11 12 (2.63%) VPN
11 12 (2.63%) Wireless
12 11 (2.41%) OSPF
13 9 (1.97%) BGP
14 8 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (1.75%) Kerberos
14 8 (1.75%) VLAN
15 7 (1.54%) MPLS
15 7 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (16.23%) SQL Server
2 48 (10.53%) Oracle Database
3 37 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (5.48%) MongoDB
5 16 (3.51%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.85%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.85%) MySQL
7 12 (2.63%) RDBMS
7 12 (2.63%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.97%) SAP HANA
11 8 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.75%) OLTP
12 7 (1.54%) Power BI
13 6 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.32%) Couchbase
13 6 (1.32%) DB2
14 5 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (1.10%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 24 (5.26%) Git
2 18 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.63%) JIRA
4 10 (2.19%) GitLab
5 8 (1.75%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.54%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.54%) Subversion
7 4 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.44%) Gatling
8 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Hudson
9 1 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.22%) Terragrunt
General
1 106 (23.25%) Social Skills
2 103 (22.59%) Finance
3 40 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 34 (7.46%) Banking
5 33 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.73%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.63%) Financial Institution
7 12 (2.63%) Marketing
8 10 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.97%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.75%) Military
10 8 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.54%) Electronics
11 7 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.32%) Police
13 4 (0.88%) Billing
14 3 (0.66%) Advertising
14 3 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.66%) Local Government
15 2 (0.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 63 (13.82%) Architect
2 45 (9.87%) DBA
3 44 (9.65%) Analyst
4 34 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (7.24%) Senior
6 26 (5.70%) Support Engineer
7 25 (5.48%) Developer
8 23 (5.04%) Administrator
8 23 (5.04%) Lead
8 23 (5.04%) SQL DBA
9 20 (4.39%) C# Developer
9 20 (4.39%) Consultant
10 19 (4.17%) Technical Architect
11 14 (3.07%) Database Specialist
12 13 (2.85%) Implementation Specialist
12 13 (2.85%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (2.85%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 12 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 12 (2.63%) Oracle Architect
13 12 (2.63%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.68%) .NET
2 23 (5.04%) Kafka
2 23 (5.04%) LDAP
3 18 (3.95%) .NET Framework
4 16 (3.51%) Middleware
5 12 (2.63%) JSON
5 12 (2.63%) YAML
6 11 (2.41%) XML
7 10 (2.19%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (2.19%) SAP Basis
7 10 (2.19%) WinForms
7 10 (2.19%) WPF
8 9 (1.97%) REST
8 9 (1.97%) WCF
9 7 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (1.32%) GraphQL
10 6 (1.32%) SOAP
11 5 (1.10%) LAPP Stack
11 5 (1.10%) OAuth
11 5 (1.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.60%) Replication
2 47 (10.31%) Data Centre
3 36 (7.89%) Clustering
4 26 (5.70%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.95%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.85%) PKI
6 13 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (1.97%) Blog
9 8 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.32%) CMDB
11 6 (1.32%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.10%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.10%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.88%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.66%) Enterprise Storage
14 3 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (31.58%) Windows
2 115 (25.22%) Linux
3 69 (15.13%) Windows Server
4 37 (8.11%) Unix
5 34 (7.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (7.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (5.04%) Windows 10
8 20 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (3.51%) Solaris
10 15 (3.29%) Windows XP
11 14 (3.07%) Oracle Linux
12 13 (2.85%) VMS
13 10 (2.19%) zOS
14 6 (1.32%) CentOS
14 6 (1.32%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.44%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.22%) Android
16 1 (0.22%) HPUX
16 1 (0.22%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (24.34%) Business Continuity
2 107 (23.46%) High Availability
3 100 (21.93%) ITIL
4 95 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (16.45%) Performance Tuning
6 67 (14.69%) Migration
7 64 (14.04%) DevOps
8 61 (13.38%) Agile
8 61 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (11.84%) Roadmaps
10 43 (9.43%) Capacity Management
10 43 (9.43%) Data Protection
11 42 (9.21%) Project Management
12 41 (8.99%) Computer Science
12 41 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 40 (8.77%) Storage Management
14 37 (8.11%) Business Strategy
14 37 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
15 34 (7.46%) Mentoring
16 32 (7.02%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 85 (18.64%) SQL
2 72 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 63 (13.82%) Python
4 43 (9.43%) Bash
5 37 (8.11%) C#
6 28 (6.14%) PL/SQL
7 21 (4.61%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.95%) VB
8 18 (3.95%) VBA
9 12 (2.63%) Go
10 10 (2.19%) Bicep
10 10 (2.19%) Java
11 9 (1.97%) VB.NET
12 7 (1.54%) C++
12 7 (1.54%) JavaScript
12 7 (1.54%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.10%) Perl
14 3 (0.66%) COBOL
14 3 (0.66%) REXX
15 2 (0.44%) AWK
Qualifications
1 96 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 77 (16.89%) Degree
3 74 (16.23%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (4.39%) CCNP
6 20 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.73%) CCNA
8 10 (2.19%) MCSE
9 8 (1.75%) MCITP
9 8 (1.75%) MCTS
10 6 (1.32%) CISSP
11 5 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.10%) CISM
11 5 (1.10%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (1.10%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.88%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.88%) RHCE
13 3 (0.66%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.92%) NIST
2 24 (5.26%) SLA
3 20 (4.39%) QA
4 16 (3.51%) GDPR
5 14 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.32%) GRC
9 5 (1.10%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.66%) COBIT
11 3 (0.66%) IASME
12 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.44%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.22%) IFRS
13 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 99 (21.71%) Active Directory
2 68 (14.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.14%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (5.04%) Hyper-V
5 21 (4.61%) Docker
6 19 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (3.07%) NFS
7 14 (3.07%) vSphere
8 13 (2.85%) HDFS
9 9 (1.97%) Firmware
10 8 (1.75%) KVM
11 5 (1.10%) vCloud
12 4 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.88%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.44%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.44%) XenApp
15 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 59 (12.94%) Terraform
2 46 (10.09%) Ansible
3 41 (8.99%) SCCM
4 33 (7.24%) Kubernetes
5 27 (5.92%) NetBackup
6 22 (4.82%) EMC NetWorker
7 21 (4.61%) SCOM
8 19 (4.17%) vCenter Server
9 17 (3.73%) WSUS
10 14 (3.07%) Grafana
11 10 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (2.19%) Prometheus
12 9 (1.97%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 8 (1.75%) Netcool
13 8 (1.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 8 (1.75%) Tivoli
14 7 (1.54%) BladeLogic
14 7 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
14 7 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
15 6 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (22.37%) Oracle
2 101 (22.15%) Microsoft
3 77 (16.89%) VMware
4 56 (12.28%) Citrix
5 55 (12.06%) Cisco
6 42 (9.21%) Dell
6 42 (9.21%) EMC
6 42 (9.21%) HP
7 28 (6.14%) Palo Alto
8 26 (5.70%) SAP
9 25 (5.48%) CheckPoint
10 22 (4.82%) Isilon
10 22 (4.82%) Red Hat
11 21 (4.61%) ServiceNow
12 19 (4.17%) SolarWinds
13 18 (3.95%) Juniper
14 17 (3.73%) 3PAR
14 17 (3.73%) F5
14 17 (3.73%) Splunk
15 16 (3.51%) Veeam