Disaster Recovery Contracts

Disaster Recovery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 256 273
Rank change year-on-year +67 +17 +9
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 519 604 885
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.20% 1.04% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.16% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 444 570
10th Percentile £313 £358 £313
25th Percentile £398 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +5.54% +2.63%
75th Percentile £615 £589 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 19
10th Percentile £22.00 £16.85 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.80 £21.43 £28.59
Median hourly rate £61.60 £54.83 £55.45
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -1.12% +117.45%
75th Percentile - £57.33 £68.28
90th Percentile £67.50 £58.40 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £55.45
% change year-on-year +52.42% -27.11% +146.44%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +66 456 £500 -4.76% 279
London +88 248 £494 -0.72% 107
UK excluding London +23 225 £525 - 181
Work from Home +56 178 £500 - 102
South East +55 86 £575 +4.55% 53
North of England +32 52 £534 +33.50% 53
North West +29 39 £540 +13.68% 28
South West -23 32 £550 -8.33% 14
Scotland +18 31 £475 -5.00% 10
Midlands +11 18 £400 +3.23% 28
West Midlands +18 12 £400 -10.11% 16
Yorkshire +21 9 £423 +6.96% 18
East of England -4 7 £442 -33.28% 19
East Midlands +8 6 £400 +6.67% 12
North East - 4 £475 - 7
Wales +16 1 £450 -10.00% 1

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 24 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.08%) Confluence
3 14 (2.70%) IIS
4 12 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 12 (2.31%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.16%) Apache
5 6 (1.16%) CICS
6 5 (0.96%) nginx
7 3 (0.58%) SAS
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.39%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.12%) Teamcenter
2 10 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.19%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 133 (25.63%) Azure
2 83 (15.99%) AWS
3 46 (8.86%) GCP
4 44 (8.48%) PaaS
5 30 (5.78%) Serverless
6 28 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (4.24%) SaaS
8 20 (3.85%) OCI
9 19 (3.66%) GitHub
10 18 (3.47%) IaaS
11 13 (2.50%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.50%) Nutanix
12 12 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (2.31%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.12%) Rubrik
14 10 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.93%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 87 (16.76%) Firewall
2 58 (11.18%) SAN
3 47 (9.06%) DNS
4 32 (6.17%) DHCP
5 27 (5.20%) WAN
6 24 (4.62%) LAN
7 19 (3.66%) Internet
8 18 (3.47%) Network Security
9 17 (3.28%) NAS
10 16 (3.08%) FTP
10 16 (3.08%) TCP/IP
11 13 (2.50%) VPN
12 12 (2.31%) Wireless
13 11 (2.12%) OSPF
14 9 (1.73%) BGP
15 8 (1.54%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (1.54%) Kerberos
15 8 (1.54%) VLAN
16 7 (1.35%) Cisco Nexus
16 7 (1.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (18.11%) SQL Server
2 55 (10.60%) Oracle Database
3 50 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (7.51%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.28%) Hadoop
5 17 (3.28%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.89%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.50%) RDBMS
8 12 (2.31%) MySQL
8 12 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.93%) OLTP
10 9 (1.73%) DB2
10 9 (1.73%) SAP HANA
11 8 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.35%) Power BI
13 6 (1.16%) Couchbase
13 6 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.16%) Informix
Development Applications
1 25 (4.82%) Git
2 21 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 18 (3.47%) JIRA
4 10 (1.93%) GitLab
5 8 (1.54%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.35%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.35%) Subversion
7 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) Gatling
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.19%) Hudson
9 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
General
1 136 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 109 (21.00%) Finance
3 53 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 42 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.71%) Banking
6 17 (3.28%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.31%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.12%) Marketing
11 10 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.54%) Military
13 6 (1.16%) Electronics
13 6 (1.16%) Police
14 4 (0.77%) Billing
15 3 (0.58%) Advertising
15 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.58%) Local Government
16 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (14.07%) Architect
2 64 (12.33%) DBA
3 53 (10.21%) Senior
4 44 (8.48%) Analyst
5 39 (7.51%) SQL DBA
6 38 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (5.97%) Administrator
8 26 (5.01%) Support Engineer
9 25 (4.82%) Developer
9 25 (4.82%) Lead
10 24 (4.62%) Consultant
11 22 (4.24%) Technical Architect
12 20 (3.85%) C# Developer
13 16 (3.08%) Implementation Specialist
13 16 (3.08%) Oracle Architect
14 14 (2.70%) Database Specialist
14 14 (2.70%) PostgreSQL DBA
15 13 (2.50%) Infrastructure Support
15 13 (2.50%) SQL Server DBA
16 12 (2.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.32%) .NET
2 27 (5.20%) LDAP
3 26 (5.01%) Kafka
4 18 (3.47%) .NET Framework
5 16 (3.08%) Middleware
6 13 (2.50%) JSON
7 12 (2.31%) XML
7 12 (2.31%) YAML
8 11 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (1.93%) SAP Basis
9 10 (1.93%) WinForms
9 10 (1.93%) WPF
10 9 (1.73%) WCF
11 8 (1.54%) AWS CDK
11 8 (1.54%) REST
12 7 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (1.16%) GraphQL
13 6 (1.16%) SOAP
14 5 (0.96%) OAuth
14 5 (0.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (15.80%) Replication
2 55 (10.60%) Data Centre
3 40 (7.71%) Clustering
4 28 (5.39%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.47%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.70%) PKI
7 13 (2.50%) Blog
7 13 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (1.93%) Mainframe
9 9 (1.73%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.16%) CMDB
12 5 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.77%) Client/Server
14 3 (0.58%) N-Tier
14 3 (0.58%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 159 (30.64%) Windows
2 125 (24.08%) Linux
3 73 (14.07%) Windows Server
4 40 (7.71%) Unix
5 34 (6.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (6.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (4.43%) Windows 10
8 20 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (3.08%) Solaris
11 15 (2.89%) Oracle Linux
11 15 (2.89%) Windows XP
12 14 (2.70%) zOS
13 13 (2.50%) VMS
14 7 (1.35%) CentOS
15 6 (1.16%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.19%) Android
17 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (26.78%) High Availability
2 117 (22.54%) Business Continuity
3 109 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (20.23%) ITIL
5 79 (15.22%) Performance Tuning
6 78 (15.03%) Migration
7 72 (13.87%) Agile
8 70 (13.49%) DevOps
9 64 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
10 63 (12.14%) Roadmaps
11 52 (10.02%) Capacity Management
12 49 (9.44%) Data Protection
13 45 (8.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 44 (8.48%) Infrastructure as Code
15 42 (8.09%) Project Management
16 41 (7.90%) Computer Science
16 41 (7.90%) Storage Management
17 38 (7.32%) Business Strategy
18 36 (6.94%) Mentoring
18 36 (6.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (20.81%) SQL
2 85 (16.38%) PowerShell
3 65 (12.52%) Python
4 44 (8.48%) Bash
5 38 (7.32%) C#
6 32 (6.17%) PL/SQL
7 28 (5.39%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.47%) VB
8 18 (3.47%) VBA
9 12 (2.31%) Go
10 11 (2.12%) Java
11 9 (1.73%) Bicep
11 9 (1.73%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.54%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.54%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.54%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.35%) C++
13 7 (1.35%) REXX
14 5 (0.96%) COBOL
14 5 (0.96%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (20.62%) Security Cleared
2 85 (16.38%) SC Cleared
3 78 (15.03%) Degree
4 24 (4.62%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (3.85%) CCNP
7 20 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (3.28%) CCNA
9 13 (2.50%) MCSE
10 8 (1.54%) MCITP
10 8 (1.54%) MCTS
11 7 (1.35%) CISSP
12 5 (0.96%) CISM
12 5 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.96%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.77%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.77%) RHCE
14 3 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.39%) NIST
2 24 (4.62%) SLA
3 21 (4.05%) QA
4 19 (3.66%) GDPR
5 15 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.16%) GRC
9 5 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.58%) COBIT
11 3 (0.58%) IASME
11 3 (0.58%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (20.42%) Active Directory
2 72 (13.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.39%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (5.01%) Hyper-V
5 23 (4.43%) Docker
6 19 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (3.28%) HDFS
7 17 (3.28%) NFS
8 14 (2.70%) vSphere
9 9 (1.73%) Firmware
10 8 (1.54%) KVM
11 5 (0.96%) vCloud
12 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.77%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.58%) RACF
13 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.39%) ACF2
14 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (11.56%) Terraform
2 53 (10.21%) Ansible
3 41 (7.90%) SCCM
4 36 (6.94%) Kubernetes
5 27 (5.20%) NetBackup
6 22 (4.24%) EMC NetWorker
7 21 (4.05%) Grafana
7 21 (4.05%) SCOM
8 19 (3.66%) vCenter Server
9 17 (3.28%) WSUS
10 10 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.93%) Prometheus
11 9 (1.73%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
12 8 (1.54%) Netcool
12 8 (1.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 8 (1.54%) Tivoli
13 7 (1.35%) BladeLogic
13 7 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (1.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 115 (22.16%) Oracle
2 112 (21.58%) Microsoft
3 82 (15.80%) VMware
4 56 (10.79%) Cisco
4 56 (10.79%) Citrix
5 45 (8.67%) Dell
6 42 (8.09%) EMC
6 42 (8.09%) HP
7 29 (5.59%) SAP
8 28 (5.39%) Palo Alto
9 26 (5.01%) Red Hat
10 25 (4.82%) Isilon
11 24 (4.62%) CheckPoint
11 24 (4.62%) ServiceNow
12 20 (3.85%) SolarWinds
13 19 (3.66%) Splunk
14 18 (3.47%) Juniper
15 17 (3.28%) 3PAR
15 17 (3.28%) F5
16 16 (3.08%) Qualys