Disaster Recovery Contracts in England

Disaster Recovery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 186 267
Rank change year-on-year -4 +81 +9
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 344 466 496
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.41% 1.25% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.45% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 355 369
10th Percentile £320 £305 £350
25th Percentile £401 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £476 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -4.90% -2.72% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 6
10th Percentile £18.65 £21.87 £16.85
25th Percentile £20.24 £23.80 £19.14
Median hourly rate £21.63 £58.30 £40.42
Median % change year-on-year -62.91% +44.25% -20.40%
75th Percentile £65.62 £61.60 £57.02
90th Percentile £70.85 £68.25 £57.33
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £58.30 £54.83
% change year-on-year -62.17% +6.33% -5.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Disaster Recovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -39 148 £500 +1.24% 360
North of England +44 84 £445 -16.67% 249
North West +27 55 £448 -16.20% 131
South East +14 49 £550 -4.35% 268
Yorkshire +28 29 £388 -8.17% 88
South West +33 22 £550 +9.02% 111
Midlands +28 22 £519 +3.75% 160
West Midlands +19 20 £500 +8.11% 91
East of England +33 10 £600 +35.75% 125
East Midlands +11 2 £550 -21.43% 57
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 19 (5.52%) Confluence
2 17 (4.94%) IIS
2 17 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.45%) Apache
4 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.58%) BASE24
2 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (29.07%) Azure
2 76 (22.09%) AWS
3 34 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (7.85%) Entra ID
5 26 (7.56%) GCP
6 21 (6.10%) IaaS
6 21 (6.10%) Serverless
7 19 (5.52%) GitHub
8 14 (4.07%) SaaS
9 13 (3.78%) Nutanix
9 13 (3.78%) PaaS
10 11 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.33%) Amazon ELB
12 8 (2.33%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.33%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 47 (13.66%) Firewall
2 30 (8.72%) DNS
3 27 (7.85%) Network Security
4 23 (6.69%) Internet
5 20 (5.81%) VPN
6 19 (5.52%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.94%) SAN
8 14 (4.07%) DHCP
9 13 (3.78%) SSL
10 12 (3.49%) WAN
11 11 (3.20%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (2.91%) NAS
13 9 (2.62%) Wireless
14 8 (2.33%) LAN
15 7 (2.03%) Kerberos
16 5 (1.45%) HTTPS
16 5 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
16 5 (1.45%) SSH
16 5 (1.45%) VoIP
17 4 (1.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.01%) Oracle Database
3 28 (8.14%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (6.40%) MongoDB
5 21 (6.10%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (4.36%) NoSQL
6 15 (4.36%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.78%) RDBMS
8 11 (3.20%) MySQL
9 8 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.33%) Power BI
10 6 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.87%) Sybase ASE
13 2 (0.58%) DTS
13 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
13 2 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (4.36%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.20%) Git
3 10 (2.91%) JIRA
3 10 (2.91%) TeamCity
4 9 (2.62%) Subversion
5 2 (0.58%) JMeter
6 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.29%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.29%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) Serena SBM
6 1 (0.29%) TestDirector
General
1 75 (21.80%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.22%) Finance
3 50 (14.53%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.76%) Banking
5 29 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.33%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.74%) Military
9 5 (1.45%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.45%) Legal
9 5 (1.45%) Marketing
10 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.16%) Electronics
10 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.87%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Local Government
12 2 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (11.92%) Administrator
2 38 (11.05%) DBA
2 38 (11.05%) Senior
3 24 (6.98%) Architect
4 22 (6.40%) Developer
5 21 (6.10%) Analyst
6 19 (5.52%) Lead
7 18 (5.23%) IT Manager
8 17 (4.94%) C# Developer
8 17 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (4.65%) SQL DBA
10 14 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (4.07%) Consultant
10 14 (4.07%) Linux Administrator
11 13 (3.78%) Service Manager
12 12 (3.49%) C# WPF Developer
12 12 (3.49%) Resilience Manager
12 12 (3.49%) WPF Developer
13 11 (3.20%) C# WCF Developer
13 11 (3.20%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.40%) .NET
2 18 (5.23%) REST
3 17 (4.94%) Kafka
4 14 (4.07%) .NET Framework
5 13 (3.78%) WPF
6 12 (3.49%) WinForms
6 12 (3.49%) XML
7 11 (3.20%) JSON
7 11 (3.20%) WCF
8 10 (2.91%) LDAP
8 10 (2.91%) Middleware
9 9 (2.62%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.87%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.87%) Web Services
11 3 (0.87%) YAML
12 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.58%) HTML
12 2 (0.58%) RESTful
12 2 (0.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.47%) Data Centre
2 35 (10.17%) Replication
3 25 (7.27%) Clustering
4 14 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.33%) PKI
6 8 (2.33%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.74%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.45%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.45%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.16%) SCADA
11 3 (0.87%) IVR
11 3 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 93 (27.03%) Windows
2 54 (15.70%) Linux
3 50 (14.53%) Windows Server
4 18 (5.23%) Solaris
4 18 (5.23%) Unix
5 12 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.03%) HPUX
7 4 (1.16%) AIX
7 4 (1.16%) Android
7 4 (1.16%) CentOS
7 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.58%) VMS
8 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.29%) OpenVMS
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (29.65%) High Availability
2 89 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (22.97%) Business Continuity
4 68 (19.77%) DevOps
5 56 (16.28%) Performance Tuning
6 55 (15.99%) ITIL
7 53 (15.41%) Migration
8 45 (13.08%) Agile
9 41 (11.92%) Cybersecurity
10 38 (11.05%) CI/CD
10 38 (11.05%) Problem Management
11 37 (10.76%) Change Management
12 31 (9.01%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (8.72%) BCP
13 30 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (8.43%) Project Management
15 26 (7.56%) Analytics
15 26 (7.56%) Database Security
15 26 (7.56%) Task Automation
16 25 (7.27%) Business Continuity Planning
Programming Languages
1 63 (18.31%) SQL
2 61 (17.73%) Python
3 49 (14.24%) PowerShell
4 32 (9.30%) Bash
5 22 (6.40%) C#
6 18 (5.23%) T-SQL
7 17 (4.94%) Perl
8 15 (4.36%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.20%) VB
9 11 (3.20%) VBA
10 7 (2.03%) ActionScript
10 7 (2.03%) ActionScript 2.0
10 7 (2.03%) C
10 7 (2.03%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.45%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.16%) Java
13 3 (0.87%) Bicep
13 3 (0.87%) Korn
14 2 (0.58%) C++
14 2 (0.58%) Go
Qualifications
1 72 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 44 (12.79%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.52%) Degree
4 17 (4.94%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.45%) CCNP
9 4 (1.16%) CCNA
9 4 (1.16%) CISSP
9 4 (1.16%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.16%) RHCSA
9 4 (1.16%) VCAP
10 3 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.87%) RHCE
11 2 (0.58%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.40%) QA
2 18 (5.23%) GDPR
2 18 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.49%) SLA
4 11 (3.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (2.62%) ISO 22301
6 7 (2.03%) NCSC
7 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (1.45%) NIST
7 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.16%) ISO 31000
8 4 (1.16%) PMO
9 3 (0.87%) GRC
9 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.58%) DICOM
10 2 (0.58%) GxP
10 2 (0.58%) HL7
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 48 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 29 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (7.85%) Docker
4 14 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.20%) vSphere
7 8 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (2.03%) Firmware
9 6 (1.74%) NFS
10 5 (1.45%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
11 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.16%) Veritas File System
11 4 (1.16%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.58%) KVM
13 2 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (13.08%) Ansible
2 44 (12.79%) Terraform
3 30 (8.72%) Kubernetes
4 23 (6.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.49%) Grafana
6 11 (3.20%) Oracle RMAN
6 11 (3.20%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.62%) EMC NetWorker
7 9 (2.62%) QRadar
8 8 (2.33%) Red Hat Satellite
8 8 (2.33%) SCCM
8 8 (2.33%) Tivoli
9 7 (2.03%) Progress Chef
9 7 (2.03%) Puppet
10 6 (1.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (1.45%) NetBackup
12 4 (1.16%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.16%) Kibana
12 4 (1.16%) logstash
12 4 (1.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 70 (20.35%) Oracle
2 63 (18.31%) Microsoft
3 49 (14.24%) VMware
4 24 (6.98%) IBM
5 21 (6.10%) Red Hat
6 17 (4.94%) Cisco
6 17 (4.94%) Splunk
7 15 (4.36%) Google
7 15 (4.36%) ServiceNow
8 14 (4.07%) Commvault
9 13 (3.78%) CyberArk
10 12 (3.49%) Citrix
10 12 (3.49%) Qualys
11 11 (3.20%) EMC
11 11 (3.20%) HP
12 8 (2.33%) SaltStack
13 7 (2.03%) SAP
14 6 (1.74%) Confluent
14 6 (1.74%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.45%) IBM Sterling