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

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 263 276
Rank change year-on-year +73 +13 +12
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 460 502 722
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.25% 1.00% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.11% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 371 464
10th Percentile £313 £350 £319
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 £622 £623 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £488
% change year-on-year -3.38% +6.15% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 14
10th Percentile £21.87 £16.85 £20.38
25th Percentile £23.80 £19.14 £22.11
Median hourly rate £58.30 £40.42 £53.11
Median % change year-on-year +44.25% -23.90% +86.35%
75th Percentile £61.60 £57.02 £68.66
90th Percentile £68.25 £57.33 £69.72
UK median hourly rate £58.30 £54.83 £55.45
% change year-on-year +6.33% -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 31,929 45,052 64,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.19% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,948 31,615 45,896
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% +8.04%
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 2,243 1,590 1,753
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +97 249 £494 -0.72% 127
South East +65 84 £575 +4.55% 52
North of England +35 54 £534 +33.50% 54
North West +34 41 £537 +13.05% 28
South West -18 33 £528 -12.00% 16
Midlands +11 20 £400 +3.23% 28
West Midlands +17 14 £425 -4.49% 16
Yorkshire +13 9 £423 +6.96% 19
East of England +6 7 £442 -37.96% 21
East Midlands +8 6 £400 +6.67% 12
North East - 4 £475 - 7
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 (5.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.83%) IIS
3 12 (2.61%) OpenStack
4 11 (2.39%) Confluence
4 11 (2.39%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.30%) Apache
6 5 (1.09%) nginx
7 4 (0.87%) CICS
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.22%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.52%) Teamcenter
3 6 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.22%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.22%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 124 (26.96%) Azure
2 73 (15.87%) AWS
3 41 (8.91%) GCP
4 38 (8.26%) PaaS
5 26 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (4.78%) SaaS
7 20 (4.35%) GitHub
7 20 (4.35%) Serverless
8 19 (4.13%) OCI
9 15 (3.26%) IaaS
10 13 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (2.83%) Entra ID
10 13 (2.83%) Nutanix
11 11 (2.39%) Rubrik
12 10 (2.17%) Azure API Management
12 10 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 86 (18.70%) Firewall
2 58 (12.61%) SAN
3 47 (10.22%) DNS
4 33 (7.17%) DHCP
5 25 (5.43%) WAN
6 22 (4.78%) LAN
7 20 (4.35%) Network Security
8 18 (3.91%) Internet
9 17 (3.70%) NAS
9 17 (3.70%) VPN
10 16 (3.48%) TCP/IP
11 13 (2.83%) FTP
12 12 (2.61%) Wireless
13 11 (2.39%) OSPF
14 9 (1.96%) BGP
15 8 (1.74%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (1.74%) Kerberos
15 8 (1.74%) VLAN
16 7 (1.52%) MPLS
16 7 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (15.87%) SQL Server
2 48 (10.43%) Oracle Database
3 36 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (5.22%) MongoDB
5 16 (3.48%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.83%) Hadoop
7 12 (2.61%) MySQL
7 12 (2.61%) RDBMS
7 12 (2.61%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.74%) OLTP
10 8 (1.74%) SAP HANA
11 7 (1.52%) Power BI
12 6 (1.30%) Couchbase
13 5 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.09%) DB2
13 5 (1.09%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 24 (5.22%) Git
2 18 (3.91%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.83%) JIRA
4 10 (2.17%) GitLab
5 8 (1.74%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.52%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.52%) Subversion
7 4 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Gatling
8 2 (0.43%) 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
1 108 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 103 (22.39%) Finance
3 39 (8.48%) Public Sector
4 35 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.61%) Banking
5 17 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.61%) Financial Institution
7 11 (2.39%) Marketing
8 10 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.74%) Military
9 8 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.30%) Electronics
11 6 (1.30%) Police
12 4 (0.87%) Billing
13 3 (0.65%) Advertising
13 3 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.65%) Local Government
14 2 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 63 (13.70%) Architect
2 46 (10.00%) Analyst
3 44 (9.57%) DBA
4 35 (7.61%) Senior
5 34 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (5.65%) Support Engineer
7 25 (5.43%) Developer
8 23 (5.00%) Administrator
8 23 (5.00%) Lead
9 22 (4.78%) SQL DBA
10 21 (4.57%) C# Developer
11 18 (3.91%) Consultant
11 18 (3.91%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.04%) .NET Developer
12 14 (3.04%) Database Specialist
12 14 (3.04%) Network Engineer
13 13 (2.83%) C# .NET Developer
13 13 (2.83%) Implementation Specialist
13 13 (2.83%) Infrastructure Support
13 13 (2.83%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.83%) .NET
2 24 (5.22%) LDAP
3 22 (4.78%) Kafka
4 19 (4.13%) .NET Framework
5 17 (3.70%) Middleware
6 12 (2.61%) JSON
6 12 (2.61%) YAML
7 11 (2.39%) XML
8 10 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (1.96%) SAP Basis
9 9 (1.96%) WinForms
9 9 (1.96%) WPF
10 8 (1.74%) REST
10 8 (1.74%) WCF
11 6 (1.30%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (1.30%) SOAP
12 5 (1.09%) LAPP Stack
12 5 (1.09%) OAuth
12 5 (1.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (13.48%) Replication
2 49 (10.65%) Data Centre
3 36 (7.83%) Clustering
4 26 (5.65%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.91%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.48%) PKI
7 13 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.96%) Blog
10 8 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.52%) CMDB
12 6 (1.30%) Mainframe
13 5 (1.09%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.09%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.65%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 3 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (31.30%) Windows
2 112 (24.35%) Linux
3 71 (15.43%) Windows Server
4 37 (8.04%) Unix
5 34 (7.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (6.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (5.00%) Windows 10
8 20 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (3.48%) Solaris
10 15 (3.26%) Windows XP
11 14 (3.04%) Oracle Linux
12 13 (2.83%) VMS
13 9 (1.96%) zOS
14 6 (1.30%) CentOS
14 6 (1.30%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.43%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.22%) Android
16 1 (0.22%) HPUX
16 1 (0.22%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (24.35%) Business Continuity
2 109 (23.70%) High Availability
3 102 (22.17%) ITIL
4 94 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (15.65%) Performance Tuning
6 67 (14.57%) Migration
7 64 (13.91%) Agile
7 64 (13.91%) Cybersecurity
8 63 (13.70%) DevOps
9 54 (11.74%) Roadmaps
10 45 (9.78%) Capacity Management
11 44 (9.57%) Data Protection
12 43 (9.35%) Project Management
13 41 (8.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 40 (8.70%) Storage Management
15 39 (8.48%) Computer Science
16 38 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
17 37 (8.04%) Business Strategy
18 36 (7.83%) Mentoring
19 32 (6.96%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 84 (18.26%) SQL
2 73 (15.87%) PowerShell
3 62 (13.48%) Python
4 42 (9.13%) Bash
5 39 (8.48%) C#
6 29 (6.30%) PL/SQL
7 22 (4.78%) T-SQL
8 19 (4.13%) VB
8 19 (4.13%) VBA
9 11 (2.39%) Go
9 11 (2.39%) VB.NET
10 10 (2.17%) Java
11 9 (1.96%) Bicep
12 7 (1.52%) C++
12 7 (1.52%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.30%) JavaScript
14 5 (1.09%) Perl
15 3 (0.65%) COBOL
15 3 (0.65%) REXX
16 2 (0.43%) AWK
Qualifications
1 97 (21.09%) Security Cleared
2 76 (16.52%) Degree
2 76 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 21 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (4.35%) CCNP
6 19 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.70%) CCNA
8 10 (2.17%) MCSE
9 8 (1.74%) MCITP
9 8 (1.74%) MCTS
10 6 (1.30%) CISSP
11 5 (1.09%) CISM
11 5 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (1.09%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.87%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.87%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.87%) RHCE
13 3 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.87%) NIST
2 24 (5.22%) SLA
3 21 (4.57%) QA
4 17 (3.70%) GDPR
5 14 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.30%) GRC
9 5 (1.09%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.87%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.65%) COBIT
11 3 (0.65%) IASME
12 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.43%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.22%) IFRS
13 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 99 (21.52%) Active Directory
2 71 (15.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (5.22%) Hyper-V
5 20 (4.35%) Docker
6 19 (4.13%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (3.04%) NFS
7 14 (3.04%) vSphere
8 13 (2.83%) HDFS
9 9 (1.96%) Firmware
10 8 (1.74%) KVM
11 5 (1.09%) vCloud
12 4 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.87%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
14 2 (0.43%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.43%) XenApp
15 1 (0.22%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 60 (13.04%) Terraform
2 48 (10.43%) Ansible
3 41 (8.91%) SCCM
4 32 (6.96%) Kubernetes
5 27 (5.87%) NetBackup
6 22 (4.78%) EMC NetWorker
7 21 (4.57%) SCOM
8 19 (4.13%) vCenter Server
9 17 (3.70%) WSUS
10 14 (3.04%) Grafana
11 10 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (2.17%) Prometheus
12 9 (1.96%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 8 (1.74%) Netcool
13 8 (1.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 8 (1.74%) Tivoli
14 7 (1.52%) BladeLogic
14 7 (1.52%) ITRS Geneos
14 7 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
15 6 (1.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 100 (21.74%) Oracle
3 80 (17.39%) VMware
4 57 (12.39%) Citrix
5 56 (12.17%) Cisco
6 42 (9.13%) Dell
6 42 (9.13%) EMC
6 42 (9.13%) HP
7 30 (6.52%) Palo Alto
8 24 (5.22%) CheckPoint
8 24 (5.22%) SAP
9 22 (4.78%) Isilon
9 22 (4.78%) Red Hat
9 22 (4.78%) ServiceNow
10 19 (4.13%) SolarWinds
11 18 (3.91%) F5
11 18 (3.91%) Juniper
11 18 (3.91%) Splunk
12 17 (3.70%) 3PAR
13 16 (3.48%) Veeam