Disaster Recovery Contract Job Trends in the South East

Disaster Recovery
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 112 154
Rank change year-on-year -2 +42 +27
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 72 41 58
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.55% 1.30% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.44% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 27 39
10th Percentile £219 £302 £266
25th Percentile £271 £369 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £445 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -8.72% -14.47%
75th Percentile £488 £531 £608
90th Percentile £708 £601 £656
England median daily rate £481 £473 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £63.75 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £50.37 £69.62
% change year-on-year -20.59% -27.65% +24.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,879 2,844 4,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.58% 89.83% 87.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,565 1,745 2,955
10th Percentile £255 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.15% +2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 102 355
10th Percentile £13.88 £18.52 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.93 £24.26 £19.38
Median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.29
90th Percentile £79.93 £74.99 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +2.66%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Disaster Recovery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend in the South East

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Disaster Recovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the South East over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the South East

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Disaster Recovery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. 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
Thames Valley +14 49 £373 -8.31% 19
Berkshire +14 40 £373 -0.67% 7
Hampshire -18 11 £675 +60.71% 7
Buckinghamshire - 7 £420 - 6
Surrey -4 6 £400 -5.88% 7
East Sussex +3 3 £600 +6.67% 1
Oxfordshire -8 2 £300 -40.00% 6
West Sussex - 2 £600 - 2
Kent -12 1 £425 -19.05% 3
Disaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.78%) CMS
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (2.78%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.78%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.39%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 42 (58.33%) Azure
2 31 (43.06%) AWS
3 8 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.33%) GCP
5 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (5.56%) Amazon S3
6 4 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (4.17%) GitHub
7 3 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.78%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.78%) OCI
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon ECR
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.39%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.22%) DNS
2 15 (20.83%) TCP/IP
3 14 (19.44%) DHCP
3 14 (19.44%) VLAN
4 10 (13.89%) Firewall
5 3 (4.17%) VPN
6 2 (2.78%) BIG-IP
6 2 (2.78%) Internet
6 2 (2.78%) Intranet
6 2 (2.78%) IPv6
6 2 (2.78%) LAN
6 2 (2.78%) Network Security
6 2 (2.78%) SAN
6 2 (2.78%) WAN
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.39%) MPLS
7 1 (1.39%) Multicast
7 1 (1.39%) NAS
7 1 (1.39%) OSPF
7 1 (1.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.56%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.17%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.78%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.78%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (2.78%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.78%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.78%) MySQL
4 2 (2.78%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (2.78%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.78%) Tableau
4 2 (2.78%) Tableau Desktop
4 2 (2.78%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.78%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.39%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) Postman
General
1 22 (30.56%) Analytical Skills
1 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.72%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Finance
5 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.39%) Aviation
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (18.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (15.28%) Infrastructure Support
2 11 (15.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 11 (15.28%) Support Engineer
3 10 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
4 6 (8.33%) Test Manager
5 5 (6.94%) Service Continuity Specialist
5 5 (6.94%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (6.94%) Test Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Developer
6 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Administrator
7 3 (4.17%) Architect
7 3 (4.17%) SAP Administrator
8 2 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.78%) Consultant
8 2 (2.78%) Database Specialist
8 2 (2.78%) IT Support
8 2 (2.78%) Lead Architect
8 2 (2.78%) Test Strategist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) RFC 2544
2 3 (4.17%) RESTful
3 2 (2.78%) .NET
3 2 (2.78%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.78%) CSS
3 2 (2.78%) Entity Framework
3 2 (2.78%) Material-UI
3 2 (2.78%) React
3 2 (2.78%) Swagger
4 1 (1.39%) Django
4 1 (1.39%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.39%) Flask
4 1 (1.39%) JSON
4 1 (1.39%) LINQ
4 1 (1.39%) OAuth
4 1 (1.39%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.39%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.39%) OpenID
4 1 (1.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (8.33%) Replication
3 5 (6.94%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.94%) Fibre Optics
4 3 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.78%) Clustering
5 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.78%) SCADA
6 1 (1.39%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.39%) HP Storage
6 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.78%) Windows
2 15 (20.83%) Linux
3 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.78%) Unix
4 2 (2.78%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (43.06%) Business Continuity
1 31 (43.06%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.39%) ITIL
3 17 (23.61%) High Availability
4 16 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (20.83%) Service Management
6 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (15.28%) Preventative Maintenance
6 11 (15.28%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 10 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (13.89%) Task Automation
8 9 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 9 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
8 9 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (11.11%) Resilience Testing
9 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (9.72%) ERP
10 7 (9.72%) Test Automation
10 7 (9.72%) Test Management
11 6 (8.33%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) Python
2 7 (9.72%) SQL
3 6 (8.33%) Go
3 6 (8.33%) Java
4 4 (5.56%) Bash
4 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.78%) C#
5 2 (2.78%) Perl
5 2 (2.78%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.78%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.39%) C++
6 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 25 (34.72%) SC Cleared
3 13 (18.06%) Azure Certification
3 13 (18.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (15.28%) Network+ Certification
4 11 (15.28%) Server+ Certification
5 7 (9.72%) ISTQB
6 5 (6.94%) AWS Certification
6 5 (6.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (2.78%) CCNP
7 2 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.78%) OCP
7 2 (2.78%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (1.39%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.39%) CCIE
8 1 (1.39%) CCNA
8 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.56%) NIST
3 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 3 (4.17%) ISO 22301
4 2 (2.78%) QA
5 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.39%) GRC
5 1 (1.39%) NCSC
5 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (26.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (20.83%) Hyper-V
3 9 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.78%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.39%) Docker
6 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (4.17%) Terraform
3 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (2.78%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (2.78%) SCCM
4 1 (1.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) Argo
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.39%) Grafana
4 1 (1.39%) Iperf
4 1 (1.39%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.39%) Nmap
4 1 (1.39%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (1.39%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 22 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 19 (26.39%) VMware
3 8 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 7 (9.72%) Cisco
5 5 (6.94%) Oracle
5 5 (6.94%) Workday
6 4 (5.56%) SAP
7 3 (4.17%) Zerto
8 2 (2.78%) Commvault
8 2 (2.78%) Dell
8 2 (2.78%) F5
8 2 (2.78%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.78%) HP
8 2 (2.78%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.78%) Veeam
9 1 (1.39%) Imperva
9 1 (1.39%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.39%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.39%) Splunk
9 1 (1.39%) Tufin