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 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 85 104
Rank change year-on-year -43 +19 +65
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 104 78 80
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.58% 2.23% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.50% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 60 53
10th Percentile £385 £237 £255
25th Percentile £450 £293 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £477 £420
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% +13.63% -26.48%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £608
90th Percentile £775 £575 -
England median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -17.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £36.40
25th Percentile £61.74 - £56.65
Median hourly rate £65.24 £32.77 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +99.08% -46.80% -
75th Percentile £69.75 - -
90th Percentile £70.20 - -
England median hourly rate £49.00 £40.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.50% -35.06% -22.10%

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 5,318 3,115 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.54% 89.20% 82.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,224 1,944 2,333
10th Percentile £280 £227 £257
25th Percentile £420 £389 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.72% -0.85%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £713 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 605 305 279
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £15.84
25th Percentile £17.63 £15.50 £30.21
Median hourly rate £52.50 £21.90 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +139.73% -61.81% +10.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £71.50
90th Percentile £87.56 £69.65 £77.34
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 -34 71 £500 +1.63% 38
Berkshire -36 45 £500 +1.63% 20
Hampshire -16 23 £600 +20.00% 10
Buckinghamshire -13 19 £680 +186.32% 6
Oxfordshire -17 7 £450 -48.57% 12
West Sussex - 5 £513 - 8
Surrey -21 3 £650 +35.06% 11
Middlesex -20 2 - -
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 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.88%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 42 (40.38%) Azure
2 24 (23.08%) AWS
3 11 (10.58%) SaaS
4 9 (8.65%) GCP
4 9 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.69%) OCI
6 7 (6.73%) Entra ID
6 7 (6.73%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.88%) GitHub
8 3 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.92%) IaaS
9 2 (1.92%) Route 53
9 2 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.96%) Cohesity
10 1 (0.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.31%) Firewall
2 16 (15.38%) DNS
3 14 (13.46%) VPN
4 12 (11.54%) DHCP
5 11 (10.58%) TCP/IP
6 8 (7.69%) LAN
6 8 (7.69%) VLAN
6 8 (7.69%) WAN
7 7 (6.73%) SAN
8 6 (5.77%) NAS
8 6 (5.77%) Network Security
9 4 (3.85%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (2.88%) BIG-IP
10 3 (2.88%) VSAN
11 2 (1.92%) BGP
11 2 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (1.92%) MPLS
11 2 (1.92%) OSPF
11 2 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.96%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.96%) Tableau
4 1 (0.96%) Tableau Desktop
4 1 (0.96%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.96%) GitLab
3 1 (0.96%) MSI
3 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.19%) Public Sector
3 19 (18.27%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.65%) Aerospace
5 8 (7.69%) Legal
6 7 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.81%) Finance
7 5 (4.81%) Local Government
7 5 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Military
8 4 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.88%) Retail
10 1 (0.96%) Advertising
10 1 (0.96%) Billing
10 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (23.08%) Architect
2 19 (18.27%) Lead
3 18 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (6.73%) IT Engineer
4 7 (6.73%) Lead Architect
4 7 (6.73%) Senior
4 7 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (6.73%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (6.73%) Technical Architect
5 6 (5.77%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
5 6 (5.77%) Network Architect
5 6 (5.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Infrastructure Architect
6 5 (4.81%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.85%) Analyst
7 4 (3.85%) Network Technical Architect
7 4 (3.85%) Site Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Technical Leader
8 3 (2.88%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.42%) Terraform
2 3 (2.88%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.92%) GraphQL
3 2 (1.92%) Loki
3 2 (1.92%) Node.js
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.96%) .NET
4 1 (0.96%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.96%) CSS
4 1 (0.96%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.96%) LDAP
4 1 (0.96%) Material-UI
4 1 (0.96%) React
4 1 (0.96%) RESTful
4 1 (0.96%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.31%) Data Centre
1 18 (17.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (6.73%) Replication
3 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (4.81%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (4.81%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.81%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.85%) Private Cloud
5 4 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.88%) Blackberry
6 3 (2.88%) Digital Signage
6 3 (2.88%) iPhone
7 2 (1.92%) CMDB
7 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.92%) EPoS
7 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (28.85%) Windows
2 24 (23.08%) Linux
3 17 (16.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.77%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.92%) AIX
5 2 (1.92%) Debian
5 2 (1.92%) HPUX
5 2 (1.92%) Solaris
5 2 (1.92%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (48.08%) Business Continuity
2 35 (33.65%) ITIL
3 28 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (20.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (16.35%) Agile
6 17 (16.35%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (15.38%) DevOps
8 15 (14.42%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (14.42%) Roadmaps
8 15 (14.42%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (13.46%) Change Management
10 13 (12.50%) Data Protection
10 13 (12.50%) Incident Management
11 12 (11.54%) Cloud Security
11 12 (11.54%) High Availability
11 12 (11.54%) PRINCE2
11 12 (11.54%) Service Management
12 11 (10.58%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.31%) Python
2 16 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 10 (9.62%) Bash
4 6 (5.77%) Java
5 4 (3.85%) Bicep
5 4 (3.85%) Go
6 3 (2.88%) SQL
6 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.92%) Scala
7 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.92%) VBScript
8 1 (0.96%) C#
8 1 (0.96%) Groovy
8 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 28 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 17 (16.35%) DV Cleared
4 15 (14.42%) Degree
5 9 (8.65%) Azure Certification
5 9 (8.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.85%) CCNP
7 4 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.85%) PMP
8 3 (2.88%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.92%) CCIE
9 2 (1.92%) NCDA
9 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (8.65%) NCSC
3 6 (5.77%) GDPR
4 4 (3.85%) ISO 22301
4 4 (3.85%) NIST
5 1 (0.96%) GRC
5 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.96%) QA
5 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (18.27%) Active Directory
2 18 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (10.58%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.73%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (5.77%) vSphere
6 5 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.81%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.88%) Docker
8 1 (0.96%) Firmware
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.96%) UAG
Systems Management
1 16 (15.38%) Ansible
2 13 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.69%) SCCM
4 6 (5.77%) Grafana
4 6 (5.77%) Prometheus
5 5 (4.81%) vCenter Server
6 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.88%) Istio
7 3 (2.88%) PowerCLI
8 2 (1.92%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.92%) Puppet
9 1 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.96%) Avamar
9 1 (0.96%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.96%) vRealize
9 1 (0.96%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 38 (36.54%) Microsoft
2 26 (25.00%) VMware
3 10 (9.62%) Oracle
3 10 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.73%) Veeam
5 6 (5.77%) NetApp
6 5 (4.81%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.81%) SAP
6 5 (4.81%) Zerto
7 4 (3.85%) Google
8 3 (2.88%) Cisco
8 3 (2.88%) Dell
8 3 (2.88%) F5
8 3 (2.88%) Lotus
8 3 (2.88%) NEC
8 3 (2.88%) Veritas
9 2 (1.92%) HP
9 2 (1.92%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.92%) Splunk