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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 120 126
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +58
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 92 43 80
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.62% 1.43% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.57% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 27 56
10th Percentile £370 £396 £297
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £540 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% -4.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £608
90th Percentile £713 £613 £653
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £24.46 £63.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -61.63% +3.48% -
England median hourly rate £49.00 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -23.13% +15.90% +36.09%

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 4,644 2,746 4,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.67% 91.62% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,024 1,755 2,806
10th Percentile £282 £251 £232
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.05% -1.43%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £713 £675 £691
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 165 432
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.36 £18.20
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.24 £62.12
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £34.21
% change year-on-year +32.29% -7.51% -6.66%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -13 62 £450 -14.29% 21
Berkshire -19 35 £400 -27.27% 7
Buckinghamshire - 22 £551 - 6
Hampshire -20 16 £625 +3.65% 10
Surrey -9 7 £400 -23.81% 4
Oxfordshire -14 5 £433 -13.50% 8
East Sussex +3 4 £688 +52.78%
Middlesex - 2 - -
West Sussex - 1 £700 - 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 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.17%) IIS
3 2 (2.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.17%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.09%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.17%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (54.35%) Azure
2 25 (27.17%) AWS
3 11 (11.96%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.78%) GCP
4 9 (9.78%) OCI
5 7 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.26%) PaaS
6 3 (3.26%) SaaS
7 2 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.17%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.17%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (2.17%) GitHub
7 2 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.17%) OpenShift
7 2 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.09%) Akamai
8 1 (1.09%) IaaS
8 1 (1.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.04%) Firewall
2 8 (8.70%) NAS
2 8 (8.70%) SAN
3 6 (6.52%) DHCP
3 6 (6.52%) DNS
3 6 (6.52%) VLAN
4 5 (5.43%) VPN
5 4 (4.35%) LAN
5 4 (4.35%) WAN
6 3 (3.26%) BIG-IP
7 2 (2.17%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.17%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.17%) VSAN
8 1 (1.09%) BGP
8 1 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.09%) MPLS
8 1 (1.09%) Multicast
8 1 (1.09%) Network Security
8 1 (1.09%) OSPF
8 1 (1.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (4.35%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.26%) Oracle Exadata
3 3 (3.26%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.17%) MySQL
4 2 (2.17%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.09%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.09%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.17%) JIRA
2 2 (2.17%) Postman
General
1 25 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.70%) Legal
5 6 (6.52%) Finance
6 5 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Retail
8 3 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.09%) Advertising
10 1 (1.09%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.09%) Aviation
10 1 (1.09%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (19.57%) Architect
2 13 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (11.96%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
4 10 (10.87%) Lead
5 6 (6.52%) Lead Architect
6 5 (5.43%) DBA
6 5 (5.43%) Designer
6 5 (5.43%) Developer
6 5 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Architect
6 5 (5.43%) Platform Architect
6 5 (5.43%) Senior
6 5 (5.43%) Service Continuity Specialist
6 5 (5.43%) Service Designer
6 5 (5.43%) Site Engineer
6 5 (5.43%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 4 (4.35%) Head of Infrastructure
7 4 (4.35%) Head of IT
7 4 (4.35%) Head of IT Infrastructure
7 4 (4.35%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) .NET
1 5 (5.43%) .NET Framework
1 5 (5.43%) CSS
1 5 (5.43%) Entity Framework
1 5 (5.43%) Material-UI
1 5 (5.43%) React
1 5 (5.43%) RESTful
2 2 (2.17%) JSON
2 2 (2.17%) LINQ
2 2 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Replication
2 13 (14.13%) Data Centre
3 9 (9.78%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (6.52%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.17%) Clustering
7 2 (2.17%) CMDB
7 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.17%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.17%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.17%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.30%) Windows
2 11 (11.96%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.61%) Linux
4 3 (3.26%) Unix
4 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (48.91%) Business Continuity
2 25 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (25.00%) High Availability
4 17 (18.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (18.48%) ITIL
5 13 (14.13%) CI/CD
5 13 (14.13%) Task Automation
6 12 (13.04%) Data Protection
6 12 (13.04%) Roadmaps
7 11 (11.96%) Capacity Planning
7 11 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (11.96%) Migration
8 10 (10.87%) BCP
8 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (10.87%) Runbook
8 10 (10.87%) TOGAF
9 9 (9.78%) Agile
9 9 (9.78%) Load Balancing
9 9 (9.78%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (9.78%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.13%) Python
2 10 (10.87%) SQL
3 9 (9.78%) Go
3 9 (9.78%) Java
4 6 (6.52%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.43%) C#
5 5 (5.43%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.35%) Bash
6 4 (4.35%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.17%) Perl
7 2 (2.17%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 25 (27.17%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.96%) Degree
3 11 (11.96%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.43%) NCDA
5 4 (4.35%) ISTQB
6 3 (3.26%) CCNP
6 3 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.26%) CISSP
7 2 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.17%) PMP
7 2 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.09%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (9.78%) NIST
3 7 (7.61%) NCSC
4 5 (5.43%) GDPR
4 5 (5.43%) Government Security Classifications
4 5 (5.43%) ISO 22301
4 5 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (3.26%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.17%) GRC
7 1 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.09%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 19 (20.65%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (10.87%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (6.52%) vSphere
5 5 (5.43%) Hyper-V
6 4 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (4.35%) VMware NSX
7 2 (2.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (1.09%) UAG
Systems Management
1 9 (9.78%) Kubernetes
2 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.43%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (5.43%) Terraform
4 3 (3.26%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (3.26%) SCCM
4 3 (3.26%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.17%) Ansible
5 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 2 (2.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (2.17%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.09%) Data Guard
6 1 (1.09%) Iperf
6 1 (1.09%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.09%) Nmap
6 1 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (1.09%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.39%) VMware
3 10 (10.87%) Veeam
4 9 (9.78%) Oracle
4 9 (9.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (8.70%) Zerto
6 7 (7.61%) NetApp
7 4 (4.35%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.26%) Commvault
8 3 (3.26%) F5
8 3 (3.26%) Rackspace
9 2 (2.17%) Cisco
9 2 (2.17%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.17%) Veritas
9 2 (2.17%) Virgin Media
9 2 (2.17%) Workday
10 1 (1.09%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (1.09%) Okta
10 1 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.09%) Zscaler