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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 102 | 113 | 150 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +37 | +46 |
| Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery | 78 | 61 | 60 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South East | 1.80% | 1.62% | 1.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.11% | 1.85% | 1.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 64 | 43 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £219 | £235 | £264 |
| 25th Percentile | £271 | £330 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £375 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.00% | -33.33% | +2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £513 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £671 | £606 | £656 |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £453 | £533 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.97% | -15.10% | +1.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.77 | £58.30 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.79% | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £40.00 | £58.30 | £70.14 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.39% | -16.87% | +115.80% |
All Process and 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 | 3,701 | 3,302 | 4,569 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 85.55% | 87.73% | 90.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,414 | 2,048 | 2,946 |
| 10th Percentile | £222 | £250 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £515 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -1.90% | +2.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £625 | £615 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £506 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.62% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 378 | 131 | 234 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.69 | £18.75 | £16.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £26.00 | £25.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.23 | £50.00 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -55.55% | -5.66% | +41.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.75 | £64.73 | £65.71 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £76.53 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | -21.35% | +19.30% |
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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Disaster Recovery.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the South East over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
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 15 December 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 |
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| Thames Valley | +18 | 59 | £395 | +19.70% | 39 |
| Berkshire | +14 | 52 | £395 | +19.70% | 24 |
| Hampshire | -9 | 10 | £613 | +70.14% | 17 |
| Surrey | +1 | 6 | £400 | -5.88% | 14 |
| Buckinghamshire | +6 | 4 | £347 | +48.08% | 8 |
| Oxfordshire | -11 | 3 | £588 | +17.50% | 7 |
| East Sussex | +4 | 1 | £600 | +6.67% | 6 |
| Kent | -2 | 1 | £425 | -19.05% | 9 |
| West Sussex | - | 1 | £500 | - | 4 |
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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:
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