Disaster Recovery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 210 242
Rank change year-on-year +27 +32 -37
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 230 285 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.11% 1.18% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.32% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 225 214
10th Percentile £313 £325 £291
25th Percentile £420 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £575
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £487
% change year-on-year -2.72% +5.54% +2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £41.17 £16.85 £41.40
25th Percentile - £19.14 £46.55
Median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.42% -37.82% +188.89%
75th Percentile £66.03 £57.02 £69.05
90th Percentile £71.25 £57.33 £69.43
UK median hourly rate £58.30 £54.83 £57.89
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.28% +124.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,509 21,592 27,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.76% 89.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,486 14,972 19,224
10th Percentile £248 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,026 1,320 1,373
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.99 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +66 82 £575 +4.55% 43
North of England +41 58 £534 +36.92% 48
North West +27 45 £534 +36.92% 30
South West -18 35 £505 -15.92% 16
Scotland +9 33 £475 -5.00% 16
Midlands +2 16 £500 +29.03% 30
West Midlands +25 15 £463 -7.50% 21
Yorkshire +13 9 £423 +6.96% 15
East of England +5 7 £442 -37.96% 20
North East - 4 £475 - 3
Wales +13 1 £450 -10.00% 4
East Midlands +3 1 £700 +86.67% 9
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (4.35%) Confluence
2 6 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.87%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.43%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (3.04%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (3.04%) Teamcenter
2 5 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) MFGPRO
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.43%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 70 (30.43%) Azure
2 31 (13.48%) AWS
3 24 (10.43%) Serverless
4 16 (6.96%) OCI
5 13 (5.65%) GitHub
6 12 (5.22%) GCP
7 9 (3.91%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.48%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.48%) PaaS
9 7 (3.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.04%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.61%) IaaS
11 5 (2.17%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.17%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.17%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (15.22%) Firewall
2 27 (11.74%) SAN
3 24 (10.43%) DNS
4 19 (8.26%) DHCP
5 15 (6.52%) VPN
6 14 (6.09%) WAN
7 12 (5.22%) LAN
8 9 (3.91%) Network Security
9 7 (3.04%) DMZ
10 5 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.17%) Wireless
11 3 (1.30%) BGP
11 3 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (1.30%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (1.30%) Internet
11 3 (1.30%) Intranet
11 3 (1.30%) OSPF
11 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (16.96%) PostgreSQL
1 39 (16.96%) SQL Server
2 36 (15.65%) MongoDB
3 20 (8.70%) Oracle Database
4 14 (6.09%) Relational Database
5 13 (5.65%) RDBMS
6 12 (5.22%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.78%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.61%) Informix
10 5 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (2.17%) Power BI
10 5 (2.17%) SAP HANA
11 3 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.30%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.87%) DB2
12 2 (0.87%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.87%) MySQL
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
13 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (5.22%) JIRA
2 8 (3.48%) GitLab
3 3 (1.30%) Git
4 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.43%) Hudson
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 73 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.35%) Public Sector
3 21 (9.13%) Finance
4 18 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.48%) Banking
6 6 (2.61%) Military
6 6 (2.61%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.17%) Marketing
8 4 (1.74%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.43%) Advertising
10 1 (0.43%) Automotive
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Law
10 1 (0.43%) Legal
10 1 (0.43%) Police
10 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 39 (16.96%) DBA
2 28 (12.17%) Architect
3 26 (11.30%) Senior
4 22 (9.57%) Analyst
5 20 (8.70%) SQL DBA
6 19 (8.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (7.39%) Administrator
8 13 (5.65%) Database Specialist
8 13 (5.65%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 12 (5.22%) Lead
10 11 (4.78%) Consultant
10 11 (4.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 9 (3.91%) Senior DBA
11 9 (3.91%) Senior SQL DBA
11 9 (3.91%) SQL Server DBA
11 9 (3.91%) Storage Engineer
12 8 (3.48%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.48%) Test Analyst
13 7 (3.04%) Senior SQL Server DBA
14 6 (2.61%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.39%) Kafka
2 13 (5.65%) JSON
3 12 (5.22%) XML
4 8 (3.48%) AWS CDK
5 5 (2.17%) SAP Basis
5 5 (2.17%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (1.30%) .NET
6 3 (1.30%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.30%) J2EE
6 3 (1.30%) Middleware
6 3 (1.30%) Web Services
7 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.87%) Flash
7 2 (0.87%) ISPF
7 2 (0.87%) LDAP
7 2 (0.87%) YAML
8 1 (0.43%) HTML
8 1 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 43 (18.70%) Replication
2 20 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 17 (7.39%) Clustering
4 10 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.91%) Blog
5 9 (3.91%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.48%) PKI
6 8 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.61%) CMDB
7 6 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.74%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.30%) IoT
10 3 (1.30%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.87%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.87%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.87%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 60 (26.09%) Windows
2 51 (22.17%) Linux
3 31 (13.48%) Windows Server
4 22 (9.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (7.83%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (6.96%) Windows 10
7 13 (5.65%) Windows XP
8 11 (4.78%) Unix
9 9 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (2.61%) zOS
11 2 (0.87%) Solaris
11 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.43%) Android
12 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.43%) HPUX
12 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.43%) VMS
12 1 (0.43%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.57%) High Availability
2 60 (26.09%) ITIL
3 52 (22.61%) Agile
3 52 (22.61%) Business Continuity
3 52 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (18.70%) Performance Tuning
5 33 (14.35%) Project Management
6 30 (13.04%) Roadmaps
7 29 (12.61%) Migration
8 27 (11.74%) Mentoring
9 26 (11.30%) Capacity Management
9 26 (11.30%) Storage Management
10 25 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (10.00%) Data Protection
11 23 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 23 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
12 22 (9.57%) Problem Management
12 22 (9.57%) Task Automation
13 20 (8.70%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 34 (14.78%) SQL
3 17 (7.39%) Bash
4 14 (6.09%) Python
5 10 (4.35%) T-SQL
6 8 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.04%) PL/SQL
7 7 (3.04%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.30%) Bicep
8 3 (1.30%) Perl
9 2 (0.87%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.87%) AWK
9 2 (0.87%) Bourne shell
9 2 (0.87%) JCL
9 2 (0.87%) Korn
9 2 (0.87%) REXX
10 1 (0.43%) C
10 1 (0.43%) Groovy
10 1 (0.43%) Java
10 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 88 (38.26%) Security Cleared
2 76 (33.04%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.61%) Degree
4 21 (9.13%) DV Cleared
5 15 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (6.09%) CCNA
6 14 (6.09%) CCNP
7 9 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.48%) MCSE
9 5 (2.17%) SAP Certification
10 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.30%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.30%) PMP
10 3 (1.30%) RHCE
11 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.87%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.78%) SLA
2 10 (4.35%) NIST
3 8 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.30%) GDPR
5 3 (1.30%) IASME
6 2 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.87%) GRC
6 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 43 (18.70%) Active Directory
2 39 (16.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.13%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.39%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (4.78%) vSphere
6 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.87%) ACF2
7 2 (0.87%) HDFS
7 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.87%) RACF
7 2 (0.87%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.43%) Docker
8 1 (0.43%) NFS
8 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (10.87%) Ansible
2 24 (10.43%) Terraform
3 22 (9.57%) NetBackup
4 17 (7.39%) vCenter Server
5 16 (6.96%) SCCM
5 16 (6.96%) WSUS
6 15 (6.52%) SCOM
7 13 (5.65%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (3.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (3.48%) Grafana
9 7 (3.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 6 (2.61%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.87%) Nessus
12 2 (0.87%) OPNET
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle ZFS
12 2 (0.87%) yum
13 1 (0.43%) Packer
13 1 (0.43%) Puppet
13 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (27.39%) Oracle
2 50 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 39 (16.96%) VMware
4 24 (10.43%) Palo Alto
5 21 (9.13%) Red Hat
6 19 (8.26%) Cisco
6 19 (8.26%) HP
7 16 (6.96%) 3PAR
8 15 (6.52%) Dell
8 15 (6.52%) EMC
8 15 (6.52%) Juniper
9 14 (6.09%) SolarWinds
9 14 (6.09%) Veeam
10 13 (5.65%) Extreme Networks
10 13 (5.65%) F5
10 13 (5.65%) SAP
10 13 (5.65%) Symantec
11 7 (3.04%) Atlassian
11 7 (3.04%) Remedy
12 6 (2.61%) Veritas