Disaster Recovery Contracts

Disaster Recovery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 197 255
Rank change year-on-year +20 +58 +36
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 479 527 560
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.22% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.43% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 373 406
10th Percentile £350 £325 £366
25th Percentile £404 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £597 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £698 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 6
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.80 £16.85
25th Percentile £27.56 £30.00 £19.14
Median hourly rate £63.00 £61.60 £41.67
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +47.85% -31.27%
75th Percentile £65.25 - £57.33
90th Percentile £77.36 £75.00 £58.67
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.74 £61.60 £26.00
% change year-on-year -9.52% +136.92% -51.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,997 36,800 49,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.87% 85.25% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,653 23,447 34,408
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,376 2,552 1,712
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.78 £61.30 £64.72
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Hourly rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 July 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
England +7 389 £500 - 1,625
UK excluding London +32 242 £500 - 1,020
London -6 162 £500 +5.26% 723
Work from Home +19 150 £450 -10.00% 611
North of England +18 75 £450 -11.24% 250
South East +36 62 £538 -6.52% 250
North West +14 40 £450 -18.18% 129
Yorkshire +10 35 £390 -10.34% 91
South West +29 28 £520 +2.77% 110
Midlands +20 28 £550 +35.64% 177
Scotland +3 27 £550 +15.79% 62
West Midlands +16 25 £488 +13.37% 116
East of England +20 19 £475 +13.10% 123
Wales - 4 £375 - 32
Northern Ireland - 3 £350 - 27
East Midlands 0 2 £550 +37.50% 59

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (5.64%) Confluence
2 19 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.55%) IIS
4 15 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.04%) Apache
5 5 (1.04%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.63%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.42%) CICS
8 2 (0.42%) Mule
8 2 (0.42%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) OpenEdge
8 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.42%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.42%) MicroStation
3 2 (0.42%) Revit
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (3.13%) Oracle Assets
2 12 (2.51%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (2.51%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (1.46%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 7 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.84%) OpenText MBPM
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.42%) BASE24
6 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.42%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 130 (27.14%) Azure
2 117 (24.43%) AWS
3 39 (8.14%) GCP
4 30 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (5.64%) Serverless
6 24 (5.01%) Entra ID
7 23 (4.80%) GitHub
8 22 (4.59%) SaaS
9 20 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (3.76%) IaaS
11 17 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (3.55%) Amazon S3
12 15 (3.13%) Power Platform
13 14 (2.92%) Amazon ELB
13 14 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (2.30%) PaaS
16 10 (2.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 66 (13.78%) Firewall
2 30 (6.26%) DNS
3 23 (4.80%) Network Security
4 22 (4.59%) VPN
5 20 (4.18%) Internet
5 20 (4.18%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.97%) SAN
7 15 (3.13%) WAN
8 13 (2.71%) DHCP
9 12 (2.51%) NAS
9 12 (2.51%) SSL
10 9 (1.88%) LAN
11 7 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.46%) VoIP
12 6 (1.25%) HTTPS
12 6 (1.25%) Kerberos
12 6 (1.25%) SSH
13 5 (1.04%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.04%) Wireless
14 4 (0.84%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.36%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.77%) Oracle Database
3 30 (6.26%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (4.59%) Oracle Reports
5 20 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (4.18%) MongoDB
6 19 (3.97%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.76%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.92%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.51%) MySQL
11 10 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.09%) Power BI
12 8 (1.67%) Oracle Exadata
13 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.25%) DB2
15 4 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (0.84%) Big Data
15 4 (0.84%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.84%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 19 (3.97%) JIRA
2 18 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.92%) Git
4 8 (1.67%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.46%) GitLab
6 5 (1.04%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.04%) Subversion
7 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.21%) JMeter
7 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.21%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.21%) Selenium
7 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 115 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 102 (21.29%) Finance
3 81 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.23%) Banking
5 38 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.38%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.71%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.67%) General Ledger
9 8 (1.67%) Retail
10 7 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.46%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.46%) Marketing
10 7 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.25%) Electronics
11 6 (1.25%) Legal
12 4 (0.84%) Military
13 3 (0.63%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (11.90%) Architect
2 47 (9.81%) Administrator
3 43 (8.98%) DBA
4 34 (7.10%) Developer
4 34 (7.10%) Senior
5 27 (5.64%) Consultant
6 26 (5.43%) Analyst
7 19 (3.97%) Lead
8 18 (3.76%) C# Developer
9 17 (3.55%) IT Manager
10 16 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (3.13%) AWS Architect
11 15 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.13%) Systems Administrator
12 13 (2.71%) C# WPF Developer
12 13 (2.71%) Infrastructure Manager
12 13 (2.71%) WPF Developer
13 12 (2.51%) C# WCF Developer
13 12 (2.51%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.22%) .NET
2 21 (4.38%) REST
3 20 (4.18%) Kafka
4 16 (3.34%) WPF
5 14 (2.92%) .NET Framework
5 14 (2.92%) Middleware
5 14 (2.92%) RFC 2544
5 14 (2.92%) XML
6 13 (2.71%) LDAP
6 13 (2.71%) WinForms
7 12 (2.51%) WCF
8 10 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (1.88%) JSON
10 8 (1.67%) HTML
11 6 (1.25%) CSS
12 5 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
12 5 (1.04%) ARM Templates
12 5 (1.04%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (1.04%) Oracle GoldenGate
13 4 (0.84%) React
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.94%) Data Centre
2 55 (11.48%) Replication
3 26 (5.43%) Clustering
4 23 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.76%) Mainframe
6 12 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (2.30%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.88%) PKI
8 9 (1.88%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
12 5 (1.04%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 108 (22.55%) Windows
2 72 (15.03%) Linux
3 49 (10.23%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.68%) Unix
5 22 (4.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (4.38%) Solaris
7 9 (1.88%) HPUX
8 7 (1.46%) AIX
9 6 (1.25%) CentOS
9 6 (1.25%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.25%) zOS
10 5 (1.04%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.63%) VMS
11 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.42%) Android
12 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.21%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.21%) Rocky
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (29.65%) High Availability
2 108 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (18.37%) Business Continuity
4 84 (17.54%) DevOps
5 79 (16.49%) Performance Tuning
6 77 (16.08%) Migration
7 58 (12.11%) Agile
8 57 (11.90%) ITIL
9 55 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
10 49 (10.23%) CI/CD
11 45 (9.39%) Change Management
12 42 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
12 42 (8.77%) Problem Management
13 40 (8.35%) Task Automation
14 37 (7.72%) Service Management
15 36 (7.52%) Containerisation
16 35 (7.31%) Analytics
17 34 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
18 32 (6.68%) Mentoring
19 30 (6.26%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 95 (19.83%) SQL
2 67 (13.99%) Python
3 58 (12.11%) PowerShell
4 28 (5.85%) Bash
4 28 (5.85%) C#
5 22 (4.59%) PL/SQL
6 18 (3.76%) T-SQL
7 15 (3.13%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.13%) VB
8 14 (2.92%) Perl
9 12 (2.51%) VBA
10 11 (2.30%) Bicep
11 9 (1.88%) C
11 9 (1.88%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.67%) ActionScript
12 8 (1.67%) ActionScript 2.0
13 7 (1.46%) JCL
14 5 (1.04%) Java
15 3 (0.63%) COBOL
15 3 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 93 (19.42%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.82%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.43%) Degree
4 24 (5.01%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.92%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.71%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.67%) VCAP
9 7 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.46%) CISSP
10 4 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.84%) CCNP
10 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.63%) CCNA
11 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.68%) QA
2 30 (6.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.22%) GDPR
4 16 (3.34%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 16 (3.34%) SLA
5 12 (2.51%) NIST
6 11 (2.30%) ISO 22301
7 10 (2.09%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.46%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.25%) GRC
10 5 (1.04%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 5 (1.04%) NCSC
11 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.84%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.63%) GxP
13 2 (0.42%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 54 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (6.47%) Docker
4 21 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.92%) Hyper-V
6 12 (2.51%) Oracle RAC
7 11 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (2.30%) vSphere
8 10 (2.09%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.46%) Firmware
9 7 (1.46%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.04%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 5 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.84%) NFS
12 3 (0.63%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.42%) KVM
13 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.42%) Veritas File System
13 2 (0.42%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 1 (0.21%) Samba
Systems Management
1 60 (12.53%) Terraform
2 47 (9.81%) Ansible
3 33 (6.89%) Kubernetes
4 22 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (4.59%) Oracle RMAN
5 18 (3.76%) Grafana
6 16 (3.34%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 9 (1.88%) EMC NetWorker
8 9 (1.88%) NetBackup
9 8 (1.67%) Data Guard
9 8 (1.67%) SCCM
10 6 (1.25%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (1.25%) Tivoli
11 5 (1.04%) Kibana
11 5 (1.04%) logstash
11 5 (1.04%) PowerCLI
11 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.04%) QRadar
11 5 (1.04%) vRealize
Vendors
1 103 (21.50%) Oracle
2 85 (17.75%) Microsoft
3 60 (12.53%) VMware
4 34 (7.10%) IBM
5 32 (6.68%) Cisco
6 23 (4.80%) Red Hat
7 20 (4.18%) Google
8 19 (3.97%) ServiceNow
9 18 (3.76%) Citrix
10 17 (3.55%) Commvault
11 15 (3.13%) EMC
11 15 (3.13%) Splunk
12 13 (2.71%) SAP
13 12 (2.51%) CyberArk
13 12 (2.51%) Qualys
14 11 (2.30%) HP
15 9 (1.88%) Dell
15 9 (1.88%) Veritas
16 8 (1.67%) NetApp
16 8 (1.67%) Sun