Disaster Recovery Contracts

Disaster Recovery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 261 281
Rank change year-on-year +73 +20 -6
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 533 604 885
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 1.02% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.13% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 441 564
10th Percentile £313 £356 £314
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £487
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.78% +2.53%
75th Percentile £615 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -2.38% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 18
10th Percentile £21.87 £16.85 £20.88
25th Percentile £23.80 £21.43 £26.64
Median hourly rate £58.30 £54.83 £57.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -5.28% +151.67%
75th Percentile £61.60 £57.33 £68.66
90th Percentile £68.25 £58.40 £79.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £65.00
% change year-on-year +52.42% -37.82% +188.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,484 53,362 80,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.34% 89.87% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,149 37,016 56,462
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,744 1,921
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.34 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.69% +75.00% -8.00%

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 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
England +81 468 £500 -4.76% 282
London +97 254 £494 -0.72% 98
UK excluding London +25 231 £513 -2.38% 197
Work from Home +70 186 £500 - 99
South East +68 82 £575 +4.55% 72
North of England +39 57 £534 +33.50% 43
North West +29 44 £537 +13.05% 24
South West -13 34 £506 -15.67% 15
Scotland +14 32 £475 -5.00% 14
Midlands +10 20 £400 +6.67% 53
West Midlands +14 14 £425 -4.49% 17
Yorkshire +13 9 £423 +6.96% 15
East of England +3 7 £442 -37.96% 20
East Midlands +7 6 £400 +6.67% 36
North East - 4 £475 - 4
Wales +17 1 £450 -10.00% 4

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 24 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.19%) Confluence
3 13 (2.44%) IIS
4 12 (2.25%) OpenStack
4 12 (2.25%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.31%) CICS
6 6 (1.13%) Apache
7 5 (0.94%) nginx
8 3 (0.56%) SAS
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.06%) Teamcenter
2 10 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.19%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 139 (26.08%) Azure
2 88 (16.51%) AWS
3 44 (8.26%) PaaS
4 43 (8.07%) GCP
5 30 (5.63%) Serverless
6 29 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (4.50%) SaaS
8 22 (4.13%) GitHub
9 19 (3.56%) OCI
10 18 (3.38%) IaaS
11 16 (3.00%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (2.44%) Nutanix
13 12 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (2.25%) Amazon S3
14 11 (2.06%) Rubrik
15 10 (1.88%) Azure API Management
15 10 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (17.07%) Firewall
2 57 (10.69%) SAN
3 49 (9.19%) DNS
4 32 (6.00%) DHCP
5 28 (5.25%) WAN
6 25 (4.69%) LAN
7 20 (3.75%) Network Security
8 19 (3.56%) VPN
9 18 (3.38%) Internet
10 17 (3.19%) NAS
10 17 (3.19%) TCP/IP
11 16 (3.00%) FTP
12 12 (2.25%) Wireless
13 11 (2.06%) OSPF
14 9 (1.69%) BGP
15 8 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (1.50%) Kerberos
15 8 (1.50%) VLAN
16 7 (1.31%) MPLS
16 7 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (18.20%) SQL Server
2 56 (10.51%) Oracle Database
3 51 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (7.32%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.19%) Hadoop
5 17 (3.19%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.81%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.44%) RDBMS
8 12 (2.25%) MySQL
8 12 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.88%) OLTP
11 9 (1.69%) DB2
12 8 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.50%) SAP HANA
13 7 (1.31%) Power BI
14 6 (1.13%) Couchbase
14 6 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.13%) Informix
Development Applications
1 25 (4.69%) Git
2 22 (4.13%) JIRA
3 21 (3.94%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.88%) GitLab
5 8 (1.50%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.31%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.31%) Subversion
7 4 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.38%) Gatling
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.19%) ERwin
9 1 (0.19%) Hudson
9 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
General
1 137 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 112 (21.01%) Finance
3 56 (10.51%) Public Sector
4 44 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.69%) Banking
6 17 (3.19%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.25%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.06%) Marketing
11 10 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.50%) Military
13 6 (1.13%) Billing
13 6 (1.13%) Electronics
13 6 (1.13%) Police
14 3 (0.56%) Advertising
14 3 (0.56%) Law
14 3 (0.56%) Legal
14 3 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 76 (14.26%) Architect
2 66 (12.38%) DBA
3 55 (10.32%) Senior
4 47 (8.82%) Analyst
5 39 (7.32%) SQL DBA
6 37 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (5.82%) Administrator
8 26 (4.88%) Developer
8 26 (4.88%) Support Engineer
9 25 (4.69%) Lead
10 23 (4.32%) Consultant
11 21 (3.94%) C# Developer
11 21 (3.94%) Technical Architect
12 18 (3.38%) Oracle Architect
13 16 (3.00%) Implementation Specialist
14 14 (2.63%) .NET Developer
14 14 (2.63%) Database Specialist
14 14 (2.63%) Network Engineer
14 14 (2.63%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 14 (2.63%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.32%) .NET
2 28 (5.25%) LDAP
3 25 (4.69%) Kafka
4 19 (3.56%) .NET Framework
5 17 (3.19%) Middleware
6 13 (2.44%) JSON
7 12 (2.25%) XML
7 12 (2.25%) YAML
8 11 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (1.69%) SAP Basis
9 9 (1.69%) WinForms
9 9 (1.69%) WPF
10 8 (1.50%) AWS CDK
10 8 (1.50%) REST
10 8 (1.50%) WCF
11 6 (1.13%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (1.13%) SOAP
12 5 (0.94%) OAuth
12 5 (0.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (15.76%) Replication
2 55 (10.32%) Data Centre
3 40 (7.50%) Clustering
4 29 (5.44%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.38%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.00%) PKI
7 14 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.44%) Blog
8 13 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (2.06%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.69%) Cloud Native
12 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.31%) CMDB
14 5 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.94%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.75%) Client/Server
15 4 (0.75%) IoT
16 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 162 (30.39%) Windows
2 123 (23.08%) Linux
3 73 (13.70%) Windows Server
4 40 (7.50%) Unix
5 34 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 31 (5.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 22 (4.13%) Windows 10
8 19 (3.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (3.00%) Solaris
10 15 (2.81%) Oracle Linux
11 14 (2.63%) Windows XP
11 14 (2.63%) zOS
12 13 (2.44%) VMS
13 7 (1.31%) CentOS
14 6 (1.13%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.38%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.19%) Android
16 1 (0.19%) HPUX
16 1 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (27.20%) High Availability
2 119 (22.33%) Business Continuity
3 109 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (20.08%) ITIL
5 82 (15.38%) Migration
6 77 (14.45%) Agile
7 76 (14.26%) Performance Tuning
8 69 (12.95%) DevOps
9 68 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
10 63 (11.82%) Roadmaps
11 55 (10.32%) Capacity Management
12 49 (9.19%) Data Protection
13 46 (8.63%) Infrastructure as Code
14 45 (8.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 42 (7.88%) Project Management
16 40 (7.50%) Mentoring
16 40 (7.50%) Storage Management
17 39 (7.32%) Business Strategy
17 39 (7.32%) Computer Science
18 36 (6.75%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (20.64%) SQL
2 86 (16.14%) PowerShell
3 64 (12.01%) Python
4 43 (8.07%) Bash
5 39 (7.32%) C#
6 33 (6.19%) PL/SQL
7 30 (5.63%) T-SQL
8 20 (3.75%) VBA
9 19 (3.56%) VB
10 11 (2.06%) Go
10 11 (2.06%) Java
10 11 (2.06%) VB.NET
11 9 (1.69%) Bicep
12 8 (1.50%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.50%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.50%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.31%) C++
13 7 (1.31%) REXX
14 5 (0.94%) COBOL
14 5 (0.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 111 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 90 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 77 (14.45%) Degree
4 24 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (4.13%) DV Cleared
6 20 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (3.56%) CCNP
7 19 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (3.00%) CCNA
9 13 (2.44%) MCSE
10 8 (1.50%) MCITP
10 8 (1.50%) MCTS
11 7 (1.31%) CISSP
12 5 (0.94%) CISM
12 5 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.94%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.75%) RHCE
14 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.25%) NIST
2 24 (4.50%) SLA
3 23 (4.32%) QA
4 19 (3.56%) GDPR
5 16 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.13%) GRC
9 5 (0.94%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.75%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.56%) COBIT
11 3 (0.56%) IASME
12 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.19%) IFRS
13 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 108 (20.26%) Active Directory
2 73 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (4.88%) Hyper-V
5 22 (4.13%) Docker
6 18 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (3.19%) HDFS
7 17 (3.19%) NFS
8 14 (2.63%) vSphere
9 8 (1.50%) Firmware
9 8 (1.50%) KVM
10 5 (0.94%) vCloud
11 4 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.56%) RACF
12 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (11.63%) Terraform
2 55 (10.32%) Ansible
3 40 (7.50%) SCCM
4 35 (6.57%) Kubernetes
5 25 (4.69%) NetBackup
6 21 (3.94%) EMC NetWorker
6 21 (3.94%) Grafana
7 20 (3.75%) SCOM
8 18 (3.38%) vCenter Server
9 16 (3.00%) WSUS
10 11 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.88%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.50%) ITRS Geneos
12 8 (1.50%) Netcool
12 8 (1.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 8 (1.50%) Tivoli
12 8 (1.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 7 (1.31%) BladeLogic
13 7 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (1.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 117 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 116 (21.76%) Oracle
3 83 (15.57%) VMware
4 57 (10.69%) Citrix
5 55 (10.32%) Cisco
6 44 (8.26%) Dell
7 41 (7.69%) HP
8 40 (7.50%) EMC
9 29 (5.44%) Palo Alto
10 28 (5.25%) SAP
11 26 (4.88%) Red Hat
12 25 (4.69%) ServiceNow
13 24 (4.50%) CheckPoint
13 24 (4.50%) Isilon
14 20 (3.75%) SolarWinds
15 19 (3.56%) Splunk
16 18 (3.38%) F5
17 17 (3.19%) Juniper
18 16 (3.00%) IBM
18 16 (3.00%) Qualys