Disaster Recovery Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Disaster Recovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 172 244
Rank change year-on-year -16 +72 +44
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 116 182 254
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.19% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.35% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 130 189
10th Percentile £320 £334 £385
25th Percentile £400 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £589 £575 £563
90th Percentile £640 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £476 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -4.90% -2.72% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £58.30 £54.83
% change year-on-year -62.17% +6.33% -5.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Disaster Recovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Disaster Recovery trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Disaster Recovery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.03%) Confluence
3 5 (4.31%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.59%) IIS
4 3 (2.59%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.86%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) BASE24
1 1 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (33.62%) Azure
2 20 (17.24%) AWS
3 13 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.21%) Serverless
4 11 (9.48%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.90%) GCP
6 7 (6.03%) IaaS
7 6 (5.17%) PaaS
7 6 (5.17%) SaaS
8 5 (4.31%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (3.45%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (2.59%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.59%) AWS CodeBuild
10 3 (2.59%) GitHub
10 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.38%) Firewall
2 6 (5.17%) Internet
2 6 (5.17%) Network Security
3 5 (4.31%) DHCP
3 5 (4.31%) DNS
4 4 (3.45%) VPN
4 4 (3.45%) WAN
4 4 (3.45%) Wireless
5 3 (2.59%) HTTPS
5 3 (2.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.59%) iSCSI
5 3 (2.59%) LAN
5 3 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (2.59%) SSH
5 3 (2.59%) SSL
5 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.72%) MPLS
6 2 (1.72%) NAS
6 2 (1.72%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.52%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.48%) Oracle Database
2 11 (9.48%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (8.62%) MongoDB
4 8 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (6.03%) NoSQL
5 7 (6.03%) RDBMS
5 7 (6.03%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.31%) MySQL
7 4 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (2.59%) Power BI
9 2 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.72%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.86%) Big Data
10 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.86%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.86%) NonStop SQL
10 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database 10g
10 1 (0.86%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.86%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.45%) JIRA
3 3 (2.59%) Git
4 1 (0.86%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.66%) Finance
3 11 (9.48%) Banking
4 10 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.72%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Local Government
7 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (14.66%) DBA
2 11 (9.48%) Architect
2 11 (9.48%) Lead
2 11 (9.48%) Senior
3 9 (7.76%) SQL DBA
4 7 (6.03%) Administrator
4 7 (6.03%) IT Manager
4 7 (6.03%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.17%) Consultant
6 5 (4.31%) Analyst
6 5 (4.31%) PostgreSQL DBA
6 5 (4.31%) Support Engineer
7 4 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (3.45%) Backup Engineer
7 4 (3.45%) Service Continuity Leader
7 4 (3.45%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (3.45%) Technical Architect
7 4 (3.45%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.03%) Kafka
2 6 (5.17%) JSON
2 6 (5.17%) XML
3 5 (4.31%) LDAP
4 3 (2.59%) REST
4 3 (2.59%) RFC 2544
4 3 (2.59%) X-Windows
5 2 (1.72%) .NET
5 2 (1.72%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.72%) AWS SAM
5 2 (1.72%) Middleware
6 1 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.86%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.86%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.86%) RESTful
6 1 (0.86%) SAML
6 1 (0.86%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.86%) SOAP
6 1 (0.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.07%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.90%) Replication
3 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.45%) Clustering
4 4 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.45%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.59%) IVR
5 3 (2.59%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.72%) Life Science
6 2 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.72%) PKI
6 2 (1.72%) PMI
6 2 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.72%) SCADA
6 2 (1.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 30 (25.86%) Windows
2 24 (20.69%) Linux
3 15 (12.93%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.76%) Unix
5 6 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (4.31%) Solaris
7 4 (3.45%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.59%) AIX
8 3 (2.59%) Android
8 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.72%) zOS
10 1 (0.86%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.86%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.90%) High Availability
2 33 (28.45%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (26.72%) DevOps
4 29 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 23 (19.83%) ITIL
6 22 (18.97%) Performance Tuning
7 20 (17.24%) Migration
8 16 (13.79%) Agile
8 16 (13.79%) Database Security
9 15 (12.93%) Risk Management
10 13 (11.21%) CI/CD
10 13 (11.21%) Roadmaps
10 13 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (10.34%) Storage Management
12 11 (9.48%) BCP
12 11 (9.48%) Information Security
12 11 (9.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
13 10 (8.62%) Change Management
13 10 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.79%) SQL
2 14 (12.07%) PowerShell
3 12 (10.34%) Python
4 8 (6.90%) Bash
5 5 (4.31%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.45%) C#
7 3 (2.59%) ActionScript
7 3 (2.59%) ActionScript 2.0
7 3 (2.59%) JCL
8 2 (1.72%) Go
8 2 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.72%) Perl
8 2 (1.72%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.72%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.86%) Bicep
9 1 (0.86%) C
9 1 (0.86%) C++
9 1 (0.86%) COBOL
9 1 (0.86%) Korn
Qualifications
1 16 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.03%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.17%) Degree
5 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.59%) RHCSA
7 2 (1.72%) CCNA
7 2 (1.72%) CCNP
7 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.72%) CISSP
7 2 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.72%) RHCE
8 1 (0.86%) CEH
8 1 (0.86%) CISM
8 1 (0.86%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.86%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.86%) MCSA
8 1 (0.86%) MCSE
8 1 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (3.45%) GDPR
2 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.59%) SLA
4 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.72%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.72%) PMO
4 2 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 31000
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.86%) NIST
5 1 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 19 (16.38%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.93%) Docker
3 11 (9.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (7.76%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (6.90%) Hyper-V
6 7 (6.03%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.59%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (2.59%) vSphere
8 2 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.86%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.86%) KVM
9 1 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.86%) NFS
9 1 (0.86%) Samba
9 1 (0.86%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.86%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (13.79%) Terraform
2 14 (12.07%) Ansible
2 14 (12.07%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.31%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (3.45%) SCCM
6 3 (2.59%) Data Guard
6 3 (2.59%) Nagios
7 2 (1.72%) Grafana
7 2 (1.72%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.72%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (1.72%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.72%) Puppet
7 2 (1.72%) Tivoli NetView
7 2 (1.72%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.86%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.86%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.86%) vRealize
Vendors
1 28 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 23 (19.83%) Oracle
3 17 (14.66%) VMware
4 10 (8.62%) IBM
4 10 (8.62%) Red Hat
5 9 (7.76%) Commvault
6 6 (5.17%) Cisco
7 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
7 4 (3.45%) Google
8 3 (2.59%) Apple
8 3 (2.59%) IBM Sterling
8 3 (2.59%) NetApp
8 3 (2.59%) Qualys
8 3 (2.59%) Splunk
9 2 (1.72%) EMC
9 2 (1.72%) HP
9 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.72%) Sybase
9 2 (1.72%) Veeam
10 1 (0.86%) SolarWinds