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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 178 225
Rank change year-on-year +19 +47 +80
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 155 176 263
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.54% 1.20% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.37% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 128 207
10th Percentile £347 £350 £385
25th Percentile £389 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £558 £560 £554
90th Percentile £661 £691 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £42.70 £37.44 -
25th Percentile £61.75 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £63.50 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.33% +25.00% -8.40%
75th Percentile £65.25 - -
90th Percentile - £82.50 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.60 £41.67
% change year-on-year +1.46% +47.85% -31.27%

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 9,224 12,802 21,352
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.77% 87.21% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,250 8,610 15,077
10th Percentile £325 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £760 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 551 508
10th Percentile £13.40 £15.17 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.09 £25.50 £25.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.93 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

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 3 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Disaster Recovery hourly rate histogram 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 (5.16%) Confluence
1 8 (5.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.58%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.94%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.29%) OpenEdge
4 2 (1.29%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.65%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.94%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.65%) BASE24
3 1 (0.65%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 46 (29.68%) Azure
2 30 (19.35%) AWS
3 13 (8.39%) GCP
3 13 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.74%) Serverless
5 9 (5.81%) Amazon EC2
6 8 (5.16%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.16%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.52%) PaaS
7 7 (4.52%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (3.87%) IaaS
9 5 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.23%) SaaS
10 4 (2.58%) GitHub
10 4 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.58%) OCI
11 3 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.19%) Firewall
2 6 (3.87%) DNS
2 6 (3.87%) SAN
3 5 (3.23%) DHCP
4 4 (2.58%) Internet
4 4 (2.58%) PSTN
4 4 (2.58%) VoIP
4 4 (2.58%) VPN
5 3 (1.94%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.94%) NAS
5 3 (1.94%) Network Security
5 3 (1.94%) SSH
5 3 (1.94%) SSL
5 3 (1.94%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.29%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.29%) SNA
6 2 (1.29%) WAN
6 2 (1.29%) Wireless
7 1 (0.65%) ATM
7 1 (0.65%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.03%) Oracle Database
3 9 (5.81%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.81%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.16%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.16%) Relational Database
5 7 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (4.52%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.87%) MySQL
7 4 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.58%) Power BI
8 3 (1.94%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.94%) Big Data
8 3 (1.94%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.94%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (1.94%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.65%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 6 (3.87%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.23%) JIRA
3 4 (2.58%) Git
4 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.19%) Finance
3 14 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.03%) Banking
4 12 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.52%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.87%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.58%) Electronics
8 4 (2.58%) Marketing
9 3 (1.94%) Retail
10 2 (1.29%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.29%) Local Government
10 2 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.65%) Police
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (13.55%) DBA
2 20 (12.90%) Architect
3 15 (9.68%) Administrator
4 12 (7.74%) Lead
5 11 (7.10%) Infrastructure Manager
6 10 (6.45%) Test Manager
7 9 (5.81%) Consultant
8 7 (4.52%) Infrastructure Test Manager
8 7 (4.52%) IT Manager
8 7 (4.52%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.87%) Analyst
9 6 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.87%) Senior
9 6 (3.87%) Service Continuity Leader
9 6 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.87%) SQL DBA
9 6 (3.87%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (3.87%) Technical Architect
10 5 (3.23%) Developer
10 5 (3.23%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.45%) RFC 2544
2 7 (4.52%) Kafka
3 6 (3.87%) REST
3 6 (3.87%) XML
4 5 (3.23%) JSON
4 5 (3.23%) LDAP
4 5 (3.23%) Middleware
5 3 (1.94%) CSS
5 3 (1.94%) HTML
5 3 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (1.94%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 3 (1.94%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.65%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.65%) React
6 1 (0.65%) RESTful
6 1 (0.65%) SAML
6 1 (0.65%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.65%) SOAP
6 1 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.55%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.03%) Replication
3 9 (5.81%) Clustering
4 6 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.23%) Mainframe
5 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.58%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.58%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (2.58%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.94%) Life Science
7 3 (1.94%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.94%) PKI
7 3 (1.94%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.94%) SCADA
7 3 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.71%) Windows
2 26 (16.77%) Linux
3 17 (10.97%) Windows Server
4 11 (7.10%) Unix
5 9 (5.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.58%) Solaris
7 3 (1.94%) AIX
7 3 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.94%) zOS
8 2 (1.29%) CentOS
8 2 (1.29%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.65%) Android
9 1 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.65%) VMS
9 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (29.68%) High Availability
2 36 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (19.35%) Business Continuity
4 29 (18.71%) DevOps
4 29 (18.71%) Performance Tuning
5 24 (15.48%) Migration
6 23 (14.84%) Risk Management
7 22 (14.19%) ITIL
8 18 (11.61%) Agile
8 18 (11.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (11.61%) Task Automation
9 17 (10.97%) CI/CD
10 15 (9.68%) Database Security
11 13 (8.39%) Incident Response
11 13 (8.39%) Service Management
11 13 (8.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (7.74%) Cloud Security
12 12 (7.74%) Data Protection
12 12 (7.74%) Roadmaps
12 12 (7.74%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.55%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.97%) SQL
3 16 (10.32%) Python
4 9 (5.81%) Bash
5 6 (3.87%) Shell Script
6 5 (3.23%) Perl
7 4 (2.58%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.58%) JCL
7 4 (2.58%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.94%) ActionScript
8 3 (1.94%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (1.29%) Bicep
9 2 (1.29%) C#
10 1 (0.65%) C
10 1 (0.65%) C++
10 1 (0.65%) COBOL
10 1 (0.65%) Java
10 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.65%) PHP
10 1 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 25 (16.13%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.45%) Azure Certification
4 8 (5.16%) Degree
5 4 (2.58%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.94%) CISSP
6 3 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.94%) VCAP
7 2 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.29%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.29%) PMP
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.65%) CCNP
8 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.65%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.87%) GDPR
2 6 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.94%) NIST
6 2 (1.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.29%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.29%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.29%) QA
6 2 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.65%) GxP
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.65%) PMO
7 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.61%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.74%) Docker
4 11 (7.10%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (5.81%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.23%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.29%) vSphere
9 1 (0.65%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.65%) KVM
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.65%) NFS
9 1 (0.65%) Samba
9 1 (0.65%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.65%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (12.26%) Terraform
2 10 (6.45%) Ansible
3 9 (5.81%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.81%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (3.87%) SCCM
6 5 (3.23%) NetBackup
6 5 (3.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (2.58%) Nessus
7 4 (2.58%) WSUS
8 3 (1.94%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (1.94%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 3 (1.94%) Nagios
9 2 (1.29%) Data Guard
9 2 (1.29%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (1.29%) Grafana
9 2 (1.29%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.29%) Puppet
9 2 (1.29%) Tivoli NetView
9 2 (1.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 31 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (17.42%) Oracle
3 23 (14.84%) VMware
4 16 (10.32%) Cisco
5 12 (7.74%) IBM
6 10 (6.45%) Red Hat
7 9 (5.81%) SAP
8 8 (5.16%) Commvault
9 7 (4.52%) Google
10 6 (3.87%) Qualys
11 5 (3.23%) EMC
11 5 (3.23%) NetApp
12 4 (2.58%) Citrix
12 4 (2.58%) Dell
12 4 (2.58%) Dynatrace
12 4 (2.58%) HP
12 4 (2.58%) Veritas
13 3 (1.94%) CyberArk
13 3 (1.94%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.94%) Splunk