Disaster Recovery Specialist Job Trends in England

Disaster Recovery Specialist
UK > England

The median Disaster Recovery Specialist salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 721 -
Rank change year-on-year +112 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Disaster Recovery Specialist 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.007% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.002% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £83,750 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% - -
75th Percentile £91,250 £58,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +52.17% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 41,626 56,727 44,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.37% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26,646 31,734 34,381
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

Disaster Recovery Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Disaster Recovery Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Disaster Recovery Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Disaster Recovery Specialist
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Disaster Recovery Specialist job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Disaster Recovery Specialist job vacancies in England

Disaster Recovery Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 3 £87,500 - 1
Disaster Recovery Specialist
UK

Disaster Recovery Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Disaster Recovery Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Disaster Recovery Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Commvault
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Runbook
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Disaster Recovery Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Nutanix
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Runbook
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Commvault
1 3 (100.00%) VMware