Disaster Recovery Jobs in England

Disaster Recovery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 225 207 313
Rank change year-on-year -18 +106 -13
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 611 1,210 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.33% 1.42% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.65% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 497 1,079 736
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,700 £34,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,750 £42,116
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,700 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% +1.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Disaster Recovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,121 73,145 88,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.64% 85.85% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 23,789 53,950 52,293
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,250 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in England.

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in England

Disaster Recovery
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +5 251 £75,000 +1.35% 249
North of England -55 111 £52,500 +10.53% 124
South East +30 78 £65,000 +13.04% 131
South West +113 74 £56,250 +8.77% 43
North West -77 65 £45,000 -10.00% 72
Midlands -16 58 £47,500 +2.15% 50
East of England +11 35 £50,000 +5.26% 36
West Midlands -22 35 £50,000 +7.53% 31
Yorkshire +28 30 £55,000 +10.00% 36
East Midlands +19 22 £40,000 -11.11% 14
North East +19 16 £34,000 -23.60% 18
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 78 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (7.86%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.13%) IIS
4 9 (1.47%) Confluence
5 7 (1.15%) CMS
6 3 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.65%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.33%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 304 (49.75%) Azure
2 187 (30.61%) Microsoft 365
3 138 (22.59%) AWS
4 80 (13.09%) Entra ID
5 42 (6.87%) GCP
6 30 (4.91%) Cloud Computing
7 29 (4.75%) SaaS
8 27 (4.42%) IaaS
9 25 (4.09%) PaaS
10 23 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (3.60%) GitHub
12 21 (3.44%) OneDrive
13 18 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (1.80%) Rubrik
16 10 (1.64%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (1.47%) Nutanix
17 9 (1.47%) Power Platform
17 9 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 163 (26.68%) Firewall
2 111 (18.17%) DNS
3 99 (16.20%) VPN
4 97 (15.88%) DHCP
5 70 (11.46%) Network Security
5 70 (11.46%) VLAN
6 58 (9.49%) WAN
7 53 (8.67%) TCP/IP
8 51 (8.35%) LAN
9 42 (6.87%) SAN
10 34 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
11 32 (5.24%) NAS
12 22 (3.60%) SD-WAN
12 22 (3.60%) VoIP
13 21 (3.44%) Wireless
14 17 (2.78%) BGP
15 16 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (2.29%) OSPF
17 13 (2.13%) Internet
17 13 (2.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.76%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.96%) MySQL
3 12 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.80%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (1.47%) Tableau
7 7 (1.15%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.65%) ClickHouse
8 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.65%) Power BI
8 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.49%) Cloud Spanner
9 3 (0.49%) Couchbase
9 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.33%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 15 (2.45%) Git
2 12 (1.96%) JIRA
3 7 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.49%) FitNesse
5 3 (0.49%) Selenium
5 3 (0.49%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.49%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) GitLab
6 2 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 197 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 159 (26.02%) Finance
3 64 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (8.02%) Banking
5 30 (4.91%) Law
6 25 (4.09%) Manufacturing
7 18 (2.95%) Investment Banking
7 18 (2.95%) Retail
8 17 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (2.62%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.29%) Legal
11 12 (1.96%) Marketing
12 10 (1.64%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.15%) Games
13 7 (1.15%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.98%) Front Office
15 5 (0.82%) Military
16 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 117 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (12.44%) Analyst
3 74 (12.11%) Senior
4 44 (7.20%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (6.38%) IT Engineer
5 39 (6.38%) Lead
5 39 (6.38%) Support Engineer
6 35 (5.73%) IT Support
7 32 (5.24%) IT Manager
8 30 (4.91%) Support Analyst
9 29 (4.75%) IT Analyst
10 27 (4.42%) Infrastructure Support
10 27 (4.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 26 (4.26%) Administrator
12 23 (3.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 21 (3.44%) Architect
13 21 (3.44%) Security Engineer
14 20 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
14 20 (3.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (3.27%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.76%) .NET
2 12 (1.96%) Middleware
3 9 (1.47%) HTML
3 9 (1.47%) SAML
4 8 (1.31%) CSS
4 8 (1.31%) YAML
5 7 (1.15%) .NET Framework
5 7 (1.15%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.15%) ASP.NET
5 7 (1.15%) ASP.NET MVC
5 7 (1.15%) Entity Framework
5 7 (1.15%) LDAP
5 7 (1.15%) LINQ
5 7 (1.15%) React
5 7 (1.15%) RESTful
5 7 (1.15%) XML
6 6 (0.98%) OAuth
6 6 (0.98%) OpenID
7 5 (0.82%) JSON
7 5 (0.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.80%) Management Information System
2 53 (8.67%) Data Centre
3 41 (6.71%) Cyber Threat
4 38 (6.22%) Clustering
5 29 (4.75%) Replication
6 25 (4.09%) Cloud Native
7 23 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (2.95%) Security Posture
9 17 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (2.13%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.64%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.47%) PKI
13 7 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
13 7 (1.15%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.15%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (1.15%) Social Media
14 6 (0.98%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 246 (40.26%) Windows
2 159 (26.02%) Windows Server
3 133 (21.77%) Linux
4 36 (5.89%) Unix
5 31 (5.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (3.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 22 (3.60%) Windows 10
9 14 (2.29%) AIX
9 14 (2.29%) Ubuntu
10 13 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.47%) CentOS
11 9 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.31%) Mac OS
13 7 (1.15%) Rocky
14 6 (0.98%) VMS
14 6 (0.98%) Windows Vista
15 5 (0.82%) Android
15 5 (0.82%) Debian
15 5 (0.82%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (29.13%) Business Continuity
2 133 (21.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 131 (21.44%) ITIL
4 130 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (18.17%) Cybersecurity
6 108 (17.68%) High Availability
7 83 (13.58%) CI/CD
7 83 (13.58%) DevOps
8 69 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (11.29%) Data Protection
9 61 (9.98%) Incident Management
9 61 (9.98%) Mentoring
10 58 (9.49%) Project Management
11 57 (9.33%) Agile
12 56 (9.17%) Infrastructure Management
12 56 (9.17%) Risk Management
13 53 (8.67%) Incident Response
13 53 (8.67%) IT Strategy
14 52 (8.51%) Change Management
14 52 (8.51%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 133 (21.77%) PowerShell
2 77 (12.60%) SQL
3 51 (8.35%) Python
4 21 (3.44%) C#
5 18 (2.95%) Bash
5 18 (2.95%) T-SQL
6 17 (2.78%) Java
7 15 (2.45%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.31%) Perl
9 7 (1.15%) Bicep
9 7 (1.15%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.98%) R
11 3 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.33%) C++
12 2 (0.33%) Go
12 2 (0.33%) PHP
12 2 (0.33%) Ruby
13 1 (0.16%) Rust
13 1 (0.16%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 64 (10.47%) Degree
2 54 (8.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (7.86%) Azure Certification
4 40 (6.55%) Security Cleared
5 38 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (4.91%) AWS Certification
7 25 (4.09%) DV Cleared
8 22 (3.60%) CCNA
9 18 (2.95%) CISM
10 17 (2.78%) CISSP
11 16 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.62%) SC Cleared
12 15 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (2.29%) MCSA
14 13 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 11 (1.80%) A+ Certification
16 11 (1.80%) DBS Check
17 10 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (10.80%) GDPR
2 53 (8.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (7.53%) SLA
4 32 (5.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (4.91%) NIST
6 16 (2.62%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (1.64%) QA
9 8 (1.31%) HIPAA
10 7 (1.15%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.82%) GRC
12 5 (0.82%) NCSC
13 4 (0.65%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.65%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.49%) COBIT
14 3 (0.49%) PMO
15 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 178 (29.13%) Active Directory
2 129 (21.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (13.09%) Hyper-V
4 33 (5.40%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (3.60%) Docker
7 20 (3.27%) vSphere
8 12 (1.96%) DFS Replication
9 8 (1.31%) Firmware
10 7 (1.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 7 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.98%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.33%) HDFS
12 2 (0.33%) pfSense
12 2 (0.33%) Postfix
12 2 (0.33%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.16%) KVM
13 1 (0.16%) vCloud
13 1 (0.16%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 72 (11.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (7.86%) Ansible
3 43 (7.04%) Terraform
4 41 (6.71%) Kubernetes
5 35 (5.73%) SCCM
6 23 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (2.13%) FortiGate
8 12 (1.96%) vCenter Server
9 11 (1.80%) Progress Chef
10 10 (1.64%) NetBackup
11 8 (1.31%) Puppet
12 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.82%) Grafana
12 5 (0.82%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.82%) QRadar
12 5 (0.82%) SCOM
13 4 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (0.65%) Iperf
13 4 (0.65%) VxRail
14 3 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 278 (45.50%) Microsoft
2 181 (29.62%) VMware
3 65 (10.64%) Cisco
4 50 (8.18%) Google
5 38 (6.22%) Veeam
6 32 (5.24%) Oracle
7 26 (4.26%) Citrix
7 26 (4.26%) ServiceNow
7 26 (4.26%) SolarWinds
8 22 (3.60%) Red Hat
9 18 (2.95%) Fortinet
9 18 (2.95%) Palo Alto
10 16 (2.62%) Dell
11 13 (2.13%) Commvault
12 12 (1.96%) HP
12 12 (1.96%) Splunk
13 11 (1.80%) EMC
13 11 (1.80%) Zerto
14 10 (1.64%) Meraki
14 10 (1.64%) SAP