Disaster Recovery Job Trends in London

Disaster Recovery
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 185 204
Rank change year-on-year +37 +19 +110
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 314 240 379
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.52% 1.94% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 2.02% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 235 172 324
10th Percentile £55,000 £46,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £52,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £109,000 £111,250 £103,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,250
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.12% -3.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,851 11,853 21,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.39% 96.02% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11,334 7,235 15,919
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,286 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Disaster Recovery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend in London

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in London

Disaster Recovery
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
Central London -18 52 £87,500 +16.67% 13
North London +14 16 £60,000 - 4
East London -11 5 £57,500 -16.36% 2
South London +14 2 £47,500 -20.83% 1
West London - 2 £77,059 - 1
Disaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 35 (11.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (7.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (3.82%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.59%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.59%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.32%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.32%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 193 (61.46%) Azure
2 86 (27.39%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (16.24%) Datadog
4 47 (14.97%) AWS
5 45 (14.33%) Entra ID
6 39 (12.42%) SaaS
7 30 (9.55%) GitHub
8 28 (8.92%) IaaS
8 28 (8.92%) PaaS
9 27 (8.60%) Azure Monitor
10 23 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (6.69%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (6.05%) Nutanix
13 17 (5.41%) Azure AKS
14 15 (4.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (4.78%) OneDrive
15 11 (3.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (3.18%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (3.18%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (3.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 96 (30.57%) Firewall
2 85 (27.07%) VPN
3 68 (21.66%) DNS
4 48 (15.29%) WAN
5 47 (14.97%) DHCP
6 38 (12.10%) VLAN
7 35 (11.15%) SAN
8 29 (9.24%) Network Security
8 29 (9.24%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (8.60%) TCP/IP
10 24 (7.64%) Wireless
11 23 (7.32%) SD-WAN
12 19 (6.05%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (3.82%) Cisco Wireless
13 12 (3.82%) LAN
13 12 (3.82%) SSL
14 11 (3.50%) BIG-IP
15 10 (3.18%) BGP
15 10 (3.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 10 (3.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.38%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.82%) Data Lake
3 12 (3.82%) Delta Lake
4 5 (1.59%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.59%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.27%) Power BI
5 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.96%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.96%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.64%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.64%) MySQL
7 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.64%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 21 (6.69%) Chocolatey
2 20 (6.37%) Git
3 6 (1.91%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.91%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (1.27%) JIRA
5 3 (0.96%) MLflow
5 3 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.64%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.32%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) JMeter
7 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 107 (34.08%) Finance
2 102 (32.48%) Social Skills
3 54 (17.20%) Banking
4 50 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.05%) Law
6 18 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.41%) Legal
8 11 (3.50%) Back Office
8 11 (3.50%) Retail
9 9 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.91%) Advertising
11 6 (1.91%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.91%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Local Government
13 3 (0.96%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 64 (20.38%) Senior
2 42 (13.38%) Azure Engineer
3 38 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (11.78%) Cloud Engineer
5 24 (7.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (6.69%) Platform Engineer
7 20 (6.37%) Security Specialist
8 19 (6.05%) Lead
9 18 (5.73%) Architect
9 18 (5.73%) IT Engineer
10 17 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.78%) Network Engineer
11 15 (4.78%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.46%) Analyst
12 14 (4.46%) DBA
13 13 (4.14%) Applications Support
13 13 (4.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.82%) Security Engineer
14 12 (3.82%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.82%) PySpark
2 11 (3.50%) OAuth
2 11 (3.50%) YAML
3 10 (3.18%) ADO
3 10 (3.18%) SAML
4 7 (2.23%) Kafka
5 4 (1.27%) .NET
5 4 (1.27%) RESTful
5 4 (1.27%) web3js
6 3 (0.96%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.64%) JSON
7 2 (0.64%) LDAP
7 2 (0.64%) Loki
7 2 (0.64%) Middleware
7 2 (0.64%) REST
8 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.32%) CSS3
8 1 (0.32%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.87%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.24%) Data Centre
3 25 (7.96%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (7.96%) Management Information System
4 24 (7.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (6.37%) Security Posture
6 16 (5.10%) PKI
7 11 (3.50%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.50%) Replication
8 10 (3.18%) CMDB
9 8 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.91%) NHS
10 6 (1.91%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.91%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.91%) Web3
11 5 (1.59%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.59%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 106 (33.76%) Windows
2 60 (19.11%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.15%) Linux
4 16 (5.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.50%) Apple iOS
5 11 (3.50%) Windows 10
6 10 (3.18%) VMS
7 7 (2.23%) CentOS
7 7 (2.23%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.23%) Unix
8 5 (1.59%) AIX
8 5 (1.59%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.59%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.32%) Android
10 1 (0.32%) Rocky
10 1 (0.32%) SUSE
10 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (36.62%) Business Continuity
2 79 (25.16%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (23.57%) DevOps
5 69 (21.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (19.43%) High Availability
7 60 (19.11%) ITIL
8 59 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 57 (18.15%) CI/CD
9 57 (18.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 50 (15.92%) Incident Response
11 44 (14.01%) Migration
12 41 (13.06%) Service Delivery
13 37 (11.78%) Information Security
14 36 (11.46%) Service Management
15 35 (11.15%) Computer Science
15 35 (11.15%) Observability
16 33 (10.51%) ITSM
17 32 (10.19%) Platform Engineering
17 32 (10.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.61%) Python
2 63 (20.06%) PowerShell
3 39 (12.42%) SQL
4 16 (5.10%) Bash
5 10 (3.18%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (2.87%) Scala
7 6 (1.91%) Java
7 6 (1.91%) Korn
7 6 (1.91%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.59%) C#
8 5 (1.59%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.27%) Go
9 4 (1.27%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.96%) Bicep
11 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.64%) RPG
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) COBOL
12 1 (0.32%) Perl
12 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (16.24%) Degree
2 33 (10.51%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (9.87%) CCNP
4 30 (9.55%) Azure Certification
4 30 (9.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (5.10%) CEH
6 13 (4.14%) CCNA
6 13 (4.14%) CISSP
6 13 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.87%) Postgraduate
7 9 (2.87%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.23%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.91%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.91%) PMP
10 5 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.59%) CRISC
11 4 (1.27%) CISM
11 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.96%) CISA
12 3 (0.96%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.42%) NIST
2 38 (12.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (11.46%) GDPR
4 31 (9.87%) SLA
5 25 (7.96%) PCI DSS
6 17 (5.41%) SOC 2
7 16 (5.10%) Data Quality
8 15 (4.78%) ISO 22301
9 14 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (2.55%) COBIT
11 7 (2.23%) GRC
11 7 (2.23%) PMO
12 6 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (1.91%) QA
13 5 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.27%) HIPAA
14 4 (1.27%) SOC 1
15 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.32%) GxP
15 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 94 (29.94%) Active Directory
2 57 (18.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.05%) Docker
4 16 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (4.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.82%) vSphere
7 11 (3.50%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.91%) Firmware
9 5 (1.59%) Oracle RAC
9 5 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.64%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.64%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (23.89%) Terraform
2 50 (15.92%) Ansible
3 46 (14.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (13.38%) Kubernetes
5 23 (7.32%) SCCM
6 13 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.23%) VxRail
8 6 (1.91%) Packer
8 6 (1.91%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.59%) Data Guard
9 5 (1.59%) Nagios
9 5 (1.59%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (1.59%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.27%) Argo
10 4 (1.27%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.27%) Grafana
11 2 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 152 (48.41%) Microsoft
2 95 (30.25%) VMware
3 44 (14.01%) Cisco
4 34 (10.83%) Palo Alto
5 24 (7.64%) Splunk
6 23 (7.32%) Dynatrace
7 22 (7.01%) AppDynamics
8 21 (6.69%) Tenable
9 19 (6.05%) Zscaler
10 18 (5.73%) Databricks
11 17 (5.41%) F5
12 16 (5.10%) Commvault
13 14 (4.46%) SolarWinds
14 13 (4.14%) Infoblox
15 12 (3.82%) Arista
15 12 (3.82%) ForeScout
15 12 (3.82%) SevOne
16 11 (3.50%) EMC
16 11 (3.50%) Fortinet
17 10 (3.18%) Oracle