Disaster Recovery Job Trends in the Midlands

Disaster Recovery
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 136 126
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 +50
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 58 109 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.74% 1.63% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.82% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 48 63 85
10th Percentile £35,252 £35,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,300 £51,716
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% +3.06% +3.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,288 £76,000 £68,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,982 4,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.66% 89.64% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,507 2,641 3,683
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,479 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the Midlands

Disaster Recovery
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
West Midlands +3 37 £57,500 +7.88% 70
East Midlands -41 21 £48,750 -2.50% 63
Disaster Recovery
England

Disaster Recovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 23 (39.66%) SharePoint
2 19 (32.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.45%) IIS
4 1 (1.72%) CMS
4 1 (1.72%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (58.62%) Azure
2 28 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 9 (15.52%) SaaS
5 7 (12.07%) AWS
6 6 (10.34%) iPaaS
6 6 (10.34%) OneDrive
7 5 (8.62%) GCP
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (5.17%) Serverless
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Stack
9 2 (3.45%) IaaS
9 2 (3.45%) PaaS
10 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (39.66%) DNS
2 22 (37.93%) DHCP
3 19 (32.76%) Firewall
4 16 (27.59%) VLAN
5 13 (22.41%) TCP/IP
5 13 (22.41%) WAN
6 10 (17.24%) SAN
6 10 (17.24%) VPN
7 8 (13.79%) LAN
8 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (8.62%) SD-WAN
10 3 (5.17%) NAS
10 3 (5.17%) RFID
10 3 (5.17%) Softphone
10 3 (5.17%) VoIP
11 2 (3.45%) Broadband
11 2 (3.45%) Wireless
12 1 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (1.72%) ISDN
12 1 (1.72%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.72%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.72%) Maven
2 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.07%) Law
3 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.17%) Back Office
5 3 (5.17%) Finance
5 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.17%) Publishing
6 2 (3.45%) Banking
6 2 (3.45%) Legal
6 2 (3.45%) Marketing
6 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) IT Engineer
2 15 (25.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (20.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (20.69%) Support Engineer
4 11 (18.97%) IT Support
4 11 (18.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Support
5 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) IT Manager
6 6 (10.34%) Architect
7 5 (8.62%) Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Senior
8 4 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery Manager
9 3 (5.17%) Help Desk Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) ICT Officer
9 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (5.17%) IT Operations Manager
9 3 (5.17%) Operations Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) EDI
2 1 (1.72%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (1.72%) Middleware
2 1 (1.72%) OAuth
2 1 (1.72%) RAML
2 1 (1.72%) REST
2 1 (1.72%) SAML
2 1 (1.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Clustering
2 6 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.90%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.17%) Replication
5 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.72%) Housing Association
6 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.72%) NHS
6 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.72%) SCADA
6 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (27.59%) Windows
2 13 (22.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.45%) Linux
5 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.41%) ITIL
4 11 (18.97%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (18.97%) Risk Management
5 10 (17.24%) Business Continuity
6 9 (15.52%) ERP
6 9 (15.52%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.79%) CRM
7 8 (13.79%) Migration
8 7 (12.07%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (12.07%) Service Delivery
8 7 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (10.34%) Change Control
9 6 (10.34%) Cloud Security
9 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
9 6 (10.34%) DevOps
9 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
10 5 (8.62%) Incident Response
10 5 (8.62%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
2 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.62%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.17%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.17%) HNC
3 3 (5.17%) MCP
3 3 (5.17%) MCSA
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.72%) CCNA
5 1 (1.72%) CCNP
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) GDPR
1 6 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.45%) COBIT
4 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (36.21%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.52%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.34%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (10.34%) Terraform
3 2 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.72%) Ansible
4 1 (1.72%) Grafana
Vendors
1 38 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) Veeam
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 6 (10.34%) Cisco
4 4 (6.90%) Meraki
5 3 (5.17%) Google
6 2 (3.45%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (3.45%) Juniper
6 2 (3.45%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.45%) Tanium
6 2 (3.45%) Tenable
6 2 (3.45%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.72%) Aruba
7 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.72%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.72%) New Relic
7 1 (1.72%) Oracle
7 1 (1.72%) RedGate
7 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow