Disaster Recovery Jobs in Scotland

Disaster Recovery
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 223 185
Rank change year-on-year +67 -38 +18
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 10 65 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.33% 0.95% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 1.04% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9 58 23
10th Percentile £33,000 £41,100 £37,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,563 £47,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £62,833
90th Percentile £71,230 £61,250 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,794 6,223 4,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.12% 91.17% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 2,465 2,077
10th Percentile £30,400 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in Scotland

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in Scotland

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in Scotland

Disaster Recovery
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 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
Edinburgh +19 5 £55,000 - 8
Glasgow +122 2 £51,750 +3.50% 12
Aberdeen +31 1 - -
Dundee +10 1 £50,890 -11.50%
Renfrewshire -15 1 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (10.00%) IIS
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Service Continuity Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) FIDO
1 1 (10.00%) JWT
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (10.00%) OpenID
1 1 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (10.00%) SCADA
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) AIX
3 1 (10.00%) Solaris
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Business Impact Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Data Security
4 1 (10.00%) Defensive Programming
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISM
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) CCDP
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO 22301
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (10.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) ForgeRock
1 1 (10.00%) Ping Identity
1 1 (10.00%) VMware