Disaster Recovery Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 182 220
Rank change year-on-year -59 +38 +94
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 419 398 875
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.54% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.68% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 316 355 783
10th Percentile £31,750 £33,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,625 £40,494 £39,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% +0.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,125 £75,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,063 23,640 55,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 73.10% 91.25% 84.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,009 13,694 40,329
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,822 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -8.26%
75th Percentile £69,576 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
North of England -25 145 £50,000 -0.74% 61
South East -20 103 £60,000 -7.69% 76
Yorkshire -7 83 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Midlands -47 59 £53,250 +6.50% 41
West Midlands -1 51 £52,500 +5.00% 29
North West -50 43 £50,000 +11.11% 36
South West -96 28 £40,000 -27.27% 16
East of England -42 27 £67,500 +26.17% 23
Scotland -19 23 £38,000 -25.33% 20
Northern Ireland -20 20 - -
North East -21 19 £51,000 +59.38% 6
Wales - 10 £31,500 - 7
East Midlands -66 7 £60,000 +50.00% 12
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 58 (13.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (12.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.19%) IIS
4 4 (0.95%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) CICS
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (4.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) Weka
3 1 (0.24%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.95%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 211 (50.36%) Azure
2 154 (36.75%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (24.34%) Entra ID
4 68 (16.23%) AWS
5 36 (8.59%) Nutanix
6 23 (5.49%) Microsoft Purview
7 21 (5.01%) GCP
8 18 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (4.06%) OneDrive
10 14 (3.34%) IaaS
11 10 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.39%) Mimecast
11 10 (2.39%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (1.91%) PaaS
12 8 (1.91%) SaaS
13 7 (1.67%) Azure AKS
14 6 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 122 (29.12%) Firewall
2 101 (24.11%) DNS
3 85 (20.29%) DHCP
4 73 (17.42%) VPN
5 65 (15.51%) WAN
6 59 (14.08%) LAN
7 41 (9.79%) VLAN
8 31 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (6.68%) Remote Desktop
10 24 (5.73%) TCP/IP
11 18 (4.30%) SAN
12 16 (3.82%) Network Security
12 16 (3.82%) Wireless
13 14 (3.34%) VoIP
14 13 (3.10%) NAS
15 5 (1.19%) IPsec
16 4 (0.95%) BGP
16 4 (0.95%) RFID
16 4 (0.95%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.39%) MySQL
4 9 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.67%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.19%) Power BI
7 4 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database 12c
8 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.48%) DB2
10 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.39%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) Git
2 4 (0.95%) GitLab
2 4 (0.95%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.95%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.48%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.48%) Selenium
4 2 (0.48%) TestRail
5 1 (0.24%) Maven
5 1 (0.24%) MLflow
5 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.24%) Yeoman
General
1 179 (42.72%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (11.69%) Finance
4 20 (4.77%) Manufacturing
4 20 (4.77%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (4.30%) Retail
6 15 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.63%) Marketing
8 9 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.67%) Law
10 6 (1.43%) French Language
10 6 (1.43%) Legal
10 6 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.19%) Advertising
11 5 (1.19%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.48%) Banking
12 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (17.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 61 (14.56%) IT Support
3 59 (14.08%) Senior
4 56 (13.37%) Support Engineer
5 54 (12.89%) IT Engineer
6 48 (11.46%) IT Manager
7 47 (11.22%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (9.55%) IT Support Engineer
9 32 (7.64%) Lead
10 24 (5.73%) Analyst
11 22 (5.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.77%) Support Technician
13 17 (4.06%) Administrator
14 16 (3.82%) Infrastructure Support
14 16 (3.82%) IT Technician
15 15 (3.58%) Azure Engineer
15 15 (3.58%) Security Manager
16 14 (3.34%) 3rd Line Support
16 14 (3.34%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 13 (3.10%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.91%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.19%) Loki
3 4 (0.95%) EDI
4 2 (0.48%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.48%) JWT
4 2 (0.48%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.48%) Middleware
4 2 (0.48%) OAuth
5 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.24%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.24%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.24%) Laravel
5 1 (0.24%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) RAML
5 1 (0.24%) REST
5 1 (0.24%) RESTful
5 1 (0.24%) SQLAlchemy
5 1 (0.24%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 34 (8.11%) Driving Licence
3 30 (7.16%) Replication
4 28 (6.68%) Public Cloud
5 27 (6.44%) Management Information System
6 22 (5.25%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (3.82%) Data Centre
9 15 (3.58%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.39%) Cloud Native
11 9 (2.15%) CMDB
11 9 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.91%) CCTV
12 8 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.91%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.43%) iSeries
15 5 (1.19%) Clustering
16 4 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 140 (33.41%) Windows
2 100 (23.87%) Windows Server
3 31 (7.40%) Linux
4 12 (2.86%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.15%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.19%) Android
7 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.95%) VMS
9 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.48%) zOS
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Debian
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (37.71%) Business Continuity
2 137 (32.70%) ITIL
3 135 (32.22%) Cybersecurity
4 112 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (25.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 99 (23.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 67 (15.99%) High Availability
8 59 (14.08%) Service Delivery
9 58 (13.84%) Mentoring
10 54 (12.89%) Incident Response
11 53 (12.65%) Change Management
11 53 (12.65%) Cloud Security
11 53 (12.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 52 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 51 (12.17%) Coaching
14 50 (11.93%) Data Protection
14 50 (11.93%) Risk Management
15 44 (10.50%) Knowledge Transfer
16 41 (9.79%) Customer Service
16 41 (9.79%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.47%) PowerShell
2 40 (9.55%) SQL
3 22 (5.25%) Python
4 20 (4.77%) Bash
5 8 (1.91%) Bicep
6 5 (1.19%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.48%) COBOL
7 2 (0.48%) JCL
7 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) Java
8 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (11.22%) Degree
2 37 (8.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (5.25%) Security Cleared
4 17 (4.06%) Azure Certification
5 15 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.58%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.63%) CISSP
8 10 (2.39%) MCSE
8 10 (2.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.15%) CCNP
9 9 (2.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 8 (1.91%) HNC
11 7 (1.67%) CCNA
12 6 (1.43%) CISM
12 6 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.95%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (17.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (14.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 46 (10.98%) GDPR
4 32 (7.64%) NIST
5 30 (7.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 28 (6.68%) SLA
7 13 (3.10%) GRC
7 13 (3.10%) PCI DSS
8 10 (2.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.43%) PMO
10 4 (0.95%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.48%) GxP
12 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.24%) NCSC
12 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 155 (36.99%) Active Directory
2 101 (24.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 84 (20.05%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.34%) Docker
5 12 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.39%) vSphere
7 7 (1.67%) Firmware
7 7 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.43%) KVM
9 5 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.48%) RACF
12 1 (0.24%) vCloud
12 1 (0.24%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (13.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (7.64%) Terraform
3 22 (5.25%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.15%) Ansible
4 9 (2.15%) Grafana
5 8 (1.91%) FortiGate
6 7 (1.67%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.19%) SCCM
7 5 (1.19%) VxRail
8 4 (0.95%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.72%) Nagios
9 3 (0.72%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.72%) WSUS
10 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.48%) Nessus
11 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.24%) Graylog
11 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 221 (52.74%) Microsoft
2 121 (28.88%) VMware
3 38 (9.07%) HP
4 37 (8.83%) Dell
5 31 (7.40%) Cisco
6 29 (6.92%) Nimble Storage
6 29 (6.92%) Veeam
7 28 (6.68%) Dell Compellent
8 19 (4.53%) Meraki
9 14 (3.34%) Citrix
10 13 (3.10%) Oracle
11 11 (2.63%) Commvault
12 10 (2.39%) Adobe
12 10 (2.39%) IBM
12 10 (2.39%) Zerto
13 9 (2.15%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.15%) Google
13 9 (2.15%) Sophos
13 9 (2.15%) Tenable
14 7 (1.67%) CrowdStrike