Disaster Recovery Jobs in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 232 277
Rank change year-on-year -53 +45 -12
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 355 894 725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.91% 1.26% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.50% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 308 779 486
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £62,833
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £61,475 £55,000 £55,150
% change year-on-year +11.77% -0.27% -2.39%

All Process and 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 36,236 59,478 57,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.94% 83.96% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,875 41,116 29,652
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
North of England -95 95 £55,000 +15.79% 121
South East +26 82 £65,000 +13.04% 158
South West +113 73 £57,500 +11.18% 35
North West -113 54 £55,000 +15.79% 78
Midlands -44 48 £46,000 -1.08% 48
East of England -2 36 £51,500 +3.00% 48
Yorkshire +27 27 £60,000 +20.00% 29
West Midlands -27 25 £48,750 -7.14% 31
East Midlands -4 22 £40,000 -7.51% 15
Scotland +73 17 £50,000 - 16
North East +10 14 £33,000 -26.67% 15
Isle of Man - 3 £43,000 -
Northern Ireland +40 1 £57,500 +37.72% 6
Wales +15 1 £50,000 +53.85% 18
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 49 (13.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.32%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.66%) IIS
4 3 (0.85%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.56%) Apache
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.28%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.28%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 165 (46.48%) Azure
2 102 (28.73%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (18.87%) AWS
4 36 (10.14%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.63%) GCP
6 16 (4.51%) IaaS
7 15 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.94%) PaaS
8 14 (3.94%) SaaS
9 12 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
11 9 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (2.54%) GitHub
11 9 (2.54%) Rubrik
12 8 (2.25%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.97%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 96 (27.04%) Firewall
2 78 (21.97%) DNS
3 68 (19.15%) DHCP
4 66 (18.59%) VPN
5 48 (13.52%) VLAN
6 33 (9.30%) Network Security
7 30 (8.45%) SAN
7 30 (8.45%) WAN
8 28 (7.89%) LAN
9 27 (7.61%) NAS
10 20 (5.63%) TCP/IP
11 18 (5.07%) Intrusion Detection
11 18 (5.07%) VoIP
12 15 (4.23%) SD-WAN
13 10 (2.82%) ADSL
14 8 (2.25%) BGP
14 8 (2.25%) MPLS
14 8 (2.25%) VSAN
15 7 (1.97%) OSPF
16 6 (1.69%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.73%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.92%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.82%) MySQL
3 10 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.97%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.41%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.13%) Power BI
8 3 (0.85%) Cloud Spanner
8 3 (0.85%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.85%) Tableau
9 2 (0.56%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.56%) Big Data
9 2 (0.56%) Bigtable
9 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.56%) HBase
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Jenkins
1 5 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (1.13%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) JIRA
5 1 (0.28%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 121 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.77%) Finance
3 24 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (6.76%) Manufacturing
4 18 (5.07%) Law
5 14 (3.94%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.38%) Banking
6 12 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.10%) Retail
8 10 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.97%) Games
10 6 (1.69%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.41%) Legal
12 4 (1.13%) Marketing
12 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.85%) Electronics
14 2 (0.56%) Automotive
15 1 (0.28%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 58 (16.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (15.21%) Analyst
3 38 (10.70%) Senior
4 35 (9.86%) IT Support
5 33 (9.30%) IT Analyst
5 33 (9.30%) IT Engineer
6 31 (8.73%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (8.45%) Support Engineer
8 26 (7.32%) Lead
9 24 (6.76%) IT Manager
10 23 (6.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (5.92%) Support Analyst
12 20 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
13 19 (5.35%) Infrastructure Support
13 19 (5.35%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 18 (5.07%) DBA
15 17 (4.79%) 2nd Line Support
16 15 (4.23%) IT Support Analyst
17 14 (3.94%) Administrator
18 13 (3.66%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.66%) Middleware
2 6 (1.69%) YAML
3 4 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.85%) SAML
5 2 (0.56%) .NET
5 2 (0.56%) FIDO
5 2 (0.56%) JWT
5 2 (0.56%) OAuth
5 2 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.56%) OpenID
5 2 (0.56%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.56%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.28%) Django
6 1 (0.28%) HTML5
6 1 (0.28%) jQuery
6 1 (0.28%) JSON
6 1 (0.28%) Kafka
6 1 (0.28%) REST
6 1 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (6.20%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.63%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.51%) Clustering
5 9 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.54%) Replication
5 9 (2.54%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.97%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.69%) Cyberattack
7 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.41%) Social Media
9 4 (1.13%) FMCG
9 4 (1.13%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.85%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 146 (41.13%) Windows
2 94 (26.48%) Windows Server
3 73 (20.56%) Linux
4 14 (3.94%) Ubuntu
5 12 (3.38%) Unix
5 12 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.54%) CentOS
6 9 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (1.97%) Rocky
9 5 (1.41%) Debian
10 4 (1.13%) Windows Vista
11 3 (0.85%) AIX
11 3 (0.85%) Solaris
11 3 (0.85%) VMS
11 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.56%) SUSE
13 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (29.01%) Business Continuity
2 75 (21.13%) ITIL
3 72 (20.28%) Cybersecurity
4 70 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 68 (19.15%) High Availability
7 49 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (10.99%) Mentoring
9 38 (10.70%) Data Protection
9 38 (10.70%) Incident Management
10 34 (9.58%) Project Management
11 32 (9.01%) CI/CD
11 32 (9.01%) DevOps
11 32 (9.01%) Service Delivery
12 30 (8.45%) Analytics
13 28 (7.89%) IT Strategy
14 26 (7.32%) Computer Science
14 26 (7.32%) Incident Response
14 26 (7.32%) Risk Management
15 25 (7.04%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 79 (22.25%) PowerShell
2 52 (14.65%) SQL
3 23 (6.48%) Python
4 9 (2.54%) Bash
4 9 (2.54%) Java
5 8 (2.25%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.69%) Bicep
7 5 (1.41%) C#
8 3 (0.85%) Perl
8 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.56%) PHP
9 2 (0.56%) Ruby
9 2 (0.56%) Rust
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.28%) SAPscript
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) VBA
10 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (12.39%) Degree
2 33 (9.30%) Azure Certification
2 33 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (6.48%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.66%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.38%) CCNA
8 11 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.10%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (3.10%) SC Cleared
9 10 (2.82%) A+ Certification
9 10 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (2.25%) CISSP
10 8 (2.25%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.25%) HND
11 7 (1.97%) CISM
11 7 (1.97%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.97%) PMP
12 6 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.11%) GDPR
2 37 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (6.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (4.79%) NIST
5 15 (4.23%) SLA
6 10 (2.82%) ISO 22301
6 10 (2.82%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.97%) QA
8 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.69%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.13%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.56%) GRC
13 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.28%) COBIT
13 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 111 (31.27%) Active Directory
2 71 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (14.08%) Hyper-V
4 26 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (2.54%) Docker
5 9 (2.54%) vSphere
6 7 (1.97%) Firmware
7 6 (1.69%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.85%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.56%) HDFS
10 2 (0.56%) pfSense
10 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.28%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.28%) KVM
11 1 (0.28%) NFS
11 1 (0.28%) Squid
11 1 (0.28%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.28%) vCloud
11 1 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 34 (9.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.35%) Terraform
3 16 (4.51%) Ansible
4 15 (4.23%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.54%) NetBackup
5 9 (2.54%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.97%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.85%) Iperf
8 3 (0.85%) Puppet
9 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.56%) Grafana
9 2 (0.56%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.56%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.56%) SCCM
9 2 (0.56%) SCOM
9 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.56%) vRealize
9 2 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 152 (42.82%) Microsoft
2 100 (28.17%) VMware
3 26 (7.32%) Veeam
4 20 (5.63%) Cisco
4 20 (5.63%) Google
5 14 (3.94%) Oracle
6 12 (3.38%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.82%) SolarWinds
8 9 (2.54%) Commvault
8 9 (2.54%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.54%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.54%) SAP
9 7 (1.97%) Zerto
10 6 (1.69%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.69%) Databricks
10 6 (1.69%) HP
11 5 (1.41%) Dell
11 5 (1.41%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.41%) Splunk
12 4 (1.13%) Genesys