DFS Replication Job Trends

Microsoft DFS Replication (DFSR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring DFS Replication skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 656 799
Rank change year-on-year -20 +143 +194
Permanent jobs citing DFS Replication 6 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.026% 0.019%
As % of the System Software category 0.14% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 16
10th Percentile - £41,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,063 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -37.93% +61.11%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year - +66.67% -32.50%

All System Software Skills
UK

DFS Replication falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,442 5,973 11,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.16% 13.16% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,131 4,005 9,728
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,200 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,531 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,850 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

DFS Replication
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DFS Replication relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DFS Replication job vacancy trend in the UK

DFS Replication
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DFS Replication.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing DFS Replication

DFS Replication
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DFS Replication within the UK over the 6 months to 8 March 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
UK excluding London -9 6 £45,000 -
Isle of Man - 6 £45,000 -
Work from Home - 6 £45,000 -

DFS Replication
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware