Disaster Recovery Job Trends

Disaster Recovery
UK

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 174 201
Rank change year-on-year -49 +27 +97
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 611 915 869
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.02% 1.69% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.87% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 472 568 788
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,925
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.95% -3.81% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,544 49,000 48,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.18% 90.28% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 28,525 24,011 36,948
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 January 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
England -44 545 £62,500 +8.70% 176
UK excluding London -80 305 £48,000 -4.95% 157
London +27 265 £75,000 -2.28% 43
Work from Home +33 190 £68,736 +13.61% 80
North of England -67 86 £42,500 -10.53% 61
South East -4 78 £60,000 +14.29% 38
Midlands -37 53 £52,250 -1.97% 31
North West -39 41 £41,250 -8.33% 26
Yorkshire -38 34 £42,500 -19.05% 32
West Midlands -2 33 £54,750 +2.72% 22
South West -6 33 £42,500 -17.48% 11
East Midlands -29 20 £48,750 -2.50% 9
East of England -12 19 £47,500 -9.52% 10
Northern Ireland - 18 - -
North East -10 11 £52,500 +10.53% 9
Scotland -44 11 £48,000 -16.52% 7
Wales +6 8 £28,000 -64.78% 3

Disaster Recovery
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 92 (15.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (14.24%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.13%) IIS
4 7 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.49%) Confluence
6 3 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.33%) CICS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.33%) Weka
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 342 (55.97%) Azure
2 214 (35.02%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (20.29%) Entra ID
4 118 (19.31%) AWS
5 42 (6.87%) Azure Monitor
5 42 (6.87%) GCP
6 40 (6.55%) GitHub
7 39 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (6.22%) SaaS
9 35 (5.73%) OneDrive
10 34 (5.56%) Nutanix
11 31 (5.07%) IaaS
12 30 (4.91%) PaaS
13 26 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (3.93%) Datadog
16 21 (3.44%) Serverless
17 18 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 18 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
18 17 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 156 (25.53%) Firewall
2 152 (24.88%) DNS
3 133 (21.77%) DHCP
4 114 (18.66%) VPN
5 88 (14.40%) WAN
6 65 (10.64%) TCP/IP
7 63 (10.31%) VLAN
8 52 (8.51%) LAN
9 44 (7.20%) SAN
10 43 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (6.38%) SD-WAN
12 32 (5.24%) Wireless
13 31 (5.07%) VoIP
14 22 (3.60%) Network Security
15 21 (3.44%) NAS
16 19 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
17 15 (2.45%) SSL
18 12 (1.96%) Unified Communications
19 8 (1.31%) BGP
20 7 (1.15%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (9.00%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (3.11%) Oracle Database
6 16 (2.62%) MySQL
7 12 (1.96%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.96%) Power BI
8 9 (1.47%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.47%) DB2
9 8 (1.31%) Oracle Exadata
10 7 (1.15%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.15%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
12 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 10g
13 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 32 (5.24%) Git
2 23 (3.76%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.98%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.82%) GitLab
4 5 (0.82%) JIRA
4 5 (0.82%) Selenium
4 5 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.65%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.65%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.65%) Maven
6 2 (0.33%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.33%) TestRail
7 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.16%) JMeter
7 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.16%) Subversion
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 212 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 183 (29.95%) Finance
3 67 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.89%) Banking
4 36 (5.89%) Law
5 25 (4.09%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.60%) Retail
7 21 (3.44%) Legal
8 20 (3.27%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.27%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.78%) Financial Institution
11 16 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.13%) Marketing
13 12 (1.96%) Back Office
14 11 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.31%) Advertising
15 8 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 90 (14.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 71 (11.62%) Support Engineer
3 66 (10.80%) Senior
4 63 (10.31%) IT Support
5 59 (9.66%) Cloud Engineer
6 56 (9.17%) IT Engineer
7 49 (8.02%) Analyst
8 39 (6.38%) IT Manager
9 35 (5.73%) Lead
10 31 (5.07%) IT Support Engineer
11 28 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (4.58%) Infrastructure Manager
11 28 (4.58%) Support Analyst
12 26 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (4.09%) Architect
14 24 (3.93%) DBA
15 23 (3.76%) Security Engineer
16 22 (3.60%) Administrator
16 22 (3.60%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (3.60%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.80%) OAuth
2 10 (1.64%) EDI
2 10 (1.64%) REST
2 10 (1.64%) SAML
3 8 (1.31%) ADO
3 8 (1.31%) LDAP
3 8 (1.31%) YAML
4 7 (1.15%) .NET
4 7 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.15%) PySpark
5 6 (0.98%) ARM Templates
5 6 (0.98%) LAPP Stack
5 6 (0.98%) Middleware
5 6 (0.98%) RESTful
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (0.82%) Loki
7 4 (0.65%) AWS SAM
7 4 (0.65%) Kafka
7 4 (0.65%) SOAP
8 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.86%) Management Information System
2 43 (7.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (6.87%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (5.89%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.91%) Data Centre
6 26 (4.26%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.60%) Replication
8 21 (3.44%) Public Cloud
9 20 (3.27%) Clustering
10 16 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (2.29%) PKI
12 13 (2.13%) CMDB
12 13 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.96%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.80%) Driving Licence
15 9 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.47%) Product Ownership
16 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.31%) Operational Technology
17 7 (1.15%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 221 (36.17%) Windows
2 157 (25.70%) Windows Server
3 93 (15.22%) Linux
4 29 (4.75%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.27%) Unix
6 18 (2.95%) Mac OS
6 18 (2.95%) VMS
7 15 (2.45%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.15%) Android
10 3 (0.49%) CentOS
10 3 (0.49%) Rocky
10 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.33%) AIX
11 2 (0.33%) Solaris
11 2 (0.33%) zOS
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (29.62%) Business Continuity
2 157 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
3 139 (22.75%) Cybersecurity
4 136 (22.26%) ITIL
5 130 (21.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 121 (19.80%) DevOps
7 120 (19.64%) High Availability
8 101 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 92 (15.06%) CI/CD
10 87 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 81 (13.26%) Migration
12 72 (11.78%) Incident Response
13 66 (10.80%) Computer Science
13 66 (10.80%) Service Delivery
14 65 (10.64%) ITSM
15 62 (10.15%) Customer Service
16 54 (8.84%) Mentoring
17 52 (8.51%) Change Management
17 52 (8.51%) Service Management
18 51 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (23.90%) PowerShell
2 101 (16.53%) Python
3 74 (12.11%) SQL
4 35 (5.73%) Bash
5 19 (3.11%) Java
6 12 (1.96%) Go
7 10 (1.64%) Bicep
7 10 (1.64%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.47%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (1.15%) C#
10 7 (1.15%) Scala
10 7 (1.15%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.98%) VBScript
12 2 (0.33%) COBOL
12 2 (0.33%) JCL
12 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Korn
13 1 (0.16%) Perl
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (19.15%) Degree
2 54 (8.84%) Azure Certification
3 49 (8.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 45 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (6.22%) AWS Certification
6 33 (5.40%) Security Cleared
7 26 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (3.93%) CISSP
10 20 (3.27%) SC Cleared
11 18 (2.95%) CCNP
12 16 (2.62%) Master's Degree
13 14 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (2.29%) MCSA
14 13 (2.13%) CEH
14 13 (2.13%) CISM
14 13 (2.13%) HNC
14 13 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 13 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (1.96%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (9.66%) GDPR
3 40 (6.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (6.38%) SLA
5 37 (6.06%) NIST
6 28 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (2.29%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.80%) ISO 22301
8 11 (1.80%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.31%) ISAE 3402
10 7 (1.15%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.82%) GRC
11 5 (0.82%) NCSC
12 4 (0.65%) QA
13 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.49%) Basel III
13 3 (0.49%) COBIT
13 3 (0.49%) MiFID
14 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 196 (32.08%) Active Directory
2 111 (18.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (13.42%) Hyper-V
4 56 (9.17%) Docker
5 35 (5.73%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (4.26%) vSphere
7 13 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.47%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (1.31%) vCloud
9 8 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.82%) Firmware
11 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.49%) NFS
12 3 (0.49%) Squid
13 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.33%) pfSense
13 2 (0.33%) RACF
13 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 104 (17.02%) Microsoft Intune
1 104 (17.02%) Terraform
2 75 (12.27%) Kubernetes
3 63 (10.31%) Ansible
4 23 (3.76%) Prometheus
5 22 (3.60%) Grafana
6 12 (1.96%) Nagios
7 11 (1.80%) Data Guard
7 11 (1.80%) SCCM
8 10 (1.64%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.47%) Oracle RMAN
10 8 (1.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 8 (1.31%) Puppet
11 7 (1.15%) Avamar
11 7 (1.15%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.82%) Nessus
13 5 (0.82%) SCOM
13 5 (0.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 307 (50.25%) Microsoft
2 148 (24.22%) VMware
3 59 (9.66%) Cisco
4 38 (6.22%) Dell
5 31 (5.07%) Veeam
6 29 (4.75%) Palo Alto
7 28 (4.58%) Oracle
8 25 (4.09%) Fortinet
9 24 (3.93%) Commvault
10 21 (3.44%) Google
11 17 (2.78%) Dynatrace
12 15 (2.45%) HP
13 14 (2.29%) IBM
14 13 (2.13%) Adobe
15 12 (1.96%) Dell Compellent
15 12 (1.96%) Nimble Storage
15 12 (1.96%) Zscaler
16 11 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (1.80%) Meraki
16 11 (1.80%) ServiceNow