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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 193 208
Rank change year-on-year -25 +15 +136
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 738 671 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.65% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.77% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 558 556 1,164
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £90,000 £82,440
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% +1.46%

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 59,873 37,939 76,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.17% 93.46% 86.66%
Number of salaries quoted 36,505 22,139 57,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 18 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 27 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
England -35 642 £62,500 +4.17% 274
UK excluding London -52 390 £52,500 -1.50% 239
London +20 291 £85,000 +13.33% 82
Work from Home +32 233 £70,000 +16.67% 108
North of England -14 138 £47,500 - 61
South East -34 90 £60,000 -7.69% 76
Yorkshire -9 81 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Midlands -38 56 £52,500 +5.00% 41
West Midlands -6 45 £52,500 +1.94% 29
North West -43 37 £41,250 -8.33% 36
South West -77 29 £42,500 -26.09% 16
East of England -34 26 £70,000 +28.44% 23
Northern Ireland - 22 - -
North East -20 20 £51,000 +59.38% 6
Scotland -39 14 £42,500 -16.49% 20
Wales -13 11 £31,500 -36.36% 7
East Midlands -58 10 £60,000 +50.00% 12
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

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
1 104 (14.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (10.98%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.81%) IIS
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.41%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.27%) CICS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.54%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 409 (55.42%) Azure
2 236 (31.98%) Microsoft 365
3 159 (21.54%) Entra ID
4 130 (17.62%) AWS
5 69 (9.35%) Nutanix
6 48 (6.50%) SaaS
7 45 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
8 44 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (5.56%) IaaS
10 40 (5.42%) Datadog
11 38 (5.15%) GCP
12 37 (5.01%) GitHub
13 36 (4.88%) PaaS
14 35 (4.74%) Microsoft Purview
15 34 (4.61%) OneDrive
16 24 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (3.25%) Serverless
17 23 (3.12%) Azure AKS
18 20 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
19 19 (2.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 219 (29.67%) Firewall
2 161 (21.82%) DNS
3 150 (20.33%) VPN
4 141 (19.11%) DHCP
5 97 (13.14%) WAN
6 78 (10.57%) VLAN
7 60 (8.13%) LAN
8 56 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
9 55 (7.45%) TCP/IP
10 49 (6.64%) SAN
11 43 (5.83%) Network Security
12 32 (4.34%) Wireless
13 31 (4.20%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (2.98%) SD-WAN
15 18 (2.44%) VoIP
16 15 (2.03%) NAS
17 14 (1.90%) BGP
18 12 (1.63%) Cisco ISE
19 8 (1.08%) SSL
20 7 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.21%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.03%) MySQL
6 14 (1.90%) Oracle Database
7 11 (1.49%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.49%) Delta Lake
7 11 (1.49%) Power BI
8 8 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.81%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.68%) GIS
11 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.54%) DB2
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (4.34%) Git
2 18 (2.44%) Chocolatey
3 15 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.90%) JIRA
5 5 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) Selenium
5 5 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.54%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.41%) Maven
7 3 (0.41%) MLflow
7 3 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.27%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 283 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 185 (25.07%) Finance
3 109 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (7.05%) Banking
5 36 (4.88%) Law
6 35 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.93%) Retail
9 27 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.57%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (2.30%) Financial Institution
12 17 (2.30%) Legal
13 11 (1.49%) Back Office
13 11 (1.49%) Marketing
14 9 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.22%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.08%) Advertising
16 7 (0.95%) French Language
Job Titles
1 111 (15.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 111 (15.04%) Senior
2 79 (10.70%) Cloud Engineer
3 67 (9.08%) Lead
4 66 (8.94%) Support Engineer
5 64 (8.67%) IT Support
6 62 (8.40%) IT Engineer
7 56 (7.59%) IT Manager
8 49 (6.64%) Azure Engineer
9 44 (5.96%) Analyst
10 38 (5.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 37 (5.01%) Architect
12 33 (4.47%) IT Support Engineer
13 28 (3.79%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
15 25 (3.39%) Security Engineer
15 25 (3.39%) Support Technician
16 24 (3.25%) Support Analyst
17 23 (3.12%) DBA
17 23 (3.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.44%) SAML
2 16 (2.17%) OAuth
3 13 (1.76%) YAML
4 12 (1.63%) ADO
5 11 (1.49%) PySpark
6 9 (1.22%) REST
7 8 (1.08%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.08%) RESTful
8 7 (0.95%) Loki
9 6 (0.81%) EDI
10 5 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.68%) LDAP
10 5 (0.68%) Middleware
11 4 (0.54%) Kafka
12 3 (0.41%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.41%) AWS SAM
12 3 (0.41%) LAMP
12 3 (0.41%) OAuth2
12 3 (0.41%) RAML
12 3 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 51 (6.91%) Management Information System
3 37 (5.01%) Public Cloud
4 36 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 34 (4.61%) Cloud Native
5 34 (4.61%) Replication
6 32 (4.34%) Cyber Threat
6 32 (4.34%) Driving Licence
7 29 (3.93%) Onboarding
8 28 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (3.25%) Security Posture
10 22 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (2.30%) CMDB
12 16 (2.17%) PKI
13 14 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.49%) Clustering
15 10 (1.36%) NHS
16 9 (1.22%) CCTV
16 9 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 251 (34.01%) Windows
2 169 (22.90%) Windows Server
3 78 (10.57%) Linux
4 27 (3.66%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.44%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (2.17%) Unix
7 15 (2.03%) VMS
8 12 (1.63%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.95%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.81%) Android
11 6 (0.81%) CentOS
11 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.54%) Rocky
13 3 (0.41%) AIX
14 2 (0.27%) zOS
15 1 (0.14%) Debian
15 1 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (36.45%) Business Continuity
2 220 (29.81%) Cybersecurity
3 189 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
4 179 (24.25%) ITIL
5 159 (21.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 153 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 137 (18.56%) High Availability
8 125 (16.94%) DevOps
9 105 (14.23%) Incident Response
10 99 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
10 99 (13.41%) Service Delivery
11 91 (12.33%) Migration
12 90 (12.20%) CI/CD
13 79 (10.70%) Change Management
14 78 (10.57%) Mentoring
15 74 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (9.89%) Cloud Security
16 73 (9.89%) ITSM
17 71 (9.62%) Data Protection
18 70 (9.49%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 158 (21.41%) PowerShell
2 114 (15.45%) Python
3 80 (10.84%) SQL
4 38 (5.15%) Bash
5 16 (2.17%) Java
6 12 (1.63%) Bicep
6 12 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.22%) Go
7 9 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.22%) Scala
7 9 (1.22%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.22%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.54%) C#
8 4 (0.54%) Korn
9 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) COBOL
10 2 (0.27%) JCL
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 97 (13.14%) Degree
2 51 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (6.64%) Azure Certification
4 45 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.96%) Security Cleared
6 33 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (4.20%) SC Cleared
8 25 (3.39%) CEH
9 24 (3.25%) CCNP
10 22 (2.98%) CISSP
11 18 (2.44%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.76%) CCNA
12 13 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 11 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.49%) CISM
14 11 (1.49%) MCSE
15 10 (1.36%) HNC
15 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 9 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (10.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 70 (9.49%) GDPR
4 65 (8.81%) NIST
5 60 (8.13%) SLA
6 38 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 25 (3.39%) PCI DSS
8 22 (2.98%) SOC 2
9 17 (2.30%) ISO 22301
10 15 (2.03%) GRC
11 14 (1.90%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.49%) PMO
13 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.68%) ISAE 3402
14 5 (0.68%) NCSC
14 5 (0.68%) QA
15 4 (0.54%) DICOM
15 4 (0.54%) HL7
16 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 248 (33.60%) Active Directory
2 160 (21.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (13.55%) Hyper-V
4 40 (5.42%) Docker
5 32 (4.34%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (3.25%) vSphere
7 15 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.36%) Firmware
10 8 (1.08%) vCloud
11 6 (0.81%) KVM
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
11 6 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.27%) RACF
13 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.14%) Postfix
14 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 108 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 105 (14.23%) Terraform
3 69 (9.35%) Kubernetes
4 65 (8.81%) Ansible
5 24 (3.25%) SCCM
6 16 (2.17%) Grafana
7 12 (1.63%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.49%) VxRail
9 10 (1.36%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.22%) Nagios
11 8 (1.08%) Data Guard
11 8 (1.08%) FortiGate
11 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
12 6 (0.81%) Packer
12 6 (0.81%) Puppet
13 4 (0.54%) Backup Exec
14 3 (0.41%) Avamar
14 3 (0.41%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 354 (47.97%) Microsoft
2 221 (29.95%) VMware
3 61 (8.27%) Cisco
4 53 (7.18%) Dell
5 33 (4.47%) Commvault
5 33 (4.47%) HP
6 30 (4.07%) Nimble Storage
6 30 (4.07%) Palo Alto
7 28 (3.79%) Dell Compellent
8 27 (3.66%) Dynatrace
8 27 (3.66%) Zscaler
9 26 (3.52%) Tenable
9 26 (3.52%) Veeam
10 24 (3.25%) Meraki
10 24 (3.25%) Oracle
11 19 (2.57%) AppDynamics
12 17 (2.30%) Splunk
13 16 (2.17%) Fortinet
13 16 (2.17%) Google
14 14 (1.90%) Adobe