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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 253 206
Rank change year-on-year +73 -47 +86
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,074 602 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.27% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.40% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 800 487 1,121
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,400 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 71,140 43,093 86,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 91.19% 82.11%
Number of salaries quoted 49,140 23,729 61,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% - -9.09%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +64 947 £57,500 -8.00% 302
UK excluding London +52 642 £50,000 -9.09% 239
London +63 365 £75,000 - 111
Work from Home +89 321 £60,000 - 149
North of England +67 223 £50,000 -9.09% 49
South East +30 164 £50,000 -9.09% 77
Yorkshire +44 108 £50,000 -20.00% 17
Midlands +32 105 £55,000 - 44
North West +37 98 £50,000 -9.09% 28
West Midlands +30 81 £55,000 -4.35% 25
East of England +4 47 £44,250 -17.29% 13
South West -95 36 £43,500 -20.91% 30
Scotland +31 29 £40,800 -25.82% 12
East Midlands -11 23 £55,000 +37.50% 19
Northern Ireland -24 21 - - 11
North East -51 17 £42,500 -12.82% 5
Wales -28 15 £43,000 -20.00% 7
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
1 117 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (10.43%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.68%) IIS
4 8 (0.74%) Apache
5 7 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.28%) Confluence
6 3 (0.28%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) nginx
7 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.093%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.093%) Site Server
8 1 (0.093%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.21%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.093%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.093%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.093%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 541 (50.37%) Azure
2 325 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (17.69%) Entra ID
4 183 (17.04%) AWS
5 82 (7.64%) SaaS
6 60 (5.59%) IaaS
7 53 (4.93%) Nutanix
8 52 (4.84%) PaaS
9 44 (4.10%) Datadog
10 42 (3.91%) Power Platform
11 40 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (2.98%) GCP
12 32 (2.98%) GitHub
13 30 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
14 28 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (2.14%) Mimecast
17 21 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
18 19 (1.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 335 (31.19%) Firewall
2 236 (21.97%) DNS
3 209 (19.46%) VPN
4 183 (17.04%) DHCP
5 148 (13.78%) WAN
6 127 (11.82%) VLAN
7 114 (10.61%) LAN
8 92 (8.57%) Network Security
9 90 (8.38%) Wi-Fi
10 88 (8.19%) TCP/IP
11 61 (5.68%) SAN
12 54 (5.03%) Wireless
13 33 (3.07%) Internet
14 28 (2.61%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.51%) Cisco ISE
15 27 (2.51%) SSL
16 26 (2.42%) VoIP
17 22 (2.05%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.58%) BGP
18 17 (1.58%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (2.33%) Power BI
5 13 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.12%) MySQL
7 10 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.84%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.56%) Delta Lake
9 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.47%) GIS
10 5 (0.47%) Metadata
10 5 (0.47%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (1.58%) Chocolatey
2 16 (1.49%) Git
2 16 (1.49%) JIRA
3 6 (0.56%) GitLab
3 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.37%) MLflow
6 3 (0.28%) Selenium
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) JUnit
7 2 (0.19%) Spock
7 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.093%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.093%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.093%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.093%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.093%) Yeoman
General
1 389 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 186 (17.32%) Finance
3 144 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.42%) Banking
5 63 (5.87%) Legal
6 59 (5.49%) Law
7 48 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (3.54%) Manufacturing
10 36 (3.35%) Public Sector
11 31 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (2.70%) Retail
13 25 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.86%) Back Office
14 20 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.93%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.74%) Advertising
16 8 (0.74%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 214 (19.93%) Senior
2 159 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 158 (14.71%) IT Support
4 128 (11.92%) IT Engineer
5 101 (9.40%) Support Engineer
6 98 (9.12%) IT Manager
7 81 (7.54%) IT Support Engineer
8 78 (7.26%) Cloud Engineer
9 76 (7.08%) Lead
10 68 (6.33%) Architect
11 62 (5.77%) Analyst
12 59 (5.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 54 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
14 40 (3.72%) Network Engineer
15 37 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
16 35 (3.26%) Administrator
16 35 (3.26%) IT Analyst
17 34 (3.17%) IT Technician
18 31 (2.89%) Security Engineer
19 30 (2.79%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.70%) Middleware
2 13 (1.21%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.12%) SAML
4 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (0.65%) OAuth
5 7 (0.65%) REST
6 6 (0.56%) Kafka
6 6 (0.56%) PySpark
6 6 (0.56%) YAML
7 5 (0.47%) ADO
7 5 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.47%) RESTful
8 4 (0.37%) .NET
8 4 (0.37%) web3js
9 3 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.28%) JSON
9 3 (0.28%) Loki
9 3 (0.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.28%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.28%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.31%) Data Centre
2 73 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 66 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (5.96%) Cloud Native
4 64 (5.96%) Driving Licence
5 57 (5.31%) Cyber Threat
6 52 (4.84%) Replication
7 51 (4.75%) Security Posture
7 51 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
8 41 (3.82%) Onboarding
9 37 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
10 36 (3.35%) PKI
11 31 (2.89%) Public Cloud
12 30 (2.79%) Enterprise Storage
13 27 (2.51%) NHS
14 24 (2.23%) CMDB
15 21 (1.96%) CCTV
16 19 (1.77%) Clustering
16 19 (1.77%) Virtual Team
17 16 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 367 (34.17%) Windows
2 250 (23.28%) Windows Server
3 98 (9.12%) Linux
4 25 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.96%) Mac OS
7 20 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (1.77%) Windows 10
9 17 (1.58%) Unix
10 14 (1.30%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.02%) AIX
11 11 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
12 10 (0.93%) CentOS
13 9 (0.84%) VMS
14 8 (0.74%) Solaris
15 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
17 2 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.19%) Debian
17 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (38.18%) Business Continuity
2 340 (31.66%) Cybersecurity
3 280 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
4 276 (25.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 223 (20.76%) ITIL
6 215 (20.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 176 (16.39%) High Availability
8 170 (15.83%) Incident Response
9 153 (14.25%) DevOps
10 133 (12.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 130 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 128 (11.92%) Service Delivery
13 116 (10.80%) Cloud Security
14 114 (10.61%) Data Protection
15 106 (9.87%) Information Security
16 104 (9.68%) Change Management
17 102 (9.50%) CI/CD
17 102 (9.50%) Risk Management
18 99 (9.22%) BCP
18 99 (9.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 162 (15.08%) PowerShell
2 111 (10.34%) Python
3 110 (10.24%) SQL
4 46 (4.28%) Bash
5 19 (1.77%) Bicep
6 17 (1.58%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.02%) Java
7 11 (1.02%) Korn
8 10 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.84%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.65%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.47%) C#
12 4 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.28%) Go
13 3 (0.28%) Ruby
13 3 (0.28%) Scala
14 2 (0.19%) RPG
14 2 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 123 (11.45%) Degree
2 87 (8.10%) Cisco Certification
3 75 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 67 (6.24%) Azure Certification
5 66 (6.15%) CCNP
6 59 (5.49%) Security Cleared
7 53 (4.93%) CISSP
8 49 (4.56%) CCNA
9 41 (3.82%) SC Cleared
10 40 (3.72%) CISM
11 39 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 28 (2.61%) Postgraduate
14 17 (1.58%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.40%) CEH
15 15 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (1.30%) CISA
17 13 (1.21%) CRISC
17 13 (1.21%) Master's Degree
17 13 (1.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (11.64%) GDPR
3 116 (10.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 115 (10.71%) NIST
5 62 (5.77%) SLA
6 53 (4.93%) PCI DSS
7 47 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 39 (3.63%) ISO 22301
9 29 (2.70%) PMO
9 29 (2.70%) SOC 2
10 28 (2.61%) GRC
11 25 (2.33%) Data Quality
12 15 (1.40%) COBIT
13 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.93%) NCSC
14 8 (0.74%) SOC 1
15 6 (0.56%) QA
16 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.37%) HL7
System Software
1 302 (28.12%) Active Directory
2 255 (23.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 165 (15.36%) Hyper-V
4 44 (4.10%) vSphere
5 39 (3.63%) Docker
6 30 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.96%) Firmware
8 21 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.12%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (0.93%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.84%) vCloud
12 7 (0.65%) KVM
13 4 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.28%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.19%) Squid
15 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 140 (13.04%) Terraform
2 138 (12.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 76 (7.08%) Ansible
4 74 (6.89%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (2.51%) SCCM
7 25 (2.33%) FortiGate
8 21 (1.96%) VxRail
9 12 (1.12%) vCenter Server
10 11 (1.02%) Data Guard
10 11 (1.02%) Nagios
10 11 (1.02%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.93%) Grafana
11 10 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
12 9 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
12 9 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.84%) Packer
13 7 (0.65%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 534 (49.72%) Microsoft
2 314 (29.24%) VMware
3 157 (14.62%) Cisco
4 71 (6.61%) Veeam
5 57 (5.31%) Palo Alto
6 54 (5.03%) Dell
7 43 (4.00%) HP
8 37 (3.45%) Splunk
9 36 (3.35%) Meraki
9 36 (3.35%) Oracle
10 33 (3.07%) Nimble Storage
11 32 (2.98%) Fortinet
12 31 (2.89%) Commvault
13 30 (2.79%) Sophos
14 28 (2.61%) Tenable
15 26 (2.42%) SolarWinds
16 25 (2.33%) Google
17 24 (2.23%) EMC
18 23 (2.14%) Aruba
18 23 (2.14%) IBM