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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 249 206
Rank change year-on-year +72 -43 +63
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,188 618 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.25% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.40% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 849 488 884
10th Percentile £34,500 £34,275 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £43,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 75,424 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,991 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 30 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 30 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 +49 1,021 £57,500 -4.17% 338
UK excluding London +63 757 £47,500 -9.52% 268
London +49 371 £75,000 - 124
Work from Home +75 357 £60,000 +9.09% 130
North of England +57 218 £47,500 -11.63% 63
South East +46 203 £50,000 - 93
Midlands +28 120 £55,000 - 40
North West +50 114 £47,500 -11.63% 27
West Midlands +33 88 £55,000 -4.35% 30
Yorkshire +36 87 £44,500 -28.80% 31
East of England -3 54 £45,000 -14.29% 19
Northern Ireland -23 51 - - 8
South West -83 50 £50,000 +5.26% 27
Scotland +39 39 £48,000 -10.70% 13
East Midlands -12 32 £50,000 +8.11% 10
Wales -42 20 £44,000 -23.48% 14
North East -55 17 £42,500 -12.82% 5
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
1 123 (10.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 117 (9.85%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.85%) IIS
4 15 (1.26%) Apache
5 10 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.76%) nginx
7 5 (0.42%) Confluence
8 3 (0.25%) WordPress
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.084%) Site Server
Applications
1 20 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.18%) PlantUML
3 13 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.09%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.51%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.42%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.42%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.25%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.084%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.084%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.084%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.084%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.084%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.084%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 618 (52.02%) Azure
2 354 (29.80%) Microsoft 365
3 236 (19.87%) AWS
4 193 (16.25%) Entra ID
5 124 (10.44%) SaaS
6 79 (6.65%) IaaS
7 64 (5.39%) PaaS
8 50 (4.21%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.62%) Nutanix
10 37 (3.11%) GCP
11 36 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
11 36 (3.03%) Datadog
12 32 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.02%) GitHub
14 23 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
17 20 (1.68%) Google Workspace
17 20 (1.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 341 (28.70%) Firewall
2 260 (21.89%) DNS
3 213 (17.93%) VPN
4 191 (16.08%) DHCP
5 154 (12.96%) WAN
6 127 (10.69%) VLAN
7 124 (10.44%) LAN
8 103 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
9 99 (8.33%) Network Security
10 90 (7.58%) TCP/IP
11 61 (5.13%) SAN
12 59 (4.97%) Wireless
13 41 (3.45%) Internet
14 33 (2.78%) SD-WAN
15 32 (2.69%) SSL
16 31 (2.61%) VoIP
17 29 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
18 21 (1.77%) NAS
19 20 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
20 16 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (7.83%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (2.61%) Power BI
4 29 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.18%) Oracle Database
7 13 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.01%) MySQL
9 9 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.67%) Metadata
11 7 (0.59%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.51%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.51%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.34%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.25%) Big Data
15 3 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
15 3 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (1.85%) JIRA
2 18 (1.52%) Git
3 16 (1.35%) Chocolatey
4 11 (0.93%) GitLab
5 7 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.51%) JUnit
6 6 (0.51%) Spock
6 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.34%) MLflow
9 2 (0.17%) Selenium
9 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.17%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.17%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.084%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.084%) git-flow
10 1 (0.084%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.084%) Maven
General
1 406 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 214 (18.01%) Finance
3 152 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.31%) Law
4 75 (6.31%) Legal
5 69 (5.81%) Banking
6 59 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 38 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (2.95%) Retail
10 33 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 32 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (2.61%) Public Sector
13 24 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.52%) Back Office
15 13 (1.09%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.01%) Mandarin Language
17 11 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (0.84%) Aerospace
19 8 (0.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 224 (18.86%) Senior
2 179 (15.07%) IT Support
3 151 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 140 (11.78%) IT Engineer
4 140 (11.78%) IT Manager
5 114 (9.60%) Support Engineer
6 93 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
7 82 (6.90%) Architect
8 72 (6.06%) Analyst
9 64 (5.39%) Cloud Engineer
10 59 (4.97%) Service Manager
11 58 (4.88%) Lead
11 58 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 57 (4.80%) Resilience Manager
13 54 (4.55%) IT Services Manager
14 50 (4.21%) Azure Engineer
15 45 (3.79%) Network Engineer
16 38 (3.20%) Administrator
17 37 (3.11%) IT Analyst
18 35 (2.95%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.30%) Middleware
2 14 (1.18%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.76%) Kafka
4 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.67%) Web Services
5 7 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.51%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.51%) SAML
6 6 (0.51%) Spring
7 5 (0.42%) .NET
8 4 (0.34%) AWS CDK
8 4 (0.34%) ModSecurity
8 4 (0.34%) REST
8 4 (0.34%) web3js
9 3 (0.25%) JSON
9 3 (0.25%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.25%) OAuth
9 3 (0.25%) ODBC
9 3 (0.25%) PySpark
9 3 (0.25%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.01%) Data Centre
2 94 (7.91%) Cyber Threat
3 86 (7.24%) Management Information System
4 73 (6.14%) Cloud Native
5 70 (5.89%) Driving Licence
6 68 (5.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 59 (4.97%) Replication
8 58 (4.88%) Security Posture
9 53 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
10 51 (4.29%) Onboarding
11 34 (2.86%) PKI
12 31 (2.61%) Enterprise Storage
13 30 (2.53%) NHS
14 26 (2.19%) Public Cloud
15 23 (1.94%) CCTV
16 22 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
17 21 (1.77%) CMDB
17 21 (1.77%) Virtual Team
18 19 (1.60%) Clustering
19 18 (1.52%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 402 (33.84%) Windows
2 274 (23.06%) Windows Server
3 122 (10.27%) Linux
4 30 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (2.02%) Windows 10
7 23 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 23 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (1.85%) Unix
9 17 (1.43%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.09%) AIX
11 12 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
12 10 (0.84%) CentOS
13 9 (0.76%) Solaris
13 9 (0.76%) VMS
14 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.17%) Debian
17 1 (0.084%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (41.08%) Business Continuity
2 352 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 322 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
4 301 (25.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (21.63%) ITIL
6 211 (17.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 199 (16.75%) DevOps
8 187 (15.74%) High Availability
9 162 (13.64%) Incident Response
10 154 (12.96%) Information Security
11 149 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 143 (12.04%) Service Delivery
13 139 (11.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 128 (10.77%) Agile
15 120 (10.10%) Project Delivery
16 117 (9.85%) Change Management
17 116 (9.76%) CI/CD
17 116 (9.76%) Cloud Security
18 114 (9.60%) Mentoring
19 111 (9.34%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 174 (14.65%) PowerShell
2 114 (9.60%) Python
3 111 (9.34%) SQL
4 48 (4.04%) Bash
5 24 (2.02%) Shell Script
6 22 (1.85%) Bicep
7 12 (1.01%) Java
7 12 (1.01%) Korn
7 12 (1.01%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.84%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.34%) C#
12 4 (0.34%) COBOL
12 4 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.25%) Ruby
14 2 (0.17%) RPG
14 2 (0.17%) Scala
14 2 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 131 (11.03%) Degree
2 97 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
3 94 (7.91%) CISSP
4 84 (7.07%) Azure Certification
4 84 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 79 (6.65%) CISM
6 74 (6.23%) CCNP
7 71 (5.98%) Security Cleared
8 55 (4.63%) SC Cleared
9 52 (4.38%) CCNA
9 52 (4.38%) ITIL Certification
10 38 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 33 (2.78%) Postgraduate
11 33 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 25 (2.10%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.35%) Master's Degree
14 15 (1.26%) CISA
15 14 (1.18%) CEH
15 14 (1.18%) CRISC
15 14 (1.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (11.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 131 (11.03%) NIST
3 105 (8.84%) GDPR
4 103 (8.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 76 (6.40%) ISO 22301
6 69 (5.81%) SLA
7 48 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 47 (3.96%) PCI DSS
9 29 (2.44%) GRC
9 29 (2.44%) PMO
10 23 (1.94%) Data Quality
10 23 (1.94%) SOC 2
11 16 (1.35%) COBIT
12 14 (1.18%) NCSC
13 11 (0.93%) QA
14 8 (0.67%) SOC 1
15 7 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.34%) HL7
17 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 320 (26.94%) Active Directory
2 276 (23.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 181 (15.24%) Hyper-V
4 48 (4.04%) Docker
5 46 (3.87%) vSphere
6 31 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
8 24 (2.02%) Firmware
9 21 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.18%) Oracle RAC
11 11 (0.93%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.76%) KVM
12 9 (0.76%) vCloud
13 6 (0.51%) Squid
14 4 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.25%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.25%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.084%) Xen
Systems Management
1 154 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 140 (11.78%) Terraform
3 77 (6.48%) Kubernetes
4 75 (6.31%) Ansible
5 34 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (2.36%) FortiGate
7 26 (2.19%) SCCM
8 19 (1.60%) VxRail
9 14 (1.18%) Data Guard
10 13 (1.09%) Nagios
11 12 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
12 11 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.93%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.84%) Prometheus
14 8 (0.67%) Dell DRAC
14 8 (0.67%) Grafana
15 7 (0.59%) Avamar
15 7 (0.59%) Packer
16 6 (0.51%) EMC VPLEX
16 6 (0.51%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 569 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 326 (27.44%) VMware
3 177 (14.90%) Cisco
4 83 (6.99%) Veeam
5 58 (4.88%) Palo Alto
6 46 (3.87%) Dell
7 43 (3.62%) Splunk
8 42 (3.54%) Oracle
9 39 (3.28%) HP
9 39 (3.28%) Meraki
10 37 (3.11%) Fortinet
11 32 (2.69%) Sophos
12 30 (2.53%) Aruba
13 29 (2.44%) Google
14 27 (2.27%) Nimble Storage
14 27 (2.27%) SolarWinds
15 26 (2.19%) SonicWALL
16 25 (2.10%) IBM
16 25 (2.10%) Tenable
17 24 (2.02%) Commvault