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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 253 210
Rank change year-on-year +63 -43 +86
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,061 590 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.27% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.38% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 802 475 1,118
10th Percentile £32,775 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,563 £41,750
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 £92,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 70,838 42,616 86,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 91.47% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,971 23,341 61,278
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 £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -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 1 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 1 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 +57 949 £57,500 -8.00% 292
UK excluding London +51 629 £47,500 -13.64% 234
London +54 365 £75,000 - 109
Work from Home +81 305 £60,000 - 145
North of England +68 226 £47,500 -13.64% 45
South East +23 163 £50,000 -9.09% 75
Yorkshire +45 112 £48,750 -22.00% 17
Midlands +23 106 £55,000 - 48
North West +42 97 £50,000 -9.09% 25
West Midlands +27 81 £55,000 -4.35% 28
East of England 0 46 £43,500 -18.69% 12
South West -87 36 £43,500 -20.91% 28
Scotland +33 28 £39,400 -28.36% 12
East Midlands -20 24 £55,000 +37.50% 20
North East -55 17 £42,500 -12.82% 4
Wales -35 15 £43,000 -20.00% 11
Northern Ireland -25 7 - - 8
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
1 118 (11.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (10.65%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.70%) IIS
4 6 (0.57%) Apache
4 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.28%) Confluence
5 3 (0.28%) WordPress
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.094%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.094%) nginx
7 1 (0.094%) Site Server
7 1 (0.094%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.41%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.23%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.04%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.38%) 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 (0.094%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.094%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.094%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.094%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 528 (49.76%) Azure
2 329 (31.01%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (18.10%) Entra ID
4 167 (15.74%) AWS
5 67 (6.31%) SaaS
6 59 (5.56%) IaaS
7 54 (5.09%) Nutanix
8 51 (4.81%) PaaS
9 44 (4.15%) Datadog
10 42 (3.96%) Power Platform
11 41 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (3.11%) GitHub
13 31 (2.92%) GCP
14 30 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
15 28 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
16 26 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (2.17%) Mimecast
18 21 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
18 21 (1.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 335 (31.57%) Firewall
2 236 (22.24%) DNS
3 210 (19.79%) VPN
4 184 (17.34%) DHCP
5 148 (13.95%) WAN
6 127 (11.97%) VLAN
7 114 (10.74%) LAN
8 92 (8.67%) Network Security
9 90 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
10 88 (8.29%) TCP/IP
11 62 (5.84%) SAN
12 53 (5.00%) Wireless
13 33 (3.11%) Internet
14 28 (2.64%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.54%) Cisco ISE
15 27 (2.54%) SSL
16 26 (2.45%) VoIP
17 22 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.60%) BGP
18 17 (1.60%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (8.86%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (2.36%) Power BI
5 14 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.23%) MySQL
7 11 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.94%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.66%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.47%) GIS
12 5 (0.47%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.38%) Metadata
14 3 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 17 (1.60%) Chocolatey
1 17 (1.60%) Git
2 16 (1.51%) JIRA
3 6 (0.57%) GitLab
3 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.38%) 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 (0.094%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.094%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.094%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.094%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.094%) Yeoman
General
1 389 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 185 (17.44%) Finance
3 145 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.50%) Banking
5 62 (5.84%) Legal
6 48 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (4.05%) Law
8 41 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (3.58%) Manufacturing
10 36 (3.39%) Public Sector
11 32 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (2.73%) Retail
13 23 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.89%) Back Office
14 20 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.94%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.75%) Advertising
16 8 (0.75%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 216 (20.36%) Senior
2 162 (15.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 160 (15.08%) IT Support
4 129 (12.16%) IT Engineer
5 102 (9.61%) Support Engineer
6 83 (7.82%) IT Manager
7 82 (7.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 79 (7.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 76 (7.16%) Lead
10 67 (6.31%) Architect
11 64 (6.03%) Analyst
12 60 (5.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 54 (5.09%) Azure Engineer
14 39 (3.68%) Network Engineer
15 38 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
16 35 (3.30%) Administrator
16 35 (3.30%) IT Analyst
16 35 (3.30%) IT Technician
17 32 (3.02%) Security Engineer
18 30 (2.83%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.41%) Middleware
2 13 (1.23%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.13%) SAML
4 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (0.66%) OAuth
5 7 (0.66%) PySpark
5 7 (0.66%) REST
6 6 (0.57%) Kafka
6 6 (0.57%) YAML
7 5 (0.47%) ADO
7 5 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.47%) RESTful
8 4 (0.38%) .NET
8 4 (0.38%) web3js
9 3 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.28%) Loki
9 3 (0.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.28%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.28%) ODBC
9 3 (0.28%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.43%) Data Centre
2 74 (6.97%) Management Information System
3 65 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 64 (6.03%) Cloud Native
4 64 (6.03%) Driving Licence
5 53 (5.00%) Replication
6 51 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
7 50 (4.71%) Security Posture
8 42 (3.96%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (3.86%) Onboarding
10 37 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
10 37 (3.49%) PKI
11 31 (2.92%) Public Cloud
12 30 (2.83%) Enterprise Storage
13 27 (2.54%) NHS
14 24 (2.26%) CMDB
15 21 (1.98%) CCTV
16 19 (1.79%) Virtual Team
17 18 (1.70%) Clustering
18 16 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 369 (34.78%) Windows
2 252 (23.75%) Windows Server
3 97 (9.14%) Linux
4 25 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.98%) Mac OS
7 20 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (1.70%) Windows 10
9 16 (1.51%) Unix
10 13 (1.23%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.04%) AIX
11 11 (1.04%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (0.85%) CentOS
12 9 (0.85%) VMS
13 7 (0.66%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.66%) Solaris
14 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.19%) Debian
15 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (37.23%) Business Continuity
2 343 (32.33%) Cybersecurity
3 280 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
4 275 (25.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 219 (20.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 210 (19.79%) ITIL
7 174 (16.40%) High Availability
8 169 (15.93%) Incident Response
9 137 (12.91%) DevOps
10 133 (12.54%) Infrastructure as Code
11 129 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 127 (11.97%) Service Delivery
13 116 (10.93%) Cloud Security
14 114 (10.74%) Data Protection
15 105 (9.90%) Change Management
16 101 (9.52%) CI/CD
16 101 (9.52%) Risk Management
17 99 (9.33%) BCP
17 99 (9.33%) Incident Management
18 98 (9.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 168 (15.83%) PowerShell
2 112 (10.56%) SQL
3 110 (10.37%) Python
4 46 (4.34%) Bash
5 19 (1.79%) Bicep
6 16 (1.51%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.04%) Java
7 11 (1.04%) Korn
8 10 (0.94%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.66%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.47%) C#
13 4 (0.38%) Scala
14 3 (0.28%) Go
14 3 (0.28%) Ruby
14 3 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.19%) RPG
15 2 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 123 (11.59%) Degree
2 87 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 66 (6.22%) Azure Certification
4 66 (6.22%) CCNP
5 58 (5.47%) Security Cleared
6 49 (4.62%) CCNA
7 41 (3.86%) SC Cleared
8 39 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (3.49%) CISSP
10 28 (2.64%) Postgraduate
10 28 (2.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 24 (2.26%) CISM
12 17 (1.60%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.41%) CEH
14 13 (1.23%) CISA
14 13 (1.23%) CRISC
14 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.23%) MCSE
15 11 (1.04%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (14.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (11.78%) GDPR
3 118 (11.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 100 (9.43%) NIST
5 62 (5.84%) SLA
6 53 (5.00%) PCI DSS
7 48 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 29 (2.73%) PMO
8 29 (2.73%) SOC 2
9 28 (2.64%) GRC
10 24 (2.26%) Data Quality
10 24 (2.26%) ISO 22301
11 15 (1.41%) COBIT
12 10 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.94%) NCSC
13 8 (0.75%) SOC 1
14 6 (0.57%) QA
15 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.38%) HL7
System Software
1 307 (28.93%) Active Directory
2 255 (24.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 165 (15.55%) Hyper-V
4 45 (4.24%) vSphere
5 39 (3.68%) Docker
6 31 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.98%) Firmware
8 21 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (0.94%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.85%) vCloud
12 6 (0.57%) KVM
13 4 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.38%) 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%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.094%) Squid
Systems Management
1 140 (13.20%) Terraform
2 138 (13.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (6.97%) Ansible
3 74 (6.97%) Kubernetes
4 29 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (2.54%) SCCM
6 25 (2.36%) FortiGate
7 22 (2.07%) VxRail
8 12 (1.13%) vCenter Server
9 11 (1.04%) Data Guard
9 11 (1.04%) Nagios
9 11 (1.04%) Prometheus
10 10 (0.94%) Grafana
10 10 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (0.85%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.85%) Packer
12 7 (0.66%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.57%) Avamar
13 6 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 535 (50.42%) Microsoft
2 316 (29.78%) VMware
3 158 (14.89%) Cisco
4 70 (6.60%) Veeam
5 57 (5.37%) Palo Alto
6 55 (5.18%) Dell
7 43 (4.05%) HP
8 36 (3.39%) Meraki
8 36 (3.39%) Oracle
8 36 (3.39%) Splunk
9 33 (3.11%) Nimble Storage
10 32 (3.02%) Commvault
10 32 (3.02%) Fortinet
11 30 (2.83%) Sophos
12 28 (2.64%) Tenable
13 26 (2.45%) SolarWinds
14 25 (2.36%) EMC
14 25 (2.36%) Google
15 23 (2.17%) IBM
16 22 (2.07%) Aruba