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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 224 211
Rank change year-on-year -7 -13 +104
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 793 643 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.48% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.59% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 594 522 1,171
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £44,000 £41,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% -

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 68,019 40,426 81,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.51% 93.00% 85.53%
Number of salaries quoted 42,516 22,659 59,588
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -5 687 £62,500 +4.17% 262
UK excluding London -29 433 £52,500 -1.50% 220
London +11 298 £82,500 +10.00% 83
Work from Home +47 244 £65,000 +8.33% 107
North of England -18 145 £55,500 +5.71% 53
South East -11 97 £59,500 -8.46% 66
Yorkshire -2 83 £57,239 +4.07% 20
Midlands -19 74 £52,500 +5.00% 44
West Midlands +7 62 £51,250 +2.50% 29
North West -40 46 £55,000 +22.22% 28
East of England -17 30 £62,500 +35.14% 13
South West -92 30 £42,500 -26.09% 29
Scotland -7 25 £38,000 -24.00% 14
North East -28 16 £58,446 +71.90% 5
Northern Ireland -22 15 - - 1
Wales - 13 £40,750 - 5
East Midlands -53 11 £60,000 +50.00% 14
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 97 (12.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.13%) IIS
4 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.50%) Confluence
5 3 (0.38%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.13%) CICS
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.38%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.25%) Weka
6 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.50%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.13%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.13%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 432 (54.48%) Azure
2 242 (30.52%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (18.79%) Entra ID
4 128 (16.14%) AWS
5 67 (8.45%) Nutanix
6 51 (6.43%) SaaS
7 50 (6.31%) Datadog
8 45 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (5.55%) Azure Monitor
10 43 (5.42%) IaaS
11 39 (4.92%) GitHub
12 38 (4.79%) PaaS
13 35 (4.41%) OneDrive
14 32 (4.04%) Microsoft Purview
15 29 (3.66%) GCP
16 28 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
17 24 (3.03%) Azure AKS
17 24 (3.03%) Power Platform
18 18 (2.27%) Mimecast
18 18 (2.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 243 (30.64%) Firewall
2 173 (21.82%) DNS
3 169 (21.31%) VPN
4 135 (17.02%) DHCP
5 119 (15.01%) WAN
6 83 (10.47%) VLAN
7 72 (9.08%) LAN
8 63 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (7.69%) TCP/IP
10 60 (7.57%) SAN
11 55 (6.94%) Network Security
12 40 (5.04%) Wireless
13 29 (3.66%) SD-WAN
14 27 (3.40%) Remote Desktop
15 20 (2.52%) Cisco ISE
16 19 (2.40%) NAS
17 15 (1.89%) VoIP
18 14 (1.77%) SSL
19 13 (1.64%) BGP
20 12 (1.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.51%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.51%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.51%) Power BI
5 11 (1.39%) MySQL
6 9 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.63%) GIS
9 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.15%) Git
2 20 (2.52%) Chocolatey
3 12 (1.51%) JIRA
4 10 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.50%) GitLab
7 4 (0.50%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.50%) MLflow
8 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.38%) Maven
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 302 (38.08%) Social Skills
2 162 (20.43%) Finance
3 135 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (7.06%) Banking
5 38 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.29%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.91%) Law
8 27 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.15%) Retail
10 21 (2.65%) Legal
11 20 (2.52%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.51%) Back Office
14 12 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.26%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.26%) Marketing
16 9 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.01%) Advertising
18 6 (0.76%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 151 (19.04%) Senior
2 123 (15.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 83 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
3 83 (10.47%) IT Engineer
3 83 (10.47%) IT Support
4 74 (9.33%) Support Engineer
5 61 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 61 (7.69%) Lead
6 56 (7.06%) Azure Engineer
7 51 (6.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 50 (6.31%) IT Support Engineer
9 45 (5.67%) Architect
10 36 (4.54%) Platform Engineer
11 35 (4.41%) Analyst
12 26 (3.28%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (3.15%) Security Engineer
13 25 (3.15%) Security Manager
14 24 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
15 22 (2.77%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 22 (2.77%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.14%) SAML
2 14 (1.77%) OAuth
3 13 (1.64%) YAML
4 12 (1.51%) ADO
4 12 (1.51%) PySpark
5 10 (1.26%) REST
6 9 (1.13%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.13%) Middleware
7 7 (0.88%) Loki
8 6 (0.76%) RESTful
9 4 (0.50%) .NET
9 4 (0.50%) Kafka
9 4 (0.50%) web3js
10 3 (0.38%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.38%) ODBC
10 3 (0.38%) RAML
10 3 (0.38%) SOAP
11 2 (0.25%) LDAP
11 2 (0.25%) Node.js
11 2 (0.25%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 60 (7.57%) Data Centre
3 58 (7.31%) Management Information System
4 39 (4.92%) Cloud Native
4 39 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 38 (4.79%) Replication
6 35 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
6 35 (4.41%) Public Cloud
7 33 (4.16%) Driving Licence
8 30 (3.78%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (3.78%) Security Posture
9 22 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.40%) CMDB
10 19 (2.40%) PKI
11 17 (2.14%) Enterprise Storage
11 17 (2.14%) NHS
12 15 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.26%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 251 (31.65%) Windows
2 167 (21.06%) Windows Server
3 69 (8.70%) Linux
4 25 (3.15%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (1.77%) Ubuntu
6 14 (1.77%) VMS
7 11 (1.39%) Mac OS
8 10 (1.26%) CentOS
9 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.88%) Unix
10 7 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.63%) Android
12 4 (0.50%) AIX
12 4 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.50%) Solaris
13 2 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.25%) Debian
13 2 (0.25%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (37.33%) Business Continuity
2 247 (31.15%) Cybersecurity
3 197 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (24.09%) ITIL
5 184 (23.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 170 (21.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 136 (17.15%) High Availability
8 127 (16.02%) DevOps
9 115 (14.50%) Incident Response
10 105 (13.24%) Service Delivery
11 99 (12.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 91 (11.48%) Change Management
13 90 (11.35%) Cloud Security
14 87 (10.97%) CI/CD
15 85 (10.72%) Migration
16 84 (10.59%) Mentoring
17 83 (10.47%) Data Protection
18 80 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
19 73 (9.21%) Risk Management
20 72 (9.08%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (17.02%) PowerShell
2 101 (12.74%) Python
3 83 (10.47%) SQL
4 41 (5.17%) Bash
5 12 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (1.39%) Java
7 10 (1.26%) Bicep
8 9 (1.13%) Scala
9 8 (1.01%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.88%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.88%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.63%) C#
11 5 (0.63%) Go
12 4 (0.50%) Korn
13 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.25%) COBOL
14 2 (0.25%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) JCL
15 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (12.36%) Degree
2 52 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 50 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.55%) Azure Certification
6 42 (5.30%) CCNP
6 42 (5.30%) Security Cleared
7 30 (3.78%) SC Cleared
8 23 (2.90%) CISSP
9 21 (2.65%) CCNA
9 21 (2.65%) CEH
10 20 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (1.77%) Postgraduate
12 13 (1.64%) MCSE
13 11 (1.39%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.13%) CISM
15 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.01%) VCAP
17 7 (0.88%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (15.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (10.72%) GDPR
3 79 (9.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (8.95%) NIST
5 62 (7.82%) SLA
6 38 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 37 (4.67%) PCI DSS
8 25 (3.15%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.90%) GRC
10 22 (2.77%) PMO
11 21 (2.65%) Data Quality
12 15 (1.89%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.88%) QA
15 5 (0.63%) COBIT
15 5 (0.63%) NCSC
16 4 (0.50%) DICOM
16 4 (0.50%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.50%) HL7
System Software
1 247 (31.15%) Active Directory
2 179 (22.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (13.24%) Hyper-V
4 37 (4.67%) Docker
5 33 (4.16%) vSphere
6 31 (3.91%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (2.52%) Firmware
8 17 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (1.01%) vCloud
10 8 (1.01%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.76%) KVM
11 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
15 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 110 (13.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (13.62%) Terraform
3 67 (8.45%) Kubernetes
4 61 (7.69%) Ansible
5 27 (3.40%) SCCM
6 17 (2.14%) VxRail
7 13 (1.64%) Grafana
8 11 (1.39%) FortiGate
8 11 (1.39%) Prometheus
9 10 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.01%) Packer
10 8 (1.01%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.76%) Nagios
12 5 (0.63%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.63%) WSUS
13 4 (0.50%) Argo
13 4 (0.50%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.38%) Avamar
Vendors
1 391 (49.31%) Microsoft
2 248 (31.27%) VMware
3 78 (9.84%) Cisco
4 59 (7.44%) Dell
5 45 (5.67%) HP
6 42 (5.30%) Veeam
7 41 (5.17%) Palo Alto
8 37 (4.67%) Nimble Storage
9 36 (4.54%) Commvault
10 31 (3.91%) Tenable
11 28 (3.53%) Meraki
12 27 (3.40%) Dell Compellent
12 27 (3.40%) Zscaler
13 25 (3.15%) Dynatrace
14 21 (2.65%) AppDynamics
14 21 (2.65%) Fortinet
15 20 (2.52%) EMC
15 20 (2.52%) Oracle
15 20 (2.52%) Splunk
16 18 (2.27%) F5