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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 253 212
Rank change year-on-year +38 -41 +103
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 855 555 1,318
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.29% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.39% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 643 438 1,134
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £69,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £88,375
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 68,525 40,020 82,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 44,515 20,986 59,915
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,839 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.66% +3.29% -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 24 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 24 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 +17 748 £60,000 -4.00% 293
UK excluding London +19 474 £50,000 -9.09% 239
London +31 319 £77,500 +3.33% 92
Work from Home +97 265 £63,717 +6.20% 128
North of England +43 171 £50,000 -9.09% 59
South East -11 99 £57,500 -4.17% 70
Yorkshire +18 91 £47,500 -24.00% 28
Midlands +23 87 £52,500 +14.13% 49
West Midlands +24 72 £52,500 +5.00% 33
North West +20 63 £50,000 -9.09% 27
East of England -16 32 £62,500 +17.92% 21
South West -97 29 £40,000 -27.27% 23
Scotland +12 27 £38,000 -30.91% 7
North East -39 17 £50,973 -0.54% 4
Wales -21 15 £43,000 -14.00% 6
East Midlands -31 14 £60,000 +50.00% 16
Northern Ireland -29 10 - - 10
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 (12.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (10.76%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.29%) IIS
4 4 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.47%) Confluence
5 3 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.58%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.58%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.47%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 467 (54.62%) Azure
2 258 (30.18%) Microsoft 365
3 156 (18.25%) Entra ID
4 133 (15.56%) AWS
5 64 (7.49%) Nutanix
6 60 (7.02%) SaaS
7 50 (5.85%) Datadog
8 49 (5.73%) IaaS
9 44 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (5.03%) PaaS
11 41 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (4.44%) GitHub
13 31 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
13 31 (3.63%) OneDrive
14 29 (3.39%) GCP
14 29 (3.39%) Power Platform
15 27 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (2.69%) Azure AKS
17 20 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
18 18 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 259 (30.29%) Firewall
2 182 (21.29%) DNS
3 176 (20.58%) VPN
4 137 (16.02%) DHCP
5 122 (14.27%) WAN
6 88 (10.29%) VLAN
7 75 (8.77%) LAN
8 67 (7.84%) SAN
9 65 (7.60%) Wi-Fi
10 64 (7.49%) Network Security
11 63 (7.37%) TCP/IP
12 39 (4.56%) Wireless
13 29 (3.39%) SD-WAN
14 26 (3.04%) Remote Desktop
15 22 (2.57%) Cisco ISE
16 20 (2.34%) SSL
17 19 (2.22%) NAS
17 19 (2.22%) VoIP
18 14 (1.64%) BGP
18 14 (1.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.52%) Power BI
5 12 (1.40%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.40%) Delta Lake
6 9 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.05%) MySQL
6 9 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.82%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (0.82%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.58%) GIS
9 5 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.35%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.81%) Git
2 21 (2.46%) Chocolatey
3 12 (1.40%) JIRA
4 9 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.47%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.47%) MLflow
8 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.35%) GitLab
8 3 (0.35%) Maven
8 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.23%) Selenium
9 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 311 (36.37%) Social Skills
2 167 (19.53%) Finance
3 143 (16.73%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.25%) Banking
5 43 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (3.98%) Law
6 34 (3.98%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.86%) Legal
8 26 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (3.04%) Retail
9 20 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.52%) Back Office
12 13 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.40%) Advertising
14 10 (1.17%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.94%) Marketing
15 8 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.82%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 171 (20.00%) Senior
2 140 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 96 (11.23%) IT Support
4 91 (10.64%) IT Engineer
5 86 (10.06%) Cloud Engineer
6 76 (8.89%) Support Engineer
7 63 (7.37%) IT Manager
8 58 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
8 58 (6.78%) Lead
9 57 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 56 (6.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 48 (5.61%) Architect
12 42 (4.91%) Analyst
13 39 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
14 28 (3.27%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (3.27%) Security Engineer
15 27 (3.16%) Administrator
16 26 (3.04%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 25 (2.92%) Network Engineer
18 24 (2.81%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.87%) SAML
2 12 (1.40%) OAuth
2 12 (1.40%) PySpark
3 11 (1.29%) YAML
4 10 (1.17%) ADO
4 10 (1.17%) REST
5 9 (1.05%) Middleware
6 8 (0.94%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.82%) Kafka
7 7 (0.82%) Loki
7 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.58%) RESTful
9 4 (0.47%) .NET
9 4 (0.47%) web3js
10 3 (0.35%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.35%) JSON
10 3 (0.35%) ODBC
10 3 (0.35%) RAML
10 3 (0.35%) SOAP
11 2 (0.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.89%) Data Centre
2 67 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 63 (7.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 45 (5.26%) Replication
5 42 (4.91%) Cloud Native
6 40 (4.68%) Driving Licence
6 40 (4.68%) Onboarding
7 37 (4.33%) Cyber Threat
8 34 (3.98%) Public Cloud
8 34 (3.98%) Security Posture
9 33 (3.86%) Data Protection Act
10 24 (2.81%) Enterprise Storage
10 24 (2.81%) PKI
10 24 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (2.57%) CMDB
12 21 (2.46%) NHS
13 16 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.52%) Clustering
15 12 (1.40%) CCTV
16 11 (1.29%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 290 (33.92%) Windows
2 182 (21.29%) Windows Server
3 76 (8.89%) Linux
4 21 (2.46%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.99%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.87%) Mac OS
8 15 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (1.52%) Ubuntu
11 12 (1.40%) VMS
12 9 (1.05%) CentOS
13 8 (0.94%) Unix
14 6 (0.70%) AIX
14 6 (0.70%) Android
14 6 (0.70%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (0.47%) Solaris
16 2 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.23%) Debian
17 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (36.14%) Business Continuity
2 259 (30.29%) Cybersecurity
3 215 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 196 (22.92%) ITIL
5 190 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 183 (21.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 137 (16.02%) High Availability
8 125 (14.62%) DevOps
9 124 (14.50%) Incident Response
10 111 (12.98%) Service Delivery
11 102 (11.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 100 (11.70%) Cloud Security
13 91 (10.64%) Data Protection
14 90 (10.53%) Change Management
15 88 (10.29%) CI/CD
16 87 (10.18%) Migration
17 82 (9.59%) Mentoring
17 82 (9.59%) Service Management
17 82 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 79 (9.24%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (16.37%) PowerShell
2 100 (11.70%) Python
3 94 (10.99%) SQL
4 40 (4.68%) Bash
5 11 (1.29%) Java
6 10 (1.17%) Bicep
6 10 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.05%) Scala
7 9 (1.05%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.70%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.70%) Korn
10 5 (0.58%) C#
10 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.35%) Go
11 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.23%) RPG
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) COBOL
13 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 105 (12.28%) Degree
2 61 (7.13%) Cisco Certification
3 60 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 57 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 49 (5.73%) CCNP
6 47 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (5.38%) Security Cleared
8 37 (4.33%) SC Cleared
9 28 (3.27%) CCNA
10 27 (3.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 24 (2.81%) CISSP
12 19 (2.22%) CEH
12 19 (2.22%) Postgraduate
13 14 (1.64%) MCSE
14 11 (1.29%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.29%) CISM
15 10 (1.17%) VCAP
16 9 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 9 (1.05%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (14.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (10.41%) GDPR
3 88 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 81 (9.47%) NIST
5 60 (7.02%) SLA
6 42 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 41 (4.80%) PCI DSS
8 26 (3.04%) PMO
9 23 (2.69%) GRC
9 23 (2.69%) SOC 2
10 21 (2.46%) Data Quality
11 17 (1.99%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (1.05%) COBIT
14 7 (0.82%) QA
15 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.47%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.47%) HL7
16 4 (0.47%) NCSC
16 4 (0.47%) SOC 1
System Software
1 261 (30.53%) Active Directory
2 194 (22.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 108 (12.63%) Hyper-V
4 39 (4.56%) vSphere
5 32 (3.74%) Docker
6 27 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.46%) Firmware
8 18 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (1.17%) VMware NSX
11 9 (1.05%) vCloud
12 6 (0.70%) KVM
12 6 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.35%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.23%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 127 (14.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 109 (12.75%) Terraform
3 64 (7.49%) Kubernetes
4 58 (6.78%) Ansible
5 28 (3.27%) SCCM
6 20 (2.34%) VxRail
7 19 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.52%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.29%) Grafana
9 11 (1.29%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
10 8 (0.94%) Packer
10 8 (0.94%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.82%) Data Guard
11 7 (0.82%) Nagios
12 6 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.70%) WSUS
13 5 (0.58%) Avamar
13 5 (0.58%) EMC VPLEX
13 5 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 428 (50.06%) Microsoft
2 264 (30.88%) VMware
3 90 (10.53%) Cisco
4 59 (6.90%) Dell
5 53 (6.20%) Veeam
6 45 (5.26%) HP
7 40 (4.68%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.44%) Nimble Storage
9 33 (3.86%) Commvault
9 33 (3.86%) Tenable
10 30 (3.51%) Meraki
11 26 (3.04%) Dynatrace
11 26 (3.04%) Splunk
12 25 (2.92%) Zscaler
13 24 (2.81%) Dell Compellent
13 24 (2.81%) Fortinet
14 22 (2.57%) AppDynamics
14 22 (2.57%) EMC
14 22 (2.57%) Oracle
15 20 (2.34%) SolarWinds