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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 195 211
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 +138
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 745 677 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.64% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.77% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 562 560 1,167
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% +1.86%

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 60,236 38,342 77,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.83% 93.07% 86.53%
Number of salaries quoted 37,103 22,499 57,686
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 March 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 March 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 -34 644 £61,250 +2.08% 274
UK excluding London -52 395 £52,500 -1.50% 239
London +17 290 £85,000 +13.33% 82
Work from Home +27 233 £70,000 +16.67% 108
North of England -19 139 £47,500 -2.56% 61
South East -28 90 £60,000 -7.69% 76
Yorkshire -5 82 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Midlands -31 57 £52,500 +5.00% 41
West Midlands -3 47 £52,500 +4.48% 29
North West -46 37 £41,250 -8.33% 36
South West -83 29 £42,500 -26.09% 16
East of England -38 26 £70,000 +28.44% 23
Northern Ireland - 22 - -
North East -10 20 £51,000 +59.38% 6
Scotland -40 17 £37,500 -25.66% 20
Wales -14 11 £31,500 -36.36% 7
East Midlands -51 9 £60,000 +50.00% 12
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
1 103 (13.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (10.47%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.81%) IIS
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) Confluence
5 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.27%) CICS
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.54%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 409 (54.90%) Azure
2 235 (31.54%) Microsoft 365
3 156 (20.94%) Entra ID
4 129 (17.32%) AWS
5 69 (9.26%) Nutanix
6 48 (6.44%) SaaS
7 45 (6.04%) Azure Monitor
8 44 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (5.50%) Datadog
9 41 (5.50%) IaaS
10 37 (4.97%) GCP
10 37 (4.97%) GitHub
11 36 (4.83%) PaaS
12 34 (4.56%) Microsoft Purview
12 34 (4.56%) OneDrive
13 24 (3.22%) GitHub Actions
13 24 (3.22%) Serverless
14 23 (3.09%) Azure AKS
15 20 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (2.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 220 (29.53%) Firewall
2 160 (21.48%) DNS
3 151 (20.27%) VPN
4 140 (18.79%) DHCP
5 99 (13.29%) WAN
6 77 (10.34%) VLAN
7 61 (8.19%) LAN
8 56 (7.52%) Wi-Fi
9 55 (7.38%) TCP/IP
10 49 (6.58%) SAN
11 44 (5.91%) Network Security
12 31 (4.16%) Remote Desktop
12 31 (4.16%) Wireless
13 22 (2.95%) SD-WAN
14 17 (2.28%) VoIP
15 15 (2.01%) NAS
16 14 (1.88%) BGP
17 12 (1.61%) Cisco ISE
18 8 (1.07%) SSL
19 7 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.13%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.01%) MySQL
6 14 (1.88%) Oracle Database
7 11 (1.48%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.48%) Delta Lake
7 11 (1.48%) Power BI
8 8 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.81%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.67%) GIS
11 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.54%) DB2
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (4.30%) Git
2 18 (2.42%) Chocolatey
3 15 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.88%) JIRA
5 5 (0.67%) GitLab
5 5 (0.67%) Selenium
5 5 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.54%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.40%) Maven
7 3 (0.40%) MLflow
7 3 (0.40%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.27%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 286 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 183 (24.56%) Finance
3 111 (14.90%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (6.98%) Banking
5 36 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (4.83%) Law
6 30 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.76%) Retail
8 27 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (2.28%) Legal
12 16 (2.15%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.48%) Back Office
13 11 (1.48%) Marketing
14 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.21%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.07%) Advertising
16 7 (0.94%) French Language
Job Titles
1 111 (14.90%) Senior
2 110 (14.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 79 (10.60%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (8.99%) Lead
5 66 (8.86%) Support Engineer
6 64 (8.59%) IT Support
7 62 (8.32%) IT Engineer
8 58 (7.79%) IT Manager
9 49 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
10 44 (5.91%) Analyst
11 39 (5.23%) Architect
12 38 (5.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 33 (4.43%) IT Support Engineer
14 28 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
15 27 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
16 26 (3.49%) Support Technician
17 25 (3.36%) Security Engineer
18 24 (3.22%) Support Analyst
19 23 (3.09%) DBA
19 23 (3.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.42%) SAML
2 16 (2.15%) OAuth
3 13 (1.74%) YAML
4 12 (1.61%) ADO
5 11 (1.48%) PySpark
6 9 (1.21%) REST
7 8 (1.07%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.07%) RESTful
8 7 (0.94%) Loki
9 6 (0.81%) EDI
10 5 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.67%) LDAP
10 5 (0.67%) Middleware
11 4 (0.54%) Kafka
12 3 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.40%) AWS SAM
12 3 (0.40%) LAMP
12 3 (0.40%) OAuth2
12 3 (0.40%) RAML
12 3 (0.40%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.47%) Hybrid Cloud
2 53 (7.11%) Management Information System
3 37 (4.97%) Public Cloud
4 36 (4.83%) Data Centre
5 34 (4.56%) Cloud Native
5 34 (4.56%) Replication
6 33 (4.43%) Driving Licence
7 32 (4.30%) Cyber Threat
8 29 (3.89%) Onboarding
9 28 (3.76%) Data Protection Act
10 24 (3.22%) Security Posture
11 22 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (2.28%) CMDB
14 15 (2.01%) PKI
15 14 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.48%) Clustering
16 11 (1.48%) NHS
17 10 (1.34%) Cyber Security Posture
18 9 (1.21%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 249 (33.42%) Windows
2 168 (22.55%) Windows Server
3 78 (10.47%) Linux
4 27 (3.62%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.42%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.15%) Unix
8 15 (2.01%) VMS
9 12 (1.61%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.07%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.94%) CentOS
12 6 (0.81%) Android
12 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.54%) Rocky
14 3 (0.40%) AIX
15 2 (0.27%) zOS
16 1 (0.13%) Debian
16 1 (0.13%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (36.51%) Business Continuity
2 225 (30.20%) Cybersecurity
3 191 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
4 182 (24.43%) ITIL
5 158 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 154 (20.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 136 (18.26%) High Availability
8 125 (16.78%) DevOps
9 104 (13.96%) Incident Response
10 100 (13.42%) Service Delivery
11 99 (13.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 91 (12.21%) CI/CD
13 88 (11.81%) Migration
14 82 (11.01%) Change Management
15 78 (10.47%) Mentoring
16 75 (10.07%) Cloud Security
16 75 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
17 73 (9.80%) ITSM
18 72 (9.66%) Data Protection
19 71 (9.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 157 (21.07%) PowerShell
2 114 (15.30%) Python
3 80 (10.74%) SQL
4 38 (5.10%) Bash
5 16 (2.15%) Java
6 12 (1.61%) Bicep
6 12 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.21%) Go
7 9 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.21%) Scala
7 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.21%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.54%) C#
8 4 (0.54%) Korn
9 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) COBOL
10 2 (0.27%) JCL
11 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (13.15%) Degree
2 50 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (6.44%) Azure Certification
4 45 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 33 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (4.30%) SC Cleared
7 25 (3.36%) CEH
8 24 (3.22%) CCNP
9 23 (3.09%) CISSP
10 16 (2.15%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.74%) CCNA
12 12 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.48%) CISM
13 11 (1.48%) MCSE
14 10 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (1.34%) HNC
15 9 (1.21%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (16.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (9.26%) GDPR
4 65 (8.72%) NIST
5 60 (8.05%) SLA
6 39 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 25 (3.36%) PCI DSS
8 22 (2.95%) SOC 2
9 18 (2.42%) ISO 22301
10 16 (2.15%) GRC
11 14 (1.88%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.48%) PMO
13 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.67%) ISAE 3402
14 5 (0.67%) NCSC
14 5 (0.67%) QA
15 4 (0.54%) DICOM
15 4 (0.54%) HL7
16 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 247 (33.15%) Active Directory
2 161 (21.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (13.42%) Hyper-V
4 41 (5.50%) Docker
5 32 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (3.22%) vSphere
7 14 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.34%) Firmware
10 8 (1.07%) vCloud
11 6 (0.81%) KVM
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
11 6 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.27%) RACF
13 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.13%) Postfix
14 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 107 (14.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 106 (14.23%) Terraform
3 70 (9.40%) Kubernetes
4 66 (8.86%) Ansible
5 24 (3.22%) SCCM
6 16 (2.15%) Grafana
7 12 (1.61%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.48%) VxRail
9 10 (1.34%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.21%) Nagios
11 8 (1.07%) Data Guard
11 8 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.94%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
13 6 (0.81%) Packer
13 6 (0.81%) Puppet
14 4 (0.54%) Backup Exec
15 3 (0.40%) Argo
15 3 (0.40%) Avamar
15 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 354 (47.52%) Microsoft
2 222 (29.80%) VMware
3 61 (8.19%) Cisco
4 53 (7.11%) Dell
5 33 (4.43%) Commvault
5 33 (4.43%) HP
6 30 (4.03%) Nimble Storage
6 30 (4.03%) Palo Alto
7 28 (3.76%) Dell Compellent
8 27 (3.62%) Dynatrace
8 27 (3.62%) Zscaler
9 26 (3.49%) Tenable
10 25 (3.36%) Veeam
11 24 (3.22%) Oracle
12 23 (3.09%) Meraki
13 19 (2.55%) AppDynamics
14 17 (2.28%) Fortinet
14 17 (2.28%) Splunk
15 16 (2.15%) Google
16 14 (1.88%) Sophos