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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 172 198
Rank change year-on-year -46 +26 +130
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 676 861 1,193
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.72% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.87% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 519 527 1,083
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £106,500 £92,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 52,411 45,996 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.77% 91.99% 88.32%
Number of salaries quoted 31,090 22,202 50,938
10th Percentile £28,809 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £101,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 17 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 10 February 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 -23 591 £62,500 +4.17% 210
UK excluding London -76 342 £52,500 - 201
London +32 275 £80,000 +6.67% 55
Work from Home +17 209 £69,368 +10.99% 104
North of England -37 125 £47,750 +6.11% 43
South East -15 76 £67,500 +3.85% 78
Yorkshire -19 73 £47,500 -9.52% 23
Midlands -29 57 £57,500 +7.88% 37
West Midlands 0 38 £57,500 +7.88% 22
North West -44 35 £42,500 -5.56% 20
South West -37 26 £45,000 -25.00% 13
Northern Ireland - 22 - -
East of England -18 20 £35,750 -35.00% 17
East Midlands -40 18 £48,750 -18.75% 15
North East -4 17 £55,473 +40.44% 2
Scotland -53 10 £48,000 -30.18% 13
Wales +2 7 £28,000 -50.66% 5

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
1 109 (16.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (15.09%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.78%) IIS
4 5 (0.74%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.59%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.59%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.30%) CICS
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) Confluence
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.30%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.30%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.59%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 374 (55.33%) Azure
2 229 (33.88%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (24.26%) Entra ID
4 121 (17.90%) AWS
5 49 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
6 48 (7.10%) SaaS
7 45 (6.66%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (6.66%) Nutanix
8 42 (6.21%) GitHub
9 39 (5.77%) GCP
10 38 (5.62%) OneDrive
11 37 (5.47%) IaaS
12 36 (5.33%) PaaS
13 34 (5.03%) Datadog
13 34 (5.03%) Microsoft Purview
14 27 (3.99%) GitHub Actions
15 23 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (3.40%) Serverless
16 21 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
17 19 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 196 (28.99%) Firewall
2 167 (24.70%) DNS
3 145 (21.45%) DHCP
4 140 (20.71%) VPN
5 103 (15.24%) WAN
6 74 (10.95%) VLAN
7 72 (10.65%) TCP/IP
8 57 (8.43%) LAN
9 49 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (6.80%) SAN
11 38 (5.62%) SD-WAN
12 37 (5.47%) Wireless
13 30 (4.44%) Network Security
14 27 (3.99%) VoIP
15 22 (3.25%) Remote Desktop
16 19 (2.81%) NAS
17 16 (2.37%) BGP
17 16 (2.37%) SSL
18 8 (1.18%) Unified Communications
19 7 (1.04%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.40%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 18 (2.66%) Oracle Database
5 15 (2.22%) MySQL
6 12 (1.78%) Power BI
7 9 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.33%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.18%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.18%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.04%) DB2
10 6 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.89%) Oracle Exadata
10 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.74%) GIS
11 5 (0.74%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.59%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 27 (3.99%) Git
2 21 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.48%) Chocolatey
4 9 (1.33%) JIRA
5 6 (0.89%) Selenium
6 5 (0.74%) GitLab
6 5 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.59%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.59%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.44%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.44%) Maven
9 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.30%) TestRail
10 1 (0.15%) JMeter
10 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 257 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 198 (29.29%) Finance
3 100 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.66%) Banking
4 45 (6.66%) Law
5 27 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (3.99%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.70%) Retail
7 22 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (3.11%) Financial Institution
8 21 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.51%) Legal
11 14 (2.07%) Back Office
12 11 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.48%) Marketing
13 10 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.04%) Advertising
16 5 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 117 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 93 (13.76%) Senior
3 78 (11.54%) Cloud Engineer
4 68 (10.06%) Support Engineer
5 58 (8.58%) IT Engineer
6 57 (8.43%) IT Support
7 55 (8.14%) Lead
8 47 (6.95%) IT Manager
9 43 (6.36%) Analyst
10 38 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
11 33 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
12 32 (4.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (4.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
14 26 (3.85%) Support Technician
15 25 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
16 24 (3.55%) Architect
16 24 (3.55%) Infrastructure Support
16 24 (3.55%) Support Analyst
17 23 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.81%) SAML
2 15 (2.22%) OAuth
3 12 (1.78%) ADO
3 12 (1.78%) YAML
4 11 (1.63%) REST
5 9 (1.33%) EDI
5 9 (1.33%) PySpark
5 9 (1.33%) RESTful
6 7 (1.04%) .NET
6 7 (1.04%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.04%) Loki
7 6 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.89%) LDAP
7 6 (0.89%) Middleware
8 4 (0.59%) AWS SAM
8 4 (0.59%) Kafka
8 4 (0.59%) LAPP Stack
8 4 (0.59%) SOAP
8 4 (0.59%) WebSphere MQ
9 3 (0.44%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.84%) Hybrid Cloud
2 45 (6.66%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.73%) Data Centre
3 32 (4.73%) Onboarding
4 30 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (4.29%) Cloud Native
6 28 (4.14%) Public Cloud
6 28 (4.14%) Replication
7 26 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (2.81%) PKI
10 17 (2.51%) Clustering
10 17 (2.51%) Security Posture
11 16 (2.37%) Driving Licence
11 16 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (2.22%) CMDB
13 14 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.33%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.18%) CCTV
16 7 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 232 (34.32%) Windows
2 166 (24.56%) Windows Server
3 83 (12.28%) Linux
4 31 (4.59%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.81%) Unix
6 18 (2.66%) VMS
7 17 (2.51%) Apple iOS
8 15 (2.22%) Mac OS
9 12 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.04%) Android
11 4 (0.59%) Rocky
11 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.44%) AIX
12 3 (0.44%) CentOS
12 3 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (33.28%) Business Continuity
2 176 (26.04%) Cybersecurity
3 167 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
4 161 (23.82%) ITIL
5 160 (23.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 139 (20.56%) High Availability
7 136 (20.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 127 (18.79%) DevOps
9 111 (16.42%) Infrastructure as Code
10 100 (14.79%) CI/CD
10 100 (14.79%) Incident Response
11 91 (13.46%) Migration
12 74 (10.95%) Service Delivery
12 74 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (10.50%) Data Protection
13 71 (10.50%) Risk Management
14 70 (10.36%) ITSM
15 68 (10.06%) Computer Science
16 62 (9.17%) Change Management
16 62 (9.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 163 (24.11%) PowerShell
2 113 (16.72%) Python
3 78 (11.54%) SQL
4 38 (5.62%) Bash
5 21 (3.11%) Java
6 14 (2.07%) Bicep
7 13 (1.92%) Go
7 13 (1.92%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.33%) Scala
10 8 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.04%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.89%) C#
12 6 (0.89%) VBScript
13 4 (0.59%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.44%) Korn
15 2 (0.30%) COBOL
15 2 (0.30%) JCL
15 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 114 (16.86%) Degree
2 54 (7.99%) Azure Certification
3 48 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (7.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (6.36%) Security Cleared
5 31 (4.59%) AWS Certification
6 26 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 24 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.11%) CISSP
9 20 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (2.81%) CCNP
11 15 (2.22%) CEH
12 13 (1.92%) CISM
12 13 (1.92%) HNC
13 12 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 10 (1.48%) DV Cleared
14 10 (1.48%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.48%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (16.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (12.57%) GDPR
3 69 (10.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 64 (9.47%) NIST
5 47 (6.95%) SLA
6 35 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 22 (3.25%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.11%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.92%) ISO 22301
10 9 (1.33%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.18%) ISAE 3402
12 7 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.89%) GRC
13 6 (0.89%) NCSC
13 6 (0.89%) QA
14 3 (0.44%) COBIT
14 3 (0.44%) DICOM
14 3 (0.44%) GxP
14 3 (0.44%) HL7
14 3 (0.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 224 (33.14%) Active Directory
2 123 (18.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (13.91%) Hyper-V
4 53 (7.84%) Docker
5 34 (5.03%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (3.40%) vSphere
7 15 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.33%) Firmware
9 9 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.18%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.18%) vCloud
11 4 (0.59%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.30%) RACF
13 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.15%) Postfix
14 1 (0.15%) Squid
Systems Management
1 115 (17.01%) Terraform
2 113 (16.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 71 (10.50%) Kubernetes
4 67 (9.91%) Ansible
5 21 (3.11%) Grafana
6 20 (2.96%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.51%) SCCM
8 13 (1.92%) Nagios
9 10 (1.48%) Data Guard
9 10 (1.48%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.18%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.18%) Puppet
12 6 (0.89%) Avamar
12 6 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.89%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 6 (0.89%) VxRail
13 5 (0.74%) Nessus
13 5 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 330 (48.82%) Microsoft
2 167 (24.70%) VMware
3 54 (7.99%) Cisco
4 42 (6.21%) Dell
5 32 (4.73%) Veeam
6 28 (4.14%) Oracle
6 28 (4.14%) Palo Alto
7 26 (3.85%) Commvault
8 21 (3.11%) Dynatrace
8 21 (3.11%) HP
9 20 (2.96%) Zscaler
10 19 (2.81%) Dell Compellent
10 19 (2.81%) Meraki
10 19 (2.81%) Nimble Storage
11 17 (2.51%) Fortinet
12 16 (2.37%) Google
13 15 (2.22%) Adobe
14 14 (2.07%) Tenable
15 13 (1.92%) IBM
15 13 (1.92%) Splunk