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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 247 214
Rank change year-on-year +78 -33 +27
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,283 604 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 1.21% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.36% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 926 470 758
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,725 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,563 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,188 £75,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £94,125 £96,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +5.10% -2.00%

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 78,861 44,450 67,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.27% 89.12% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 54,468 25,168 42,663
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +72 1,115 £57,500 -4.17% 324
UK excluding London +82 837 £50,000 -2.91% 270
London +50 398 £75,000 - 105
Work from Home +90 397 £60,000 +9.09% 123
North of England +73 237 £47,500 -11.63% 57
South East +59 218 £50,000 - 90
Midlands +32 133 £56,250 - 53
North West +52 130 £47,500 -11.63% 19
West Midlands +30 99 £57,500 - 39
Yorkshire +33 93 £47,500 -24.00% 30
South West -72 64 £50,000 +11.11% 39
East of England +14 62 £49,863 +4.97% 17
Scotland +52 52 £47,500 -13.64% 9
Northern Ireland -37 49 - - 3
East Midlands -11 34 £45,000 -14.29% 14
Wales -36 22 £45,000 -21.74% 9
North East -61 14 £48,000 -1.54% 12
Channel Islands - 2 £75,000 - 1

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
1 139 (10.83%) SharePoint
2 131 (10.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.95%) IIS
4 18 (1.40%) Apache
5 13 (1.01%) nginx
6 11 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.47%) Confluence
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.23%) WordPress
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.078%) CICS
10 1 (0.078%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.40%) PlantUML
3 12 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.39%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.39%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.23%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.078%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.078%) Eikon
7 1 (0.078%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.078%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.078%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.078%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 664 (51.75%) Azure
2 392 (30.55%) Microsoft 365
3 250 (19.49%) AWS
4 230 (17.93%) Entra ID
5 138 (10.76%) SaaS
6 97 (7.56%) IaaS
7 73 (5.69%) PaaS
8 54 (4.21%) Power Platform
9 41 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
10 39 (3.04%) GCP
11 34 (2.65%) Datadog
11 34 (2.65%) Nutanix
12 30 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
13 29 (2.26%) OneDrive
14 28 (2.18%) GitHub
15 27 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
16 23 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
16 23 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 359 (27.98%) Firewall
2 291 (22.68%) DNS
3 213 (16.60%) VPN
4 212 (16.52%) DHCP
5 160 (12.47%) WAN
6 131 (10.21%) LAN
6 131 (10.21%) VLAN
7 113 (8.81%) Wi-Fi
8 106 (8.26%) Network Security
9 99 (7.72%) TCP/IP
10 66 (5.14%) Wireless
11 64 (4.99%) SAN
12 47 (3.66%) Internet
13 37 (2.88%) SD-WAN
13 37 (2.88%) SSL
14 36 (2.81%) VoIP
15 30 (2.34%) Cisco ISE
16 24 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
16 24 (1.87%) NAS
17 13 (1.01%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 37 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (2.57%) Power BI
4 31 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.01%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.94%) MySQL
9 10 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.62%) Metadata
10 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.47%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.39%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.23%) Big Data
14 3 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
14 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (1.71%) JIRA
2 21 (1.64%) Git
3 16 (1.25%) Chocolatey
4 13 (1.01%) GitLab
5 8 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.62%) JUnit
5 8 (0.62%) Spock
6 6 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.31%) MLflow
9 2 (0.16%) git-flow
9 2 (0.16%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.16%) Maven
9 2 (0.16%) Selenium
9 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.16%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.16%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.078%) Claude Code
General
1 431 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 227 (17.69%) Finance
3 172 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.63%) Legal
5 76 (5.92%) Law
6 71 (5.53%) Banking
7 61 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 39 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
10 37 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (2.88%) Retail
11 36 (2.81%) Public Sector
12 35 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.40%) Back Office
15 13 (1.01%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.94%) Mandarin Language
17 11 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 245 (19.10%) Senior
2 186 (14.50%) IT Support
3 164 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 147 (11.46%) IT Engineer
5 145 (11.30%) IT Manager
6 118 (9.20%) Support Engineer
7 99 (7.72%) Architect
8 98 (7.64%) IT Support Engineer
9 84 (6.55%) Analyst
10 69 (5.38%) Lead
11 65 (5.07%) Service Manager
12 61 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
13 58 (4.52%) Resilience Manager
13 58 (4.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 56 (4.36%) IT Services Manager
15 55 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
16 52 (4.05%) Network Engineer
17 40 (3.12%) IT Analyst
18 39 (3.04%) Security Engineer
19 38 (2.96%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (12.70%) Terraform
2 70 (5.46%) Middleware
3 14 (1.09%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.70%) Kafka
5 8 (0.62%) AngularJS
5 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.62%) Spring
5 8 (0.62%) Web Services
6 7 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.39%) .NET
7 5 (0.39%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.39%) ModSecurity
7 5 (0.39%) SAML
8 4 (0.31%) web3js
9 3 (0.23%) EDI
9 3 (0.23%) JSON
9 3 (0.23%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.23%) ODBC
9 3 (0.23%) PySpark
9 3 (0.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.50%) Data Centre
2 93 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
3 83 (6.47%) Management Information System
4 79 (6.16%) Cloud Native
5 68 (5.30%) Driving Licence
6 67 (5.22%) Onboarding
7 66 (5.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 60 (4.68%) Replication
8 60 (4.68%) Security Posture
9 50 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.57%) Enterprise Storage
11 32 (2.49%) PKI
12 28 (2.18%) NHS
13 26 (2.03%) CCTV
13 26 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
14 24 (1.87%) Clustering
15 22 (1.71%) Public Cloud
16 21 (1.64%) Virtual Team
17 20 (1.56%) CMDB
17 20 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 429 (33.44%) Windows
2 302 (23.54%) Windows Server
3 138 (10.76%) Linux
4 32 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (2.26%) Windows 10
6 24 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 24 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (1.87%) Ubuntu
7 22 (1.71%) Unix
8 21 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.94%) AIX
10 10 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
11 9 (0.70%) CentOS
11 9 (0.70%) Solaris
11 9 (0.70%) VMS
12 4 (0.31%) Debian
12 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (40.92%) Business Continuity
2 390 (30.40%) Cybersecurity
3 343 (26.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 338 (26.34%) Problem-Solving
5 261 (20.34%) ITIL
6 235 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 216 (16.84%) DevOps
8 203 (15.82%) High Availability
9 179 (13.95%) Incident Response
10 175 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 171 (13.33%) Information Security
12 168 (13.09%) Infrastructure as Code
13 163 (12.70%) Service Delivery
14 148 (11.54%) Agile
15 144 (11.22%) Project Delivery
16 139 (10.83%) Mentoring
17 137 (10.68%) CI/CD
18 126 (9.82%) Risk Management
19 124 (9.66%) Cloud Security
20 121 (9.43%) AI
Programming Languages
1 189 (14.73%) PowerShell
2 128 (9.98%) Python
3 119 (9.28%) SQL
4 53 (4.13%) Bash
5 28 (2.18%) Bicep
6 23 (1.79%) Shell Script
7 18 (1.40%) Java
8 13 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 11 (0.86%) Korn
9 11 (0.86%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (0.39%) COBOL
12 5 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.31%) C#
13 4 (0.31%) Go
14 3 (0.23%) Ruby
14 3 (0.23%) XAML
15 2 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 147 (11.46%) Degree
2 100 (7.79%) Azure Certification
3 99 (7.72%) CISSP
4 98 (7.64%) Cisco Certification
5 86 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (6.55%) CISM
7 81 (6.31%) Security Cleared
8 71 (5.53%) CCNP
9 60 (4.68%) SC Cleared
10 58 (4.52%) ITIL Certification
11 51 (3.98%) CCNA
12 44 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
13 38 (2.96%) Postgraduate
14 31 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 29 (2.26%) AWS Certification
16 19 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (1.48%) DV Cleared
17 18 (1.40%) Master's Degree
18 15 (1.17%) CEH
18 15 (1.17%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (10.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 135 (10.52%) NIST
3 114 (8.89%) GDPR
4 111 (8.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 80 (6.24%) SLA
6 78 (6.08%) ISO 22301
7 50 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (3.35%) PCI DSS
9 40 (3.12%) GRC
10 27 (2.10%) Data Quality
11 26 (2.03%) PMO
12 22 (1.71%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.48%) NCSC
14 16 (1.25%) COBIT
15 14 (1.09%) QA
16 8 (0.62%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.39%) ISO 9001
17 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 346 (26.97%) Active Directory
2 283 (22.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 189 (14.73%) Hyper-V
4 52 (4.05%) Docker
5 50 (3.90%) vSphere
6 33 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (2.10%) Firmware
8 27 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.09%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
11 9 (0.70%) vCloud
12 6 (0.47%) KVM
12 6 (0.47%) Squid
13 5 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.23%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.16%) iptables
15 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 168 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (6.47%) Ansible
2 83 (6.47%) Kubernetes
3 35 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
4 33 (2.57%) FortiGate
5 25 (1.95%) SCCM
6 17 (1.33%) VxRail
7 14 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
8 13 (1.01%) Data Guard
9 12 (0.94%) Prometheus
9 12 (0.94%) vCenter Server
10 11 (0.86%) Nagios
10 11 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
11 10 (0.78%) Grafana
12 8 (0.62%) Dell DRAC
12 8 (0.62%) Proxmox
13 7 (0.55%) Avamar
13 7 (0.55%) Packer
14 6 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 626 (48.79%) Microsoft
2 336 (26.19%) VMware
3 193 (15.04%) Cisco
4 87 (6.78%) Veeam
5 69 (5.38%) Palo Alto
6 47 (3.66%) Oracle
6 47 (3.66%) Splunk
7 41 (3.20%) Fortinet
8 39 (3.04%) Dell
8 39 (3.04%) SonicWALL
9 37 (2.88%) Meraki
10 34 (2.65%) Aruba
11 33 (2.57%) Google
11 33 (2.57%) HP
12 30 (2.34%) Sophos
13 29 (2.26%) SolarWinds
14 28 (2.18%) Qualys
15 27 (2.10%) Apple
16 24 (1.87%) AppDynamics
16 24 (1.87%) IBM