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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 179 194
Rank change year-on-year -39 +15 +145
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 707 802 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.73% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.86% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 538 523 1,102
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +8.49%
75th Percentile £87,188 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £91,000 £81,013
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.52% +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 55,211 43,138 69,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.63% 93.12% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33,095 21,773 52,985
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £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 £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 2 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 2 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 -44 614 £62,500 +4.17% 260
UK excluding London -72 362 £52,500 -1.50% 228
London +35 283 £80,000 +6.67% 74
Work from Home +11 218 £70,000 +12.00% 113
North of England -22 137 £47,500 +5.56% 59
Yorkshire 0 80 £47,500 -9.52% 24
South East -39 79 £63,000 -3.08% 78
Midlands -40 56 £52,500 -1.50% 41
West Midlands -8 40 £57,500 +7.88% 23
North West -44 39 £41,250 -8.33% 33
South West -42 29 £42,500 -27.66% 17
Northern Ireland - 21 - -
North East -4 18 £58,446 +71.90% 3
East of England -35 18 £62,500 +7.76% 20
East Midlands -51 15 £48,750 -18.75% 18
Scotland -51 11 £48,000 -13.43% 13
Wales -5 9 £29,750 -47.58% 7
Channel Islands - 4 £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
1 116 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (13.86%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.13%) IIS
4 5 (0.71%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.57%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.42%) Confluence
7 2 (0.28%) Apache
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.28%) CICS
7 2 (0.28%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 30 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.57%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 393 (55.59%) Azure
2 236 (33.38%) Microsoft 365
3 170 (24.05%) Entra ID
4 129 (18.25%) AWS
5 58 (8.20%) Nutanix
6 51 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
7 50 (7.07%) SaaS
8 46 (6.51%) GCP
9 43 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (6.08%) IaaS
10 38 (5.37%) GitHub
10 38 (5.37%) PaaS
11 35 (4.95%) Microsoft Purview
11 35 (4.95%) OneDrive
12 34 (4.81%) Datadog
13 24 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
13 24 (3.39%) Serverless
14 22 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (2.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 211 (29.84%) Firewall
2 170 (24.05%) DNS
3 148 (20.93%) DHCP
4 146 (20.65%) VPN
5 107 (15.13%) WAN
6 76 (10.75%) VLAN
7 64 (9.05%) LAN
7 64 (9.05%) TCP/IP
8 52 (7.36%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (6.65%) SAN
10 34 (4.81%) Network Security
10 34 (4.81%) SD-WAN
10 34 (4.81%) Wireless
11 25 (3.54%) Remote Desktop
12 22 (3.11%) VoIP
13 18 (2.55%) NAS
14 16 (2.26%) BGP
15 14 (1.98%) SSL
16 9 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
17 7 (0.99%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.40%) Oracle Database
5 14 (1.98%) MySQL
6 12 (1.70%) Power BI
7 9 (1.27%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.27%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (0.99%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.85%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.85%) DB2
11 5 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.71%) GIS
11 5 (0.71%) Oracle Database 12c
11 5 (0.71%) Oracle Exadata
11 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.57%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 28 (3.96%) Git
2 19 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.84%) JIRA
4 12 (1.70%) Chocolatey
5 6 (0.85%) GitLab
5 6 (0.85%) Selenium
6 5 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.57%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.42%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.42%) Maven
8 3 (0.42%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.28%) TestRail
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 268 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 196 (27.72%) Finance
3 101 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.79%) Banking
5 47 (6.65%) Law
6 34 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.10%) Retail
8 21 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.83%) Financial Institution
10 18 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.26%) Legal
12 15 (2.12%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.84%) Back Office
14 9 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.13%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.99%) French Language
17 6 (0.85%) Marketing
18 5 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 124 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 104 (14.71%) Senior
3 81 (11.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 71 (10.04%) Support Engineer
5 60 (8.49%) Lead
6 59 (8.35%) IT Engineer
7 58 (8.20%) IT Support
8 49 (6.93%) IT Manager
9 43 (6.08%) Analyst
10 40 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
11 38 (5.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (4.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
14 28 (3.96%) IT Support Engineer
15 26 (3.68%) Architect
16 25 (3.54%) Support Technician
17 24 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
17 24 (3.39%) Infrastructure Support
17 24 (3.39%) Security Engineer
18 23 (3.25%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.55%) SAML
2 15 (2.12%) OAuth
3 13 (1.84%) YAML
4 12 (1.70%) ADO
5 11 (1.56%) REST
6 9 (1.27%) PySpark
7 8 (1.13%) LDAP
7 8 (1.13%) RESTful
8 7 (0.99%) .NET
8 7 (0.99%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.99%) EDI
8 7 (0.99%) Loki
9 6 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.71%) Middleware
11 4 (0.57%) AWS SAM
11 4 (0.57%) Kafka
11 4 (0.57%) LAPP Stack
11 4 (0.57%) SOAP
11 4 (0.57%) WebSphere MQ
12 3 (0.42%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 47 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.67%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 32 (4.53%) Replication
5 31 (4.38%) Public Cloud
6 30 (4.24%) Cloud Native
7 27 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
9 25 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
10 24 (3.39%) Driving Licence
11 20 (2.83%) PKI
12 19 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (2.55%) Security Posture
14 16 (2.26%) CMDB
15 14 (1.98%) Clustering
15 14 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.27%) Product Ownership
17 8 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
17 8 (1.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 247 (34.94%) Windows
2 172 (24.33%) Windows Server
3 85 (12.02%) Linux
4 29 (4.10%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.83%) Unix
6 17 (2.40%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.40%) Mac OS
7 15 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (2.12%) VMS
8 7 (0.99%) Android
9 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.57%) CentOS
11 4 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.57%) Rocky
11 4 (0.57%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.42%) AIX
13 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.28%) zOS
14 1 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (33.80%) Business Continuity
2 185 (26.17%) Cybersecurity
3 178 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (24.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 167 (23.62%) ITIL
6 148 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 139 (19.66%) High Availability
8 131 (18.53%) DevOps
9 109 (15.42%) Infrastructure as Code
10 101 (14.29%) Incident Response
11 99 (14.00%) CI/CD
12 94 (13.30%) Migration
13 80 (11.32%) Service Delivery
14 72 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (9.90%) ITSM
15 70 (9.90%) Risk Management
16 68 (9.62%) Cloud Security
16 68 (9.62%) Data Protection
17 67 (9.48%) Customer Service
18 66 (9.34%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 167 (23.62%) PowerShell
2 115 (16.27%) Python
3 77 (10.89%) SQL
4 40 (5.66%) Bash
5 20 (2.83%) Java
6 15 (2.12%) Bicep
7 12 (1.70%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (1.56%) Go
9 10 (1.41%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.27%) Scala
11 7 (0.99%) C#
11 7 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.57%) Korn
12 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.42%) VBScript
14 2 (0.28%) COBOL
14 2 (0.28%) JCL
Qualifications
1 105 (14.85%) Degree
2 53 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (7.36%) Azure Certification
4 48 (6.79%) Security Cleared
5 47 (6.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (4.67%) SC Cleared
7 30 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (4.10%) AWS Certification
9 22 (3.11%) CCNP
10 19 (2.69%) CISSP
11 18 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (2.55%) CEH
12 14 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.70%) CISM
13 12 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (1.56%) HNC
14 11 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (1.41%) CCNA
15 10 (1.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (16.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.61%) GDPR
3 70 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 66 (9.34%) NIST
5 52 (7.36%) SLA
6 37 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (3.39%) PCI DSS
8 23 (3.25%) SOC 2
9 15 (2.12%) ISO 22301
10 9 (1.27%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (1.13%) GRC
11 8 (1.13%) ISAE 3402
12 6 (0.85%) NCSC
12 6 (0.85%) PMO
12 6 (0.85%) QA
13 4 (0.57%) DICOM
13 4 (0.57%) HL7
14 3 (0.42%) GxP
14 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 244 (34.51%) Active Directory
2 142 (20.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 50 (7.07%) Docker
5 34 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (3.25%) vSphere
7 17 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (1.70%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.41%) Firmware
9 10 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.13%) vCloud
11 5 (0.71%) KVM
12 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.28%) RACF
13 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 1 (0.14%) Postfix
14 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 117 (16.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (16.12%) Terraform
3 73 (10.33%) Kubernetes
4 68 (9.62%) Ansible
5 19 (2.69%) Grafana
5 19 (2.69%) SCCM
6 16 (2.26%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.56%) vCenter Server
8 10 (1.41%) Data Guard
8 10 (1.41%) Nagios
9 9 (1.27%) VxRail
10 8 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 8 (1.13%) Puppet
11 7 (0.99%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.71%) Avamar
12 5 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (0.71%) Nessus
12 5 (0.71%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 5 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 336 (47.52%) Microsoft
2 194 (27.44%) VMware
3 56 (7.92%) Cisco
4 47 (6.65%) Dell
5 33 (4.67%) Veeam
6 31 (4.38%) Commvault
7 27 (3.82%) HP
7 27 (3.82%) Oracle
8 25 (3.54%) Palo Alto
9 24 (3.39%) Zscaler
10 23 (3.25%) Dynatrace
11 22 (3.11%) Dell Compellent
11 22 (3.11%) Meraki
11 22 (3.11%) Nimble Storage
12 20 (2.83%) Tenable
13 17 (2.40%) Google
14 16 (2.26%) Adobe
15 15 (2.12%) Splunk
16 14 (1.98%) Fortinet
16 14 (1.98%) IBM