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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 203 216
Rank change year-on-year -20 +13 +107
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 785 664 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.59% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.71% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 586 544 1,178
10th Percentile £32,625 £36,250 £33,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,938 £41,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% -

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 65,992 38,867 81,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.24% 92.91% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40,690 22,673 59,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 21 April 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 April 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 -33 677 £60,000 - 260
UK excluding London -46 433 £52,500 -1.50% 226
London +6 293 £85,000 +13.33% 77
Work from Home +30 244 £65,000 +8.33% 113
North of England -29 146 £53,000 +2.66% 64
South East -19 102 £60,000 -7.69% 64
Yorkshire -6 83 £52,370 -4.78% 20
Midlands -27 66 £52,500 +5.00% 36
West Midlands -6 58 £52,500 +5.00% 26
North West -50 44 £55,000 +22.22% 35
East of England -42 29 £63,750 +27.50% 13
South West -98 29 £42,500 -22.73% 27
Scotland -15 26 £38,000 -24.67% 12
Northern Ireland -23 19 - - 8
North East -34 19 £51,000 +50.00% 12
Wales - 12 £35,000 - 6
East Midlands -71 7 £60,000 +50.00% 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
1 101 (12.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (10.57%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.02%) IIS
4 5 (0.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.25%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.25%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.51%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
3 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.13%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.13%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 424 (54.01%) Azure
2 241 (30.70%) Microsoft 365
3 151 (19.24%) Entra ID
4 130 (16.56%) AWS
5 65 (8.28%) Nutanix
6 48 (6.11%) SaaS
7 45 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (5.73%) Azure Monitor
7 45 (5.73%) Datadog
8 39 (4.97%) IaaS
9 37 (4.71%) GitHub
10 35 (4.46%) OneDrive
11 34 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
12 33 (4.20%) PaaS
13 31 (3.95%) GCP
14 24 (3.06%) Azure AKS
14 24 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.68%) Power Platform
15 21 (2.68%) Serverless
16 18 (2.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 235 (29.94%) Firewall
2 170 (21.66%) DNS
3 164 (20.89%) VPN
4 140 (17.83%) DHCP
5 115 (14.65%) WAN
6 82 (10.45%) VLAN
7 72 (9.17%) LAN
8 61 (7.77%) TCP/IP
8 61 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (7.39%) SAN
10 52 (6.62%) Network Security
11 36 (4.59%) Wireless
12 31 (3.95%) Remote Desktop
13 25 (3.18%) SD-WAN
14 20 (2.55%) NAS
15 16 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
16 14 (1.78%) BGP
16 14 (1.78%) VoIP
17 10 (1.27%) SSL
18 9 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (9.04%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.04%) MySQL
5 12 (1.53%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.53%) Delta Lake
5 12 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.40%) Oracle Database
6 11 (1.40%) Power BI
7 9 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.76%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.64%) GIS
12 4 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.38%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 27 (3.44%) Git
2 18 (2.29%) Chocolatey
3 13 (1.66%) JIRA
4 10 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.51%) GitLab
6 4 (0.51%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.51%) MLflow
6 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.38%) Maven
7 3 (0.38%) Selenium
7 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 302 (38.47%) Social Skills
2 167 (21.27%) Finance
3 128 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (6.88%) Banking
5 39 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.20%) Law
7 31 (3.95%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.69%) Retail
9 26 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (2.93%) Legal
11 22 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.78%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.53%) Back Office
14 12 (1.53%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.40%) Marketing
15 11 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.02%) Advertising
17 6 (0.76%) French Language
Job Titles
1 134 (17.07%) Senior
2 121 (15.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 81 (10.32%) IT Engineer
4 80 (10.19%) Cloud Engineer
5 79 (10.06%) IT Support
6 74 (9.43%) Support Engineer
7 66 (8.41%) IT Manager
8 63 (8.03%) Lead
9 54 (6.88%) Azure Engineer
10 48 (6.11%) IT Support Engineer
11 47 (5.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (5.61%) Architect
13 37 (4.71%) Analyst
14 29 (3.69%) Platform Engineer
15 26 (3.31%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
16 25 (3.18%) Security Engineer
17 24 (3.06%) Security Manager
18 22 (2.80%) Administrator
18 22 (2.80%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.29%) SAML
2 15 (1.91%) OAuth
3 13 (1.66%) YAML
4 12 (1.53%) ADO
4 12 (1.53%) PySpark
5 10 (1.27%) ARM Templates
5 10 (1.27%) REST
6 7 (0.89%) Loki
6 7 (0.89%) RESTful
7 5 (0.64%) Middleware
8 4 (0.51%) .NET
8 4 (0.51%) Kafka
8 4 (0.51%) web3js
9 3 (0.38%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (0.38%) EDI
9 3 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.38%) LAMP
9 3 (0.38%) ODBC
9 3 (0.38%) RAML
9 3 (0.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 57 (7.26%) Management Information System
3 55 (7.01%) Data Centre
4 41 (5.22%) Replication
5 36 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 34 (4.33%) Driving Licence
6 34 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 34 (4.33%) Public Cloud
7 32 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
8 31 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
9 27 (3.44%) Security Posture
10 22 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (2.17%) CMDB
12 16 (2.04%) PKI
13 15 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.91%) NHS
14 14 (1.78%) Enterprise Storage
14 14 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.40%) Clustering
16 9 (1.15%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 247 (31.46%) Windows
2 167 (21.27%) Windows Server
3 69 (8.79%) Linux
4 26 (3.31%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.29%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.04%) VMS
8 14 (1.78%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.27%) CentOS
9 10 (1.27%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.02%) Unix
10 8 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.64%) Android
13 4 (0.51%) AIX
13 4 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.51%) Rocky
14 2 (0.25%) Debian
14 2 (0.25%) zOS
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (37.71%) Business Continuity
2 244 (31.08%) Cybersecurity
3 199 (25.35%) ITIL
3 199 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
4 175 (22.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 166 (21.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 140 (17.83%) High Availability
7 123 (15.67%) DevOps
8 112 (14.27%) Incident Response
9 106 (13.50%) Service Delivery
10 95 (12.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 90 (11.46%) Change Management
12 88 (11.21%) Data Protection
13 84 (10.70%) Cloud Security
13 84 (10.70%) Mentoring
14 83 (10.57%) CI/CD
14 83 (10.57%) Migration
15 80 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
16 76 (9.68%) Risk Management
17 74 (9.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (18.22%) PowerShell
2 101 (12.87%) Python
3 81 (10.32%) SQL
4 36 (4.59%) Bash
5 12 (1.53%) Java
5 12 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (1.40%) Bicep
7 10 (1.27%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.15%) Scala
8 9 (1.15%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.89%) Go
10 5 (0.64%) C#
11 4 (0.51%) Korn
12 3 (0.38%) COBOL
12 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.25%) JCL
13 2 (0.25%) RPG
14 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 95 (12.10%) Degree
2 51 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (5.73%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (5.22%) Security Cleared
7 33 (4.20%) CCNP
8 30 (3.82%) SC Cleared
9 25 (3.18%) CISSP
10 22 (2.80%) CEH
11 16 (2.04%) CCNA
12 15 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (1.53%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.40%) MCSE
14 11 (1.40%) Postgraduate
15 10 (1.27%) CISM
16 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 7 (0.89%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (15.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (10.32%) GDPR
3 79 (10.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 67 (8.54%) NIST
5 61 (7.77%) SLA
6 39 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 34 (4.33%) PCI DSS
8 25 (3.18%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.93%) GRC
10 19 (2.42%) Data Quality
11 16 (2.04%) PMO
12 15 (1.91%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.89%) QA
15 6 (0.76%) NCSC
16 4 (0.51%) DICOM
16 4 (0.51%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.51%) HL7
17 3 (0.38%) COBIT
System Software
1 246 (31.34%) Active Directory
2 170 (21.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 108 (13.76%) Hyper-V
4 37 (4.71%) Docker
5 32 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
6 28 (3.57%) vSphere
7 17 (2.17%) Firmware
8 16 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.76%) KVM
10 6 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
10 6 (0.76%) vCloud
10 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.64%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.25%) RACF
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.13%) Postfix
14 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 106 (13.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (13.25%) Terraform
3 63 (8.03%) Ansible
3 63 (8.03%) Kubernetes
4 25 (3.18%) SCCM
5 14 (1.78%) VxRail
6 13 (1.66%) Grafana
7 11 (1.40%) FortiGate
8 10 (1.27%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.15%) Nagios
9 9 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.02%) Data Guard
10 8 (1.02%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.76%) Packer
12 5 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.51%) Argo
13 4 (0.51%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
13 4 (0.51%) WSUS
14 3 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 388 (49.43%) Microsoft
2 237 (30.19%) VMware
3 68 (8.66%) Cisco
4 56 (7.13%) Dell
5 42 (5.35%) HP
6 38 (4.84%) Commvault
6 38 (4.84%) Veeam
7 35 (4.46%) Palo Alto
8 33 (4.20%) Nimble Storage
9 28 (3.57%) Dell Compellent
9 28 (3.57%) Tenable
10 27 (3.44%) Zscaler
11 26 (3.31%) Meraki
12 25 (3.18%) Dynatrace
13 24 (3.06%) Oracle
14 19 (2.42%) AppDynamics
14 19 (2.42%) Fortinet
15 18 (2.29%) Splunk
16 17 (2.17%) Databricks
16 17 (2.17%) EMC