Disaster Recovery Jobs

Disaster Recovery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 220 300
Rank change year-on-year -72 +80 +27
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 565 1,350 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 1.30% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.55% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 448 1,139 816
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,500 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +2.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,650 £93,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%

All Process and 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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 -75 543 £62,500 +13.64% 557
UK excluding London -81 319 £55,000 +10.00% 328
London 0 230 £72,500 -3.33% 289
Work from Home -94 173 £57,500 -4.17% 288
South East +9 91 £57,500 - 79
North of England -116 83 £55,000 +19.48% 78
South West +109 64 £55,000 +6.75% 30
North West -129 40 £55,000 +17.02% 50
Midlands -75 37 £46,000 -1.08% 58
East of England -4 32 £53,500 +7.00% 33
Yorkshire +11 25 £62,500 +25.00% 13
North East +20 18 £50,000 +11.11% 15
East Midlands -17 18 £40,000 -5.88% 22
West Midlands -35 18 £52,500 - 35
Scotland +67 10 £55,000 +10.00% 26
Northern Ireland +38 1 £57,500 +37.72% 15
Wales +14 1 £50,000 +53.85% 16
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (7.61%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.65%) IIS
4 10 (1.77%) Confluence
5 5 (0.88%) CMS
6 3 (0.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.53%) nginx
6 3 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.71%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.35%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 282 (49.91%) Azure
2 158 (27.96%) Microsoft 365
3 147 (26.02%) AWS
4 66 (11.68%) Entra ID
5 44 (7.79%) GCP
6 33 (5.84%) GitHub
7 30 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (4.42%) PaaS
9 23 (4.07%) IaaS
9 23 (4.07%) SaaS
10 22 (3.89%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (3.01%) OneDrive
13 16 (2.83%) Rubrik
14 14 (2.48%) Power Platform
15 13 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
16 12 (2.12%) Azure Key Vault
16 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.95%) Google Workspace
17 11 (1.95%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 148 (26.19%) Firewall
2 92 (16.28%) VPN
3 90 (15.93%) DNS
4 73 (12.92%) DHCP
5 65 (11.50%) Network Security
6 62 (10.97%) VLAN
7 52 (9.20%) TCP/IP
8 51 (9.03%) WAN
9 43 (7.61%) SAN
10 42 (7.43%) LAN
11 35 (6.19%) NAS
12 34 (6.02%) Intrusion Detection
13 26 (4.60%) Wireless
14 20 (3.54%) VoIP
15 18 (3.19%) SD-WAN
16 15 (2.65%) SSL
17 13 (2.30%) BGP
17 13 (2.30%) Unified Communications
18 12 (2.12%) OSPF
19 11 (1.95%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.83%) MySQL
3 16 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.65%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (2.12%) NoSQL
7 10 (1.77%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.77%) Tableau
8 9 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.59%) Power BI
9 5 (0.88%) ClickHouse
10 4 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.53%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.53%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (2.30%) Git
2 12 (2.12%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.12%) JIRA
3 5 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.71%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.18%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.18%) Subversion
5 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 206 (36.46%) Social Skills
2 146 (25.84%) Finance
3 60 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.61%) Banking
5 23 (4.07%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.36%) Law
7 16 (2.83%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.30%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.12%) Legal
11 11 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.95%) Marketing
11 11 (1.95%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.42%) Retail
13 7 (1.24%) Games
13 7 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.24%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.06%) Front Office
14 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 100 (17.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (13.10%) Analyst
3 72 (12.74%) Senior
4 42 (7.43%) Cloud Engineer
5 41 (7.26%) IT Engineer
6 40 (7.08%) IT Support
7 39 (6.90%) Support Engineer
8 33 (5.84%) Lead
9 32 (5.66%) IT Analyst
10 28 (4.96%) Support Analyst
11 27 (4.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (4.60%) Infrastructure Support
13 25 (4.42%) Administrator
13 25 (4.42%) Architect
13 25 (4.42%) IT Manager
13 25 (4.42%) Security Engineer
14 24 (4.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 24 (4.25%) IT Support Engineer
15 22 (3.89%) DBA
16 21 (3.72%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.07%) .NET
2 11 (1.95%) Middleware
3 8 (1.42%) OAuth
3 8 (1.42%) OpenID
3 8 (1.42%) RESTful
3 8 (1.42%) SAML
4 7 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.24%) HTML
4 7 (1.24%) LDAP
4 7 (1.24%) React
5 6 (1.06%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.06%) CSS
5 6 (1.06%) YAML
6 5 (0.88%) JSON
6 5 (0.88%) REST
6 5 (0.88%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (0.53%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.53%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.03%) Management Information System
2 46 (8.14%) Clustering
3 41 (7.26%) Data Centre
4 29 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 27 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
7 21 (3.72%) Replication
8 20 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.48%) PKI
9 14 (2.48%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.77%) Blackberry
10 10 (1.77%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.42%) Cyberattack
11 8 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.24%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.24%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 209 (36.99%) Windows
2 144 (25.49%) Windows Server
3 124 (21.95%) Linux
4 34 (6.02%) Unix
5 21 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (3.19%) Windows 10
6 18 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (2.12%) AIX
8 12 (2.12%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.59%) CentOS
10 7 (1.24%) Rocky
10 7 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (1.06%) Android
11 6 (1.06%) Apple iOS
11 6 (1.06%) Solaris
12 5 (0.88%) Debian
12 5 (0.88%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.71%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (27.79%) Business Continuity
2 124 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (20.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 114 (20.18%) High Availability
5 107 (18.94%) Cybersecurity
6 105 (18.58%) DevOps
6 105 (18.58%) ITIL
7 96 (16.99%) CI/CD
8 73 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (10.62%) Data Protection
9 60 (10.62%) Mentoring
10 59 (10.44%) Infrastructure as Code
11 57 (10.09%) Migration
12 53 (9.38%) Infrastructure Management
13 51 (9.03%) Incident Management
14 49 (8.67%) BCP
14 49 (8.67%) Incident Response
14 49 (8.67%) IT Strategy
15 46 (8.14%) Agile
16 43 (7.61%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (24.25%) PowerShell
2 85 (15.04%) SQL
3 59 (10.44%) Python
4 23 (4.07%) Bash
4 23 (4.07%) Java
4 23 (4.07%) T-SQL
5 22 (3.89%) C#
6 17 (3.01%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.42%) Bicep
7 8 (1.42%) Perl
8 7 (1.24%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.06%) R
10 5 (0.88%) Go
11 4 (0.71%) PHP
12 3 (0.53%) C++
13 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
13 2 (0.35%) Rust
13 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (10.09%) Degree
2 54 (9.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (9.03%) Azure Certification
4 50 (8.85%) Security Cleared
5 37 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (5.66%) AWS Certification
7 28 (4.96%) SC Cleared
8 23 (4.07%) DV Cleared
9 22 (3.89%) CCNA
10 16 (2.83%) CCNP
11 15 (2.65%) CISM
11 15 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (2.30%) CISSP
12 13 (2.30%) MCSA
13 12 (2.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (1.95%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.95%) HND
14 11 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.27%) GDPR
2 56 (9.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (6.73%) NIST
3 38 (6.73%) SLA
4 27 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.48%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.95%) HIPAA
6 11 (1.95%) QA
7 9 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (1.06%) ISO 22301
9 6 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.88%) GRC
10 5 (0.88%) NCSC
11 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.71%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.35%) COBIT
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 152 (26.90%) Active Directory
2 125 (22.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (12.04%) Hyper-V
4 33 (5.84%) Docker
5 30 (5.31%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (3.01%) vSphere
8 8 (1.42%) Firmware
9 7 (1.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 6 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (1.06%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.53%) NFS
13 2 (0.35%) HDFS
13 2 (0.35%) pfSense
13 2 (0.35%) Postfix
13 2 (0.35%) Squid
13 2 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.18%) KVM
14 1 (0.18%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 69 (12.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (10.44%) Terraform
3 55 (9.73%) Ansible
3 55 (9.73%) Kubernetes
4 31 (5.49%) SCCM
5 24 (4.25%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (2.48%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.95%) Grafana
7 11 (1.95%) NetBackup
8 9 (1.59%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.42%) Puppet
10 7 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.24%) Prometheus
10 7 (1.24%) vCenter Server
11 6 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (1.06%) QRadar
11 6 (1.06%) VxRail
12 5 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 257 (45.49%) Microsoft
2 162 (28.67%) VMware
3 65 (11.50%) Cisco
4 50 (8.85%) Google
5 36 (6.37%) Oracle
6 28 (4.96%) Veeam
7 20 (3.54%) Citrix
7 20 (3.54%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.83%) Commvault
9 15 (2.65%) Fortinet
10 14 (2.48%) SAP
10 14 (2.48%) ServiceNow
10 14 (2.48%) Splunk
11 13 (2.30%) Palo Alto
12 12 (2.12%) Dell
12 12 (2.12%) EMC
12 12 (2.12%) Meraki
13 11 (1.95%) SolarWinds
13 11 (1.95%) Zerto
14 8 (1.42%) Databricks