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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 192 212
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 +124
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 780 670 1,340
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.61% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.73% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 585 550 1,197
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,813 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -

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 64,999 38,652 81,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.50% 92.94% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 40,056 22,591 59,648
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

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 17 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 17 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 -31 672 £60,000 - 247
UK excluding London -54 423 £52,500 -0.94% 218
London +18 296 £85,000 +13.33% 65
Work from Home +20 242 £65,000 +8.33% 108
North of England -26 142 £51,000 +2.00% 61
South East -15 105 £60,000 -7.69% 61
Yorkshire -13 80 £47,500 -13.64% 21
Midlands -51 61 £52,500 +5.00% 37
West Midlands -8 53 £52,500 +5.00% 28
North West -37 43 £55,000 +22.22% 31
East of England -35 28 £65,000 +30.00% 14
South West -90 28 £40,000 -27.27% 30
Scotland -20 25 £38,000 -24.00% 14
Northern Ireland -16 20 - - 2
North East -31 19 £51,000 +59.38% 11
Wales - 10 £31,500 - 4
East Midlands -62 7 £60,000 +50.00% 9
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
1 100 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.03%) IIS
4 5 (0.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.26%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.26%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.51%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.38%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.26%) 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
1 425 (54.49%) Azure
2 239 (30.64%) Microsoft 365
3 150 (19.23%) Entra ID
4 130 (16.67%) AWS
5 67 (8.59%) Nutanix
6 48 (6.15%) SaaS
7 46 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
8 45 (5.77%) Datadog
9 41 (5.26%) IaaS
10 37 (4.74%) GitHub
11 35 (4.49%) PaaS
12 34 (4.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 34 (4.36%) OneDrive
13 32 (4.10%) GCP
14 24 (3.08%) Azure AKS
14 24 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.69%) Power Platform
15 21 (2.69%) Serverless
16 18 (2.31%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 233 (29.87%) Firewall
2 166 (21.28%) DNS
3 163 (20.90%) VPN
4 137 (17.56%) DHCP
5 111 (14.23%) WAN
6 82 (10.51%) VLAN
7 67 (8.59%) LAN
8 61 (7.82%) Wi-Fi
9 57 (7.31%) TCP/IP
10 54 (6.92%) SAN
11 49 (6.28%) Network Security
12 35 (4.49%) Wireless
13 31 (3.97%) Remote Desktop
14 26 (3.33%) SD-WAN
15 17 (2.18%) Cisco ISE
15 17 (2.18%) NAS
16 15 (1.92%) BGP
17 13 (1.67%) VoIP
18 9 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
18 9 (1.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.05%) MySQL
5 12 (1.54%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.54%) Delta Lake
5 12 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.41%) Oracle Database
6 11 (1.41%) Power BI
7 9 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.77%) 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%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
13 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (3.59%) Git
2 18 (2.31%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.79%) JIRA
4 12 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.64%) GitLab
5 5 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.51%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.51%) MLflow
6 4 (0.51%) Selenium
6 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.38%) Maven
7 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.26%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 301 (38.59%) Social Skills
2 175 (22.44%) Finance
3 128 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (6.92%) Banking
5 38 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.49%) Law
7 30 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 28 (3.59%) Retail
9 26 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (2.82%) Legal
10 22 (2.82%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.79%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.54%) Back Office
14 12 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.54%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.41%) Marketing
16 8 (1.03%) Advertising
17 6 (0.77%) French Language
Job Titles
1 130 (16.67%) Senior
2 121 (15.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 82 (10.51%) Cloud Engineer
4 78 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 73 (9.36%) IT Support
6 70 (8.97%) Support Engineer
7 65 (8.33%) IT Manager
7 65 (8.33%) Lead
8 54 (6.92%) Azure Engineer
9 44 (5.64%) IT Support Engineer
9 44 (5.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (5.38%) Architect
11 39 (5.00%) Analyst
12 29 (3.72%) Platform Engineer
13 27 (3.46%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
14 25 (3.21%) Security Engineer
15 22 (2.82%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 22 (2.82%) Support Analyst
15 22 (2.82%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.31%) SAML
2 15 (1.92%) OAuth
3 13 (1.67%) YAML
4 12 (1.54%) ADO
4 12 (1.54%) PySpark
5 10 (1.28%) ARM Templates
5 10 (1.28%) REST
6 8 (1.03%) RESTful
7 7 (0.90%) Loki
8 5 (0.64%) Middleware
9 4 (0.51%) .NET
9 4 (0.51%) EDI
9 4 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.51%) Kafka
9 4 (0.51%) web3js
10 3 (0.38%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.38%) LAMP
10 3 (0.38%) ODBC
10 3 (0.38%) RAML
10 3 (0.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 56 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.92%) Data Centre
4 41 (5.26%) Replication
5 37 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 35 (4.49%) Public Cloud
7 34 (4.36%) Driving Licence
8 32 (4.10%) Onboarding
9 31 (3.97%) Cyber Threat
10 30 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
11 26 (3.33%) Security Posture
12 22 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (2.31%) CMDB
14 16 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (1.92%) PKI
16 14 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
17 13 (1.67%) NHS
18 11 (1.41%) Clustering
19 9 (1.15%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 246 (31.54%) Windows
2 165 (21.15%) Windows Server
3 71 (9.10%) Linux
4 26 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.31%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.05%) VMS
8 12 (1.54%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.15%) CentOS
9 9 (1.15%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.15%) Unix
10 8 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.90%) 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 (0.26%) zOS
15 1 (0.13%) Debian
15 1 (0.13%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (37.44%) Business Continuity
2 239 (30.64%) Cybersecurity
3 200 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (25.51%) ITIL
5 172 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 167 (21.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 138 (17.69%) High Availability
8 127 (16.28%) DevOps
9 105 (13.46%) Incident Response
9 105 (13.46%) Service Delivery
10 98 (12.56%) Infrastructure as Code
11 87 (11.15%) Change Management
11 87 (11.15%) CI/CD
12 85 (10.90%) Data Protection
13 84 (10.77%) Mentoring
14 83 (10.64%) Migration
15 82 (10.51%) Cloud Security
16 80 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (9.49%) Service Management
18 73 (9.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 146 (18.72%) PowerShell
2 106 (13.59%) Python
3 83 (10.64%) SQL
4 36 (4.62%) Bash
5 13 (1.67%) Java
6 12 (1.54%) Bicep
6 12 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.15%) Scala
7 9 (1.15%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.03%) Go
9 5 (0.64%) C#
10 4 (0.51%) Korn
11 3 (0.38%) COBOL
11 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.26%) JCL
12 2 (0.26%) RPG
13 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 95 (12.18%) Degree
2 52 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (6.03%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (5.51%) Security Cleared
6 38 (4.87%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (3.97%) SC Cleared
8 29 (3.72%) CCNP
9 24 (3.08%) CISSP
10 23 (2.95%) CEH
11 15 (1.92%) CCNA
12 14 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 13 (1.67%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.41%) MCSE
15 9 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (1.15%) CISM
15 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
16 8 (1.03%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (15.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (9.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 77 (9.87%) GDPR
3 67 (8.59%) NIST
4 57 (7.31%) SLA
5 38 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 32 (4.10%) PCI DSS
7 24 (3.08%) SOC 2
8 22 (2.82%) GRC
9 18 (2.31%) Data Quality
10 16 (2.05%) ISO 22301
10 16 (2.05%) PMO
11 11 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (0.90%) QA
13 5 (0.64%) NCSC
14 4 (0.51%) DICOM
14 4 (0.51%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.51%) HL7
15 3 (0.38%) GxP
System Software
1 243 (31.15%) Active Directory
2 168 (21.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (13.72%) Hyper-V
4 39 (5.00%) Docker
5 33 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (3.33%) vSphere
7 18 (2.31%) Firmware
8 16 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.90%) vCloud
10 7 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.77%) KVM
11 6 (0.77%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.26%) RACF
14 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.13%) Postfix
15 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 107 (13.72%) Terraform
2 105 (13.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 65 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 64 (8.21%) Ansible
5 25 (3.21%) SCCM
6 14 (1.79%) Grafana
7 13 (1.67%) VxRail
8 11 (1.41%) Prometheus
9 10 (1.28%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.15%) Nagios
10 9 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.15%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.03%) Data Guard
12 6 (0.77%) Packer
13 5 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.51%) Argo
14 4 (0.51%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.38%) Avamar
15 3 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 383 (49.10%) Microsoft
2 234 (30.00%) VMware
3 67 (8.59%) Cisco
4 55 (7.05%) Dell
5 41 (5.26%) HP
6 38 (4.87%) Commvault
7 36 (4.62%) Veeam
8 35 (4.49%) Palo Alto
9 33 (4.23%) Nimble Storage
10 28 (3.59%) Dell Compellent
11 27 (3.46%) Tenable
11 27 (3.46%) Zscaler
12 26 (3.33%) Dynatrace
13 25 (3.21%) Meraki
14 24 (3.08%) Oracle
15 19 (2.44%) AppDynamics
15 19 (2.44%) Fortinet
16 18 (2.31%) Splunk
17 17 (2.18%) Databricks
17 17 (2.18%) EMC