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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 250 219
Rank change year-on-year +89 -31 +14
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,310 608 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.22% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.37% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 943 475 742
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,625 £44,000
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 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,400 £96,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -1.00%

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 79,979 44,380 67,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.78% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 55,459 25,207 42,110
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
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 £50,055
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.10% -8.99%

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 28 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 28 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 +63 1,143 £57,500 -4.17% 683
UK excluding London +79 859 £50,000 -4.76% 416
Work from Home +90 403 £60,000 +4.35% 276
London +56 403 £75,000 - 348
North of England +65 240 £47,500 -11.63% 96
South East +56 225 £50,000 - 117
Midlands +50 143 £57,500 +4.55% 71
North West +48 130 £47,500 -11.63% 43
West Midlands +44 109 £57,500 - 47
Yorkshire +33 95 £47,500 -24.00% 41
South West -70 67 £49,375 +3.95% 61
East of England +5 62 £49,863 +38.51% 30
Scotland +47 52 £47,500 -13.64% 29
Northern Ireland -39 49 - - 10
East Midlands -19 34 £45,000 -14.29% 24
Wales -53 22 £45,000 -21.74% 9
North East -59 15 £52,500 +2.44% 16
Channel Islands - 1 £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
1 152 (11.60%) SharePoint
2 137 (10.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.98%) IIS
4 19 (1.45%) Apache
5 14 (1.07%) nginx
6 11 (0.84%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.38%) Confluence
8 4 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.076%) CICS
11 1 (0.076%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.45%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.84%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.38%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.23%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.076%) Eikon
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.076%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.076%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 683 (52.14%) Azure
2 405 (30.92%) Microsoft 365
3 258 (19.69%) AWS
4 241 (18.40%) Entra ID
5 143 (10.92%) SaaS
6 101 (7.71%) IaaS
7 75 (5.73%) PaaS
8 55 (4.20%) Power Platform
9 44 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
10 42 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (3.13%) GCP
12 37 (2.82%) OneDrive
13 35 (2.67%) Datadog
14 33 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
15 32 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
15 32 (2.44%) Nutanix
16 28 (2.14%) GitHub
17 26 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
18 24 (1.83%) OCI
19 23 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 365 (27.86%) Firewall
2 297 (22.67%) DNS
3 217 (16.56%) VPN
4 214 (16.34%) DHCP
5 162 (12.37%) WAN
6 134 (10.23%) VLAN
7 133 (10.15%) LAN
8 115 (8.78%) Wi-Fi
9 106 (8.09%) Network Security
10 99 (7.56%) TCP/IP
11 71 (5.42%) Wireless
12 63 (4.81%) SAN
13 48 (3.66%) Internet
14 39 (2.98%) SD-WAN
15 38 (2.90%) SSL
15 38 (2.90%) VoIP
16 30 (2.29%) Cisco ISE
17 25 (1.91%) Cisco Nexus
18 23 (1.76%) NAS
19 14 (1.07%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (6.95%) SQL Server
2 38 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.60%) Power BI
4 31 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 11 (0.84%) Data Lake
8 11 (0.84%) MySQL
9 9 (0.69%) Metadata
10 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.38%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.23%) Delta Lake
14 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (1.53%) Git
1 20 (1.53%) JIRA
2 16 (1.22%) Chocolatey
3 13 (0.99%) GitLab
4 9 (0.69%) JUnit
4 9 (0.69%) Spock
5 7 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.31%) MLflow
9 3 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.23%) Maven
10 2 (0.15%) git-flow
10 2 (0.15%) Selenium
10 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.15%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.076%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.076%) TeamCity
General
1 437 (33.36%) Social Skills
2 233 (17.79%) Finance
3 178 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.49%) Legal
5 76 (5.80%) Law
6 70 (5.34%) Banking
7 63 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (4.50%) Manufacturing
9 40 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (2.98%) Retail
11 37 (2.82%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.76%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.37%) Back Office
16 14 (1.07%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.99%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.92%) Mandarin Language
18 12 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 249 (19.01%) Senior
2 190 (14.50%) IT Support
3 165 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 149 (11.37%) IT Engineer
5 144 (10.99%) IT Manager
6 118 (9.01%) Support Engineer
7 104 (7.94%) Architect
8 99 (7.56%) IT Support Engineer
9 89 (6.79%) Analyst
10 71 (5.42%) Lead
11 66 (5.04%) Service Manager
12 61 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.50%) Resilience Manager
14 58 (4.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 56 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
15 56 (4.27%) IT Services Manager
16 54 (4.12%) Network Engineer
17 42 (3.21%) IT Analyst
18 40 (3.05%) Administrator
19 39 (2.98%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (12.60%) Terraform
2 73 (5.57%) Middleware
3 14 (1.07%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.69%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.69%) Kafka
4 9 (0.69%) Spring
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.61%) Web Services
6 7 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.38%) .NET
7 5 (0.38%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.38%) ModSecurity
7 5 (0.38%) SAML
8 4 (0.31%) REST
8 4 (0.31%) web3js
9 3 (0.23%) EDI
9 3 (0.23%) JSON
9 3 (0.23%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.23%) PySpark
9 3 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.40%) Data Centre
2 93 (7.10%) Cyber Threat
3 82 (6.26%) Cloud Native
3 82 (6.26%) Management Information System
4 72 (5.50%) Onboarding
5 69 (5.27%) Driving Licence
6 63 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 60 (4.58%) Security Posture
8 59 (4.50%) Replication
9 48 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 32 (2.44%) PKI
11 29 (2.21%) NHS
12 26 (1.98%) CCTV
12 26 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (1.83%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.76%) Clustering
15 21 (1.60%) Private Cloud
15 21 (1.60%) Virtual Team
16 20 (1.53%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 440 (33.59%) Windows
2 311 (23.74%) Windows Server
3 140 (10.69%) Linux
4 33 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (2.21%) Windows 10
6 26 (1.98%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.91%) Mac OS
8 23 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (1.60%) Unix
9 21 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.92%) AIX
11 10 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.76%) VMS
12 9 (0.69%) CentOS
12 9 (0.69%) Solaris
13 5 (0.38%) Debian
14 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (40.53%) Business Continuity
2 402 (30.69%) Cybersecurity
3 355 (27.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 340 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
5 269 (20.53%) ITIL
6 238 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 220 (16.79%) DevOps
8 203 (15.50%) High Availability
9 183 (13.97%) Incident Response
10 181 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 175 (13.36%) Information Security
12 172 (13.13%) Infrastructure as Code
13 169 (12.90%) Service Delivery
14 152 (11.60%) Project Delivery
15 150 (11.45%) Agile
16 146 (11.15%) Mentoring
17 139 (10.61%) CI/CD
18 131 (10.00%) Risk Management
19 130 (9.92%) Cloud Security
20 129 (9.85%) AI
Programming Languages
1 194 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 129 (9.85%) Python
3 121 (9.24%) SQL
4 53 (4.05%) Bash
5 27 (2.06%) Bicep
6 23 (1.76%) Shell Script
7 19 (1.45%) Java
8 14 (1.07%) JavaScript
9 13 (0.99%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.84%) Korn
11 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (0.38%) COBOL
13 5 (0.38%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.31%) Go
14 4 (0.31%) XAML
15 3 (0.23%) C#
15 3 (0.23%) Groovy
15 3 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 146 (11.15%) Degree
2 101 (7.71%) Azure Certification
3 100 (7.63%) CISSP
4 97 (7.40%) Cisco Certification
5 88 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (6.41%) CISM
7 83 (6.34%) Security Cleared
8 71 (5.42%) CCNP
9 62 (4.73%) SC Cleared
10 58 (4.43%) ITIL Certification
11 50 (3.82%) CCNA
12 42 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
13 41 (3.13%) Postgraduate
14 29 (2.21%) AWS Certification
14 29 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (1.45%) DV Cleared
17 18 (1.37%) Master's Degree
18 15 (1.15%) CRISC
18 15 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (11.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (10.46%) NIST
3 116 (8.85%) GDPR
4 115 (8.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 83 (6.34%) SLA
6 79 (6.03%) ISO 22301
7 52 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (3.28%) PCI DSS
9 38 (2.90%) GRC
10 28 (2.14%) Data Quality
11 24 (1.83%) PMO
12 22 (1.68%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.45%) NCSC
14 16 (1.22%) COBIT
15 15 (1.15%) QA
16 8 (0.61%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.46%) ISO 9001
18 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 349 (26.64%) Active Directory
2 288 (21.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 199 (15.19%) Hyper-V
4 51 (3.89%) Docker
5 48 (3.66%) vSphere
6 36 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (2.21%) Firmware
8 27 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
9 26 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.15%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
12 9 (0.69%) vCloud
13 6 (0.46%) Squid
14 5 (0.38%) KVM
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.15%) iptables
16 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 179 (13.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (6.41%) Ansible
3 82 (6.26%) Kubernetes
4 36 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
5 34 (2.60%) FortiGate
6 26 (1.98%) SCCM
7 18 (1.37%) VxRail
8 15 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (0.99%) Data Guard
9 13 (0.99%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.84%) Grafana
10 11 (0.84%) Nagios
10 11 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
10 11 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.61%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.53%) Avamar
12 7 (0.53%) Packer
13 6 (0.46%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 640 (48.85%) Microsoft
2 337 (25.73%) VMware
3 197 (15.04%) Cisco
4 90 (6.87%) Veeam
5 71 (5.42%) Palo Alto
6 48 (3.66%) Oracle
7 46 (3.51%) Splunk
8 43 (3.28%) Fortinet
8 43 (3.28%) SonicWALL
9 39 (2.98%) Meraki
10 38 (2.90%) Dell
11 36 (2.75%) Google
12 35 (2.67%) Aruba
13 33 (2.52%) HP
14 32 (2.44%) SolarWinds
15 30 (2.29%) Sophos
16 29 (2.21%) Qualys
17 28 (2.14%) Apple
18 25 (1.91%) AppDynamics
18 25 (1.91%) ServiceNow