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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 258 211
Rank change year-on-year +40 -47 +102
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 863 551 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.29% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.39% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 654 433 1,140
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £69,063
90th Percentile £94,625 £91,250 £88,775
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 68,523 39,694 83,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 93.27% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 44,541 20,818 60,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +28 755 £60,000 -7.69% 304
UK excluding London +28 477 £50,000 -9.09% 227
London +37 323 £76,250 +1.67% 106
Work from Home +83 266 £63,717 +6.20% 123
North of England +53 178 £47,500 -17.39% 58
South East +2 96 £56,250 -6.25% 71
Yorkshire +15 93 £47,500 -24.00% 27
Midlands +10 87 £52,500 +14.13% 47
West Midlands +9 71 £52,500 +5.00% 32
North West +21 67 £50,000 -9.09% 28
East of England -23 32 £62,500 +17.92% 17
South West -96 28 £40,000 -27.27% 24
Scotland +15 27 £38,000 -30.91% 6
North East -38 18 £43,500 -15.12% 3
Wales -18 15 £43,000 -14.00% 6
East Midlands -35 15 £57,500 +43.75% 15
Northern Ireland -30 10 - - 4
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
1 103 (11.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.27%) IIS
4 4 (0.46%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.46%) Confluence
5 3 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.74%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.70%) PlantUML
4 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.70%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.46%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 467 (54.11%) Azure
2 258 (29.90%) Microsoft 365
3 154 (17.84%) Entra ID
4 135 (15.64%) AWS
5 64 (7.42%) Nutanix
6 61 (7.07%) SaaS
7 51 (5.91%) IaaS
8 50 (5.79%) Datadog
9 44 (5.10%) PaaS
10 43 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
12 37 (4.29%) GitHub
13 31 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
14 30 (3.48%) OneDrive
15 29 (3.36%) GCP
15 29 (3.36%) Power Platform
16 26 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (2.55%) Azure AKS
18 21 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
19 18 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 259 (30.01%) Firewall
2 184 (21.32%) DNS
3 174 (20.16%) VPN
4 137 (15.87%) DHCP
5 121 (14.02%) WAN
6 87 (10.08%) VLAN
7 75 (8.69%) LAN
8 67 (7.76%) SAN
9 66 (7.65%) Network Security
10 64 (7.42%) Wi-Fi
11 63 (7.30%) TCP/IP
12 39 (4.52%) Wireless
13 29 (3.36%) SD-WAN
14 27 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
15 23 (2.67%) Cisco ISE
16 21 (2.43%) SSL
17 19 (2.20%) NAS
17 19 (2.20%) VoIP
18 15 (1.74%) BGP
19 14 (1.62%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.27%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.51%) Power BI
5 12 (1.39%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.39%) Delta Lake
6 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.04%) MySQL
6 9 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.58%) GIS
10 5 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (2.67%) Git
2 21 (2.43%) Chocolatey
3 12 (1.39%) JIRA
4 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.46%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.46%) MLflow
6 4 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.23%) Maven
8 2 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.23%) Selenium
8 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 313 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 167 (19.35%) Finance
3 144 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.30%) Banking
5 44 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.17%) Law
7 35 (4.06%) Legal
7 35 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.90%) Retail
10 20 (2.32%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.51%) Back Office
13 13 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.39%) Advertising
15 10 (1.16%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.93%) Marketing
16 8 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 173 (20.05%) Senior
2 139 (16.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 96 (11.12%) IT Support
4 91 (10.54%) IT Engineer
5 88 (10.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 75 (8.69%) Support Engineer
7 63 (7.30%) IT Manager
8 58 (6.72%) Azure Engineer
8 58 (6.72%) Lead
9 57 (6.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 56 (6.49%) IT Support Engineer
11 50 (5.79%) Architect
12 45 (5.21%) Analyst
13 38 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
14 28 (3.24%) Administrator
14 28 (3.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (3.24%) Security Engineer
15 26 (3.01%) Network Engineer
15 26 (3.01%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 25 (2.90%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.85%) SAML
2 12 (1.39%) PySpark
3 11 (1.27%) OAuth
4 10 (1.16%) YAML
5 9 (1.04%) ADO
5 9 (1.04%) Middleware
5 9 (1.04%) REST
6 8 (0.93%) ARM Templates
6 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (0.81%) Kafka
7 7 (0.81%) Loki
8 5 (0.58%) RESTful
9 4 (0.46%) .NET
9 4 (0.46%) web3js
10 3 (0.35%) JSON
10 3 (0.35%) ODBC
11 2 (0.23%) ActiveMQ
11 2 (0.23%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.23%) LDAP
11 2 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.39%) Data Centre
2 68 (7.88%) Management Information System
3 63 (7.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 46 (5.33%) Replication
5 43 (4.98%) Cloud Native
6 40 (4.63%) Driving Licence
7 39 (4.52%) Onboarding
8 38 (4.40%) Cyber Threat
9 35 (4.06%) Public Cloud
9 35 (4.06%) Security Posture
10 32 (3.71%) Data Protection Act
11 26 (3.01%) PKI
12 25 (2.90%) Enterprise Storage
13 24 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (2.67%) CMDB
15 20 (2.32%) NHS
16 15 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (1.51%) Clustering
18 11 (1.27%) CCTV
18 11 (1.27%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 293 (33.95%) Windows
2 184 (21.32%) Windows Server
3 75 (8.69%) Linux
4 21 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.32%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.51%) Ubuntu
9 12 (1.39%) VMS
10 9 (1.04%) CentOS
10 9 (1.04%) Unix
11 7 (0.81%) AIX
11 7 (0.81%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (0.70%) Android
13 5 (0.58%) Solaris
14 2 (0.23%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.23%) Debian
15 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (35.81%) Business Continuity
2 261 (30.24%) Cybersecurity
3 215 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
4 197 (22.83%) ITIL
5 193 (22.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 180 (20.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 138 (15.99%) High Availability
8 124 (14.37%) DevOps
9 123 (14.25%) Incident Response
10 112 (12.98%) Service Delivery
11 104 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
12 100 (11.59%) Cloud Security
13 92 (10.66%) Data Protection
14 89 (10.31%) Change Management
15 88 (10.20%) CI/CD
15 88 (10.20%) Migration
16 82 (9.50%) Mentoring
16 82 (9.50%) Service Management
17 81 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
18 78 (9.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (16.11%) PowerShell
2 100 (11.59%) Python
3 96 (11.12%) SQL
4 41 (4.75%) Bash
5 10 (1.16%) Bicep
5 10 (1.16%) Java
5 10 (1.16%) Shell Script
6 9 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (1.04%) Scala
7 8 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.81%) Korn
9 6 (0.70%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.70%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.58%) C#
11 3 (0.35%) Go
11 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.23%) RPG
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) COBOL
13 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 105 (12.17%) Degree
2 63 (7.30%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 59 (6.84%) Azure Certification
5 50 (5.79%) CCNP
6 46 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (5.33%) Security Cleared
7 37 (4.29%) SC Cleared
8 29 (3.36%) CCNA
9 27 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 23 (2.67%) CISSP
11 19 (2.20%) Postgraduate
12 18 (2.09%) CEH
13 14 (1.62%) MCSE
14 12 (1.39%) AWS Certification
15 10 (1.16%) CISM
15 10 (1.16%) VCAP
16 9 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 9 (1.04%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (14.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (10.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 88 (10.20%) GDPR
4 83 (9.62%) NIST
5 59 (6.84%) SLA
6 43 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 41 (4.75%) PCI DSS
8 27 (3.13%) PMO
9 23 (2.67%) GRC
10 22 (2.55%) SOC 2
11 21 (2.43%) Data Quality
12 17 (1.97%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (1.04%) COBIT
15 7 (0.81%) QA
16 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.46%) HL7
17 4 (0.46%) NCSC
17 4 (0.46%) SOC 1
System Software
1 260 (30.13%) Active Directory
2 196 (22.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (12.75%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.40%) vSphere
5 30 (3.48%) Docker
6 25 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.43%) Firmware
8 17 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.16%) VMware NSX
10 9 (1.04%) vCloud
11 7 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.70%) KVM
12 6 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.35%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.35%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 127 (14.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 110 (12.75%) Terraform
3 63 (7.30%) Kubernetes
4 59 (6.84%) Ansible
5 28 (3.24%) SCCM
6 22 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (2.43%) VxRail
8 15 (1.74%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.27%) Grafana
9 11 (1.27%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.04%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.93%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.93%) Nagios
11 8 (0.93%) Packer
12 7 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (0.81%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.70%) Avamar
13 6 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
13 6 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 433 (50.17%) Microsoft
2 267 (30.94%) VMware
3 94 (10.89%) Cisco
4 60 (6.95%) Dell
5 55 (6.37%) Veeam
6 45 (5.21%) HP
7 40 (4.63%) Palo Alto
8 39 (4.52%) Nimble Storage
9 33 (3.82%) Tenable
10 32 (3.71%) Commvault
11 29 (3.36%) Meraki
12 27 (3.13%) Splunk
13 25 (2.90%) Dynatrace
14 24 (2.78%) Dell Compellent
14 24 (2.78%) Fortinet
14 24 (2.78%) Zscaler
15 23 (2.67%) Oracle
16 22 (2.55%) AppDynamics
16 22 (2.55%) EMC
16 22 (2.55%) SolarWinds