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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 226 216
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +103
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 804 639 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.46% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.57% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 602 517 1,171
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £44,000 £41,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% -

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 68,096 40,631 82,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.48% 93.01% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 42,564 22,679 59,766
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -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 7 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 7 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 -1 696 £62,500 +4.17% 267
UK excluding London -17 438 £52,500 -3.67% 227
London +20 303 £81,250 +8.33% 78
Work from Home +57 250 £65,000 +8.33% 108
North of England -13 148 £55,000 - 59
South East -6 97 £59,500 -8.46% 68
Yorkshire -7 84 £52,370 -4.78% 26
Midlands -6 75 £52,500 +5.00% 42
West Midlands +8 63 £52,500 +2.44% 26
North West -25 48 £54,500 +9.00% 30
East of England -20 30 £62,500 +25.00% 12
South West -94 30 £42,500 -26.09% 30
Scotland -4 26 £38,000 -24.00% 11
North East -26 16 £58,446 +71.90% 3
Northern Ireland -22 15 - -
Wales -14 13 £40,750 -18.50% 8
East Midlands -44 11 £60,000 +50.00% 15
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 99 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (10.95%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.12%) IIS
4 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.50%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) CICS
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.62%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.37%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.25%) Weka
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.50%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.37%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 436 (54.23%) Azure
2 246 (30.60%) Microsoft 365
3 150 (18.66%) Entra ID
4 128 (15.92%) AWS
5 68 (8.46%) Nutanix
6 53 (6.59%) SaaS
7 50 (6.22%) Datadog
8 44 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (5.47%) Azure Monitor
8 44 (5.47%) IaaS
9 39 (4.85%) PaaS
10 38 (4.73%) GitHub
11 35 (4.35%) OneDrive
12 32 (3.98%) Microsoft Purview
13 29 (3.61%) GCP
14 27 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (3.11%) Power Platform
16 23 (2.86%) Azure AKS
17 18 (2.24%) Mimecast
18 17 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 245 (30.47%) Firewall
2 174 (21.64%) DNS
3 169 (21.02%) VPN
4 135 (16.79%) DHCP
5 119 (14.80%) WAN
6 83 (10.32%) VLAN
7 72 (8.96%) LAN
8 64 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (7.59%) TCP/IP
10 60 (7.46%) SAN
11 56 (6.97%) Network Security
12 40 (4.98%) Wireless
13 29 (3.61%) SD-WAN
14 27 (3.36%) Remote Desktop
15 20 (2.49%) Cisco ISE
16 19 (2.36%) NAS
17 15 (1.87%) VoIP
18 14 (1.74%) SSL
19 13 (1.62%) BGP
19 13 (1.62%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.49%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.49%) Power BI
5 11 (1.37%) MySQL
6 9 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.62%) GIS
9 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.99%) Git
2 20 (2.49%) Chocolatey
3 12 (1.49%) JIRA
4 10 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.50%) GitLab
7 4 (0.50%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.50%) MLflow
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) Maven
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 306 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 166 (20.65%) Finance
3 135 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.97%) Banking
5 38 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.86%) Law
8 27 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (2.99%) Retail
10 22 (2.74%) Legal
11 20 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.11%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.49%) Back Office
16 11 (1.37%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.24%) Advertising
17 10 (1.24%) Marketing
18 9 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 155 (19.28%) Senior
2 124 (15.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 85 (10.57%) IT Support
4 84 (10.45%) IT Engineer
5 83 (10.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 75 (9.33%) Support Engineer
7 61 (7.59%) Lead
8 60 (7.46%) IT Manager
9 56 (6.97%) Azure Engineer
10 51 (6.34%) IT Support Engineer
10 51 (6.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 45 (5.60%) Architect
12 37 (4.60%) Analyst
13 36 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.23%) Security Engineer
15 24 (2.99%) Administrator
15 24 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
15 24 (2.99%) Security Manager
16 22 (2.74%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.11%) SAML
2 14 (1.74%) OAuth
3 13 (1.62%) YAML
4 12 (1.49%) ADO
4 12 (1.49%) PySpark
5 10 (1.24%) REST
6 9 (1.12%) Middleware
7 8 (1.00%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.87%) Loki
9 6 (0.75%) RESTful
10 5 (0.62%) Kafka
11 4 (0.50%) .NET
11 4 (0.50%) web3js
12 3 (0.37%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
12 3 (0.37%) ODBC
12 3 (0.37%) RAML
12 3 (0.37%) SOAP
13 2 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
13 2 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 61 (7.59%) Data Centre
3 59 (7.34%) Management Information System
4 41 (5.10%) Onboarding
5 39 (4.85%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.85%) Replication
6 35 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
6 35 (4.35%) Public Cloud
7 32 (3.98%) Driving Licence
8 30 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (3.73%) Security Posture
9 22 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.36%) CMDB
10 19 (2.36%) PKI
11 17 (2.11%) Enterprise Storage
11 17 (2.11%) NHS
12 15 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.24%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 256 (31.84%) Windows
2 168 (20.90%) Windows Server
3 69 (8.58%) Linux
4 25 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.24%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (1.74%) Ubuntu
6 14 (1.74%) VMS
7 11 (1.37%) Mac OS
8 10 (1.24%) CentOS
9 9 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.87%) Unix
12 5 (0.62%) Android
13 4 (0.50%) AIX
13 4 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.50%) Solaris
14 2 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.25%) Debian
14 2 (0.25%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (37.19%) Business Continuity
2 251 (31.22%) Cybersecurity
3 200 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
4 193 (24.00%) ITIL
5 186 (23.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 170 (21.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 138 (17.16%) High Availability
8 128 (15.92%) DevOps
9 116 (14.43%) Incident Response
10 105 (13.06%) Service Delivery
11 101 (12.56%) Infrastructure as Code
12 92 (11.44%) Change Management
13 91 (11.32%) Cloud Security
14 88 (10.95%) CI/CD
15 86 (10.70%) Migration
16 84 (10.45%) Mentoring
17 82 (10.20%) Data Protection
18 81 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
19 75 (9.33%) Service Management
20 74 (9.20%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (17.29%) PowerShell
2 101 (12.56%) Python
3 84 (10.45%) SQL
4 41 (5.10%) Bash
5 12 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (1.37%) Java
7 10 (1.24%) Bicep
8 9 (1.12%) Scala
9 8 (1.00%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.87%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.62%) C#
11 5 (0.62%) Go
12 4 (0.50%) Korn
13 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.37%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.25%) COBOL
14 2 (0.25%) RPG
15 1 (0.12%) JCL
15 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (12.19%) Degree
2 53 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (6.34%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (5.60%) Azure Certification
5 44 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (5.22%) CCNP
6 42 (5.22%) Security Cleared
7 30 (3.73%) SC Cleared
8 23 (2.86%) CISSP
9 22 (2.74%) CCNA
10 21 (2.61%) CEH
10 21 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (1.74%) Postgraduate
12 13 (1.62%) MCSE
13 11 (1.37%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.12%) CISM
15 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.12%) VCAP
16 8 (1.00%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (15.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (10.57%) GDPR
3 80 (9.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 72 (8.96%) NIST
5 62 (7.71%) SLA
6 38 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 37 (4.60%) PCI DSS
8 25 (3.11%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.86%) GRC
9 23 (2.86%) PMO
10 21 (2.61%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.87%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (0.87%) QA
14 5 (0.62%) COBIT
14 5 (0.62%) NCSC
15 4 (0.50%) DICOM
15 4 (0.50%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.50%) HL7
System Software
1 249 (30.97%) Active Directory
2 181 (22.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (13.06%) Hyper-V
4 36 (4.48%) Docker
5 34 (4.23%) vSphere
6 30 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (2.49%) Firmware
8 17 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (1.12%) vCloud
10 9 (1.12%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.75%) KVM
11 6 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.12%) RACF
15 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 114 (14.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (13.43%) Terraform
3 66 (8.21%) Kubernetes
4 61 (7.59%) Ansible
5 27 (3.36%) SCCM
6 17 (2.11%) VxRail
7 13 (1.62%) Grafana
8 12 (1.49%) Prometheus
8 12 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (1.37%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.00%) Packer
10 8 (1.00%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.75%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.75%) Nagios
12 5 (0.62%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.62%) WSUS
13 4 (0.50%) Argo
13 4 (0.50%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.37%) Avamar
Vendors
1 395 (49.13%) Microsoft
2 250 (31.09%) VMware
3 78 (9.70%) Cisco
4 60 (7.46%) Dell
5 45 (5.60%) HP
6 43 (5.35%) Veeam
7 41 (5.10%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.73%) Nimble Storage
9 36 (4.48%) Commvault
10 31 (3.86%) Tenable
11 28 (3.48%) Meraki
12 27 (3.36%) Dell Compellent
12 27 (3.36%) Zscaler
13 25 (3.11%) Dynatrace
14 21 (2.61%) AppDynamics
14 21 (2.61%) Fortinet
14 21 (2.61%) Splunk
15 20 (2.49%) EMC
15 20 (2.49%) Oracle
16 19 (2.36%) Databricks