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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 253 216
Rank change year-on-year +46 -37 +90
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 927 571 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.29% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.39% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 709 453 1,131
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,565 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +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 66,839 40,980 87,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.86% 92.69% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 45,659 21,831 62,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +42 824 £60,000 -4.38% 255
UK excluding London +54 525 £48,000 -12.73% 221
London +51 341 £77,500 +5.80% 72
Work from Home +84 273 £60,000 +9.09% 114
North of England +65 195 £47,500 -13.64% 38
South East +11 119 £52,500 -4.55% 68
Yorkshire +25 102 £47,500 -24.00% 17
Midlands +38 94 £52,500 +14.13% 52
North West +39 75 £50,000 -9.09% 21
West Midlands +35 73 £52,500 -6.67% 31
East of England -6 38 £53,725 +1.85% 21
South West -84 30 £40,000 -27.27% 26
Scotland +30 25 £38,000 -30.91% 7
East Midlands -21 20 £55,000 +37.50% 21
North East -40 18 £42,500 -15.00%
Wales -30 14 £43,000 -14.00% 11
Northern Ireland -25 8 - - 3
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
1 111 (11.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (10.90%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.40%) IIS
4 4 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.43%) Confluence
5 3 (0.32%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Site Server
7 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.73%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.86%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (0.97%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.22%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.22%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 483 (52.10%) Azure
2 285 (30.74%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (18.23%) Entra ID
4 138 (14.89%) AWS
5 62 (6.69%) SaaS
6 59 (6.36%) Nutanix
7 56 (6.04%) IaaS
8 50 (5.39%) Datadog
9 46 (4.96%) PaaS
10 41 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
12 34 (3.67%) GitHub
13 31 (3.34%) GCP
13 31 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
13 31 (3.34%) Power Platform
14 25 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
14 25 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.70%) OneDrive
15 22 (2.37%) Azure AKS
16 19 (2.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 291 (31.39%) Firewall
2 203 (21.90%) DNS
3 185 (19.96%) VPN
4 153 (16.50%) DHCP
5 132 (14.24%) WAN
6 94 (10.14%) VLAN
7 89 (9.60%) LAN
8 77 (8.31%) Network Security
9 74 (7.98%) Wi-Fi
10 70 (7.55%) TCP/IP
11 66 (7.12%) SAN
12 41 (4.42%) Wireless
13 30 (3.24%) SD-WAN
14 26 (2.80%) Cisco ISE
14 26 (2.80%) SSL
15 24 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
16 22 (2.37%) VoIP
17 19 (2.05%) Internet
18 17 (1.83%) NAS
19 15 (1.62%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.51%) Power BI
5 11 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.97%) Delta Lake
6 9 (0.97%) MySQL
6 9 (0.97%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.54%) GIS
9 5 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.54%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (2.05%) Chocolatey
1 19 (2.05%) Git
2 14 (1.51%) JIRA
3 7 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.43%) MLflow
6 3 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.32%) GitLab
6 3 (0.32%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 337 (36.35%) Social Skills
2 169 (18.23%) Finance
3 142 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (7.01%) Banking
5 44 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (4.75%) Legal
6 41 (4.42%) Law
7 37 (3.99%) Public Sector
8 33 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.70%) Retail
10 24 (2.59%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.62%) Back Office
14 11 (1.19%) Advertising
15 10 (1.08%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
17 7 (0.76%) French Language
17 7 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (19.96%) Senior
2 148 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 124 (13.38%) IT Support
4 106 (11.43%) IT Engineer
5 87 (9.39%) Support Engineer
6 80 (8.63%) Cloud Engineer
7 69 (7.44%) IT Support Engineer
8 67 (7.23%) IT Manager
9 62 (6.69%) Lead
10 58 (6.26%) Azure Engineer
10 58 (6.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 56 (6.04%) Analyst
12 54 (5.83%) Architect
13 37 (3.99%) Platform Engineer
14 33 (3.56%) Administrator
15 29 (3.13%) Network Engineer
16 28 (3.02%) Security Engineer
16 28 (3.02%) Security Manager
17 27 (2.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 26 (2.80%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.62%) SAML
2 11 (1.19%) Middleware
3 10 (1.08%) OAuth
4 9 (0.97%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.97%) PySpark
4 9 (0.97%) YAML
5 8 (0.86%) ADO
5 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.86%) REST
6 7 (0.76%) Kafka
7 5 (0.54%) RESTful
8 4 (0.43%) .NET
8 4 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (0.43%) Loki
8 4 (0.43%) web3js
9 3 (0.32%) JSON
9 3 (0.32%) Node.js
9 3 (0.32%) ODBC
9 3 (0.32%) Playwright
10 2 (0.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.71%) Data Centre
2 69 (7.44%) Management Information System
3 63 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (5.50%) Replication
5 49 (5.29%) Driving Licence
6 48 (5.18%) Cloud Native
7 44 (4.75%) Security Posture
8 39 (4.21%) Onboarding
9 38 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
10 33 (3.56%) Public Cloud
11 31 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (3.24%) PKI
13 29 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
13 29 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (2.70%) NHS
15 24 (2.59%) CMDB
16 17 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
17 15 (1.62%) Clustering
17 15 (1.62%) Virtual Team
18 14 (1.51%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 321 (34.63%) Windows
2 209 (22.55%) Windows Server
3 85 (9.17%) Linux
4 22 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (2.27%) Windows 10
6 20 (2.16%) Mac OS
6 20 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.51%) Unix
9 13 (1.40%) Apple iOS
9 13 (1.40%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.19%) VMS
11 9 (0.97%) AIX
11 9 (0.97%) CentOS
11 9 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (0.65%) Solaris
13 4 (0.43%) Android
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.22%) Debian
15 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (35.92%) Business Continuity
2 288 (31.07%) Cybersecurity
3 230 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (23.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 198 (21.36%) ITIL
6 194 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 146 (15.75%) High Availability
8 139 (14.99%) Incident Response
9 121 (13.05%) DevOps
10 111 (11.97%) Service Delivery
11 108 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 105 (11.33%) Cloud Security
13 99 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 94 (10.14%) Data Protection
15 92 (9.92%) Change Management
15 92 (9.92%) Migration
16 88 (9.49%) Service Management
17 86 (9.28%) CI/CD
18 85 (9.17%) Mentoring
19 83 (8.95%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 148 (15.97%) PowerShell
2 98 (10.57%) SQL
3 96 (10.36%) Python
4 42 (4.53%) Bash
5 14 (1.51%) Shell Script
6 11 (1.19%) Bicep
7 10 (1.08%) Java
8 9 (0.97%) Korn
8 9 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (0.86%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.86%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.76%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.65%) Scala
12 5 (0.54%) C#
12 5 (0.54%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.32%) Go
14 2 (0.22%) RPG
15 1 (0.11%) COBOL
15 1 (0.11%) Perl
15 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 108 (11.65%) Degree
2 72 (7.77%) Cisco Certification
3 67 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 59 (6.36%) Azure Certification
5 57 (6.15%) CCNP
6 49 (5.29%) Security Cleared
7 40 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (4.10%) SC Cleared
9 36 (3.88%) CCNA
10 27 (2.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 25 (2.70%) CISSP
11 25 (2.70%) Postgraduate
12 16 (1.73%) CEH
13 13 (1.40%) CISM
13 13 (1.40%) MCSE
14 10 (1.08%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.08%) VCAP
15 9 (0.97%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.97%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (14.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 100 (10.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 94 (10.14%) GDPR
4 89 (9.60%) NIST
5 58 (6.26%) SLA
6 46 (4.96%) PCI DSS
7 45 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 29 (3.13%) PMO
9 23 (2.48%) GRC
10 22 (2.37%) SOC 2
11 19 (2.05%) Data Quality
12 18 (1.94%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (1.19%) COBIT
14 7 (0.76%) NCSC
15 6 (0.65%) QA
16 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.43%) DICOM
17 4 (0.43%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.43%) HL7
System Software
1 276 (29.77%) Active Directory
2 215 (23.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (13.59%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.10%) vSphere
5 28 (3.02%) Docker
6 26 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (2.16%) Firmware
8 17 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.08%) Oracle RAC
9 10 (1.08%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.97%) vCloud
11 6 (0.65%) KVM
11 6 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.32%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.32%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 130 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 116 (12.51%) Terraform
3 64 (6.90%) Ansible
4 60 (6.47%) Kubernetes
5 27 (2.91%) SCCM
6 25 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (2.37%) VxRail
8 20 (2.16%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.97%) Data Guard
9 9 (0.97%) Grafana
9 9 (0.97%) Nagios
9 9 (0.97%) Packer
9 9 (0.97%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.86%) Dell DRAC
10 8 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
10 8 (0.86%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (0.65%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 467 (50.38%) Microsoft
2 284 (30.64%) VMware
3 120 (12.94%) Cisco
4 66 (7.12%) Veeam
5 55 (5.93%) Dell
6 47 (5.07%) Palo Alto
7 43 (4.64%) HP
8 35 (3.78%) Meraki
8 35 (3.78%) Nimble Storage
9 33 (3.56%) Commvault
10 31 (3.34%) Splunk
11 30 (3.24%) Tenable
12 27 (2.91%) EMC
12 27 (2.91%) Oracle
13 24 (2.59%) Fortinet
13 24 (2.59%) SolarWinds
14 23 (2.48%) Dynatrace
14 23 (2.48%) IBM
14 23 (2.48%) Sophos
14 23 (2.48%) Zscaler