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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 253 215
Rank change year-on-year +26 -38 +98
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 829 605 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.37% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.47% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 622 485 1,141
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,917 £45,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,188 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £88,750
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 67,959 41,142 82,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.66% 93.29% 84.82%
Number of salaries quoted 43,928 22,326 59,700
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -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 20 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 20 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 +7 726 £60,000 -4.00% 283
UK excluding London -9 455 £50,000 -9.09% 229
London +37 314 £77,500 +3.33% 88
Work from Home +81 261 £65,000 +8.33% 113
North of England +32 165 £52,000 -5.45% 51
South East -3 96 £57,500 -11.54% 69
Yorkshire +13 88 £57,239 -4.60% 22
Midlands +5 81 £52,500 +14.13% 48
West Midlands +15 69 £52,500 +5.00% 32
North West +13 61 £50,000 -9.09% 26
East of England -22 31 £62,500 +21.36% 22
South West -103 28 £37,500 -33.33% 27
Scotland +13 27 £38,000 -24.67% 8
North East -39 16 £58,446 +41.26% 3
Wales -15 12 £43,000 -14.00% 5
Northern Ireland -26 11 - - 4
East Midlands -40 11 £60,000 +50.00% 16
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 (12.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (10.74%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.21%) IIS
4 4 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.81%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.60%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.60%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) 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
1 450 (54.28%) Azure
2 248 (29.92%) Microsoft 365
3 153 (18.46%) Entra ID
4 131 (15.80%) AWS
5 64 (7.72%) Nutanix
6 58 (7.00%) SaaS
7 51 (6.15%) Datadog
8 49 (5.91%) IaaS
9 43 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (5.19%) PaaS
10 40 (4.83%) Azure Monitor
11 39 (4.70%) GitHub
12 31 (3.74%) Microsoft Purview
12 31 (3.74%) OneDrive
13 29 (3.50%) GCP
14 28 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (3.38%) Power Platform
15 22 (2.65%) Azure AKS
16 19 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (2.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 250 (30.16%) Firewall
2 176 (21.23%) DNS
3 169 (20.39%) VPN
4 132 (15.92%) DHCP
5 120 (14.48%) WAN
6 86 (10.37%) VLAN
7 73 (8.81%) LAN
8 66 (7.96%) SAN
9 64 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
10 62 (7.48%) TCP/IP
11 61 (7.36%) Network Security
12 39 (4.70%) Wireless
13 30 (3.62%) SD-WAN
14 26 (3.14%) Remote Desktop
15 22 (2.65%) Cisco ISE
16 19 (2.29%) NAS
17 18 (2.17%) VoIP
18 17 (2.05%) SSL
19 14 (1.69%) BGP
19 14 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (9.17%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.45%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.45%) Power BI
5 9 (1.09%) MySQL
6 8 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (0.84%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.72%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.60%) GIS
9 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.90%) Git
2 21 (2.53%) Chocolatey
3 11 (1.33%) JIRA
4 10 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.48%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.48%) MLflow
8 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.36%) GitLab
8 3 (0.36%) Maven
8 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.24%) Selenium
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.12%) JMeter
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 304 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 165 (19.90%) Finance
3 140 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.24%) Banking
5 43 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.74%) Law
8 30 (3.62%) Legal
9 26 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.90%) Retail
11 18 (2.17%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.45%) Back Office
15 11 (1.33%) Advertising
16 9 (1.09%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.97%) Marketing
17 8 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.84%) French Language
Job Titles
1 164 (19.78%) Senior
2 130 (15.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 90 (10.86%) IT Support
4 88 (10.62%) IT Engineer
5 86 (10.37%) Cloud Engineer
6 74 (8.93%) Support Engineer
7 62 (7.48%) IT Manager
8 58 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
9 56 (6.76%) Lead
10 54 (6.51%) IT Support Engineer
11 53 (6.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 47 (5.67%) Architect
13 39 (4.70%) Analyst
14 37 (4.46%) Platform Engineer
15 27 (3.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (3.26%) Security Engineer
16 25 (3.02%) Administrator
16 25 (3.02%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 24 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
17 24 (2.90%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.81%) SAML
2 12 (1.45%) OAuth
2 12 (1.45%) PySpark
3 11 (1.33%) YAML
4 10 (1.21%) ADO
4 10 (1.21%) REST
5 9 (1.09%) Middleware
6 8 (0.97%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.84%) Kafka
7 7 (0.84%) Loki
7 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.60%) RESTful
9 4 (0.48%) .NET
9 4 (0.48%) web3js
10 3 (0.36%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.36%) ODBC
10 3 (0.36%) RAML
10 3 (0.36%) SOAP
11 2 (0.24%) LDAP
11 2 (0.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.69%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 61 (7.36%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.19%) Replication
5 42 (5.07%) Cloud Native
6 39 (4.70%) Onboarding
7 36 (4.34%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (4.34%) Driving Licence
8 35 (4.22%) Public Cloud
9 33 (3.98%) Security Posture
10 32 (3.86%) Data Protection Act
11 24 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (2.65%) Enterprise Storage
13 21 (2.53%) CMDB
13 21 (2.53%) PKI
14 20 (2.41%) NHS
15 16 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (1.45%) Clustering
17 11 (1.33%) CCTV
17 11 (1.33%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 273 (32.93%) Windows
2 171 (20.63%) Windows Server
3 74 (8.93%) Linux
4 21 (2.53%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.05%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.81%) Mac OS
8 13 (1.57%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (1.33%) VMS
10 9 (1.09%) CentOS
10 9 (1.09%) Unix
11 6 (0.72%) AIX
11 6 (0.72%) Android
11 6 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.48%) Solaris
13 2 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.24%) Debian
14 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (36.19%) Business Continuity
2 254 (30.64%) Cybersecurity
3 206 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
4 190 (22.92%) ITIL
5 186 (22.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 172 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 135 (16.28%) High Availability
8 126 (15.20%) DevOps
9 120 (14.48%) Incident Response
10 110 (13.27%) Service Delivery
11 101 (12.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 96 (11.58%) Cloud Security
13 89 (10.74%) Change Management
14 88 (10.62%) CI/CD
15 87 (10.49%) Data Protection
15 87 (10.49%) Migration
16 82 (9.89%) Service Management
17 81 (9.77%) Mentoring
18 80 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
19 76 (9.17%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 136 (16.41%) PowerShell
2 101 (12.18%) Python
3 88 (10.62%) SQL
4 42 (5.07%) Bash
5 11 (1.33%) Java
6 10 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.09%) Bicep
7 9 (1.09%) Scala
7 9 (1.09%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.72%) Korn
10 5 (0.60%) C#
10 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.48%) Go
12 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.24%) RPG
14 1 (0.12%) C
14 1 (0.12%) COBOL
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 100 (12.06%) Degree
2 57 (6.88%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (6.27%) Azure Certification
4 46 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (5.43%) CCNP
5 45 (5.43%) Security Cleared
6 35 (4.22%) SC Cleared
7 26 (3.14%) CCNA
8 25 (3.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 23 (2.77%) CISSP
10 18 (2.17%) CEH
10 18 (2.17%) Postgraduate
11 13 (1.57%) MCSE
12 11 (1.33%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.21%) CISM
13 10 (1.21%) VCAP
14 9 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 9 (1.09%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (14.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (10.37%) GDPR
3 85 (10.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 79 (9.53%) NIST
5 61 (7.36%) SLA
6 41 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 41 (4.95%) PCI DSS
7 25 (3.02%) PMO
8 23 (2.77%) GRC
8 23 (2.77%) SOC 2
9 21 (2.53%) Data Quality
10 16 (1.93%) ISO 22301
11 11 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.97%) COBIT
13 7 (0.84%) QA
14 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (0.48%) DICOM
15 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.48%) HL7
15 4 (0.48%) SOC 1
System Software
1 255 (30.76%) Active Directory
2 187 (22.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 103 (12.42%) Hyper-V
4 36 (4.34%) vSphere
5 33 (3.98%) Docker
6 27 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.53%) Firmware
8 18 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (1.21%) VMware NSX
11 9 (1.09%) vCloud
12 6 (0.72%) KVM
12 6 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.24%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 124 (14.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (13.03%) Terraform
3 63 (7.60%) Kubernetes
4 59 (7.12%) Ansible
5 28 (3.38%) SCCM
6 19 (2.29%) VxRail
7 16 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.45%) FortiGate
8 12 (1.45%) Grafana
8 12 (1.45%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.97%) Packer
9 8 (0.97%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.84%) Data Guard
10 7 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
10 7 (0.84%) Nagios
11 6 (0.72%) WSUS
12 5 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.48%) Argo
13 4 (0.48%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 412 (49.70%) Microsoft
2 254 (30.64%) VMware
3 86 (10.37%) Cisco
4 59 (7.12%) Dell
5 50 (6.03%) Veeam
6 45 (5.43%) HP
7 40 (4.83%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.58%) Nimble Storage
9 33 (3.98%) Commvault
9 33 (3.98%) Tenable
10 29 (3.50%) Meraki
11 25 (3.02%) Dell Compellent
11 25 (3.02%) Dynatrace
11 25 (3.02%) Splunk
11 25 (3.02%) Zscaler
12 22 (2.65%) AppDynamics
12 22 (2.65%) EMC
12 22 (2.65%) Fortinet
13 21 (2.53%) Oracle
14 20 (2.41%) IBM