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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 187 210
Rank change year-on-year -37 +23 +134
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 749 676 1,297
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.65% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.78% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 565 558 1,163
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,425 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% +1.46%

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 61,485 38,072 78,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.40% 93.03% 86.34%
Number of salaries quoted 37,986 22,481 58,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,241
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,321 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.95% +8.64% -8.41%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -39 648 £60,000 - 274
UK excluding London -68 403 £52,500 -1.50% 239
London +7 288 £85,000 +9.68% 82
Work from Home +32 234 £68,309 +13.85% 108
North of England -36 141 £47,500 -9.52% 61
South East -22 97 £60,000 -7.69% 76
Yorkshire -5 82 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Midlands -50 55 £52,500 +5.00% 41
West Midlands -8 46 £52,500 +4.48% 29
North West -48 40 £42,500 -5.56% 36
South West -78 29 £42,500 -22.73% 16
East of England -37 26 £70,000 +28.44% 23
Northern Ireland -19 21 - -
Scotland -32 20 £42,750 -15.25% 20
North East -16 19 £51,000 +59.38% 6
Wales - 10 £31,500 - 7
East Midlands -58 8 £60,000 +50.00% 12
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 (13.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (10.15%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.93%) IIS
4 4 (0.53%) Confluence
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.27%) CICS
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.07%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.53%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 411 (54.87%) Azure
2 239 (31.91%) Microsoft 365
3 152 (20.29%) Entra ID
4 130 (17.36%) AWS
5 69 (9.21%) Nutanix
6 45 (6.01%) Azure Monitor
6 45 (6.01%) SaaS
7 44 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (5.74%) Datadog
9 38 (5.07%) IaaS
10 37 (4.94%) GitHub
11 36 (4.81%) GCP
12 33 (4.41%) Microsoft Purview
12 33 (4.41%) OneDrive
12 33 (4.41%) PaaS
13 24 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (3.07%) Azure AKS
14 23 (3.07%) Serverless
15 19 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
16 18 (2.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 219 (29.24%) Firewall
2 162 (21.63%) DNS
3 156 (20.83%) VPN
4 138 (18.42%) DHCP
5 105 (14.02%) WAN
6 79 (10.55%) VLAN
7 66 (8.81%) LAN
8 56 (7.48%) TCP/IP
8 56 (7.48%) Wi-Fi
9 51 (6.81%) SAN
10 44 (5.87%) Network Security
11 32 (4.27%) Wireless
12 31 (4.14%) Remote Desktop
13 23 (3.07%) SD-WAN
14 17 (2.27%) NAS
15 16 (2.14%) VoIP
16 15 (2.00%) BGP
17 14 (1.87%) Cisco ISE
18 8 (1.07%) SSL
19 7 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.08%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (2.00%) MySQL
4 15 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.87%) Oracle Database
6 11 (1.47%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.47%) Delta Lake
7 9 (1.20%) Power BI
8 8 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.67%) GIS
11 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (4.14%) Git
2 18 (2.40%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.87%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.87%) JIRA
4 5 (0.67%) GitLab
4 5 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.53%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.53%) Selenium
5 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.40%) Maven
6 3 (0.40%) MLflow
6 3 (0.40%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.27%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 283 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 177 (23.63%) Finance
3 114 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.81%) Banking
5 36 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (4.81%) Law
6 30 (4.01%) Public Sector
7 27 (3.60%) Retail
8 26 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.54%) Legal
11 16 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.00%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.47%) Marketing
14 10 (1.34%) Back Office
14 10 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.07%) Advertising
17 7 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 116 (15.49%) Senior
2 113 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 81 (10.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (9.21%) IT Engineer
4 69 (9.21%) Support Engineer
5 68 (9.08%) IT Support
5 68 (9.08%) Lead
6 61 (8.14%) IT Manager
7 51 (6.81%) Azure Engineer
8 42 (5.61%) Analyst
9 41 (5.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 39 (5.21%) Architect
11 38 (5.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 28 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
13 27 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.47%) Security Engineer
15 25 (3.34%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 23 (3.07%) DBA
16 23 (3.07%) Support Analyst
16 23 (3.07%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.40%) SAML
2 15 (2.00%) OAuth
3 13 (1.74%) YAML
4 12 (1.60%) ADO
5 11 (1.47%) PySpark
6 9 (1.20%) REST
7 8 (1.07%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.07%) RESTful
8 7 (0.93%) Loki
9 5 (0.67%) EDI
9 5 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.67%) Middleware
10 3 (0.40%) .NET
10 3 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.40%) AWS SAM
10 3 (0.40%) Kafka
10 3 (0.40%) LAMP
10 3 (0.40%) LDAP
10 3 (0.40%) SOAP
10 3 (0.40%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 51 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 41 (5.47%) Data Centre
4 37 (4.94%) Replication
5 36 (4.81%) Cloud Native
6 35 (4.67%) Public Cloud
7 33 (4.41%) Driving Licence
8 31 (4.14%) Cyber Threat
9 28 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
9 28 (3.74%) Onboarding
10 25 (3.34%) Security Posture
11 20 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (2.27%) CMDB
14 14 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.87%) PKI
15 11 (1.47%) NHS
16 10 (1.34%) Clustering
16 10 (1.34%) Cyber Security Posture
17 8 (1.07%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 248 (33.11%) Windows
2 167 (22.30%) Windows Server
3 74 (9.88%) Linux
4 27 (3.60%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.40%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (2.14%) VMS
7 13 (1.74%) Unix
8 10 (1.34%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.20%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.93%) CentOS
11 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.67%) Android
13 4 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.53%) Rocky
14 3 (0.40%) AIX
15 2 (0.27%) zOS
16 1 (0.13%) Debian
16 1 (0.13%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (36.72%) Business Continuity
2 224 (29.91%) Cybersecurity
3 187 (24.97%) ITIL
3 187 (24.97%) Problem-Solving
4 161 (21.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 158 (21.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 136 (18.16%) High Availability
7 122 (16.29%) DevOps
8 102 (13.62%) Incident Response
8 102 (13.62%) Service Delivery
9 96 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 88 (11.75%) CI/CD
11 86 (11.48%) Migration
12 83 (11.08%) Change Management
13 79 (10.55%) Mentoring
14 75 (10.01%) Data Protection
15 74 (9.88%) Cloud Security
16 73 (9.75%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (9.61%) ITSM
17 72 (9.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 154 (20.56%) PowerShell
2 111 (14.82%) Python
3 80 (10.68%) SQL
4 37 (4.94%) Bash
5 14 (1.87%) Java
6 12 (1.60%) Bicep
6 12 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.20%) Go
7 9 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.20%) Scala
7 9 (1.20%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.20%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.53%) C#
8 4 (0.53%) Korn
9 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) COBOL
10 2 (0.27%) JCL
11 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 94 (12.55%) Degree
2 48 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (6.01%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.87%) Security Cleared
5 40 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (4.54%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (4.27%) SC Cleared
8 26 (3.47%) CEH
9 25 (3.34%) CCNP
10 23 (3.07%) CISSP
11 14 (1.87%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.74%) CCNA
13 12 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.47%) MCSE
15 10 (1.34%) CISM
16 9 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (1.20%) HNC
16 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (1.07%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (16.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (9.21%) GDPR
4 65 (8.68%) NIST
5 60 (8.01%) SLA
6 38 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 26 (3.47%) PCI DSS
8 22 (2.94%) SOC 2
9 18 (2.40%) ISO 22301
10 17 (2.27%) GRC
11 15 (2.00%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.47%) PMO
13 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.67%) QA
15 4 (0.53%) DICOM
15 4 (0.53%) HL7
15 4 (0.53%) ISAE 3402
15 4 (0.53%) NCSC
16 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 245 (32.71%) Active Directory
2 164 (21.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (13.89%) Hyper-V
4 39 (5.21%) Docker
5 32 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (3.07%) vSphere
7 15 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.60%) Firmware
10 6 (0.80%) KVM
10 6 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
10 6 (0.80%) vCloud
10 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.27%) RACF
12 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.13%) Postfix
13 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 105 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
1 105 (14.02%) Terraform
2 66 (8.81%) Ansible
2 66 (8.81%) Kubernetes
3 24 (3.20%) SCCM
4 16 (2.14%) Grafana
5 12 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.60%) VxRail
6 9 (1.20%) Nagios
6 9 (1.20%) vCenter Server
7 8 (1.07%) Data Guard
7 8 (1.07%) FortiGate
7 8 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.80%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (0.80%) Packer
9 4 (0.53%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.53%) Puppet
10 3 (0.40%) Argo
10 3 (0.40%) Avamar
10 3 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 364 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 229 (30.57%) VMware
3 63 (8.41%) Cisco
4 53 (7.08%) Dell
5 36 (4.81%) Commvault
5 36 (4.81%) HP
6 33 (4.41%) Palo Alto
7 30 (4.01%) Nimble Storage
8 28 (3.74%) Dell Compellent
8 28 (3.74%) Veeam
9 27 (3.60%) Dynatrace
9 27 (3.60%) Tenable
9 27 (3.60%) Zscaler
10 25 (3.34%) Oracle
11 23 (3.07%) Meraki
12 19 (2.54%) AppDynamics
13 17 (2.27%) Fortinet
13 17 (2.27%) Splunk
14 15 (2.00%) Databricks
15 14 (1.87%) Citrix