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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 251 203
Rank change year-on-year +90 -48 +28
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,320 595 1,046
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.19% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.35% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 947 466 715
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,500 £96,250 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -

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 80,408 44,155 65,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.60% 80.85%
Number of salaries quoted 55,868 25,145 40,215
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.58%

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 2 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 17 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 2 September 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 +83 1,154 £57,500 -4.17% 672
UK excluding London +85 867 £50,000 -2.68% 415
London +57 404 £75,000 - 346
Work from Home +92 398 £60,000 +4.35% 276
North of England +73 245 £47,500 -11.63% 99
South East +62 224 £50,000 - 112
Midlands +42 145 £57,500 +4.55% 69
North West +60 134 £47,500 -11.63% 45
West Midlands +46 111 £59,522 +3.52% 47
Yorkshire +28 96 £47,500 -24.00% 41
South West -63 70 £48,375 +4.59% 55
East of England +10 63 £53,725 +49.24% 28
Scotland +42 52 £47,500 -11.63% 35
Northern Ireland -43 49 - - 17
East Midlands -18 34 £45,000 -14.29% 22
Wales -50 21 £45,000 -21.74% 8
North East -61 15 £52,500 +5.00% 18

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
1 159 (12.05%) SharePoint
2 144 (10.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.05%) IIS
4 21 (1.59%) Apache
5 15 (1.14%) nginx
6 12 (0.91%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.38%) Confluence
8 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.076%) CICS
11 1 (0.076%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.44%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.83%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.38%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.23%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.076%) Eikon
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.076%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.076%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 695 (52.65%) Azure
2 412 (31.21%) Microsoft 365
3 259 (19.62%) AWS
4 250 (18.94%) Entra ID
5 146 (11.06%) SaaS
6 102 (7.73%) IaaS
7 76 (5.76%) PaaS
8 55 (4.17%) Power Platform
9 45 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
10 43 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (3.03%) GCP
11 40 (3.03%) OneDrive
12 35 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (2.65%) Datadog
13 33 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
14 30 (2.27%) Nutanix
15 28 (2.12%) GitHub
16 26 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
17 24 (1.82%) OCI
18 23 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 365 (27.65%) Firewall
2 306 (23.18%) DNS
3 224 (16.97%) VPN
4 219 (16.59%) DHCP
5 162 (12.27%) WAN
6 138 (10.45%) VLAN
7 132 (10.00%) LAN
8 117 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
9 106 (8.03%) Network Security
10 100 (7.58%) TCP/IP
11 75 (5.68%) Wireless
12 64 (4.85%) SAN
13 50 (3.79%) Internet
14 41 (3.11%) SD-WAN
15 39 (2.95%) SSL
15 39 (2.95%) VoIP
16 29 (2.20%) Cisco ISE
17 24 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
18 23 (1.74%) NAS
19 15 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (6.89%) SQL Server
2 37 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.58%) Power BI
4 31 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.98%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.83%) MySQL
10 10 (0.76%) Metadata
11 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.23%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
15 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (1.52%) Git
1 20 (1.52%) JIRA
2 16 (1.21%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.06%) GitLab
4 10 (0.76%) JUnit
4 10 (0.76%) Spock
5 7 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.30%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.30%) Maven
8 4 (0.30%) MLflow
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
9 2 (0.15%) Selenium
9 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.076%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.076%) TeamCity
General
1 444 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 238 (18.03%) Finance
3 182 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.44%) Legal
5 77 (5.83%) Law
6 71 (5.38%) Banking
7 64 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 41 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (2.95%) Retail
11 38 (2.88%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.36%) Back Office
16 14 (1.06%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.98%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
18 12 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 250 (18.94%) Senior
2 190 (14.39%) IT Support
3 167 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 147 (11.14%) IT Engineer
5 145 (10.98%) IT Manager
6 116 (8.79%) Support Engineer
7 104 (7.88%) Architect
8 97 (7.35%) IT Support Engineer
9 95 (7.20%) Analyst
10 70 (5.30%) Lead
11 66 (5.00%) Service Manager
12 62 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.47%) Resilience Manager
14 57 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
15 56 (4.24%) IT Services Manager
15 56 (4.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 55 (4.17%) Network Engineer
17 45 (3.41%) IT Analyst
18 40 (3.03%) Administrator
19 38 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (12.58%) Terraform
2 73 (5.53%) Middleware
3 14 (1.06%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.76%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.76%) Spring
5 9 (0.68%) Kafka
6 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (0.61%) Web Services
7 7 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.45%) SAML
9 5 (0.38%) .NET
9 5 (0.38%) AWS CDK
9 5 (0.38%) ModSecurity
10 4 (0.30%) REST
10 4 (0.30%) web3js
11 3 (0.23%) EDI
11 3 (0.23%) JSON
11 3 (0.23%) Nuxt
11 3 (0.23%) PySpark
11 3 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.48%) Data Centre
2 91 (6.89%) Cyber Threat
3 82 (6.21%) Cloud Native
3 82 (6.21%) Management Information System
4 73 (5.53%) Onboarding
5 68 (5.15%) Driving Licence
6 62 (4.70%) Security Posture
7 60 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 59 (4.47%) Replication
9 48 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.42%) PKI
11 31 (2.35%) Enterprise Storage
12 30 (2.27%) NHS
13 26 (1.97%) CCTV
13 26 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.89%) Public Cloud
15 23 (1.74%) Clustering
15 23 (1.74%) Private Cloud
16 21 (1.59%) CMDB
16 21 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 448 (33.94%) Windows
2 318 (24.09%) Windows Server
3 143 (10.83%) Linux
4 34 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 27 (2.05%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.89%) Mac OS
8 22 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (1.59%) Unix
9 21 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (0.98%) VMS
11 12 (0.91%) AIX
12 10 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
13 9 (0.68%) CentOS
13 9 (0.68%) Solaris
14 5 (0.38%) Debian
15 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (40.68%) Business Continuity
2 406 (30.76%) Cybersecurity
3 359 (27.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 346 (26.21%) Problem-Solving
5 272 (20.61%) ITIL
6 242 (18.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 222 (16.82%) DevOps
8 206 (15.61%) High Availability
9 185 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 183 (13.86%) Incident Response
11 176 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 173 (13.11%) Information Security
12 173 (13.11%) Service Delivery
13 157 (11.89%) Project Delivery
14 150 (11.36%) Agile
15 148 (11.21%) Mentoring
16 141 (10.68%) CI/CD
17 133 (10.08%) AI
17 133 (10.08%) Risk Management
18 132 (10.00%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 196 (14.85%) PowerShell
2 132 (10.00%) Python
3 122 (9.24%) SQL
4 55 (4.17%) Bash
5 27 (2.05%) Bicep
6 23 (1.74%) Shell Script
7 20 (1.52%) Java
8 15 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.83%) Korn
11 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (0.38%) COBOL
13 5 (0.38%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.30%) Go
14 4 (0.30%) Groovy
14 4 (0.30%) XAML
15 3 (0.23%) C#
15 3 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (11.14%) Degree
2 103 (7.80%) Azure Certification
3 100 (7.58%) CISSP
4 97 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
5 89 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (6.36%) CISM
6 84 (6.36%) Security Cleared
7 70 (5.30%) CCNP
8 62 (4.70%) SC Cleared
9 58 (4.39%) ITIL Certification
10 50 (3.79%) CCNA
11 42 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 42 (3.18%) Postgraduate
12 28 (2.12%) AWS Certification
12 28 (2.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 21 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (1.44%) DV Cleared
15 18 (1.36%) Master's Degree
16 16 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
17 15 (1.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (10.53%) NIST
3 117 (8.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 116 (8.79%) GDPR
5 85 (6.44%) SLA
6 78 (5.91%) ISO 22301
7 53 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (3.26%) PCI DSS
9 39 (2.95%) GRC
10 30 (2.27%) Data Quality
11 24 (1.82%) PMO
12 22 (1.67%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.52%) NCSC
14 16 (1.21%) COBIT
15 15 (1.14%) QA
16 8 (0.61%) SOC 1
17 7 (0.53%) ISO 9001
18 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 358 (27.12%) Active Directory
2 294 (22.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 204 (15.45%) Hyper-V
4 52 (3.94%) Docker
5 48 (3.64%) vSphere
6 38 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (2.27%) Firmware
8 27 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 26 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (1.21%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
12 9 (0.68%) vCloud
13 6 (0.45%) Squid
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.30%) KVM
16 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.23%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.15%) iptables
17 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 185 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (6.36%) Ansible
3 81 (6.14%) Kubernetes
4 40 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
5 35 (2.65%) FortiGate
6 27 (2.05%) SCCM
7 19 (1.44%) VxRail
8 16 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (0.98%) Data Guard
9 13 (0.98%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.83%) Grafana
10 11 (0.83%) Nagios
10 11 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
10 11 (0.83%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.61%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.53%) Avamar
12 7 (0.53%) Packer
13 6 (0.45%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 652 (49.39%) Microsoft
2 343 (25.98%) VMware
3 199 (15.08%) Cisco
4 93 (7.05%) Veeam
5 71 (5.38%) Palo Alto
6 48 (3.64%) Oracle
7 46 (3.48%) Fortinet
7 46 (3.48%) SonicWALL
7 46 (3.48%) Splunk
8 41 (3.11%) Meraki
9 39 (2.95%) Dell
10 36 (2.73%) Google
11 35 (2.65%) Aruba
12 34 (2.58%) SolarWinds
13 33 (2.50%) HP
14 30 (2.27%) Sophos
15 29 (2.20%) Apple
15 29 (2.20%) Qualys
16 27 (2.05%) ServiceNow
17 26 (1.97%) AppDynamics