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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 181 206
Rank change year-on-year -33 +25 +111
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 618 1,028 880
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.54% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.84% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 480 592 805
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,600
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £79,250 £77,500 £69,250
90th Percentile £102,750 £92,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% +5.00%

All Process and 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 45,214 55,881 49,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 83.44% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,281 28,909 37,851
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 -42 558 £60,000 +2.02% 380
UK excluding London -66 325 £51,000 -0.97% 273
London +12 254 £71,750 -4.33% 147
Work from Home -18 179 £60,000 -7.69% 186
South East +16 98 £53,750 +2.38% 74
North of England -38 89 £47,750 -1.55% 64
Midlands -40 58 £59,500 +11.63% 61
North West -15 52 £42,500 -10.53% 35
South West +17 34 £46,250 -5.61% 21
West Midlands +14 34 £65,000 +20.04% 34
East Midlands -45 24 £52,500 +40.00% 27
Yorkshire -27 22 £32,500 -38.10% 22
East of England -28 16 £42,500 -17.48% 16
North East -3 15 £51,000 +2.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 15 - - 9
Wales +8 8 £42,750 -46.23% 13
Scotland -43 8 £48,000 -12.73% 20

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 93 (15.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (13.43%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.43%) IIS
4 7 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (0.81%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
7 2 (0.32%) CMS
7 2 (0.32%) Confluence
7 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 30 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.32%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 314 (50.81%) Azure
2 203 (32.85%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (21.04%) AWS
4 100 (16.18%) Entra ID
5 55 (8.90%) GCP
6 42 (6.80%) GitHub
7 36 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (5.50%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (4.85%) SaaS
10 27 (4.37%) IaaS
10 27 (4.37%) PaaS
11 26 (4.21%) Power Platform
12 25 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
13 24 (3.88%) OneDrive
14 21 (3.40%) Serverless
15 20 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (3.07%) Nutanix
17 18 (2.91%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (2.75%) Power Automate
19 16 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 162 (26.21%) Firewall
2 132 (21.36%) DNS
3 119 (19.26%) DHCP
4 110 (17.80%) VPN
5 78 (12.62%) WAN
6 61 (9.87%) TCP/IP
6 61 (9.87%) VLAN
7 58 (9.39%) LAN
8 37 (5.99%) SAN
8 37 (5.99%) Wireless
9 36 (5.83%) Network Security
9 36 (5.83%) SD-WAN
10 31 (5.02%) VoIP
11 29 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (3.72%) Unified Communications
13 21 (3.40%) NAS
14 18 (2.91%) SSL
15 15 (2.43%) Remote Desktop
16 13 (2.10%) BGP
17 11 (1.78%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (9.06%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.56%) Power BI
3 20 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (2.75%) Oracle Database
5 15 (2.43%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.43%) MySQL
6 13 (2.10%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.62%) DB2
8 9 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.29%) Oracle Exadata
10 7 (1.13%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.81%) Oracle Database 12c
11 5 (0.81%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.49%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 29 (4.69%) Git
2 23 (3.72%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.29%) Bitbucket
3 8 (1.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.81%) JIRA
4 5 (0.81%) Selenium
5 4 (0.65%) Maven
5 4 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.49%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.49%) Subversion
7 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.32%) TestRail
8 1 (0.16%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 218 (35.28%) Social Skills
2 173 (27.99%) Finance
3 56 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (5.99%) Law
5 33 (5.34%) Banking
6 28 (4.53%) Legal
7 27 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 23 (3.72%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.24%) Public Sector
10 18 (2.91%) Retail
11 17 (2.75%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (2.10%) Back Office
13 13 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.10%) Marketing
14 12 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 96 (15.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (11.33%) Support Engineer
3 64 (10.36%) IT Support
3 64 (10.36%) Senior
4 56 (9.06%) IT Engineer
5 45 (7.28%) Lead
6 44 (7.12%) Analyst
7 40 (6.47%) Cloud Engineer
8 38 (6.15%) IT Manager
9 33 (5.34%) IT Support Engineer
10 31 (5.02%) Architect
10 31 (5.02%) DBA
11 30 (4.85%) Administrator
12 27 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (4.21%) Security Engineer
14 25 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support
15 23 (3.72%) Infrastructure Manager
15 23 (3.72%) Support Analyst
16 21 (3.40%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (3.24%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.94%) .NET
1 12 (1.94%) EDI
2 10 (1.62%) REST
3 9 (1.46%) LDAP
4 8 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (1.29%) OAuth
5 7 (1.13%) RESTful
5 7 (1.13%) SAML
6 6 (0.97%) LAPP Stack
6 6 (0.97%) WebSphere MQ
7 5 (0.81%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.81%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.81%) JSON
7 5 (0.81%) React
7 5 (0.81%) XML
8 4 (0.65%) LAMP
9 3 (0.49%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.49%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.49%) Kafka
9 3 (0.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.77%) Management Information System
2 44 (7.12%) Enterprise Software
3 42 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (6.47%) Data Centre
5 32 (5.18%) Onboarding
6 31 (5.02%) Cloud Native
7 26 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (4.05%) Clustering
9 21 (3.40%) Replication
10 15 (2.43%) PKI
11 14 (2.27%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.94%) CMDB
13 11 (1.78%) Driving Licence
13 11 (1.78%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.29%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (0.97%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 221 (35.76%) Windows
2 157 (25.40%) Windows Server
3 103 (16.67%) Linux
4 23 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (3.56%) Unix
6 18 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (2.75%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.27%) VMS
8 14 (2.27%) Windows 10
9 8 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.49%) AIX
10 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.49%) CentOS
10 3 (0.49%) Rocky
10 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.32%) Android
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.32%) Solaris
11 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (29.13%) Business Continuity
2 151 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (21.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 126 (20.39%) Cybersecurity
4 126 (20.39%) DevOps
5 124 (20.06%) ITIL
6 113 (18.28%) High Availability
7 95 (15.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 93 (15.05%) CI/CD
9 80 (12.94%) Migration
10 76 (12.30%) Incident Response
11 73 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 62 (10.03%) Customer Service
13 61 (9.87%) Performance Tuning
14 59 (9.55%) AI
15 57 (9.22%) ITSM
15 57 (9.22%) Service Delivery
16 56 (9.06%) Data Protection
16 56 (9.06%) Mentoring
17 55 (8.90%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 135 (21.84%) PowerShell
2 96 (15.53%) Python
3 67 (10.84%) SQL
4 32 (5.18%) Bash
5 23 (3.72%) Java
6 18 (2.91%) T-SQL
7 17 (2.75%) C#
8 13 (2.10%) Go
8 13 (2.10%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.46%) Bicep
10 8 (1.29%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.97%) VBScript
12 2 (0.32%) COBOL
12 2 (0.32%) JCL
12 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.32%) R
12 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Perl
13 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 116 (18.77%) Degree
2 61 (9.87%) Azure Certification
3 53 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 42 (6.80%) AWS Certification
5 40 (6.47%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (5.99%) Security Cleared
7 35 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (4.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (4.05%) CISSP
9 25 (4.05%) SC Cleared
10 23 (3.72%) CCNP
10 23 (3.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 16 (2.59%) Master's Degree
12 15 (2.43%) CCNA
13 13 (2.10%) MCSA
14 12 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.78%) CISM
15 11 (1.78%) HND
16 10 (1.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (13.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (11.65%) GDPR
3 49 (7.93%) NIST
4 35 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (5.34%) SLA
6 21 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (1.78%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.62%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.29%) HIPAA
9 8 (1.29%) ISAE 3402
10 7 (1.13%) GRC
10 7 (1.13%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.97%) QA
12 5 (0.81%) NCSC
13 3 (0.49%) COBIT
14 2 (0.32%) Basel III
14 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.32%) MiFID
14 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 162 (26.21%) Active Directory
2 108 (17.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (11.65%) Hyper-V
4 61 (9.87%) Docker
5 32 (5.18%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (4.05%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (3.88%) vSphere
8 17 (2.75%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.46%) Oracle RAC
11 7 (1.13%) NFS
11 7 (1.13%) vCloud
12 6 (0.97%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.65%) Squid
14 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.32%) pfSense
14 2 (0.32%) RACF
14 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 109 (17.64%) Terraform
2 93 (15.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 76 (12.30%) Kubernetes
4 70 (11.33%) Ansible
5 23 (3.72%) Grafana
6 21 (3.40%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.75%) vCenter Server
8 13 (2.10%) Nagios
9 10 (1.62%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.29%) Puppet
12 7 (1.13%) Avamar
13 6 (0.97%) Autotask
13 6 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.97%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.97%) SCCM
13 6 (0.97%) VxRail
14 5 (0.81%) Nessus
14 5 (0.81%) SCOM
Vendors
1 297 (48.06%) Microsoft
2 130 (21.04%) VMware
3 82 (13.27%) Cisco
4 35 (5.66%) Veeam
5 31 (5.02%) Google
6 29 (4.69%) Oracle
7 27 (4.37%) Dell
8 23 (3.72%) Palo Alto
9 21 (3.40%) Commvault
10 20 (3.24%) Fortinet
11 16 (2.59%) Sophos
12 14 (2.27%) SolarWinds
12 14 (2.27%) Splunk
13 13 (2.10%) Datto
14 12 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (1.94%) HP
15 11 (1.78%) Adobe
15 11 (1.78%) IBM
15 11 (1.78%) Red Hat
15 11 (1.78%) ServiceNow