Disaster Recovery Jobs

Disaster Recovery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 213 288
Rank change year-on-year -74 +75 +38
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 597 1,405 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.30% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.58% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 483 1,122 814
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £33,070
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,796 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%

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 53,298 89,106 85,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 91.19% 82.51% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 27,465 61,429 52,805
10th Percentile £27,336 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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 -78 569 £62,500 +13.64% 1,528
UK excluding London -81 356 £55,000 +10.00% 938
London +4 222 £75,000 +7.14% 692
Work from Home -88 186 £60,000 +0.84% 555
South East +21 101 £55,000 -4.35% 214
North of England -96 93 £55,000 +15.79% 219
South West +109 66 £55,000 - 107
North West -101 50 £54,375 +14.47% 114
Midlands -78 46 £55,000 +18.28% 165
East of England -23 33 £54,000 +10.77% 120
West Midlands -29 26 £57,500 +9.52% 110
Yorkshire +16 23 £62,500 +25.00% 78
North East +22 20 £48,750 +8.33% 27
East Midlands -45 19 £40,000 -5.88% 55
Scotland +41 13 £55,000 +10.00% 56
Northern Ireland +42 2 £57,500 +37.72% 27
Wales +19 2 £53,750 +65.38% 36
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 - 1

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 82 (13.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (9.55%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.85%) IIS
4 7 (1.17%) Confluence
5 5 (0.84%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.50%) Apache
6 3 (0.50%) nginx
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.67%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.34%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 309 (51.76%) Azure
2 164 (27.47%) Microsoft 365
3 152 (25.46%) AWS
4 71 (11.89%) Entra ID
5 53 (8.88%) GCP
6 37 (6.20%) GitHub
7 33 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (4.19%) PaaS
9 24 (4.02%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (3.85%) IaaS
11 22 (3.69%) OneDrive
11 22 (3.69%) Power Platform
12 21 (3.52%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (3.35%) SaaS
14 18 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (2.68%) Rubrik
16 14 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (2.18%) Serverless
18 11 (1.84%) Google Workspace
18 11 (1.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 160 (26.80%) Firewall
2 101 (16.92%) VPN
3 93 (15.58%) DNS
4 78 (13.07%) DHCP
5 69 (11.56%) Network Security
6 63 (10.55%) VLAN
7 57 (9.55%) WAN
8 54 (9.05%) TCP/IP
9 47 (7.87%) LAN
10 43 (7.20%) SAN
11 34 (5.70%) Intrusion Detection
12 33 (5.53%) NAS
13 30 (5.03%) Wireless
14 25 (4.19%) VoIP
15 21 (3.52%) SD-WAN
16 20 (3.35%) Unified Communications
17 13 (2.18%) BGP
17 13 (2.18%) SSL
18 12 (2.01%) OSPF
19 11 (1.84%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (13.74%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.19%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.68%) Power BI
4 15 (2.51%) MySQL
4 15 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (2.35%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.84%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.84%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.68%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.68%) Tableau
9 4 (0.67%) ClickHouse
9 4 (0.67%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.50%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 18 (3.02%) Git
2 13 (2.18%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.34%) JIRA
4 6 (1.01%) GitLab
4 6 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.50%) Subversion
8 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.17%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.17%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 223 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 153 (25.63%) Finance
3 60 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.37%) Banking
5 27 (4.52%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.69%) Law
7 16 (2.68%) Legal
7 16 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.18%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.51%) Military
10 9 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.34%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.17%) Games
12 7 (1.17%) Marketing
12 7 (1.17%) Retail
12 7 (1.17%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 113 (18.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 78 (13.07%) Senior
3 72 (12.06%) Analyst
4 47 (7.87%) IT Engineer
5 44 (7.37%) Cloud Engineer
5 44 (7.37%) IT Support
5 44 (7.37%) Lead
6 41 (6.87%) Support Engineer
7 34 (5.70%) IT Analyst
8 30 (5.03%) Infrastructure Support
9 29 (4.86%) Architect
9 29 (4.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (4.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 28 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
11 27 (4.52%) Security Engineer
11 27 (4.52%) Support Analyst
12 26 (4.36%) Administrator
13 25 (4.19%) IT Manager
14 24 (4.02%) DBA
14 24 (4.02%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.69%) .NET
2 11 (1.84%) OAuth
2 11 (1.84%) SAML
3 10 (1.68%) Middleware
4 8 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (1.34%) OpenID
4 8 (1.34%) RESTful
5 7 (1.17%) LDAP
5 7 (1.17%) React
5 7 (1.17%) REST
6 5 (0.84%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.84%) JSON
6 5 (0.84%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.67%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.67%) YAML
8 3 (0.50%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.50%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.50%) SAP Basis
9 2 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.87%) Management Information System
2 45 (7.54%) Clustering
3 37 (6.20%) Data Centre
4 34 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (5.53%) Cloud Native
6 23 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (3.69%) Cyber Threat
8 21 (3.52%) Replication
9 16 (2.68%) Security Posture
10 13 (2.18%) PKI
11 12 (2.01%) Driving Licence
12 11 (1.84%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.68%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.34%) Blackberry
15 8 (1.34%) Cyberattack
16 7 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
16 7 (1.17%) Operational Technology
16 7 (1.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 221 (37.02%) Windows
2 151 (25.29%) Windows Server
3 123 (20.60%) Linux
4 30 (5.03%) Unix
5 25 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (4.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (3.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (2.01%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.51%) CentOS
11 7 (1.17%) Mac OS
11 7 (1.17%) Rocky
11 7 (1.17%) VMS
11 7 (1.17%) Windows 10
11 7 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (1.01%) Android
12 6 (1.01%) Apple iOS
12 6 (1.01%) Solaris
13 5 (0.84%) AIX
13 5 (0.84%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (29.48%) Business Continuity
2 129 (21.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 122 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (20.27%) Cybersecurity
5 116 (19.43%) DevOps
6 111 (18.59%) High Availability
7 107 (17.92%) CI/CD
7 107 (17.92%) ITIL
8 73 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (11.06%) Mentoring
10 65 (10.89%) Infrastructure as Code
10 65 (10.89%) Migration
11 57 (9.55%) Data Protection
11 57 (9.55%) Incident Response
12 53 (8.88%) Agile
13 52 (8.71%) Infrastructure Management
14 50 (8.38%) BCP
14 50 (8.38%) Incident Management
15 49 (8.21%) Service Delivery
16 47 (7.87%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 145 (24.29%) PowerShell
2 86 (14.41%) SQL
3 65 (10.89%) Python
4 28 (4.69%) Bash
4 28 (4.69%) Java
5 25 (4.19%) C#
6 23 (3.85%) T-SQL
7 14 (2.35%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.51%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.34%) Perl
9 8 (1.34%) R
10 6 (1.01%) Bicep
10 6 (1.01%) Go
11 4 (0.67%) PHP
12 3 (0.50%) C++
13 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.34%) Ruby
13 2 (0.34%) Rust
13 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (11.22%) Degree
2 58 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (9.21%) Azure Certification
4 52 (8.71%) Security Cleared
5 37 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (5.19%) AWS Certification
6 31 (5.19%) SC Cleared
7 22 (3.69%) CCNA
7 22 (3.69%) DV Cleared
8 18 (3.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 16 (2.68%) CCNP
9 16 (2.68%) CISM
10 15 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (2.18%) CISSP
13 11 (1.84%) HND
13 11 (1.84%) MCSA
13 11 (1.84%) MCSE
14 10 (1.68%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (13.40%) GDPR
2 67 (11.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (8.04%) NIST
4 33 (5.53%) SLA
5 32 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.18%) HIPAA
6 13 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.51%) GRC
8 9 (1.51%) QA
9 8 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (1.01%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.67%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.50%) NCSC
14 2 (0.34%) COBIT
14 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 160 (26.80%) Active Directory
2 123 (20.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (11.06%) Hyper-V
4 39 (6.53%) Docker
5 35 (5.86%) Virtual Machines
6 29 (4.86%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (3.18%) vSphere
8 11 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.34%) Firmware
10 7 (1.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 6 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (1.01%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.84%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 5 (0.84%) NFS
13 2 (0.34%) HDFS
13 2 (0.34%) Postfix
13 2 (0.34%) Squid
13 2 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.17%) pfSense
14 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 84 (14.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (12.23%) Terraform
3 65 (10.89%) Ansible
4 62 (10.39%) Kubernetes
5 23 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (3.52%) SCCM
7 15 (2.51%) Grafana
8 13 (2.18%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.84%) NetBackup
9 11 (1.84%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.34%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.34%) Prometheus
11 7 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.17%) Puppet
11 7 (1.17%) VxRail
12 6 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (1.01%) QRadar
13 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 266 (44.56%) Microsoft
2 159 (26.63%) VMware
3 75 (12.56%) Cisco
4 51 (8.54%) Google
5 36 (6.03%) Oracle
6 27 (4.52%) Veeam
7 21 (3.52%) Red Hat
8 20 (3.35%) Commvault
9 16 (2.68%) SAP
10 15 (2.51%) Splunk
11 14 (2.35%) Citrix
11 14 (2.35%) Palo Alto
12 13 (2.18%) Fortinet
13 12 (2.01%) EMC
13 12 (2.01%) Meraki
13 12 (2.01%) SolarWinds
13 12 (2.01%) Sophos
13 12 (2.01%) Zerto
14 11 (1.84%) Dell
14 11 (1.84%) HP