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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 173 198
Rank change year-on-year -39 +25 +108
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 638 959 844
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.70% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.90% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 486 607 778
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £34,850
25th Percentile £42,563 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +13.96%
75th Percentile £84,969 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +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 48,896 50,574 45,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.87% 89.56% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,687 25,549 34,991
10th Percentile £28,450 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,924 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.05% +4.76% -2.78%

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 December 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 20 December 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 -36 564 £60,000 +4.35% 219
UK excluding London -61 331 £50,000 -0.99% 209
London +19 261 £74,000 -1.33% 57
Work from Home +23 198 £65,000 +6.34% 80
South East +10 88 £60,000 +14.29% 56
North of England -63 87 £42,500 -10.53% 84
Midlands -28 60 £57,500 +7.88% 26
North West -25 50 £42,500 -10.53% 36
West Midlands +7 38 £57,500 +7.88% 19
South West -9 37 £42,500 -13.27% 16
Yorkshire -36 25 £32,500 -38.10% 43
East Midlands -30 22 £52,500 +5.00% 7
East of England -12 19 £47,500 -9.52% 16
Northern Ireland - 19 - -
Scotland -36 13 £48,000 -12.73% 9
North East -4 12 £52,500 +10.53% 12
Wales -3 9 £42,750 -46.23% 8

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 91 (14.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.51%) IIS
4 8 (1.25%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.94%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.94%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (0.63%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.47%) Confluence
8 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.31%) CICS
8 2 (0.31%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Site Server
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.31%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.31%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 347 (54.39%) Azure
2 216 (33.86%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (20.38%) AWS
4 117 (18.34%) Entra ID
5 53 (8.31%) GCP
6 41 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (6.43%) GitHub
7 38 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
8 34 (5.33%) SaaS
9 32 (5.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 32 (5.02%) Nutanix
10 31 (4.86%) OneDrive
11 29 (4.55%) IaaS
12 28 (4.39%) PaaS
13 26 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (3.61%) Serverless
15 20 (3.13%) Power Platform
16 19 (2.98%) Datadog
17 18 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 16 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 161 (25.24%) Firewall
2 154 (24.14%) DNS
3 135 (21.16%) DHCP
4 118 (18.50%) VPN
5 91 (14.26%) WAN
6 65 (10.19%) VLAN
7 64 (10.03%) TCP/IP
8 56 (8.78%) LAN
9 43 (6.74%) SAN
10 41 (6.43%) SD-WAN
11 38 (5.96%) Wi-Fi
12 34 (5.33%) Wireless
13 32 (5.02%) VoIP
14 26 (4.08%) Network Security
15 22 (3.45%) NAS
16 20 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
16 20 (3.13%) Unified Communications
17 15 (2.35%) SSL
18 10 (1.57%) BGP
19 8 (1.25%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.46%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.98%) Oracle Database
4 18 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (2.51%) Power BI
7 13 (2.04%) MongoDB
7 13 (2.04%) MySQL
8 10 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.41%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.41%) DB2
10 8 (1.25%) Oracle Exadata
11 7 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.94%) Oracle Database 12c
12 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.63%) Delta Lake
13 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database 10g
13 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 33 (5.17%) Git
2 22 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.10%) GitLab
4 6 (0.94%) Maven
5 5 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.78%) JIRA
5 5 (0.78%) Selenium
6 4 (0.63%) Chocolatey
6 4 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.47%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.47%) Subversion
8 2 (0.31%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.31%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.31%) TestRail
9 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
General
1 227 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 193 (30.25%) Finance
3 67 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.43%) Law
5 35 (5.49%) Banking
6 24 (3.76%) Legal
6 24 (3.76%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.61%) Public Sector
7 23 (3.61%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.29%) Retail
9 17 (2.66%) Financial Institution
10 16 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.19%) Back Office
12 14 (2.19%) Marketing
12 14 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.10%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 93 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 77 (12.07%) Support Engineer
3 67 (10.50%) Senior
4 66 (10.34%) IT Support
5 58 (9.09%) IT Engineer
6 57 (8.93%) Cloud Engineer
7 44 (6.90%) Analyst
7 44 (6.90%) Lead
8 42 (6.58%) IT Manager
9 34 (5.33%) IT Support Engineer
10 29 (4.55%) Architect
11 27 (4.23%) Administrator
11 27 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (4.23%) Support Analyst
12 26 (4.08%) Infrastructure Manager
13 25 (3.92%) DBA
14 24 (3.76%) Azure Engineer
14 24 (3.76%) Infrastructure Support
15 23 (3.61%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (3.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.04%) OAuth
1 13 (2.04%) REST
2 12 (1.88%) EDI
2 12 (1.88%) SAML
3 10 (1.57%) .NET
4 8 (1.25%) LDAP
5 7 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.94%) ADO
6 6 (0.94%) ARM Templates
6 6 (0.94%) LAPP Stack
6 6 (0.94%) RESTful
6 6 (0.94%) WebSphere MQ
6 6 (0.94%) YAML
7 5 (0.78%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.78%) JSON
7 5 (0.78%) React
7 5 (0.78%) XML
8 4 (0.63%) AWS SAM
8 4 (0.63%) Middleware
8 4 (0.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.68%) Management Information System
2 46 (7.21%) Enterprise Software
2 46 (7.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 38 (5.96%) Onboarding
4 34 (5.33%) Data Centre
5 33 (5.17%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.29%) Clustering
6 21 (3.29%) Public Cloud
6 21 (3.29%) Replication
7 20 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.19%) CMDB
8 14 (2.19%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.88%) PKI
10 11 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.57%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.25%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.25%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 231 (36.21%) Windows
2 162 (25.39%) Windows Server
3 98 (15.36%) Linux
4 25 (3.92%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.13%) Unix
6 18 (2.82%) Mac OS
7 16 (2.51%) VMS
8 15 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (1.72%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.78%) Android
11 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.47%) CentOS
12 3 (0.47%) Rocky
12 3 (0.47%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.31%) AIX
13 2 (0.31%) Solaris
13 2 (0.31%) zOS
14 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (29.94%) Business Continuity
2 162 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
3 139 (21.79%) ITIL
4 134 (21.00%) Cybersecurity
5 133 (20.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 130 (20.38%) DevOps
7 119 (18.65%) High Availability
8 104 (16.30%) Infrastructure as Code
9 99 (15.52%) CI/CD
10 86 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (12.85%) Migration
12 79 (12.38%) Incident Response
13 73 (11.44%) Service Delivery
14 68 (10.66%) Customer Service
15 67 (10.50%) ITSM
16 66 (10.34%) Mentoring
17 64 (10.03%) Computer Science
18 62 (9.72%) Performance Tuning
19 60 (9.40%) AI
20 54 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (22.10%) PowerShell
2 102 (15.99%) Python
3 71 (11.13%) SQL
4 31 (4.86%) Bash
5 22 (3.45%) Java
6 12 (1.88%) Go
7 11 (1.72%) C#
7 11 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.72%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.57%) Bicep
9 8 (1.25%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.94%) VBScript
11 4 (0.63%) Scala
12 2 (0.31%) COBOL
12 2 (0.31%) JCL
12 2 (0.31%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Perl
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (19.28%) Degree
2 62 (9.72%) Azure Certification
3 55 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (6.74%) AWS Certification
4 43 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (5.17%) Security Cleared
7 29 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (4.55%) CISSP
8 20 (3.13%) CCNP
8 20 (3.13%) SC Cleared
8 20 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (2.82%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (2.19%) MCSA
11 13 (2.04%) CISM
11 13 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 12 (1.88%) CEH
13 11 (1.72%) HNC
14 9 (1.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (12.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (9.72%) GDPR
3 44 (6.90%) NIST
4 40 (6.27%) SLA
5 39 (6.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 15 (2.35%) SOC 2
8 13 (2.04%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.57%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.25%) ISAE 3402
11 6 (0.94%) GRC
12 5 (0.78%) NCSC
12 5 (0.78%) QA
13 4 (0.63%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.47%) Basel III
14 3 (0.47%) COBIT
14 3 (0.47%) MiFID
15 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 186 (29.15%) Active Directory
2 113 (17.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 84 (13.17%) Hyper-V
4 63 (9.87%) Docker
5 37 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (4.23%) vSphere
7 20 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
9 11 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.41%) Oracle RAC
11 8 (1.25%) vCloud
12 5 (0.78%) Firmware
13 4 (0.63%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.63%) NFS
14 3 (0.47%) Squid
15 2 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.31%) pfSense
15 2 (0.31%) RACF
15 2 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 115 (18.03%) Terraform
2 103 (16.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 82 (12.85%) Kubernetes
4 73 (11.44%) Ansible
5 24 (3.76%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.45%) Grafana
7 15 (2.35%) vCenter Server
8 12 (1.88%) Nagios
9 11 (1.72%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.41%) Oracle RMAN
10 9 (1.41%) SCCM
11 8 (1.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.25%) Puppet
12 7 (1.10%) Avamar
12 7 (1.10%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.94%) Autotask
13 6 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.78%) Nessus
14 5 (0.78%) SCOM
15 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 320 (50.16%) Microsoft
2 143 (22.41%) VMware
3 69 (10.82%) Cisco
4 36 (5.64%) Dell
5 32 (5.02%) Veeam
6 31 (4.86%) Oracle
7 28 (4.39%) Palo Alto
8 26 (4.08%) Fortinet
8 26 (4.08%) Google
9 22 (3.45%) Commvault
10 18 (2.82%) HP
11 14 (2.19%) Dynatrace
11 14 (2.19%) IBM
12 13 (2.04%) Adobe
13 12 (1.88%) Dell Compellent
13 12 (1.88%) Meraki
13 12 (1.88%) Nimble Storage
14 11 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (1.72%) Datto
14 11 (1.72%) ServiceNow