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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 235 210
Rank change year-on-year +16 -25 +109
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 811 614 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.41% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.52% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 609 493 1,154
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £45,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,950 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% +10.82% -0.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £88,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% +10.00% -

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 66,963 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.84% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 43,068 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +3 708 £60,000 -4.00% 297
UK excluding London -12 442 £50,500 -8.18% 242
London +29 308 £80,000 +6.67% 93
Work from Home +64 257 £65,000 +8.33% 123
North of England +30 156 £54,500 -0.91% 62
South East -1 96 £57,500 -11.54% 73
Yorkshire -3 87 £57,239 -4.60% 21
Midlands -4 77 £52,500 +14.13% 53
West Midlands +14 64 £50,000 +2.56% 36
North West 0 53 £52,000 -5.45% 39
East of England -21 30 £62,500 +25.00% 19
South West -88 29 £40,000 -30.43% 22
Scotland +9 27 £38,000 -24.00% 10
North East -33 16 £58,446 +77.11% 2
Northern Ireland -24 12 - - 3
East Midlands -35 12 £60,000 +50.00% 16
Wales -19 11 £43,000 -14.00% 4
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 98 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (10.60%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.23%) IIS
4 4 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.25%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.49%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 442 (54.50%) Azure
2 246 (30.33%) Microsoft 365
3 148 (18.25%) Entra ID
4 126 (15.54%) AWS
5 66 (8.14%) Nutanix
6 55 (6.78%) SaaS
7 51 (6.29%) Datadog
8 46 (5.67%) IaaS
9 43 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
10 42 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (5.06%) PaaS
12 38 (4.69%) GitHub
13 33 (4.07%) OneDrive
14 31 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 29 (3.58%) GCP
16 27 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
17 26 (3.21%) Power Platform
18 23 (2.84%) Azure AKS
19 17 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
19 17 (2.10%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 248 (30.58%) Firewall
2 173 (21.33%) DNS
3 169 (20.84%) VPN
4 130 (16.03%) DHCP
5 121 (14.92%) WAN
6 83 (10.23%) VLAN
7 74 (9.12%) LAN
8 63 (7.77%) SAN
9 62 (7.64%) Wi-Fi
10 60 (7.40%) Network Security
10 60 (7.40%) TCP/IP
11 40 (4.93%) Wireless
12 30 (3.70%) SD-WAN
13 27 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (2.71%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (2.34%) NAS
16 16 (1.97%) SSL
16 16 (1.97%) VoIP
17 14 (1.73%) VSAN
18 12 (1.48%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.48%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.48%) Power BI
5 10 (1.23%) MySQL
6 9 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.62%) GIS
10 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.96%) Git
2 20 (2.47%) Chocolatey
3 11 (1.36%) JIRA
4 9 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.49%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.49%) MLflow
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) GitLab
8 3 (0.37%) Maven
8 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Selenium
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.12%) JMeter
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 297 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 164 (20.22%) Finance
3 137 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (7.27%) Banking
5 41 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.07%) Public Sector
7 29 (3.58%) Law
8 25 (3.08%) Legal
8 25 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (3.08%) Retail
9 19 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.10%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.48%) Back Office
14 11 (1.36%) Advertising
15 9 (1.11%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.99%) Marketing
16 8 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.86%) French Language
Job Titles
1 162 (19.98%) Senior
2 124 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 86 (10.60%) IT Support
4 85 (10.48%) IT Engineer
5 82 (10.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (9.00%) Support Engineer
7 63 (7.77%) IT Manager
8 57 (7.03%) Lead
9 55 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
10 52 (6.41%) IT Support Engineer
10 52 (6.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 45 (5.55%) Architect
12 37 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
13 36 (4.44%) Analyst
14 27 (3.33%) Administrator
14 27 (3.33%) Security Engineer
15 26 (3.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.96%) Security Manager
16 24 (2.96%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 23 (2.84%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.97%) SAML
2 13 (1.60%) OAuth
3 12 (1.48%) PySpark
3 12 (1.48%) YAML
4 11 (1.36%) ADO
5 10 (1.23%) REST
6 9 (1.11%) Middleware
7 7 (0.86%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.86%) Loki
8 6 (0.74%) Kafka
9 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (0.62%) RESTful
10 4 (0.49%) .NET
10 4 (0.49%) web3js
11 3 (0.37%) ActiveMQ
11 3 (0.37%) ODBC
11 3 (0.37%) RAML
11 3 (0.37%) SOAP
12 2 (0.25%) Node.js
12 2 (0.25%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.26%) Data Centre
2 66 (8.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 59 (7.27%) Management Information System
4 42 (5.18%) Replication
5 40 (4.93%) Cloud Native
6 39 (4.81%) Onboarding
7 35 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (4.32%) Public Cloud
8 34 (4.19%) Driving Licence
9 33 (4.07%) Security Posture
10 31 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.59%) PKI
13 20 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
14 19 (2.34%) CMDB
15 18 (2.22%) NHS
16 15 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (1.36%) CCTV
17 11 (1.36%) Clustering
17 11 (1.36%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 266 (32.80%) Windows
2 169 (20.84%) Windows Server
3 71 (8.75%) Linux
4 23 (2.84%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.10%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.60%) Ubuntu
8 12 (1.48%) Mac OS
8 12 (1.48%) VMS
9 10 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.11%) CentOS
10 9 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.99%) Unix
12 5 (0.62%) AIX
12 5 (0.62%) Android
12 5 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.49%) Solaris
14 2 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.25%) Debian
15 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (36.99%) Business Continuity
2 253 (31.20%) Cybersecurity
3 201 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 189 (23.30%) ITIL
5 183 (22.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 167 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 134 (16.52%) High Availability
8 124 (15.29%) DevOps
9 118 (14.55%) Incident Response
10 107 (13.19%) Service Delivery
11 101 (12.45%) Infrastructure as Code
12 92 (11.34%) Cloud Security
13 90 (11.10%) Change Management
14 87 (10.73%) CI/CD
15 84 (10.36%) Data Protection
16 83 (10.23%) Migration
17 82 (10.11%) Mentoring
18 78 (9.62%) Service Management
18 78 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
19 75 (9.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (16.89%) PowerShell
2 101 (12.45%) Python
3 88 (10.85%) SQL
4 40 (4.93%) Bash
5 11 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.23%) Bicep
6 10 (1.23%) Java
7 9 (1.11%) Scala
8 8 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.86%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.62%) C#
10 5 (0.62%) Korn
11 4 (0.49%) Go
11 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.25%) RPG
14 1 (0.12%) COBOL
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 97 (11.96%) Degree
2 54 (6.66%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (6.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (5.80%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.43%) CCNP
4 44 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 44 (5.43%) Security Cleared
5 34 (4.19%) SC Cleared
6 24 (2.96%) CCNA
6 24 (2.96%) CISSP
6 24 (2.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 20 (2.47%) CEH
8 16 (1.97%) Postgraduate
9 13 (1.60%) MCSE
10 10 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.23%) CISM
10 10 (1.23%) VCAP
11 9 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 9 (1.11%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (14.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (10.60%) GDPR
3 83 (10.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 77 (9.49%) NIST
5 61 (7.52%) SLA
6 41 (5.06%) PCI DSS
7 40 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 24 (2.96%) PMO
8 24 (2.96%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.84%) GRC
10 21 (2.59%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.85%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.99%) COBIT
14 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (0.86%) QA
15 4 (0.49%) DICOM
15 4 (0.49%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.49%) HL7
15 4 (0.49%) SOC 1
System Software
1 250 (30.83%) Active Directory
2 185 (22.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (12.95%) Hyper-V
4 35 (4.32%) vSphere
5 33 (4.07%) Docker
6 28 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.59%) Firmware
8 17 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.23%) vCloud
9 10 (1.23%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.74%) KVM
10 6 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 118 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 107 (13.19%) Terraform
3 64 (7.89%) Kubernetes
4 60 (7.40%) Ansible
5 27 (3.33%) SCCM
6 18 (2.22%) VxRail
7 13 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.48%) Grafana
9 11 (1.36%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.36%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.99%) Packer
10 8 (0.99%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.74%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.74%) Nagios
11 6 (0.74%) WSUS
12 4 (0.49%) Argo
12 4 (0.49%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.49%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 404 (49.82%) Microsoft
2 252 (31.07%) VMware
3 82 (10.11%) Cisco
4 60 (7.40%) Dell
5 46 (5.67%) HP
5 46 (5.67%) Veeam
6 42 (5.18%) Palo Alto
7 38 (4.69%) Nimble Storage
8 35 (4.32%) Commvault
9 32 (3.95%) Tenable
10 28 (3.45%) Meraki
11 26 (3.21%) Dell Compellent
11 26 (3.21%) Zscaler
12 25 (3.08%) Dynatrace
13 24 (2.96%) Splunk
14 21 (2.59%) AppDynamics
14 21 (2.59%) EMC
14 21 (2.59%) Fortinet
15 20 (2.47%) Databricks
15 20 (2.47%) Oracle