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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 245 209
Rank change year-on-year +72 -36 +64
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,153 629 1,234
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.28% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.42% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 837 501 973
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £33,850
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -6.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -

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 73,631 44,290 76,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 90.03% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 50,962 24,903 52,597
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +55 992 £57,500 -4.17% 316
UK excluding London +51 712 £50,000 -5.66% 233
London +65 374 £75,000 - 117
Work from Home +87 358 £60,000 +9.09% 123
North of England +72 225 £47,500 -11.63% 64
South East +29 187 £50,000 - 79
Midlands +22 111 £55,000 - 30
North West +46 109 £48,750 -9.30% 35
Yorkshire +34 101 £47,500 -24.00% 25
West Midlands +33 84 £55,000 -4.35% 20
East of England +9 49 £45,000 -14.69% 17
Northern Ireland -22 49 - - 4
South West -91 39 £44,000 -12.00% 25
Scotland +34 34 £47,500 -11.63% 9
East Midlands -19 26 £55,000 +18.92% 10
Wales -43 16 £43,000 -25.22% 13
North East -53 15 £42,500 -12.82% 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
1 119 (10.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (9.89%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.73%) IIS
4 13 (1.13%) Apache
5 10 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.52%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.26%) WordPress
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.087%) Site Server
9 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.21%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (1.21%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.43%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.087%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.087%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.087%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.087%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.087%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.087%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 596 (51.69%) Azure
2 341 (29.58%) Microsoft 365
3 217 (18.82%) AWS
4 191 (16.57%) Entra ID
5 117 (10.15%) SaaS
6 70 (6.07%) IaaS
7 59 (5.12%) PaaS
8 46 (3.99%) Power Platform
9 45 (3.90%) Nutanix
10 39 (3.38%) Datadog
11 35 (3.04%) GCP
12 33 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
14 24 (2.08%) GitHub
15 23 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (1.91%) Mimecast
17 21 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
18 20 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
19 18 (1.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 350 (30.36%) Firewall
2 247 (21.42%) DNS
3 218 (18.91%) VPN
4 183 (15.87%) DHCP
5 155 (13.44%) WAN
6 131 (11.36%) VLAN
7 124 (10.75%) LAN
8 100 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
9 95 (8.24%) Network Security
10 93 (8.07%) TCP/IP
11 60 (5.20%) SAN
12 56 (4.86%) Wireless
13 40 (3.47%) Internet
14 30 (2.60%) Cisco ISE
14 30 (2.60%) SD-WAN
15 29 (2.52%) SSL
16 28 (2.43%) VoIP
17 19 (1.65%) Cisco Nexus
18 18 (1.56%) NAS
19 17 (1.47%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (7.72%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.12%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 28 (2.43%) Power BI
5 14 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.13%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.95%) MySQL
8 8 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.69%) Metadata
8 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.43%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.35%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.26%) Big Data
11 3 (0.26%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 21 (1.82%) JIRA
2 16 (1.39%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.21%) Git
4 10 (0.87%) GitLab
5 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.43%) JUnit
6 5 (0.43%) Spock
7 4 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.35%) MLflow
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.087%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.087%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.087%) Maven
9 1 (0.087%) TeamCity
General
1 396 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 204 (17.69%) Finance
3 144 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (6.50%) Law
5 73 (6.33%) Banking
6 70 (6.07%) Legal
7 49 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (3.82%) Manufacturing
9 38 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (3.30%) Public Sector
10 34 (2.95%) Retail
11 32 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.91%) Back Office
13 22 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.13%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.69%) Advertising
16 8 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.61%) French Language
Job Titles
1 230 (19.95%) Senior
2 171 (14.83%) IT Support
3 156 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 139 (12.06%) IT Manager
5 138 (11.97%) IT Engineer
6 110 (9.54%) Support Engineer
7 89 (7.72%) IT Support Engineer
8 74 (6.42%) Architect
9 70 (6.07%) Lead
10 67 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 64 (5.55%) Analyst
12 61 (5.29%) Service Manager
13 60 (5.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 57 (4.94%) IT Services Manager
15 53 (4.60%) Resilience Manager
16 51 (4.42%) Azure Engineer
17 45 (3.90%) Network Engineer
18 37 (3.21%) IT Analyst
19 36 (3.12%) Administrator
20 35 (3.04%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.20%) Middleware
2 14 (1.21%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.78%) Kafka
4 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.69%) SAML
5 7 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
5 7 (0.61%) Web Services
6 5 (0.43%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.43%) REST
6 5 (0.43%) RESTful
6 5 (0.43%) Spring
7 4 (0.35%) .NET
7 4 (0.35%) OAuth
7 4 (0.35%) PySpark
7 4 (0.35%) web3js
8 3 (0.26%) JSON
8 3 (0.26%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.26%) ODBC
8 3 (0.26%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.37%) Data Centre
2 92 (7.98%) Cyber Threat
3 79 (6.85%) Management Information System
4 69 (5.98%) Cloud Native
5 68 (5.90%) Driving Licence
6 64 (5.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 60 (5.20%) Security Posture
8 53 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
9 52 (4.51%) Replication
10 42 (3.64%) Onboarding
11 37 (3.21%) PKI
12 30 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
13 29 (2.52%) NHS
14 28 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
15 25 (2.17%) Public Cloud
16 23 (1.99%) CCTV
17 22 (1.91%) CMDB
17 22 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
18 21 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
18 21 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 385 (33.39%) Windows
2 260 (22.55%) Windows Server
3 114 (9.89%) Linux
4 29 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (1.91%) Mac OS
6 22 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (1.82%) Windows 10
8 20 (1.73%) Unix
9 15 (1.30%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.21%) AIX
10 14 (1.21%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.87%) CentOS
12 8 (0.69%) Solaris
12 8 (0.69%) VMS
13 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.17%) Debian
15 1 (0.087%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (39.98%) Business Continuity
2 355 (30.79%) Cybersecurity
3 302 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (25.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 256 (22.20%) ITIL
6 215 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 186 (16.13%) DevOps
8 178 (15.44%) High Availability
9 170 (14.74%) Incident Response
10 146 (12.66%) Information Security
11 142 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 134 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 134 (11.62%) Service Delivery
13 123 (10.67%) Agile
14 114 (9.89%) Cloud Security
15 112 (9.71%) Change Management
15 112 (9.71%) Project Delivery
16 109 (9.45%) Data Protection
17 107 (9.28%) CI/CD
18 104 (9.02%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 171 (14.83%) PowerShell
2 113 (9.80%) Python
2 113 (9.80%) SQL
3 46 (3.99%) Bash
4 23 (1.99%) Bicep
5 22 (1.91%) Shell Script
6 13 (1.13%) Java
6 13 (1.13%) Korn
6 13 (1.13%) PL/SQL
7 10 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.35%) C#
10 4 (0.35%) Go
10 4 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.26%) COBOL
11 3 (0.26%) Ruby
11 3 (0.26%) Scala
12 2 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 127 (11.01%) Degree
2 94 (8.15%) Cisco Certification
3 88 (7.63%) CISSP
4 80 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 78 (6.76%) Azure Certification
6 75 (6.50%) CISM
7 71 (6.16%) CCNP
8 59 (5.12%) Security Cleared
9 52 (4.51%) CCNA
10 45 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
11 44 (3.82%) SC Cleared
12 38 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
13 32 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 29 (2.52%) Postgraduate
15 20 (1.73%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.39%) CEH
16 16 (1.39%) Master's Degree
17 15 (1.30%) CISA
18 14 (1.21%) CRISC
19 13 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (13.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 145 (12.58%) NIST
3 115 (9.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 115 (9.97%) GDPR
4 71 (6.16%) ISO 22301
5 61 (5.29%) SLA
6 52 (4.51%) PCI DSS
7 49 (4.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (2.60%) PMO
9 28 (2.43%) GRC
10 27 (2.34%) SOC 2
11 24 (2.08%) Data Quality
12 16 (1.39%) COBIT
13 13 (1.13%) NCSC
14 9 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.69%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.52%) QA
17 5 (0.43%) HL7
17 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.35%) DICOM
System Software
1 310 (26.89%) Active Directory
2 266 (23.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 175 (15.18%) Hyper-V
4 44 (3.82%) vSphere
5 40 (3.47%) Docker
6 31 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
7 27 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (1.73%) Firmware
10 15 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.87%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.78%) vCloud
13 7 (0.61%) KVM
14 5 (0.43%) Squid
15 4 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.26%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
18 1 (0.087%) Xen
Systems Management
1 146 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 140 (12.14%) Terraform
3 76 (6.59%) Kubernetes
4 73 (6.33%) Ansible
5 31 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (2.25%) FortiGate
6 26 (2.25%) SCCM
7 20 (1.73%) VxRail
8 14 (1.21%) Data Guard
8 14 (1.21%) Nagios
9 13 (1.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 12 (1.04%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.87%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
12 9 (0.78%) Grafana
13 7 (0.61%) Avamar
13 7 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
13 7 (0.61%) Packer
14 6 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 560 (48.57%) Microsoft
2 321 (27.84%) VMware
3 173 (15.00%) Cisco
4 78 (6.76%) Veeam
5 60 (5.20%) Palo Alto
6 48 (4.16%) Dell
7 44 (3.82%) Splunk
8 40 (3.47%) Oracle
9 39 (3.38%) HP
9 39 (3.38%) Meraki
10 35 (3.04%) Fortinet
11 31 (2.69%) Sophos
12 29 (2.52%) Commvault
13 28 (2.43%) Aruba
13 28 (2.43%) SolarWinds
14 27 (2.34%) Google
14 27 (2.34%) Nimble Storage
14 27 (2.34%) Tenable
15 26 (2.25%) IBM
16 23 (1.99%) EMC