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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 253 202
Rank change year-on-year +73 -51 +81
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,111 616 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.28% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.41% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 815 493 1,110
10th Percentile £33,600 £37,300 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -5.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 71,935 43,736 84,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 90.86% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49,710 24,302 59,641
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -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 8 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 8 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 +49 968 £57,500 -8.00% 298
UK excluding London +57 676 £50,000 -9.09% 241
London +60 368 £75,000 - 112
Work from Home +87 339 £60,000 - 155
North of England +57 226 £48,750 -11.36% 51
South East +36 174 £50,000 -9.09% 86
Midlands +31 108 £55,000 -4.35% 39
Yorkshire +48 107 £50,000 -20.00% 17
North West +35 102 £50,000 -6.98% 29
West Midlands +35 82 £55,000 -4.35% 24
East of England -6 47 £43,500 -18.69% 13
South West -85 38 £45,500 -17.27% 23
Northern Ireland -26 35 - - 12
Scotland +29 31 £44,150 -19.73% 13
East Midlands -21 25 £55,000 +37.50% 15
North East -48 17 £42,500 -12.82% 5
Wales -39 15 £43,000 -20.00% 11
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 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (10.17%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.71%) IIS
4 9 (0.81%) Apache
5 8 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Confluence
6 3 (0.27%) nginx
6 3 (0.27%) WordPress
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.090%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.090%) Site Server
8 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.26%) PlantUML
4 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (1.08%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (0.45%) Sage 200
3 4 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.27%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.090%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.090%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.090%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 569 (51.22%) Azure
2 332 (29.88%) Microsoft 365
3 201 (18.09%) AWS
4 191 (17.19%) Entra ID
5 97 (8.73%) SaaS
6 65 (5.85%) IaaS
7 58 (5.22%) PaaS
8 52 (4.68%) Nutanix
9 45 (4.05%) Power Platform
10 43 (3.87%) Datadog
11 39 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (2.97%) GCP
13 31 (2.79%) GitHub
14 30 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
15 29 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
16 26 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
16 26 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (2.07%) Mimecast
18 20 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
19 19 (1.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 347 (31.23%) Firewall
2 243 (21.87%) DNS
3 213 (19.17%) VPN
4 186 (16.74%) DHCP
5 152 (13.68%) WAN
6 129 (11.61%) VLAN
7 119 (10.71%) LAN
8 95 (8.55%) Wi-Fi
9 92 (8.28%) Network Security
10 90 (8.10%) TCP/IP
11 60 (5.40%) SAN
12 54 (4.86%) Wireless
13 36 (3.24%) Internet
14 28 (2.52%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.43%) Cisco ISE
15 27 (2.43%) SSL
16 26 (2.34%) VoIP
17 22 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
18 17 (1.53%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 27 (2.43%) Power BI
4 12 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.99%) MySQL
5 11 (0.99%) Oracle Database
6 9 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.54%) Metadata
8 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.45%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.45%) GIS
9 5 (0.45%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.36%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (1.71%) JIRA
2 17 (1.53%) Chocolatey
3 16 (1.44%) Git
4 8 (0.72%) GitLab
5 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.45%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.36%) JUnit
7 4 (0.36%) MLflow
7 4 (0.36%) Spock
8 3 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.18%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.18%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.090%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.090%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.090%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 396 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 195 (17.55%) Finance
3 147 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.66%) Law
5 70 (6.30%) Banking
6 65 (5.85%) Legal
7 48 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 39 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (3.24%) Public Sector
10 32 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.61%) Retail
12 27 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.89%) Back Office
13 21 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 11 (0.99%) Financial Institution
14 11 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
15 8 (0.72%) Advertising
15 8 (0.72%) Marketing
16 7 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 219 (19.71%) Senior
2 163 (14.67%) IT Support
3 160 (14.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 134 (12.06%) IT Engineer
5 116 (10.44%) IT Manager
6 106 (9.54%) Support Engineer
7 85 (7.65%) IT Support Engineer
8 76 (6.84%) Cloud Engineer
8 76 (6.84%) Lead
9 71 (6.39%) Architect
10 61 (5.49%) Analyst
11 60 (5.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 54 (4.86%) Azure Engineer
13 44 (3.96%) Service Manager
14 41 (3.69%) Network Engineer
15 40 (3.60%) IT Services Manager
16 37 (3.33%) Resilience Manager
17 36 (3.24%) IT Analyst
18 35 (3.15%) Administrator
18 35 (3.15%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.96%) Middleware
2 14 (1.26%) ARM Templates
3 11 (0.99%) SAML
4 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (0.63%) Kafka
6 6 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.54%) OAuth
6 6 (0.54%) REST
7 5 (0.45%) PySpark
7 5 (0.45%) RESTful
7 5 (0.45%) YAML
8 4 (0.36%) .NET
8 4 (0.36%) ADO
8 4 (0.36%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.36%) Spring
8 4 (0.36%) Web Services
8 4 (0.36%) web3js
9 3 (0.27%) JSON
9 3 (0.27%) Node.js
9 3 (0.27%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.27%) Data Centre
2 75 (6.75%) Management Information System
3 73 (6.57%) Cyber Threat
4 67 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 66 (5.94%) Cloud Native
5 66 (5.94%) Driving Licence
6 54 (4.86%) Security Posture
7 52 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
8 51 (4.59%) Replication
9 41 (3.69%) Onboarding
10 37 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
11 36 (3.24%) PKI
12 31 (2.79%) Public Cloud
13 30 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
14 27 (2.43%) NHS
15 24 (2.16%) CMDB
16 21 (1.89%) CCTV
17 20 (1.80%) Virtual Team
18 18 (1.62%) Clustering
18 18 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 378 (34.02%) Windows
2 256 (23.04%) Windows Server
3 103 (9.27%) Linux
4 27 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 21 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (1.71%) Unix
7 19 (1.71%) Windows 10
8 14 (1.26%) Ubuntu
9 12 (1.08%) AIX
9 12 (1.08%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (0.90%) CentOS
11 9 (0.81%) VMS
12 8 (0.72%) Solaris
13 6 (0.54%) Apple iOS
14 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.18%) Debian
15 2 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (39.15%) Business Continuity
2 349 (31.41%) Cybersecurity
3 286 (25.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 286 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
4 239 (21.51%) ITIL
5 215 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 179 (16.11%) High Availability
7 174 (15.66%) Incident Response
8 171 (15.39%) DevOps
9 135 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 134 (12.06%) Infrastructure as Code
11 132 (11.88%) Service Delivery
12 122 (10.98%) Information Security
13 117 (10.53%) Cloud Security
14 114 (10.26%) Data Protection
15 111 (9.99%) Change Management
16 108 (9.72%) Project Delivery
17 107 (9.63%) CI/CD
17 107 (9.63%) Risk Management
18 103 (9.27%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 164 (14.76%) PowerShell
2 114 (10.26%) Python
3 112 (10.08%) SQL
4 46 (4.14%) Bash
5 21 (1.89%) Bicep
6 17 (1.53%) Shell Script
7 13 (1.17%) Java
8 11 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.99%) Korn
8 11 (0.99%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.45%) C#
13 4 (0.36%) Go
13 4 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.27%) Ruby
14 3 (0.27%) Scala
15 2 (0.18%) RPG
15 2 (0.18%) XAML
Qualifications
1 124 (11.16%) Degree
2 88 (7.92%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 70 (6.30%) Azure Certification
5 69 (6.21%) CISSP
6 66 (5.94%) CCNP
7 59 (5.31%) Security Cleared
8 56 (5.04%) CISM
9 50 (4.50%) CCNA
10 41 (3.69%) SC Cleared
11 40 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 29 (2.61%) ITIL Certification
14 28 (2.52%) Postgraduate
15 18 (1.62%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.44%) CEH
17 14 (1.26%) CISA
17 14 (1.26%) Master's Degree
18 13 (1.17%) CRISC
18 13 (1.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (14.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 131 (11.79%) NIST
3 125 (11.25%) GDPR
4 121 (10.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 65 (5.85%) SLA
6 54 (4.86%) PCI DSS
7 53 (4.77%) ISO 22301
8 49 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 29 (2.61%) PMO
9 29 (2.61%) SOC 2
10 28 (2.52%) GRC
11 24 (2.16%) Data Quality
12 15 (1.35%) COBIT
13 10 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.90%) NCSC
14 8 (0.72%) SOC 1
15 7 (0.63%) QA
16 5 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.36%) DICOM
17 4 (0.36%) HL7
System Software
1 306 (27.54%) Active Directory
2 263 (23.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 173 (15.57%) Hyper-V
4 43 (3.87%) vSphere
5 42 (3.78%) Docker
6 30 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.89%) Firmware
10 13 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.90%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.81%) vCloud
13 7 (0.63%) KVM
14 4 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.27%) Squid
15 3 (0.27%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 140 (12.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 140 (12.60%) Terraform
2 76 (6.84%) Ansible
3 75 (6.75%) Kubernetes
4 28 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (2.43%) SCCM
6 25 (2.25%) FortiGate
7 20 (1.80%) VxRail
8 12 (1.08%) Data Guard
8 12 (1.08%) Nagios
8 12 (1.08%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.81%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.81%) Grafana
11 9 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.81%) Packer
12 7 (0.63%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.54%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 547 (49.23%) Microsoft
2 321 (28.89%) VMware
3 163 (14.67%) Cisco
4 73 (6.57%) Veeam
5 59 (5.31%) Palo Alto
6 53 (4.77%) Dell
7 43 (3.87%) HP
8 40 (3.60%) Splunk
9 37 (3.33%) Meraki
10 36 (3.24%) Oracle
11 34 (3.06%) Fortinet
12 33 (2.97%) Nimble Storage
13 30 (2.70%) Commvault
13 30 (2.70%) Sophos
14 28 (2.52%) Tenable
15 27 (2.43%) SolarWinds
16 26 (2.34%) Aruba
17 25 (2.25%) Google
18 24 (2.16%) IBM
19 23 (2.07%) EMC