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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 253 204
Rank change year-on-year +62 -49 +88
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,041 587 1,403
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.09% 1.27% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.39% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 790 472 1,126
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £41,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,375 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 70,129 42,382 86,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 91.66% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 48,378 23,044 61,478
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +54 931 £57,500 -8.00% 228
UK excluding London +54 612 £47,500 -13.64% 195
London +63 362 £75,000 - 82
Work from Home +90 301 £60,000 - 107
North of England +57 221 £47,500 -13.64% 36
South East +19 155 £50,000 -9.09% 69
Yorkshire +45 110 £48,750 -22.00% 16
Midlands +25 105 £55,000 - 40
North West +45 94 £50,000 -9.09% 17
West Midlands +36 80 £55,000 -4.35% 22
East of England +3 46 £43,500 -19.44% 12
South West -95 35 £43,500 -20.91% 21
Scotland +32 26 £39,400 -28.36% 10
East Midlands -14 24 £55,000 +37.50% 18
North East -48 17 £42,500 -12.82% 4
Wales -26 15 £43,000 -20.00% 5
Northern Ireland -26 7 - - 7
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
1 115 (11.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (10.47%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.63%) IIS
4 6 (0.58%) Apache
4 6 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.29%) Confluence
5 3 (0.29%) WordPress
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.096%) nginx
7 1 (0.096%) Site Server
7 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.44%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.15%) PlantUML
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.06%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.38%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.38%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.29%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.096%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.096%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.096%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 520 (49.95%) Azure
2 323 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 187 (17.96%) Entra ID
4 163 (15.66%) AWS
5 68 (6.53%) SaaS
6 59 (5.67%) IaaS
7 54 (5.19%) Nutanix
8 51 (4.90%) PaaS
9 45 (4.32%) Datadog
10 41 (3.94%) Power Platform
11 40 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (3.17%) GitHub
13 31 (2.98%) GCP
14 30 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 28 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
16 26 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (2.11%) Mimecast
18 20 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
18 20 (1.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 329 (31.60%) Firewall
2 231 (22.19%) DNS
3 206 (19.79%) VPN
4 181 (17.39%) DHCP
5 144 (13.83%) WAN
6 124 (11.91%) VLAN
7 110 (10.57%) LAN
8 91 (8.74%) Network Security
9 87 (8.36%) TCP/IP
9 87 (8.36%) Wi-Fi
10 63 (6.05%) SAN
11 51 (4.90%) Wireless
12 30 (2.88%) Internet
13 28 (2.69%) SD-WAN
14 27 (2.59%) Cisco ISE
14 27 (2.59%) SSL
15 25 (2.40%) VoIP
16 22 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
17 17 (1.63%) BGP
17 17 (1.63%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (8.74%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (2.31%) Power BI
5 14 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.25%) MySQL
7 11 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.96%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.86%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.67%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.48%) GIS
12 5 (0.48%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.38%) Metadata
14 3 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (1.73%) Chocolatey
2 17 (1.63%) Git
3 15 (1.44%) JIRA
4 6 (0.58%) GitLab
4 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.48%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.38%) MLflow
7 3 (0.29%) Selenium
8 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.19%) JUnit
8 2 (0.19%) Spock
8 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.096%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.096%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.096%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.096%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.096%) Yeoman
General
1 382 (36.70%) Social Skills
2 182 (17.48%) Finance
3 143 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.72%) Banking
5 61 (5.86%) Legal
6 48 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (4.13%) Law
8 40 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (3.46%) Public Sector
10 35 (3.36%) Manufacturing
11 29 (2.79%) Retail
12 28 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.92%) Back Office
15 19 (1.83%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.96%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
17 8 (0.77%) Advertising
17 8 (0.77%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 210 (20.17%) Senior
2 162 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 153 (14.70%) IT Support
4 124 (11.91%) IT Engineer
5 97 (9.32%) Support Engineer
6 81 (7.78%) IT Manager
7 79 (7.59%) Cloud Engineer
8 78 (7.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 74 (7.11%) Lead
10 64 (6.15%) Architect
11 62 (5.96%) Analyst
12 61 (5.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 55 (5.28%) Azure Engineer
14 38 (3.65%) Network Engineer
14 38 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
15 35 (3.36%) Administrator
16 33 (3.17%) IT Analyst
17 32 (3.07%) IT Technician
18 31 (2.98%) Security Engineer
19 30 (2.88%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.34%) Middleware
2 12 (1.15%) ARM Templates
2 12 (1.15%) SAML
3 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (0.67%) OAuth
4 7 (0.67%) PySpark
4 7 (0.67%) REST
5 6 (0.58%) Kafka
5 6 (0.58%) YAML
6 5 (0.48%) ADO
6 5 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (0.48%) RESTful
7 4 (0.38%) .NET
7 4 (0.38%) web3js
8 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.29%) JSON
8 3 (0.29%) Loki
8 3 (0.29%) Node.js
8 3 (0.29%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.29%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.41%) Data Centre
2 74 (7.11%) Management Information System
3 65 (6.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 63 (6.05%) Driving Licence
5 61 (5.86%) Cloud Native
6 53 (5.09%) Replication
7 50 (4.80%) Security Posture
7 50 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (4.03%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (3.94%) Onboarding
10 37 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
11 35 (3.36%) PKI
12 31 (2.98%) Public Cloud
13 30 (2.88%) Enterprise Storage
14 27 (2.59%) NHS
15 24 (2.31%) CMDB
16 20 (1.92%) CCTV
17 19 (1.83%) Virtual Team
18 18 (1.73%) Clustering
19 16 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 361 (34.68%) Windows
2 243 (23.34%) Windows Server
3 96 (9.22%) Linux
4 24 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (2.02%) Mac OS
7 19 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (1.73%) Windows 10
9 16 (1.54%) Unix
10 13 (1.25%) Ubuntu
11 11 (1.06%) AIX
11 11 (1.06%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (0.86%) CentOS
12 9 (0.86%) VMS
13 7 (0.67%) Apple iOS
13 7 (0.67%) Solaris
14 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.19%) Debian
15 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (36.98%) Business Continuity
2 338 (32.47%) Cybersecurity
3 275 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
4 267 (25.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (20.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 207 (19.88%) ITIL
7 173 (16.62%) High Availability
8 168 (16.14%) Incident Response
9 134 (12.87%) DevOps
10 128 (12.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 125 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
12 124 (11.91%) Service Delivery
13 113 (10.85%) Cloud Security
14 112 (10.76%) Data Protection
15 101 (9.70%) Risk Management
16 100 (9.61%) Change Management
17 99 (9.51%) CI/CD
18 96 (9.22%) BCP
18 96 (9.22%) Incident Management
18 96 (9.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 164 (15.75%) PowerShell
2 111 (10.66%) SQL
3 108 (10.37%) Python
4 46 (4.42%) Bash
5 16 (1.54%) Bicep
5 16 (1.54%) Shell Script
6 11 (1.06%) Java
6 11 (1.06%) Korn
7 10 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 9 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.48%) C#
12 4 (0.38%) Scala
13 3 (0.29%) Go
13 3 (0.29%) Ruby
13 3 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.19%) RPG
14 2 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 121 (11.62%) Degree
2 85 (8.17%) Cisco Certification
3 72 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 66 (6.34%) CCNP
5 65 (6.24%) Azure Certification
6 57 (5.48%) Security Cleared
7 47 (4.51%) CCNA
8 41 (3.94%) SC Cleared
9 39 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (3.55%) CISSP
11 28 (2.69%) Postgraduate
11 28 (2.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 24 (2.31%) CISM
13 15 (1.44%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.44%) CEH
14 13 (1.25%) CISA
14 13 (1.25%) CRISC
14 13 (1.25%) MCSE
15 12 (1.15%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.96%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (14.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 122 (11.72%) GDPR
3 115 (11.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 98 (9.41%) NIST
5 63 (6.05%) SLA
6 52 (5.00%) PCI DSS
7 47 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 29 (2.79%) PMO
9 27 (2.59%) GRC
9 27 (2.59%) SOC 2
10 24 (2.31%) Data Quality
10 24 (2.31%) ISO 22301
11 15 (1.44%) COBIT
12 10 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.96%) NCSC
13 8 (0.77%) SOC 1
14 6 (0.58%) QA
15 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.38%) HL7
System Software
1 299 (28.72%) Active Directory
2 248 (23.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (15.08%) Hyper-V
4 44 (4.23%) vSphere
5 37 (3.55%) Docker
6 31 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (2.02%) Firmware
8 21 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.15%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (0.96%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.86%) vCloud
12 6 (0.58%) KVM
13 5 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.29%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
17 1 (0.096%) Squid
Systems Management
1 137 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 135 (12.97%) Terraform
3 72 (6.92%) Ansible
4 71 (6.82%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.69%) SCCM
6 27 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
7 25 (2.40%) FortiGate
8 22 (2.11%) VxRail
9 11 (1.06%) Data Guard
9 11 (1.06%) Nagios
9 11 (1.06%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.06%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.96%) Grafana
10 10 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (0.86%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.86%) Packer
12 7 (0.67%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.58%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 521 (50.05%) Microsoft
2 310 (29.78%) VMware
3 152 (14.60%) Cisco
4 70 (6.72%) Veeam
5 55 (5.28%) Dell
5 55 (5.28%) Palo Alto
6 43 (4.13%) HP
7 36 (3.46%) Splunk
8 35 (3.36%) Meraki
9 34 (3.27%) Oracle
10 33 (3.17%) Nimble Storage
11 32 (3.07%) Commvault
12 31 (2.98%) Fortinet
13 29 (2.79%) Sophos
13 29 (2.79%) Tenable
14 26 (2.50%) SolarWinds
15 25 (2.40%) EMC
15 25 (2.40%) Google
16 23 (2.21%) IBM
17 21 (2.02%) Zscaler