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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 255 182
Rank change year-on-year +85 -73 +29
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,363 562 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.14% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.29% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 938 440 620
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -3.85%

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 86,023 43,711 61,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.11% 89.05% 81.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,242 24,267 33,446
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,880 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 29 September 2026.

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 29 September 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 +74 1,197 £57,500 -4.17% 795
UK excluding London +104 887 £50,000 -2.91% 476
London +46 422 £75,000 +3.45% 338
Work from Home +105 409 £62,000 +3.33% 345
North of England +60 247 £47,500 -9.52% 135
South East +61 232 £50,000 - 114
Midlands +37 161 £57,500 - 71
North West +53 140 £47,500 +2.70% 73
West Midlands +31 118 £59,386 -8.64% 43
Yorkshire +43 94 £47,500 -11.63% 53
South West -50 74 £50,000 +8.11% 64
East of England +3 59 £45,000 +38.46% 28
Scotland +51 47 £50,000 -4.76% 32
Northern Ireland -48 47 - - 18
East Midlands -23 43 £45,000 -14.29% 28
Wales -52 22 £45,000 -21.74% 15
North East -70 13 £53,750 +2.38% 10

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
1 172 (12.62%) SharePoint
2 170 (12.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.98%) IIS
4 22 (1.61%) Apache
5 18 (1.32%) nginx
6 11 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.37%) Confluence
7 5 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.22%) WordPress
9 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.073%) CICS
10 1 (0.073%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.073%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.39%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.81%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.073%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.073%) Eikon
7 1 (0.073%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.073%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.073%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.073%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 711 (52.16%) Azure
2 418 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
3 290 (21.28%) Entra ID
4 258 (18.93%) AWS
5 150 (11.01%) SaaS
6 103 (7.56%) IaaS
7 77 (5.65%) PaaS
8 53 (3.89%) GCP
8 53 (3.89%) Power Platform
9 52 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
11 49 (3.60%) OneDrive
12 47 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (2.57%) GitHub
14 32 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
15 28 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (2.05%) Google Workspace
16 27 (1.98%) Datadog
17 25 (1.83%) OCI
18 24 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 366 (26.85%) Firewall
2 333 (24.43%) DNS
3 238 (17.46%) DHCP
4 235 (17.24%) VPN
5 162 (11.89%) WAN
6 144 (10.56%) VLAN
7 131 (9.61%) LAN
8 120 (8.80%) TCP/IP
9 118 (8.66%) Wi-Fi
10 99 (7.26%) Network Security
11 90 (6.60%) Wireless
12 58 (4.26%) SAN
13 52 (3.82%) Internet
14 43 (3.15%) SD-WAN
15 41 (3.01%) SSL
16 38 (2.79%) VoIP
17 27 (1.98%) Cisco ISE
18 24 (1.76%) Cisco Nexus
19 22 (1.61%) NAS
20 17 (1.25%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 33 (2.42%) Power BI
5 32 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.03%) Metadata
7 14 (1.03%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 12 (0.88%) MySQL
9 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.37%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.29%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.39%) JIRA
2 16 (1.17%) Git
2 16 (1.17%) GitLab
3 11 (0.81%) Chocolatey
4 10 (0.73%) JUnit
4 10 (0.73%) Spock
5 9 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.29%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.29%) Maven
8 3 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.22%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
9 2 (0.15%) Selenium
9 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.073%) Flyway
10 1 (0.073%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.073%) Yeoman
General
1 462 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 262 (19.22%) Finance
3 183 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (6.31%) Law
5 84 (6.16%) Legal
6 70 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (4.84%) Banking
8 62 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 45 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
9 45 (3.30%) Public Sector
9 45 (3.30%) Retail
10 35 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (1.69%) Back Office
12 22 (1.61%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.03%) Financial Institution
15 12 (0.88%) Police
16 11 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 267 (19.59%) Senior
2 194 (14.23%) IT Support
3 190 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 151 (11.08%) IT Engineer
5 135 (9.90%) IT Manager
6 118 (8.66%) Support Engineer
7 111 (8.14%) Architect
8 101 (7.41%) Analyst
9 99 (7.26%) IT Support Engineer
10 75 (5.50%) Lead
11 69 (5.06%) Service Manager
12 64 (4.70%) Resilience Manager
13 61 (4.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 60 (4.40%) Network Engineer
15 59 (4.33%) IT Services Manager
16 57 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
17 46 (3.37%) Administrator
18 45 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
19 44 (3.23%) IT Analyst
20 40 (2.93%) IT Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (13.57%) Terraform
2 75 (5.50%) Middleware
3 14 (1.03%) ARM Templates
4 11 (0.81%) REST
5 10 (0.73%) AngularJS
5 10 (0.73%) Spring
6 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (0.59%) .NET
7 8 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (0.59%) SAML
7 8 (0.59%) Web Services
8 7 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.51%) Kafka
9 5 (0.37%) ModSecurity
10 4 (0.29%) 802.1X
10 4 (0.29%) AWS CDK
10 4 (0.29%) JSON
10 4 (0.29%) LDAP
10 4 (0.29%) React
11 3 (0.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.07%) Data Centre
2 85 (6.24%) Cloud Native
2 85 (6.24%) Cyber Threat
3 84 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 81 (5.94%) Management Information System
5 78 (5.72%) Driving Licence
6 67 (4.92%) Replication
7 64 (4.70%) Security Posture
8 63 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 44 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
10 36 (2.64%) Enterprise Storage
11 35 (2.57%) PKI
12 32 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
13 29 (2.13%) NHS
14 23 (1.69%) Clustering
14 23 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
15 22 (1.61%) CCTV
15 22 (1.61%) Virtual Team
16 21 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
16 21 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 477 (35.00%) Windows
2 351 (25.75%) Windows Server
3 149 (10.93%) Linux
4 39 (2.86%) Windows 10
5 37 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (1.76%) Mac OS
6 24 (1.76%) Ubuntu
7 22 (1.61%) Unix
8 21 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (1.10%) VMS
11 12 (0.88%) AIX
12 10 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
13 9 (0.66%) Solaris
14 7 (0.51%) CentOS
15 6 (0.44%) Debian
16 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
17 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
17 2 (0.15%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (39.91%) Business Continuity
2 401 (29.42%) Cybersecurity
3 396 (29.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 358 (26.27%) Problem-Solving
5 275 (20.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 260 (19.08%) ITIL
7 230 (16.87%) DevOps
8 211 (15.48%) High Availability
9 208 (15.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 196 (14.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 179 (13.13%) Incident Response
12 171 (12.55%) Information Security
12 171 (12.55%) Project Delivery
13 168 (12.33%) Service Delivery
14 153 (11.23%) CI/CD
15 150 (11.01%) Cloud Security
16 145 (10.64%) Migration
17 141 (10.34%) Agile
17 141 (10.34%) AI
18 140 (10.27%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 210 (15.41%) PowerShell
2 136 (9.98%) Python
3 131 (9.61%) SQL
4 63 (4.62%) Bash
5 38 (2.79%) Bicep
6 26 (1.91%) Java
7 24 (1.76%) Shell Script
8 17 (1.25%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.81%) Korn
11 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.44%) Go
13 6 (0.44%) Groovy
13 6 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
14 5 (0.37%) COBOL
14 5 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.29%) C#
15 4 (0.29%) XAML
16 3 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 135 (9.90%) Degree
2 112 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 102 (7.48%) Azure Certification
4 96 (7.04%) CISSP
5 92 (6.75%) Cisco Certification
6 87 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (6.24%) SC Cleared
8 83 (6.09%) CISM
9 64 (4.70%) CCNP
10 61 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
11 51 (3.74%) CCNA
12 45 (3.30%) Postgraduate
13 39 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 32 (2.35%) AWS Certification
15 26 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 20 (1.47%) DV Cleared
17 20 (1.47%) Master's Degree
18 17 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
19 16 (1.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (11.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (10.27%) NIST
3 126 (9.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 117 (8.58%) GDPR
5 84 (6.16%) SLA
6 83 (6.09%) ISO 22301
7 59 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 42 (3.08%) PCI DSS
9 32 (2.35%) GRC
10 28 (2.05%) Data Quality
11 25 (1.83%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.69%) NCSC
13 20 (1.47%) PMO
14 17 (1.25%) COBIT
15 15 (1.10%) QA
16 10 (0.73%) ISO 9001
17 7 (0.51%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 385 (28.25%) Active Directory
2 297 (21.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 214 (15.70%) Hyper-V
4 54 (3.96%) vSphere
5 53 (3.89%) Docker
5 53 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
6 36 (2.64%) Firmware
7 28 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
8 25 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.10%) VMware NSX
10 12 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
11 7 (0.51%) vCloud
12 6 (0.44%) Squid
13 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.29%) KVM
15 3 (0.22%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 2 (0.15%) iptables
16 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 195 (14.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 89 (6.53%) Kubernetes
3 86 (6.31%) Ansible
4 50 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
5 32 (2.35%) FortiGate
6 25 (1.83%) SCCM
7 23 (1.69%) Grafana
8 20 (1.47%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.25%) VxRail
10 16 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.95%) Data Guard
12 11 (0.81%) Nagios
12 11 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
12 11 (0.81%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.66%) Proxmox
13 9 (0.66%) Puppet
14 8 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (0.51%) Avamar
15 7 (0.51%) WSUS
16 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 676 (49.60%) Microsoft
2 349 (25.61%) VMware
3 205 (15.04%) Cisco
4 108 (7.92%) Veeam
5 72 (5.28%) Palo Alto
6 58 (4.26%) Fortinet
7 53 (3.89%) Oracle
8 48 (3.52%) SonicWALL
9 45 (3.30%) Google
9 45 (3.30%) Meraki
10 44 (3.23%) Splunk
11 40 (2.93%) Aruba
12 38 (2.79%) SolarWinds
13 37 (2.71%) Dell
14 30 (2.20%) Qualys
15 27 (1.98%) HP
15 27 (1.98%) Sophos
16 26 (1.91%) Apple
17 25 (1.83%) ServiceNow
18 24 (1.76%) IBM