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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 261 193
Rank change year-on-year +92 -68 +23
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,349 560 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.14% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.29% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 939 437 648
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -

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 84,843 43,391 61,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.66% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58,659 24,441 34,825
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,969 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 22 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 22 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 +84 1,181 £57,500 -4.17% 887
UK excluding London +94 882 £50,000 -0.74% 569
London +46 415 £75,000 - 374
Work from Home +91 397 £60,000 - 344
North of England +66 247 £47,500 -9.52% 145
South East +69 230 £50,000 - 170
Midlands +42 157 £57,500 - 91
North West +42 139 £47,500 +18.75% 81
West Midlands +27 117 £59,761 -2.43% 56
Yorkshire +35 95 £47,500 -13.64% 55
South West -54 72 £50,000 +5.26% 53
East of England +3 57 £45,000 +38.46% 40
Scotland +50 52 £40,800 -22.29% 41
Northern Ireland -47 47 - - 15
East Midlands -11 40 £45,000 -14.29% 35
Wales -55 22 £45,000 -21.74% 17
North East -67 13 £53,750 +2.38% 11

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
1 169 (12.53%) SharePoint
2 161 (11.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.00%) IIS
4 22 (1.63%) Apache
5 17 (1.26%) nginx
6 11 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.37%) Confluence
8 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.074%) CICS
11 1 (0.074%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.41%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.82%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.30%) 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 (0.074%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.074%) Eikon
7 1 (0.074%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.074%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.074%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.074%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 709 (52.56%) Azure
2 416 (30.84%) Microsoft 365
3 282 (20.90%) Entra ID
4 258 (19.13%) AWS
5 151 (11.19%) SaaS
6 107 (7.93%) IaaS
7 80 (5.93%) PaaS
8 53 (3.93%) Power Platform
9 51 (3.78%) Cloud Computing
10 49 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
11 48 (3.56%) GCP
12 46 (3.41%) OneDrive
13 45 (3.34%) Azure Monitor
14 36 (2.67%) GitHub
15 33 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
16 32 (2.37%) Datadog
17 27 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
18 26 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
19 25 (1.85%) Google Workspace
19 25 (1.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 369 (27.35%) Firewall
2 325 (24.09%) DNS
3 232 (17.20%) DHCP
3 232 (17.20%) VPN
4 164 (12.16%) WAN
5 146 (10.82%) VLAN
6 133 (9.86%) LAN
7 120 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
8 112 (8.30%) TCP/IP
9 102 (7.56%) Network Security
10 87 (6.45%) Wireless
11 63 (4.67%) SAN
12 52 (3.85%) Internet
13 43 (3.19%) SD-WAN
14 40 (2.97%) SSL
15 39 (2.89%) VoIP
16 27 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
17 24 (1.78%) Cisco Nexus
18 23 (1.70%) NAS
19 15 (1.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (2.37%) Power BI
5 26 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.04%) Metadata
7 14 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.89%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.82%) MySQL
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.41%) JIRA
2 17 (1.26%) Git
3 15 (1.11%) Chocolatey
3 15 (1.11%) GitLab
4 10 (0.74%) JUnit
4 10 (0.74%) Spock
5 8 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.30%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.15%) git-flow
8 2 (0.15%) Selenium
8 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.074%) Flyway
9 1 (0.074%) MLflow
9 1 (0.074%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.074%) Yeoman
General
1 462 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 251 (18.61%) Finance
3 188 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.08%) Law
4 82 (6.08%) Legal
5 68 (5.04%) Banking
6 66 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (4.45%) Manufacturing
8 46 (3.41%) Public Sector
9 44 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
10 41 (3.04%) Retail
11 36 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.48%) Back Office
15 15 (1.11%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.89%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.82%) Police
17 11 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (0.74%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 264 (19.57%) Senior
2 196 (14.53%) IT Support
3 182 (13.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 149 (11.05%) IT Engineer
5 137 (10.16%) IT Manager
6 118 (8.75%) Support Engineer
7 112 (8.30%) Architect
8 100 (7.41%) Analyst
9 99 (7.34%) IT Support Engineer
10 71 (5.26%) Lead
11 68 (5.04%) Service Manager
12 64 (4.74%) Resilience Manager
13 60 (4.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 59 (4.37%) IT Services Manager
14 59 (4.37%) Network Engineer
15 57 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
16 51 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
17 45 (3.34%) Administrator
17 45 (3.34%) IT Analyst
18 39 (2.89%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (13.05%) Terraform
2 75 (5.56%) Middleware
3 14 (1.04%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.74%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.74%) REST
4 10 (0.74%) Spring
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.59%) SAML
5 8 (0.59%) Web Services
6 7 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (0.52%) Kafka
7 6 (0.44%) .NET
8 5 (0.37%) ModSecurity
9 4 (0.30%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.30%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.30%) JSON
9 4 (0.30%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.22%) Nuxt
10 3 (0.22%) React
10 3 (0.22%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.30%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.60%) Cyber Threat
3 87 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 80 (5.93%) Cloud Native
4 80 (5.93%) Onboarding
5 76 (5.63%) Driving Licence
6 64 (4.74%) Security Posture
7 63 (4.67%) Replication
8 60 (4.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 45 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
10 35 (2.59%) Enterprise Storage
11 34 (2.52%) PKI
12 31 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (2.22%) NHS
14 23 (1.70%) CCTV
14 23 (1.70%) Clustering
15 22 (1.63%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.63%) Virtual Team
16 21 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
17 20 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 469 (34.77%) Windows
2 342 (25.35%) Windows Server
3 150 (11.12%) Linux
4 37 (2.74%) Windows 10
5 36 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 24 (1.78%) Mac OS
8 22 (1.63%) Unix
9 21 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 20 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.11%) VMS
12 12 (0.89%) AIX
13 10 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
14 9 (0.67%) Solaris
15 8 (0.59%) CentOS
16 6 (0.44%) Debian
17 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
18 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
18 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
18 2 (0.15%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (39.81%) Business Continuity
2 401 (29.73%) Cybersecurity
3 390 (28.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 358 (26.54%) Problem-Solving
5 269 (19.94%) ITIL
6 263 (19.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 227 (16.83%) DevOps
8 205 (15.20%) High Availability
9 202 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 190 (14.08%) Infrastructure as Code
11 178 (13.19%) Incident Response
12 171 (12.68%) Information Security
13 167 (12.38%) Service Delivery
14 165 (12.23%) Project Delivery
15 148 (10.97%) CI/CD
16 147 (10.90%) Cloud Security
17 145 (10.75%) Agile
17 145 (10.75%) Migration
18 139 (10.30%) AI
18 139 (10.30%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 203 (15.05%) PowerShell
2 132 (9.79%) Python
3 127 (9.41%) SQL
4 58 (4.30%) Bash
5 37 (2.74%) Bicep
6 24 (1.78%) Shell Script
7 22 (1.63%) Java
8 16 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.82%) Korn
11 10 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
14 5 (0.37%) COBOL
14 5 (0.37%) Groovy
14 5 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.30%) Go
15 4 (0.30%) XAML
16 3 (0.22%) C#
16 3 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 141 (10.45%) Degree
2 106 (7.86%) Azure Certification
3 103 (7.64%) Security Cleared
4 98 (7.26%) CISSP
5 96 (7.12%) Cisco Certification
6 87 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 84 (6.23%) CISM
8 76 (5.63%) SC Cleared
9 68 (5.04%) CCNP
10 60 (4.45%) ITIL Certification
11 51 (3.78%) CCNA
12 46 (3.41%) Postgraduate
13 41 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
14 33 (2.45%) AWS Certification
15 26 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
17 20 (1.48%) DV Cleared
17 20 (1.48%) Master's Degree
18 17 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
19 15 (1.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (10.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (10.23%) NIST
3 123 (9.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 115 (8.52%) GDPR
5 85 (6.30%) SLA
6 82 (6.08%) ISO 22301
7 58 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 40 (2.97%) PCI DSS
9 32 (2.37%) GRC
10 28 (2.08%) Data Quality
11 23 (1.70%) NCSC
11 23 (1.70%) SOC 2
12 22 (1.63%) PMO
13 17 (1.26%) COBIT
14 15 (1.11%) QA
15 8 (0.59%) ISO 9001
16 7 (0.52%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 3 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 378 (28.02%) Active Directory
2 300 (22.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 210 (15.57%) Hyper-V
4 51 (3.78%) Docker
4 51 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
4 51 (3.78%) vSphere
5 35 (2.59%) Firmware
6 28 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 28 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.11%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.52%) vCloud
10 6 (0.44%) Squid
11 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.30%) KVM
13 3 (0.22%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.15%) iptables
14 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 196 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (6.30%) Ansible
3 84 (6.23%) Kubernetes
4 46 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (2.45%) FortiGate
6 28 (2.08%) SCCM
7 19 (1.41%) Grafana
8 17 (1.26%) VxRail
9 16 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
9 16 (1.19%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.96%) Data Guard
11 11 (0.82%) Nagios
11 11 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
11 11 (0.82%) vCenter Server
12 9 (0.67%) Proxmox
13 8 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
13 8 (0.59%) Puppet
14 7 (0.52%) Avamar
14 7 (0.52%) WSUS
15 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 672 (49.81%) Microsoft
2 350 (25.95%) VMware
3 205 (15.20%) Cisco
4 103 (7.64%) Veeam
5 72 (5.34%) Palo Alto
6 55 (4.08%) Fortinet
7 53 (3.93%) Oracle
8 48 (3.56%) SonicWALL
9 44 (3.26%) Meraki
9 44 (3.26%) Splunk
10 41 (3.04%) Google
11 39 (2.89%) Aruba
12 36 (2.67%) SolarWinds
13 35 (2.59%) Dell
14 30 (2.22%) Qualys
15 28 (2.08%) Sophos
16 27 (2.00%) HP
16 27 (2.00%) ServiceNow
17 26 (1.93%) Apple
18 25 (1.85%) AppDynamics