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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 173 203
Rank change year-on-year -39 +30 +103
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 610 913 875
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.68% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.87% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 470 566 793
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,063 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.95% -3.81% +5.00%

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 48,249 48,920 48,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.52% 90.19% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,284 23,965 36,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 -34 543 £62,500 +8.70% 260
UK excluding London -75 306 £48,000 -4.95% 227
London +26 262 £75,000 -2.28% 68
Work from Home +34 191 £68,118 +12.59% 85
North of England -67 84 £42,500 -10.53% 75
South East -9 79 £60,000 +14.29% 62
Midlands -26 55 £52,500 -1.50% 36
North West -43 42 £41,250 -8.33% 28
West Midlands +3 34 £57,500 +7.88% 21
South West -6 33 £42,500 -17.48% 14
Yorkshire -39 31 £42,500 -19.05% 43
East Midlands -36 21 £48,750 -2.50% 14
East of England -8 19 £47,500 -9.52% 27
Northern Ireland - 18 - - 3
North East -5 11 £52,500 +10.53% 10
Scotland -43 11 £48,000 -16.52% 11
Wales +3 8 £28,000 -64.78% 4

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 93 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (14.43%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.13%) IIS
4 7 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.49%) Confluence
6 3 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.33%) CICS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.33%) Weka
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 340 (55.74%) Azure
2 215 (35.25%) Microsoft 365
3 122 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 119 (19.51%) AWS
5 43 (7.05%) GCP
6 40 (6.56%) Azure Monitor
7 39 (6.39%) GitHub
8 38 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (6.23%) SaaS
9 36 (5.90%) OneDrive
10 34 (5.57%) Nutanix
11 31 (5.08%) IaaS
12 30 (4.92%) PaaS
13 27 (4.43%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (3.93%) Datadog
16 21 (3.44%) Serverless
17 18 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 18 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
18 17 (2.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 156 (25.57%) Firewall
2 153 (25.08%) DNS
3 134 (21.97%) DHCP
4 114 (18.69%) VPN
5 88 (14.43%) WAN
6 63 (10.33%) TCP/IP
7 62 (10.16%) VLAN
8 51 (8.36%) LAN
9 43 (7.05%) SAN
10 42 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
11 40 (6.56%) SD-WAN
12 32 (5.25%) Wireless
13 31 (5.08%) VoIP
14 21 (3.44%) NAS
14 21 (3.44%) Network Security
15 19 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (2.46%) SSL
17 12 (1.97%) Unified Communications
18 8 (1.31%) BGP
19 7 (1.15%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.69%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (3.11%) Oracle Database
3 19 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (2.30%) MySQL
6 12 (1.97%) Power BI
7 11 (1.80%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.48%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.48%) DB2
9 8 (1.31%) Oracle Exadata
10 6 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (0.98%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.98%) Delta Lake
10 6 (0.98%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
11 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 31 (5.08%) Git
2 23 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.98%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.82%) GitLab
4 5 (0.82%) JIRA
4 5 (0.82%) Selenium
4 5 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.66%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.66%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.66%) Maven
6 2 (0.33%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.33%) TestRail
7 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.16%) JMeter
7 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.16%) Subversion
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 211 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 182 (29.84%) Finance
3 67 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.07%) Law
5 36 (5.90%) Banking
6 24 (3.93%) Manufacturing
7 21 (3.44%) Legal
7 21 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.28%) Retail
9 19 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (2.79%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.13%) Marketing
14 12 (1.97%) Back Office
15 11 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.31%) Advertising
17 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 90 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 71 (11.64%) Support Engineer
3 65 (10.66%) Senior
4 63 (10.33%) IT Support
5 60 (9.84%) Cloud Engineer
6 56 (9.18%) IT Engineer
7 48 (7.87%) Analyst
8 40 (6.56%) IT Manager
9 34 (5.57%) Lead
10 31 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
11 28 (4.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (4.59%) Infrastructure Manager
11 28 (4.59%) Support Analyst
12 27 (4.43%) Azure Engineer
13 25 (4.10%) Architect
14 23 (3.77%) DBA
15 22 (3.61%) Administrator
15 22 (3.61%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (3.61%) Security Engineer
16 21 (3.44%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.97%) OAuth
2 11 (1.80%) SAML
3 10 (1.64%) EDI
4 9 (1.48%) REST
5 8 (1.31%) ADO
5 8 (1.31%) LDAP
5 8 (1.31%) YAML
6 7 (1.15%) .NET
6 7 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.98%) ARM Templates
7 6 (0.98%) LAPP Stack
7 6 (0.98%) Middleware
7 6 (0.98%) PySpark
7 6 (0.98%) RESTful
7 6 (0.98%) WebSphere MQ
8 5 (0.82%) Loki
9 4 (0.66%) AWS SAM
9 4 (0.66%) Kafka
9 4 (0.66%) SOAP
10 3 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.87%) Management Information System
2 44 (7.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (6.89%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (6.23%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.92%) Data Centre
6 26 (4.26%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.44%) Public Cloud
7 21 (3.44%) Replication
8 19 (3.11%) Clustering
9 16 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.13%) CMDB
10 13 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (2.13%) PKI
11 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.64%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.48%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.31%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.15%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 221 (36.23%) Windows
2 156 (25.57%) Windows Server
3 92 (15.08%) Linux
4 29 (4.75%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.28%) Unix
6 18 (2.95%) Mac OS
6 18 (2.95%) VMS
7 15 (2.46%) Apple iOS
8 14 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.15%) Android
11 3 (0.49%) CentOS
11 3 (0.49%) Rocky
11 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.33%) AIX
12 2 (0.33%) Solaris
12 2 (0.33%) zOS
13 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (29.67%) Business Continuity
2 158 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (22.30%) Cybersecurity
4 135 (22.13%) ITIL
5 130 (21.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 120 (19.67%) DevOps
7 118 (19.34%) High Availability
8 101 (16.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 92 (15.08%) CI/CD
10 85 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 81 (13.28%) Migration
12 72 (11.80%) Incident Response
13 66 (10.82%) Computer Science
14 65 (10.66%) ITSM
14 65 (10.66%) Service Delivery
15 63 (10.33%) Customer Service
16 53 (8.69%) Mentoring
17 52 (8.52%) Change Management
17 52 (8.52%) Data Protection
17 52 (8.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (23.61%) PowerShell
2 100 (16.39%) Python
3 72 (11.80%) SQL
4 33 (5.41%) Bash
5 19 (3.11%) Java
6 12 (1.97%) Go
7 10 (1.64%) Bicep
7 10 (1.64%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.48%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (1.15%) C#
11 6 (0.98%) Scala
11 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.98%) VBScript
12 2 (0.33%) COBOL
12 2 (0.33%) JCL
12 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Perl
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 116 (19.02%) Degree
2 54 (8.85%) Azure Certification
3 49 (8.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 45 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (6.23%) AWS Certification
6 33 (5.41%) Security Cleared
7 26 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
8 25 (4.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (3.93%) CISSP
10 20 (3.28%) SC Cleared
11 18 (2.95%) CCNP
12 16 (2.62%) Master's Degree
13 14 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (2.30%) MCSA
14 13 (2.13%) CEH
14 13 (2.13%) CISM
14 13 (2.13%) HNC
14 13 (2.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 13 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (1.97%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (12.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (9.51%) GDPR
3 40 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (6.39%) SLA
5 38 (6.23%) NIST
6 28 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 14 (2.30%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.97%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.80%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.31%) ISAE 3402
11 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.82%) GRC
12 5 (0.82%) NCSC
13 4 (0.66%) QA
14 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.49%) Basel III
14 3 (0.49%) COBIT
14 3 (0.49%) MiFID
15 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 193 (31.64%) Active Directory
2 110 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (13.44%) Hyper-V
4 56 (9.18%) Docker
5 35 (5.74%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (4.10%) vSphere
7 13 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.48%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (1.31%) vCloud
9 8 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.82%) Firmware
11 4 (0.66%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.49%) NFS
12 3 (0.49%) Squid
13 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.33%) pfSense
13 2 (0.33%) RACF
13 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 105 (17.21%) Terraform
2 104 (17.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (12.13%) Kubernetes
4 64 (10.49%) Ansible
5 23 (3.77%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.61%) Grafana
7 12 (1.97%) Nagios
8 11 (1.80%) Data Guard
8 11 (1.80%) SCCM
9 10 (1.64%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.48%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.31%) Puppet
12 7 (1.15%) Avamar
12 7 (1.15%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.82%) Nessus
14 5 (0.82%) SCOM
14 5 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 305 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 147 (24.10%) VMware
3 58 (9.51%) Cisco
4 37 (6.07%) Dell
5 31 (5.08%) Veeam
6 29 (4.75%) Palo Alto
7 27 (4.43%) Oracle
8 25 (4.10%) Fortinet
9 23 (3.77%) Commvault
10 21 (3.44%) Google
11 17 (2.79%) Dynatrace
12 15 (2.46%) HP
13 14 (2.30%) IBM
14 13 (2.13%) Adobe
15 12 (1.97%) Dell Compellent
15 12 (1.97%) Nimble Storage
15 12 (1.97%) Zscaler
16 11 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
16 11 (1.80%) Meraki
16 11 (1.80%) ServiceNow