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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 177 203
Rank change year-on-year -42 +26 +149
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 712 763 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.74% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.86% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 538 539 1,150
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,950
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,931 £41,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,046
Median % change year-on-year - +5.18% +5.64%
75th Percentile £85,938 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £51,500
% change year-on-year -1.50% +3.50% +3.00%

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 56,840 41,126 73,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.65% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34,202 22,190 55,823
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,219 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -35 620 £62,500 +4.17% 285
UK excluding London -72 362 £52,500 -1.50% 243
London +21 288 £80,000 +6.67% 75
Work from Home +34 220 £70,000 +16.67% 120
North of England -30 135 £47,500 +5.56% 71
South East -42 85 £60,000 -7.69% 70
Yorkshire -4 78 £47,500 -13.64% 25
Midlands -42 52 £52,500 - 46
West Midlands -11 38 £55,000 +3.97% 28
North West -49 38 £42,500 -5.56% 39
South West -60 29 £42,500 -24.44% 20
Northern Ireland - 21 - -
North East -19 19 £58,446 +77.11% 8
East of England -25 17 £62,500 +7.76% 21
East Midlands -44 13 £56,250 +40.63% 17
Wales -3 10 £31,500 -44.49% 8
Scotland -46 9 £37,500 -32.37% 14
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
1 116 (16.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (13.34%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.98%) IIS
4 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.42%) Confluence
5 3 (0.42%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.28%) Apache
6 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.28%) CICS
6 2 (0.28%) CMS
6 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.56%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 395 (55.48%) Azure
2 232 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (23.74%) Entra ID
4 133 (18.68%) AWS
5 63 (8.85%) Nutanix
6 51 (7.16%) Azure Monitor
7 49 (6.88%) SaaS
8 45 (6.32%) IaaS
9 44 (6.18%) GCP
10 41 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (5.48%) PaaS
12 36 (5.06%) Microsoft Purview
13 34 (4.78%) Datadog
13 34 (4.78%) GitHub
13 34 (4.78%) OneDrive
14 24 (3.37%) Serverless
15 21 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
17 19 (2.67%) Azure AKS
18 18 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 214 (30.06%) Firewall
2 164 (23.03%) DNS
3 149 (20.93%) VPN
4 142 (19.94%) DHCP
5 103 (14.47%) WAN
6 74 (10.39%) VLAN
7 61 (8.57%) LAN
8 58 (8.15%) TCP/IP
9 52 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
10 45 (6.32%) SAN
11 38 (5.34%) Network Security
12 35 (4.92%) Wireless
13 31 (4.35%) SD-WAN
14 28 (3.93%) Remote Desktop
15 22 (3.09%) VoIP
16 17 (2.39%) NAS
17 16 (2.25%) BGP
18 11 (1.54%) Cisco ISE
18 11 (1.54%) SSL
19 7 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.01%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.11%) Oracle Database
6 14 (1.97%) MySQL
7 11 (1.54%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.54%) Delta Lake
7 11 (1.54%) Power BI
8 8 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.84%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.70%) GIS
10 5 (0.70%) Oracle Database 12c
10 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.56%) DB2
11 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 10g
11 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 28 (3.93%) Git
2 18 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.97%) JIRA
4 13 (1.83%) Chocolatey
5 6 (0.84%) GitLab
5 6 (0.84%) Selenium
6 5 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.56%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.42%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.42%) Maven
8 3 (0.42%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.28%) MLflow
9 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.28%) TestRail
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 274 (38.48%) Social Skills
2 195 (27.39%) Finance
3 100 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.60%) Banking
5 40 (5.62%) Law
6 35 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (4.21%) Retail
8 29 (4.07%) Public Sector
9 21 (2.95%) Financial Institution
10 20 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (2.11%) Legal
12 15 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.69%) Back Office
14 9 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.98%) Advertising
16 7 (0.98%) French Language
17 6 (0.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 119 (16.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 110 (15.45%) Senior
3 81 (11.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 70 (9.83%) Support Engineer
5 64 (8.99%) Lead
6 60 (8.43%) IT Engineer
7 59 (8.29%) IT Support
8 46 (6.46%) IT Manager
9 42 (5.90%) Analyst
10 40 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
10 40 (5.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
12 29 (4.07%) Architect
13 27 (3.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
15 24 (3.37%) Support Technician
16 23 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
16 23 (3.23%) Security Engineer
16 23 (3.23%) Security Manager
17 22 (3.09%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.53%) SAML
2 15 (2.11%) OAuth
3 13 (1.83%) YAML
4 12 (1.69%) ADO
5 11 (1.54%) PySpark
6 9 (1.26%) REST
7 8 (1.12%) RESTful
8 7 (0.98%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.98%) Loki
9 6 (0.84%) EDI
9 6 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.84%) LDAP
10 5 (0.70%) Kafka
10 5 (0.70%) Middleware
11 4 (0.56%) .NET
11 4 (0.56%) AWS SAM
11 4 (0.56%) SOAP
12 3 (0.42%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.42%) LAMP
12 3 (0.42%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 45 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 36 (5.06%) Data Centre
4 34 (4.78%) Public Cloud
5 33 (4.63%) Replication
6 32 (4.49%) Cloud Native
6 32 (4.49%) Onboarding
7 28 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
7 28 (3.93%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (3.79%) Driving Licence
9 25 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.95%) Security Posture
11 20 (2.81%) PKI
11 20 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (2.11%) CMDB
12 15 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.83%) Clustering
14 9 (1.26%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (1.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 245 (34.41%) Windows
2 173 (24.30%) Windows Server
3 81 (11.38%) Linux
4 27 (3.79%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.53%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.53%) Unix
6 15 (2.11%) Mac OS
6 15 (2.11%) VMS
7 14 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.98%) Android
8 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.56%) CentOS
10 4 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.56%) Rocky
10 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.42%) AIX
12 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.28%) zOS
13 1 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (34.13%) Business Continuity
2 193 (27.11%) Cybersecurity
3 179 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 173 (24.30%) ITIL
5 163 (22.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 147 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 144 (20.22%) High Availability
8 127 (17.84%) DevOps
9 104 (14.61%) Incident Response
9 104 (14.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 98 (13.76%) Migration
11 91 (12.78%) CI/CD
12 84 (11.80%) Service Delivery
13 71 (9.97%) ITSM
13 71 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 70 (9.83%) Mentoring
15 67 (9.41%) Change Management
15 67 (9.41%) Cloud Security
15 67 (9.41%) Data Protection
16 66 (9.27%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 164 (23.03%) PowerShell
2 113 (15.87%) Python
3 76 (10.67%) SQL
4 39 (5.48%) Bash
5 20 (2.81%) Java
6 15 (2.11%) Bicep
7 12 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (1.54%) Go
9 10 (1.40%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.26%) Scala
10 9 (1.26%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.56%) C#
12 4 (0.56%) Korn
12 4 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.28%) COBOL
14 2 (0.28%) JCL
15 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (13.62%) Degree
2 54 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (7.30%) Azure Certification
4 48 (6.74%) Security Cleared
5 47 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (4.63%) SC Cleared
7 32 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (3.79%) AWS Certification
9 24 (3.37%) CCNP
10 20 (2.81%) CEH
11 18 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 17 (2.39%) CISSP
13 14 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.83%) CCNA
15 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 12 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 10 (1.40%) DV Cleared
16 10 (1.40%) HNC
16 10 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (1.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (16.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (10.39%) GDPR
3 71 (9.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 66 (9.27%) NIST
5 53 (7.44%) SLA
6 38 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 25 (3.51%) PCI DSS
8 22 (3.09%) SOC 2
9 16 (2.25%) ISO 22301
10 13 (1.83%) Data Quality
11 9 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (1.26%) GRC
12 7 (0.98%) QA
13 6 (0.84%) ISAE 3402
13 6 (0.84%) NCSC
13 6 (0.84%) PMO
14 4 (0.56%) DICOM
14 4 (0.56%) HL7
14 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 244 (34.27%) Active Directory
2 149 (20.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (14.33%) Hyper-V
4 46 (6.46%) Docker
5 34 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (3.37%) vSphere
7 17 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.40%) Firmware
10 8 (1.12%) vCloud
10 8 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.84%) KVM
13 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.28%) RACF
14 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.14%) Postfix
15 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 112 (15.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (15.17%) Terraform
3 70 (9.83%) Kubernetes
4 66 (9.27%) Ansible
5 19 (2.67%) Grafana
5 19 (2.67%) SCCM
6 15 (2.11%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.54%) vCenter Server
8 10 (1.40%) VxRail
9 9 (1.26%) Data Guard
9 9 (1.26%) Nagios
10 8 (1.12%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.12%) Puppet
11 7 (0.98%) Oracle RMAN
11 7 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.70%) Nessus
12 5 (0.70%) SCOM
13 4 (0.56%) Avamar
13 4 (0.56%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 334 (46.91%) Microsoft
2 204 (28.65%) VMware
3 56 (7.87%) Cisco
4 49 (6.88%) Dell
5 32 (4.49%) Commvault
6 31 (4.35%) Veeam
7 30 (4.21%) HP
8 26 (3.65%) Palo Alto
8 26 (3.65%) Zscaler
9 25 (3.51%) Dell Compellent
9 25 (3.51%) Nimble Storage
9 25 (3.51%) Oracle
10 24 (3.37%) Dynatrace
11 23 (3.23%) Meraki
12 21 (2.95%) Tenable
13 18 (2.53%) Google
14 17 (2.39%) Splunk
15 15 (2.11%) Adobe
16 14 (1.97%) AppDynamics
16 14 (1.97%) Fortinet