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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 251 219
Rank change year-on-year +79 -32 +45
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,214 612 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.23% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.38% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 864 483 780
10th Percentile £34,566 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £42,625 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £74,000
90th Percentile £92,125 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +7.14% -2.00%

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 76,247 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,515 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +63 1,046 £57,500 -4.17% 402
UK excluding London +74 785 £48,000 -8.57% 304
London +57 374 £75,000 - 154
Work from Home +94 365 £60,000 +9.09% 173
North of England +61 222 £47,500 -11.63% 71
South East +59 209 £49,000 -2.00% 96
Midlands +25 122 £55,000 - 44
North West +55 119 £47,500 -11.63% 39
West Midlands +27 90 £55,000 -4.35% 32
Yorkshire +30 86 £44,000 -29.60% 27
East of England +7 60 £49,863 -5.02% 22
South West -74 56 £50,000 +5.26% 37
Northern Ireland -29 51 - - 12
Scotland +35 42 £48,500 -9.77% 16
East Midlands -10 32 £50,000 +8.11% 12
Wales -33 21 £45,000 -21.74% 14
North East -56 17 £42,500 -12.82% 5
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
1 126 (10.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 120 (9.88%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.89%) IIS
4 16 (1.32%) Apache
5 10 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.82%) nginx
6 5 (0.41%) Confluence
7 3 (0.25%) WordPress
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.082%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.24%) PlantUML
3 13 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.99%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.49%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.41%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.41%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.25%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.082%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.082%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.082%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.082%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.082%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.082%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 634 (52.22%) Azure
2 363 (29.90%) Microsoft 365
3 246 (20.26%) AWS
4 203 (16.72%) Entra ID
5 129 (10.63%) SaaS
6 84 (6.92%) IaaS
7 67 (5.52%) PaaS
8 51 (4.20%) Power Platform
9 42 (3.46%) Nutanix
10 39 (3.21%) GCP
11 36 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
11 36 (2.97%) Datadog
12 33 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.98%) GitHub
14 23 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (1.81%) Google Workspace
16 21 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
16 21 (1.73%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 350 (28.83%) Firewall
2 276 (22.73%) DNS
3 216 (17.79%) VPN
4 201 (16.56%) DHCP
5 156 (12.85%) WAN
6 131 (10.79%) VLAN
7 126 (10.38%) LAN
8 109 (8.98%) Wi-Fi
9 100 (8.24%) Network Security
10 92 (7.58%) TCP/IP
11 65 (5.35%) SAN
12 61 (5.02%) Wireless
13 41 (3.38%) Internet
14 35 (2.88%) SD-WAN
14 35 (2.88%) SSL
14 35 (2.88%) VoIP
15 30 (2.47%) Cisco ISE
16 24 (1.98%) NAS
17 22 (1.81%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 36 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (2.55%) Power BI
4 29 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.07%) Oracle Database
7 12 (0.99%) MySQL
8 8 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.66%) Metadata
8 8 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.49%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.33%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.25%) Big Data
12 3 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (1.65%) JIRA
2 19 (1.57%) Git
3 17 (1.40%) Chocolatey
4 14 (1.15%) GitLab
5 8 (0.66%) JUnit
5 8 (0.66%) Spock
6 7 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.33%) MLflow
10 2 (0.16%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.16%) Maven
10 2 (0.16%) Selenium
10 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.16%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.16%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.082%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.082%) git-flow
General
1 412 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 221 (18.20%) Finance
3 158 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.51%) Legal
5 76 (6.26%) Law
6 69 (5.68%) Banking
7 62 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (4.20%) Manufacturing
9 37 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
10 35 (2.88%) Retail
11 34 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (2.55%) Public Sector
14 25 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.48%) Back Office
16 13 (1.07%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
18 11 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 229 (18.86%) Senior
2 180 (14.83%) IT Support
3 152 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 143 (11.78%) IT Engineer
5 141 (11.61%) IT Manager
6 117 (9.64%) Support Engineer
7 96 (7.91%) IT Support Engineer
8 87 (7.17%) Architect
9 75 (6.18%) Analyst
10 65 (5.35%) Cloud Engineer
11 63 (5.19%) Lead
12 59 (4.86%) Service Manager
13 58 (4.78%) Resilience Manager
13 58 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 54 (4.45%) IT Services Manager
15 51 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
16 49 (4.04%) Network Engineer
17 39 (3.21%) Administrator
18 37 (3.05%) IT Analyst
19 35 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.19%) Middleware
2 13 (1.07%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.74%) Kafka
4 8 (0.66%) AngularJS
4 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.66%) Spring
4 8 (0.66%) Web Services
5 7 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.49%) SAML
7 5 (0.41%) .NET
7 5 (0.41%) ModSecurity
8 4 (0.33%) AWS CDK
8 4 (0.33%) REST
8 4 (0.33%) web3js
9 3 (0.25%) JSON
9 3 (0.25%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.25%) ODBC
9 3 (0.25%) PySpark
9 3 (0.25%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (0.16%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 108 (8.90%) Data Centre
2 95 (7.83%) Cyber Threat
3 83 (6.84%) Management Information System
4 74 (6.10%) Cloud Native
5 72 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 71 (5.85%) Driving Licence
7 61 (5.02%) Replication
8 59 (4.86%) Security Posture
9 57 (4.70%) Onboarding
10 52 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
11 34 (2.80%) PKI
12 31 (2.55%) Enterprise Storage
13 28 (2.31%) NHS
14 27 (2.22%) Public Cloud
15 25 (2.06%) CCTV
15 25 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
16 21 (1.73%) Clustering
16 21 (1.73%) Virtual Team
17 20 (1.65%) CMDB
18 19 (1.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 412 (33.94%) Windows
2 284 (23.39%) Windows Server
3 125 (10.30%) Linux
4 31 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (2.06%) Mac OS
5 25 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (2.06%) Windows 10
6 23 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (1.81%) Unix
8 19 (1.57%) Ubuntu
9 12 (0.99%) AIX
10 11 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.82%) CentOS
12 9 (0.74%) Solaris
12 9 (0.74%) VMS
13 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.16%) Debian
15 1 (0.082%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (41.02%) Business Continuity
2 357 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
3 332 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (25.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 261 (21.50%) ITIL
6 216 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 208 (17.13%) DevOps
8 194 (15.98%) High Availability
9 163 (13.43%) Incident Response
10 152 (12.52%) Information Security
10 152 (12.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 149 (12.27%) Infrastructure as Code
12 143 (11.78%) Service Delivery
13 134 (11.04%) Agile
14 125 (10.30%) CI/CD
14 125 (10.30%) Mentoring
15 123 (10.13%) Project Delivery
16 118 (9.72%) Change Management
17 116 (9.56%) Cloud Security
18 111 (9.14%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 177 (14.58%) PowerShell
2 119 (9.80%) Python
3 113 (9.31%) SQL
4 49 (4.04%) Bash
5 24 (1.98%) Bicep
5 24 (1.98%) Shell Script
6 15 (1.24%) Java
7 13 (1.07%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.91%) Korn
8 11 (0.91%) PL/SQL
8 11 (0.91%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
11 4 (0.33%) C#
11 4 (0.33%) COBOL
12 3 (0.25%) Go
12 3 (0.25%) Ruby
13 2 (0.16%) Groovy
13 2 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 135 (11.12%) Degree
2 99 (8.15%) Cisco Certification
3 94 (7.74%) CISSP
4 90 (7.41%) Azure Certification
5 87 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (6.51%) CISM
7 76 (6.26%) Security Cleared
8 75 (6.18%) CCNP
9 59 (4.86%) SC Cleared
10 52 (4.28%) CCNA
10 52 (4.28%) ITIL Certification
11 38 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.72%) Postgraduate
12 33 (2.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 26 (2.14%) AWS Certification
14 17 (1.40%) DV Cleared
15 16 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (1.32%) Master's Degree
16 15 (1.24%) CISA
17 14 (1.15%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (11.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 132 (10.87%) NIST
3 105 (8.65%) GDPR
4 103 (8.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 76 (6.26%) ISO 22301
6 75 (6.18%) SLA
7 48 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 45 (3.71%) PCI DSS
9 31 (2.55%) GRC
10 28 (2.31%) PMO
11 24 (1.98%) Data Quality
12 23 (1.89%) SOC 2
13 16 (1.32%) COBIT
14 15 (1.24%) NCSC
15 12 (0.99%) QA
16 8 (0.66%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 4 (0.33%) ISO 9001
19 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 329 (27.10%) Active Directory
2 283 (23.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 190 (15.65%) Hyper-V
4 51 (4.20%) Docker
5 45 (3.71%) vSphere
6 32 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
8 25 (2.06%) Firmware
9 24 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.07%) Oracle RAC
11 11 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.74%) KVM
12 9 (0.74%) vCloud
13 6 (0.49%) Squid
14 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.25%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.25%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.082%) Xen
Systems Management
1 159 (13.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 147 (12.11%) Terraform
3 79 (6.51%) Kubernetes
4 77 (6.34%) Ansible
5 34 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (2.47%) FortiGate
7 27 (2.22%) SCCM
8 18 (1.48%) VxRail
9 13 (1.07%) Data Guard
9 13 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (0.99%) Nagios
11 11 (0.91%) Oracle RMAN
11 11 (0.91%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.74%) Grafana
12 9 (0.74%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (0.58%) Avamar
14 7 (0.58%) Packer
15 6 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 581 (47.86%) Microsoft
2 333 (27.43%) VMware
3 185 (15.24%) Cisco
4 87 (7.17%) Veeam
5 61 (5.02%) Palo Alto
6 46 (3.79%) Dell
6 46 (3.79%) Splunk
7 43 (3.54%) Oracle
8 40 (3.29%) Fortinet
9 39 (3.21%) HP
9 39 (3.21%) Meraki
10 31 (2.55%) Aruba
10 31 (2.55%) Google
10 31 (2.55%) SonicWALL
10 31 (2.55%) Sophos
11 29 (2.39%) SolarWinds
12 27 (2.22%) Nimble Storage
13 26 (2.14%) Apple
14 25 (2.06%) AppDynamics
14 25 (2.06%) Tenable