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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 262 192
Rank change year-on-year +89 -70 +17
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,337 561 1,093
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.14% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.29% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 930 436 663
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,313 £43,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £97,250
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 84,797 43,558 63,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.01% 88.68% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58,554 24,566 35,554
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,781 £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 21 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 21 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 +75 1,172 £57,500 -4.17% 860
UK excluding London +102 882 £50,000 -0.74% 527
London +44 406 £75,000 - 412
Work from Home +95 393 £60,000 - 319
North of England +63 248 £47,500 -9.52% 124
South East +59 230 £50,000 - 168
Midlands +40 155 £57,500 - 86
North West +48 139 £47,500 +18.75% 67
West Midlands +27 116 £59,761 -2.43% 48
Yorkshire +41 95 £47,500 -13.64% 47
South West -45 73 £49,375 +3.95% 45
East of England -6 57 £45,000 +38.46% 33
Scotland +57 52 £40,800 -22.29% 42
Northern Ireland -46 47 - - 15
East Midlands -16 39 £45,000 -14.29% 38
Wales -52 22 £45,000 -21.74% 17
North East -61 14 £52,500 - 12

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
1 168 (12.57%) SharePoint
2 158 (11.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.02%) IIS
4 22 (1.65%) Apache
5 17 (1.27%) 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 (0.075%) CICS
11 1 (0.075%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.075%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.42%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.075%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.82%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
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 (0.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.075%) Eikon
7 1 (0.075%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.075%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.075%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.075%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 697 (52.13%) Azure
2 413 (30.89%) Microsoft 365
3 273 (20.42%) Entra ID
4 254 (19.00%) AWS
5 146 (10.92%) SaaS
6 105 (7.85%) IaaS
7 77 (5.76%) PaaS
8 51 (3.81%) Power Platform
9 50 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
10 47 (3.52%) GCP
11 46 (3.44%) OneDrive
12 41 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
14 33 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
15 32 (2.39%) Datadog
16 29 (2.17%) GitHub
17 26 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
18 25 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
18 25 (1.87%) OCI
19 24 (1.80%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 366 (27.37%) Firewall
2 322 (24.08%) DNS
3 230 (17.20%) DHCP
3 230 (17.20%) VPN
4 163 (12.19%) WAN
5 145 (10.85%) VLAN
6 132 (9.87%) LAN
7 119 (8.90%) Wi-Fi
8 111 (8.30%) TCP/IP
9 100 (7.48%) Network Security
10 86 (6.43%) Wireless
11 63 (4.71%) SAN
12 51 (3.81%) Internet
13 42 (3.14%) SD-WAN
14 40 (2.99%) SSL
15 39 (2.92%) VoIP
16 27 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
17 24 (1.80%) Cisco Nexus
18 23 (1.72%) NAS
19 15 (1.12%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 31 (2.32%) Power BI
5 25 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.97%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.90%) Metadata
9 11 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.82%) MySQL
10 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.42%) JIRA
2 17 (1.27%) Git
3 15 (1.12%) Chocolatey
3 15 (1.12%) GitLab
4 10 (0.75%) JUnit
4 10 (0.75%) Spock
5 8 (0.60%) 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 (0.075%) Flyway
9 1 (0.075%) MLflow
9 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.075%) Yeoman
General
1 450 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 246 (18.40%) Finance
3 184 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.13%) Law
4 82 (6.13%) Legal
5 68 (5.09%) Banking
6 66 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 60 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 44 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
9 41 (3.07%) Retail
10 37 (2.77%) Public Sector
11 36 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.65%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.50%) Back Office
15 15 (1.12%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.90%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
19 8 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 258 (19.30%) Senior
2 194 (14.51%) IT Support
3 179 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 148 (11.07%) IT Engineer
5 140 (10.47%) IT Manager
6 117 (8.75%) Support Engineer
7 103 (7.70%) Architect
8 99 (7.40%) Analyst
9 98 (7.33%) IT Support Engineer
10 71 (5.31%) Lead
11 68 (5.09%) Service Manager
12 64 (4.79%) Resilience Manager
13 60 (4.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 59 (4.41%) IT Services Manager
14 59 (4.41%) Network Engineer
15 55 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
16 51 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
17 45 (3.37%) Administrator
17 45 (3.37%) IT Analyst
18 38 (2.84%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (12.57%) Terraform
2 73 (5.46%) Middleware
3 14 (1.05%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.75%) Spring
5 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.60%) Web Services
6 7 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (0.52%) Kafka
6 7 (0.52%) SAML
7 6 (0.45%) .NET
7 6 (0.45%) REST
8 5 (0.37%) ModSecurity
9 4 (0.30%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.30%) JSON
9 4 (0.30%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.22%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.22%) EDI
10 3 (0.22%) React
10 3 (0.22%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.30%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.66%) Cyber Threat
3 81 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 80 (5.98%) Onboarding
5 77 (5.76%) Cloud Native
6 74 (5.53%) Driving Licence
7 63 (4.71%) Security Posture
8 62 (4.64%) Replication
9 58 (4.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 45 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
11 35 (2.62%) Enterprise Storage
12 33 (2.47%) PKI
13 30 (2.24%) NHS
14 25 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
15 23 (1.72%) CCTV
15 23 (1.72%) Clustering
16 22 (1.65%) Private Cloud
16 22 (1.65%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
18 19 (1.42%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 465 (34.78%) Windows
2 339 (25.36%) Windows Server
3 150 (11.22%) Linux
4 36 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 34 (2.54%) Windows 10
6 26 (1.94%) Ubuntu
7 24 (1.80%) Mac OS
8 22 (1.65%) Unix
9 21 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 20 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.12%) VMS
12 12 (0.90%) AIX
13 10 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
14 9 (0.67%) Solaris
15 8 (0.60%) CentOS
16 6 (0.45%) 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
1 534 (39.94%) Business Continuity
2 396 (29.62%) Cybersecurity
3 383 (28.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 355 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
5 269 (20.12%) ITIL
6 259 (19.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 217 (16.23%) DevOps
8 202 (15.11%) High Availability
9 194 (14.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 181 (13.54%) Infrastructure as Code
11 177 (13.24%) Incident Response
12 169 (12.64%) Information Security
13 167 (12.49%) Service Delivery
14 165 (12.34%) Project Delivery
15 143 (10.70%) Agile
16 140 (10.47%) CI/CD
17 139 (10.40%) Cloud Security
18 138 (10.32%) Mentoring
19 136 (10.17%) Migration
20 135 (10.10%) AI
Programming Languages
1 200 (14.96%) PowerShell
2 131 (9.80%) Python
3 123 (9.20%) SQL
4 58 (4.34%) Bash
5 31 (2.32%) Bicep
6 24 (1.80%) Shell Script
7 22 (1.65%) Java
8 16 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.82%) Korn
11 10 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.45%) 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
1 140 (10.47%) Degree
2 102 (7.63%) Azure Certification
3 98 (7.33%) CISSP
4 96 (7.18%) Cisco Certification
5 93 (6.96%) Security Cleared
6 87 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 84 (6.28%) CISM
8 68 (5.09%) CCNP
8 68 (5.09%) SC Cleared
9 60 (4.49%) ITIL Certification
10 51 (3.81%) CCNA
11 45 (3.37%) Postgraduate
12 41 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
13 31 (2.32%) AWS Certification
14 26 (1.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 22 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
16 20 (1.50%) DV Cleared
16 20 (1.50%) Master's Degree
17 17 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
18 15 (1.12%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (10.32%) NIST
3 121 (9.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 115 (8.60%) GDPR
5 85 (6.36%) SLA
6 82 (6.13%) ISO 22301
7 56 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 40 (2.99%) PCI DSS
9 32 (2.39%) GRC
10 26 (1.94%) Data Quality
11 23 (1.72%) SOC 2
12 22 (1.65%) NCSC
12 22 (1.65%) PMO
13 17 (1.27%) COBIT
14 15 (1.12%) QA
15 8 (0.60%) 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
1 374 (27.97%) Active Directory
2 299 (22.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 209 (15.63%) Hyper-V
4 51 (3.81%) vSphere
5 50 (3.74%) Docker
6 49 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
7 34 (2.54%) Firmware
8 28 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.12%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
12 7 (0.52%) vCloud
13 6 (0.45%) Squid
14 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.30%) KVM
16 3 (0.22%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) iptables
17 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 195 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 85 (6.36%) Ansible
3 81 (6.06%) Kubernetes
4 44 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (2.47%) FortiGate
6 28 (2.09%) SCCM
7 17 (1.27%) VxRail
8 16 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
8 16 (1.20%) Prometheus
9 13 (0.97%) Data Guard
9 13 (0.97%) Grafana
10 11 (0.82%) Nagios
10 11 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
10 11 (0.82%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.67%) Proxmox
12 8 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
12 8 (0.60%) Puppet
13 7 (0.52%) Avamar
13 7 (0.52%) WSUS
14 6 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 664 (49.66%) Microsoft
2 349 (26.10%) VMware
3 202 (15.11%) Cisco
4 102 (7.63%) Veeam
5 72 (5.39%) Palo Alto
6 54 (4.04%) Fortinet
7 52 (3.89%) Oracle
8 48 (3.59%) SonicWALL
9 44 (3.29%) Meraki
9 44 (3.29%) Splunk
10 40 (2.99%) Google
11 38 (2.84%) Aruba
12 36 (2.69%) SolarWinds
13 35 (2.62%) Dell
14 30 (2.24%) Qualys
15 28 (2.09%) Sophos
16 27 (2.02%) HP
16 27 (2.02%) ServiceNow
17 26 (1.94%) Apple
18 25 (1.87%) AppDynamics