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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 187 205
Rank change year-on-year -33 +18 +141
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 729 719 1,255
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.69% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.81% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 552 549 1,141
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £53,300 £51,364
% change year-on-year +1.31% +3.77% +2.73%

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 58,352 39,745 74,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.73% 93.47% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35,337 22,215 56,156
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,029
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 19 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 19 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 -41 634 £62,500 +4.17% 305
UK excluding London -64 377 £54,000 +1.31% 261
London +23 292 £80,000 +6.67% 91
Work from Home +18 226 £70,000 +16.67% 140
North of England -26 138 £47,500 - 76
South East -43 86 £60,000 -7.69% 77
Yorkshire +5 80 £47,500 -13.64% 26
Midlands -37 53 £54,500 +3.81% 42
West Midlands -8 41 £53,250 +1.43% 26
North West -36 39 £42,500 -5.56% 44
South West -63 28 £40,000 -27.27% 17
East of England -33 24 £70,000 +27.27% 27
Northern Ireland - 22 - - 3
North East -16 19 £54,723 +71.01% 7
Wales -6 11 £31,500 -36.36% 5
Scotland -44 11 £48,500 -4.70% 19
East Midlands -58 11 £60,000 +50.00% 16
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
1 113 (15.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (12.21%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.96%) IIS
4 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.41%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.27%) CICS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.55%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
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 S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 407 (55.83%) Azure
2 235 (32.24%) Microsoft 365
3 163 (22.36%) Entra ID
4 129 (17.70%) AWS
5 67 (9.19%) Nutanix
6 49 (6.72%) SaaS
7 46 (6.31%) Azure Monitor
8 45 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (5.76%) GCP
9 42 (5.76%) IaaS
10 36 (4.94%) Datadog
10 36 (4.94%) GitHub
10 36 (4.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 36 (4.94%) PaaS
11 35 (4.80%) OneDrive
12 24 (3.29%) Serverless
13 23 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (2.88%) Azure AKS
15 20 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (2.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 218 (29.90%) Firewall
2 161 (22.09%) DNS
3 149 (20.44%) VPN
4 142 (19.48%) DHCP
5 102 (13.99%) WAN
6 75 (10.29%) VLAN
7 61 (8.37%) LAN
8 57 (7.82%) TCP/IP
9 52 (7.13%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (6.31%) SAN
11 43 (5.90%) Network Security
12 35 (4.80%) Wireless
13 31 (4.25%) Remote Desktop
14 28 (3.84%) SD-WAN
15 20 (2.74%) VoIP
16 16 (2.19%) BGP
16 16 (2.19%) NAS
17 12 (1.65%) Cisco ISE
18 10 (1.37%) SSL
19 7 (0.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.50%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.06%) MySQL
5 15 (2.06%) Oracle Database
6 12 (1.65%) Power BI
7 11 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.51%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.69%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.69%) GIS
10 5 (0.69%) Oracle Database 12c
11 4 (0.55%) DB2
11 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database 10g
11 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 30 (4.12%) Git
2 17 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.92%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.92%) JIRA
4 6 (0.82%) GitLab
4 6 (0.82%) Selenium
5 5 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.55%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.41%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.41%) Maven
7 3 (0.41%) MLflow
7 3 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.27%) TestRail
8 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 283 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 190 (26.06%) Finance
3 101 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.58%) Banking
5 39 (5.35%) Law
6 36 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (4.12%) Retail
8 29 (3.98%) Public Sector
9 24 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.61%) Financial Institution
11 18 (2.47%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.33%) Legal
13 12 (1.65%) Back Office
14 10 (1.37%) Marketing
15 9 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.23%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.96%) Advertising
17 7 (0.96%) French Language
Job Titles
1 112 (15.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 108 (14.81%) Senior
3 81 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (9.19%) Lead
5 66 (9.05%) Support Engineer
6 59 (8.09%) IT Engineer
6 59 (8.09%) IT Support
7 50 (6.86%) IT Manager
8 43 (5.90%) Analyst
8 43 (5.90%) Azure Engineer
9 38 (5.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (4.53%) Architect
11 31 (4.25%) IT Support Engineer
12 27 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (3.29%) DBA
14 24 (3.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 24 (3.29%) Security Engineer
14 24 (3.29%) Security Manager
14 24 (3.29%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.47%) SAML
2 16 (2.19%) OAuth
3 13 (1.78%) YAML
4 12 (1.65%) ADO
5 11 (1.51%) PySpark
6 9 (1.23%) REST
6 9 (1.23%) RESTful
7 8 (1.10%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.96%) Loki
9 6 (0.82%) EDI
9 6 (0.82%) LDAP
10 5 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.69%) Kafka
10 5 (0.69%) Middleware
11 4 (0.55%) .NET
11 4 (0.55%) SOAP
12 3 (0.41%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.41%) LAMP
12 3 (0.41%) OAuth2
12 3 (0.41%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 48 (6.58%) Management Information System
3 37 (5.08%) Public Cloud
4 35 (4.80%) Data Centre
5 34 (4.66%) Replication
6 33 (4.53%) Cloud Native
7 30 (4.12%) Driving Licence
8 29 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
8 29 (3.98%) Onboarding
9 28 (3.84%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (3.16%) Security Posture
11 21 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (2.61%) PKI
13 16 (2.19%) CMDB
14 14 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.65%) Clustering
16 9 (1.23%) NHS
16 9 (1.23%) Product Ownership
17 8 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 250 (34.29%) Windows
2 174 (23.87%) Windows Server
3 81 (11.11%) Linux
4 27 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.47%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.33%) Unix
7 15 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (2.06%) VMS
8 14 (1.92%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.96%) Android
11 5 (0.69%) CentOS
11 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.55%) Rocky
13 3 (0.41%) AIX
14 2 (0.27%) zOS
15 1 (0.14%) Debian
15 1 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (35.67%) Business Continuity
2 208 (28.53%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (23.46%) ITIL
5 161 (22.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 148 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 142 (19.48%) High Availability
8 128 (17.56%) DevOps
9 111 (15.23%) Incident Response
10 100 (13.72%) Infrastructure as Code
11 94 (12.89%) CI/CD
12 91 (12.48%) Service Delivery
13 89 (12.21%) Migration
14 75 (10.29%) Change Management
14 75 (10.29%) Mentoring
15 71 (9.74%) Cloud Security
15 71 (9.74%) ITSM
16 69 (9.47%) Data Protection
16 69 (9.47%) Risk Management
16 69 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 114 (15.64%) Python
3 80 (10.97%) SQL
4 39 (5.35%) Bash
5 19 (2.61%) Java
6 12 (1.65%) Bicep
6 12 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.23%) Go
7 9 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.23%) Scala
7 9 (1.23%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.23%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.55%) C#
8 4 (0.55%) Korn
9 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) COBOL
10 2 (0.27%) JCL
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (13.44%) Degree
2 51 (7.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 50 (6.86%) Azure Certification
4 47 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (5.90%) Security Cleared
6 32 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (4.12%) SC Cleared
8 24 (3.29%) CCNP
8 24 (3.29%) CEH
9 23 (3.16%) AWS Certification
10 21 (2.88%) CISSP
11 14 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (1.78%) CCNA
13 12 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.51%) CISM
14 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 10 (1.37%) HNC
15 10 (1.37%) MCSE
16 9 (1.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (17.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.29%) GDPR
3 73 (10.01%) Cyber Essentials
4 67 (9.19%) NIST
5 55 (7.54%) SLA
6 39 (5.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 27 (3.70%) PCI DSS
8 22 (3.02%) SOC 2
9 17 (2.33%) ISO 22301
10 14 (1.92%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.92%) GRC
11 10 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.96%) PMO
12 7 (0.96%) QA
13 6 (0.82%) ISAE 3402
13 6 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.82%) NCSC
14 4 (0.55%) DICOM
14 4 (0.55%) HL7
15 3 (0.41%) GxP
System Software
1 244 (33.47%) Active Directory
2 152 (20.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (13.99%) Hyper-V
4 44 (6.04%) Docker
5 30 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (3.29%) vSphere
7 15 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.37%) Firmware
8 10 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.10%) vCloud
10 7 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
10 7 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.82%) KVM
12 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.27%) RACF
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.14%) Postfix
14 1 (0.14%) Squid
14 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 109 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 105 (14.40%) Terraform
3 70 (9.60%) Kubernetes
4 65 (8.92%) Ansible
5 19 (2.61%) SCCM
6 16 (2.19%) Grafana
7 14 (1.92%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.51%) VxRail
9 10 (1.37%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.23%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.23%) Nagios
11 8 (1.10%) FortiGate
11 8 (1.10%) Puppet
11 8 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.55%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.55%) Nessus
13 4 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 4 (0.55%) Packer
14 3 (0.41%) Avamar
Vendors
1 341 (46.78%) Microsoft
2 210 (28.81%) VMware
3 58 (7.96%) Cisco
4 52 (7.13%) Dell
5 33 (4.53%) Commvault
5 33 (4.53%) HP
6 30 (4.12%) Palo Alto
7 28 (3.84%) Dell Compellent
7 28 (3.84%) Nimble Storage
7 28 (3.84%) Veeam
8 27 (3.70%) Zscaler
9 25 (3.43%) Oracle
10 24 (3.29%) Dynatrace
10 24 (3.29%) Meraki
11 22 (3.02%) Tenable
12 18 (2.47%) Google
12 18 (2.47%) Splunk
13 15 (2.06%) AppDynamics
13 15 (2.06%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.92%) Adobe