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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 176 195
Rank change year-on-year -40 +19 +139
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 712 825 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.74% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.88% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 543 521 1,083
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +8.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.52% +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 54,747 43,918 66,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.09% 92.80% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32,789 21,812 51,500
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -35 619 £62,500 +4.17% 213
UK excluding London -70 364 £52,500 -1.50% 194
London +24 285 £80,000 +10.34% 63
Work from Home +31 214 £67,500 +8.00% 103
North of England -31 134 £47,500 +5.56% 42
South East -34 82 £65,000 - 72
Yorkshire 0 80 £47,500 -9.52% 15
Midlands -37 58 £52,500 -1.50% 37
West Midlands -4 41 £55,000 +3.19% 27
North West -50 35 £42,500 -5.56% 27
South West -40 29 £42,500 -31.45% 10
Northern Ireland - 22 - -
North East -4 19 £55,473 +40.44% 2
East of England -31 19 £52,500 -7.08% 19
East Midlands -46 16 £45,000 -25.00% 10
Scotland -54 10 £48,000 -13.43% 14
Wales +1 9 £29,750 -47.58% 5
Channel Islands - 3 £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
2 100 (14.04%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.26%) IIS
4 5 (0.70%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.56%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.28%) CICS
6 2 (0.28%) CMS
6 2 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Site Server
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
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
1 390 (54.78%) Azure
2 237 (33.29%) Microsoft 365
3 170 (23.88%) Entra ID
4 129 (18.12%) AWS
5 56 (7.87%) Nutanix
6 51 (7.16%) SaaS
7 50 (7.02%) Azure Monitor
8 45 (6.32%) GCP
9 44 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (5.90%) IaaS
11 41 (5.76%) GitHub
12 38 (5.34%) PaaS
13 36 (5.06%) OneDrive
14 35 (4.92%) Datadog
14 35 (4.92%) Microsoft Purview
15 26 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (3.23%) Serverless
17 22 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
18 21 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
19 19 (2.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 210 (29.49%) Firewall
2 171 (24.02%) DNS
3 149 (20.93%) DHCP
4 147 (20.65%) VPN
5 109 (15.31%) WAN
6 76 (10.67%) VLAN
7 67 (9.41%) TCP/IP
8 64 (8.99%) LAN
9 51 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
10 48 (6.74%) SAN
11 35 (4.92%) SD-WAN
11 35 (4.92%) Wireless
12 33 (4.63%) Network Security
13 25 (3.51%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (3.09%) VoIP
15 18 (2.53%) NAS
16 16 (2.25%) BGP
17 15 (2.11%) SSL
18 9 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
19 7 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (2.53%) Oracle Database
6 16 (2.25%) MySQL
7 13 (1.83%) Power BI
8 9 (1.26%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.26%) Delta Lake
9 8 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (1.12%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.98%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.84%) DB2
11 6 (0.84%) Oracle Exadata
11 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.70%) GIS
12 5 (0.70%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 29 (4.07%) Git
2 21 (2.95%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.69%) Chocolatey
3 12 (1.69%) JIRA
4 6 (0.84%) GitLab
4 6 (0.84%) Selenium
5 5 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.56%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.42%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.42%) Maven
7 3 (0.42%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.28%) TestRail
9 1 (0.14%) JMeter
9 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 271 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 202 (28.37%) Finance
3 102 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.74%) Banking
4 48 (6.74%) Law
5 35 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (4.21%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.93%) Retail
8 22 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.81%) Financial Institution
10 19 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.97%) Legal
13 13 (1.83%) Back Office
14 10 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.98%) Advertising
16 7 (0.98%) French Language
16 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.98%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 122 (17.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 104 (14.61%) Senior
3 82 (11.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 73 (10.25%) Support Engineer
5 61 (8.57%) IT Engineer
6 60 (8.43%) IT Support
7 57 (8.01%) Lead
8 51 (7.16%) IT Manager
9 45 (6.32%) Analyst
10 39 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
11 37 (5.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 31 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
12 31 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
14 27 (3.79%) Architect
15 25 (3.51%) Support Technician
16 24 (3.37%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (3.37%) Infrastructure Support
16 24 (3.37%) Support Analyst
17 23 (3.23%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.67%) SAML
2 15 (2.11%) OAuth
3 12 (1.69%) ADO
3 12 (1.69%) YAML
4 11 (1.54%) REST
5 9 (1.26%) PySpark
5 9 (1.26%) RESTful
6 8 (1.12%) EDI
7 7 (0.98%) .NET
7 7 (0.98%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.98%) LDAP
7 7 (0.98%) Loki
8 6 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.70%) Middleware
10 4 (0.56%) AWS SAM
10 4 (0.56%) Kafka
10 4 (0.56%) LAPP Stack
10 4 (0.56%) SOAP
10 4 (0.56%) WebSphere MQ
11 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 48 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.63%) Data Centre
3 33 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 31 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 31 (4.35%) Replication
5 30 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 28 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
9 23 (3.23%) Driving Licence
10 20 (2.81%) PKI
11 18 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (2.39%) CMDB
12 17 (2.39%) Security Posture
13 15 (2.11%) Clustering
14 14 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.26%) Product Ownership
16 8 (1.12%) NHS
17 7 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 246 (34.55%) Windows
2 172 (24.16%) Windows Server
3 84 (11.80%) Linux
4 29 (4.07%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.67%) Unix
6 17 (2.39%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.39%) VMS
7 16 (2.25%) Mac OS
8 15 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.98%) Android
10 6 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.56%) CentOS
12 4 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.56%) Rocky
12 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.42%) AIX
14 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.28%) zOS
15 1 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (33.15%) Business Continuity
2 188 (26.40%) Cybersecurity
3 179 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (23.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 167 (23.46%) ITIL
5 147 (20.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 140 (19.66%) High Availability
7 130 (18.26%) DevOps
8 111 (15.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 102 (14.33%) Incident Response
10 101 (14.19%) CI/CD
11 95 (13.34%) Migration
12 79 (11.10%) Service Delivery
13 74 (10.39%) Risk Management
14 73 (10.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 72 (10.11%) ITSM
16 69 (9.69%) Data Protection
17 67 (9.41%) Change Management
17 67 (9.41%) Customer Service
18 66 (9.27%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 169 (23.74%) PowerShell
2 116 (16.29%) Python
3 78 (10.96%) SQL
4 40 (5.62%) Bash
5 20 (2.81%) Java
6 14 (1.97%) Bicep
7 13 (1.83%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.69%) Go
8 12 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (1.40%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.26%) Scala
11 8 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.98%) C#
13 4 (0.56%) Korn
13 4 (0.56%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.56%) VBScript
14 3 (0.42%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.28%) COBOL
15 2 (0.28%) JCL
16 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 106 (14.89%) Degree
2 51 (7.16%) Azure Certification
2 51 (7.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (6.88%) Security Cleared
4 45 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.63%) SC Cleared
6 29 (4.07%) AWS Certification
7 28 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (2.95%) CCNP
9 19 (2.67%) CISSP
10 18 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (2.39%) CEH
12 14 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.83%) CISM
14 12 (1.69%) HNC
14 12 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 10 (1.40%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.26%) CCNA
16 9 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (16.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (11.52%) GDPR
3 71 (9.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 64 (8.99%) NIST
5 52 (7.30%) SLA
6 38 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (3.37%) PCI DSS
8 23 (3.23%) SOC 2
9 15 (2.11%) ISO 22301
10 9 (1.26%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (1.12%) ISAE 3402
12 6 (0.84%) GRC
12 6 (0.84%) NCSC
12 6 (0.84%) QA
13 5 (0.70%) PMO
14 4 (0.56%) DICOM
14 4 (0.56%) HL7
15 3 (0.42%) Basel III
15 3 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 240 (33.71%) Active Directory
2 137 (19.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (14.33%) Hyper-V
4 52 (7.30%) Docker
5 34 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (2.95%) vSphere
7 15 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.40%) Firmware
9 10 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.26%) Oracle RAC
11 8 (1.12%) vCloud
12 4 (0.56%) KVM
13 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.28%) RACF
14 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.28%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 118 (16.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 116 (16.29%) Terraform
3 75 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 70 (9.83%) Ansible
5 20 (2.81%) Grafana
5 20 (2.81%) SCCM
6 18 (2.53%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.54%) Data Guard
7 11 (1.54%) Nagios
8 9 (1.26%) Oracle RMAN
8 9 (1.26%) Puppet
8 9 (1.26%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.26%) VxRail
9 8 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.84%) Avamar
10 6 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.84%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 5 (0.70%) Nessus
11 5 (0.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 334 (46.91%) Microsoft
2 187 (26.26%) VMware
3 57 (8.01%) Cisco
4 46 (6.46%) Dell
5 33 (4.63%) Veeam
6 29 (4.07%) Commvault
7 28 (3.93%) Oracle
8 27 (3.79%) HP
9 24 (3.37%) Palo Alto
9 24 (3.37%) Zscaler
10 23 (3.23%) Dynatrace
11 22 (3.09%) Dell Compellent
11 22 (3.09%) Meraki
11 22 (3.09%) Nimble Storage
12 20 (2.81%) Tenable
13 17 (2.39%) Adobe
13 17 (2.39%) Google
14 15 (2.11%) Fortinet
14 15 (2.11%) Splunk
15 14 (1.97%) AppDynamics