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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 175 197
Rank change year-on-year -41 +22 +108
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 617 1,035 863
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.63% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.89% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 476 636 794
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £33,232
25th Percentile £42,938 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.40% +10.23%
75th Percentile £81,563 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +5.00%

All Process and 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 45,786 54,654 47,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.83% 86.14% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,991 28,426 36,268
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.31% +4.37% -0.94%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 -39 549 £60,000 +4.35% 271
UK excluding London -69 315 £50,000 -2.91% 268
London +21 258 £72,500 -3.33% 67
Work from Home +8 187 £62,500 - 143
South East +15 92 £60,000 +14.29% 70
North of England -69 81 £46,250 -2.63% 82
Midlands -22 58 £58,500 +9.76% 53
North West -26 52 £45,000 -5.26% 33
West Midlands +7 34 £62,500 +17.26% 37
South West -2 33 £45,000 -12.62% 24
East Midlands -34 24 £52,500 +5.00% 16
Yorkshire -42 20 £32,500 -38.10% 44
East of England -6 17 £42,500 -15.84% 10
Northern Ireland - 17 - - 2
Scotland -32 10 £48,000 -8.57% 20
North East -2 9 £51,000 +7.37% 11
Wales +6 8 £42,750 -46.23% 14

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 91 (14.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (13.78%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.59%) IIS
4 8 (1.30%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (0.81%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
7 2 (0.32%) CMS
7 2 (0.32%) Confluence
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.32%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 322 (52.19%) Azure
2 214 (34.68%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (20.75%) AWS
4 109 (17.67%) Entra ID
5 57 (9.24%) GCP
6 38 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (6.16%) GitHub
7 34 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
8 32 (5.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 31 (5.02%) SaaS
10 27 (4.38%) IaaS
10 27 (4.38%) PaaS
11 26 (4.21%) OneDrive
12 24 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (3.89%) Nutanix
13 23 (3.73%) Power Platform
13 23 (3.73%) Serverless
14 17 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (2.59%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 167 (27.07%) Firewall
2 142 (23.01%) DNS
3 129 (20.91%) DHCP
4 112 (18.15%) VPN
5 83 (13.45%) WAN
6 64 (10.37%) TCP/IP
7 62 (10.05%) VLAN
8 57 (9.24%) LAN
9 40 (6.48%) SD-WAN
9 40 (6.48%) Wireless
10 39 (6.32%) SAN
11 33 (5.35%) Network Security
11 33 (5.35%) Wi-Fi
12 31 (5.02%) VoIP
13 21 (3.40%) NAS
14 20 (3.24%) Unified Communications
15 17 (2.76%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (2.59%) SSL
17 12 (1.94%) BGP
18 10 (1.62%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (2.92%) Power BI
3 17 (2.76%) Oracle Database
3 17 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.94%) MongoDB
4 12 (1.94%) MySQL
4 12 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (1.62%) DB2
7 9 (1.46%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.30%) Oracle Exadata
9 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.81%) Oracle Database 12c
11 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 10g
11 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
12 3 (0.49%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (4.70%) Git
2 21 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.13%) GitLab
4 5 (0.81%) Maven
4 5 (0.81%) Selenium
5 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.65%) JIRA
6 3 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.49%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.49%) Subversion
7 2 (0.32%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.32%) TestRail
8 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.16%) MSBuild
General
1 221 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 183 (29.66%) Finance
3 60 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.32%) Law
5 34 (5.51%) Banking
6 25 (4.05%) Legal
7 23 (3.73%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.73%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.24%) Public Sector
9 19 (3.08%) Retail
10 18 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.76%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.11%) Back Office
15 12 (1.94%) Marketing
16 10 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 97 (15.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 73 (11.83%) Support Engineer
3 67 (10.86%) Senior
4 63 (10.21%) IT Support
5 55 (8.91%) IT Engineer
6 46 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
7 45 (7.29%) Lead
8 44 (7.13%) Analyst
9 41 (6.65%) IT Manager
10 32 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
11 30 (4.86%) Architect
12 27 (4.38%) Administrator
12 27 (4.38%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (4.21%) Infrastructure Support
13 26 (4.21%) Support Analyst
14 25 (4.05%) DBA
14 25 (4.05%) Infrastructure Manager
15 24 (3.89%) Security Engineer
16 21 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
16 21 (3.40%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.94%) EDI
2 11 (1.78%) .NET
2 11 (1.78%) OAuth
2 11 (1.78%) REST
3 10 (1.62%) SAML
4 8 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (1.30%) LDAP
5 6 (0.97%) LAPP Stack
5 6 (0.97%) RESTful
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (0.81%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.81%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.81%) JSON
6 5 (0.81%) React
6 5 (0.81%) XML
7 4 (0.65%) ADO
7 4 (0.65%) AWS SAM
7 4 (0.65%) YAML
8 3 (0.49%) LAMP
8 3 (0.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.78%) Management Information System
2 47 (7.62%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (7.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (6.16%) Data Centre
5 35 (5.67%) Onboarding
6 31 (5.02%) Cloud Native
7 23 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (3.40%) Clustering
9 20 (3.24%) Replication
10 16 (2.59%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.27%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.94%) CMDB
12 12 (1.94%) PKI
13 11 (1.78%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.30%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.13%) CCTV
15 7 (1.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 225 (36.47%) Windows
2 159 (25.77%) Windows Server
3 100 (16.21%) Linux
4 21 (3.40%) Unix
4 21 (3.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (3.08%) Windows 10
6 17 (2.76%) Mac OS
6 17 (2.76%) VMS
7 16 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.97%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.49%) AIX
10 3 (0.49%) CentOS
10 3 (0.49%) Rocky
10 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.32%) Android
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.32%) Solaris
11 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (30.15%) Business Continuity
2 154 (24.96%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (22.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 131 (21.23%) Cybersecurity
5 130 (21.07%) ITIL
6 122 (19.77%) DevOps
7 111 (17.99%) High Availability
8 98 (15.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 94 (15.24%) CI/CD
10 80 (12.97%) Migration
11 79 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (12.64%) Incident Response
13 66 (10.70%) Customer Service
14 64 (10.37%) Service Delivery
15 61 (9.89%) AI
16 60 (9.72%) ITSM
17 57 (9.24%) Computer Science
17 57 (9.24%) Mentoring
17 57 (9.24%) Performance Tuning
18 54 (8.75%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 136 (22.04%) PowerShell
2 98 (15.88%) Python
3 60 (9.72%) SQL
4 33 (5.35%) Bash
5 22 (3.57%) Java
6 14 (2.27%) C#
7 13 (2.11%) Go
7 13 (2.11%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.62%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.46%) Bicep
10 8 (1.30%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.97%) VBScript
12 5 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.32%) COBOL
13 2 (0.32%) JCL
13 2 (0.32%) R
13 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.16%) Perl
14 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (18.96%) Degree
2 61 (9.89%) Azure Certification
3 49 (7.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 42 (6.81%) AWS Certification
5 37 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (4.86%) Security Cleared
7 29 (4.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (4.38%) CISSP
9 22 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 20 (3.24%) CCNP
11 17 (2.76%) SC Cleared
12 16 (2.59%) Master's Degree
13 13 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (1.94%) CISM
14 12 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (1.94%) MCSA
15 11 (1.78%) CCNA
16 10 (1.62%) CEH
17 9 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (12.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (11.02%) GDPR
3 46 (7.46%) NIST
4 37 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 36 (5.83%) SLA
6 23 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (2.11%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.78%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.46%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.30%) ISAE 3402
11 7 (1.13%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.97%) GRC
12 6 (0.97%) QA
13 5 (0.81%) NCSC
14 3 (0.49%) Basel III
14 3 (0.49%) COBIT
14 3 (0.49%) MiFID
15 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 170 (27.55%) Active Directory
2 109 (17.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (12.80%) Hyper-V
4 64 (10.37%) Docker
5 38 (6.16%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (4.38%) vSphere
7 23 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (2.76%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.46%) Oracle RAC
11 8 (1.30%) vCloud
12 5 (0.81%) NFS
13 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.49%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.49%) Squid
15 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.32%) pfSense
15 2 (0.32%) RACF
15 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 110 (17.83%) Terraform
2 97 (15.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 82 (13.29%) Kubernetes
4 74 (11.99%) Ansible
5 23 (3.73%) Grafana
6 22 (3.57%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.92%) vCenter Server
8 13 (2.11%) Nagios
9 10 (1.62%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.30%) Puppet
12 7 (1.13%) Avamar
12 7 (1.13%) SCCM
13 6 (0.97%) Autotask
13 6 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.97%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.81%) Nessus
14 5 (0.81%) SCOM
Vendors
1 308 (49.92%) Microsoft
2 135 (21.88%) VMware
3 76 (12.32%) Cisco
4 33 (5.35%) Veeam
5 30 (4.86%) Google
5 30 (4.86%) Oracle
6 29 (4.70%) Dell
7 28 (4.54%) Palo Alto
8 22 (3.57%) Commvault
9 21 (3.40%) Fortinet
10 14 (2.27%) HP
11 13 (2.11%) Datto
11 13 (2.11%) Sophos
12 12 (1.94%) Adobe
12 12 (1.94%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.94%) IBM
13 11 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
13 11 (1.78%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.78%) SolarWinds
13 11 (1.78%) Splunk