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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 246 210
Rank change year-on-year +73 -36 +67
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,157 631 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.29% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.43% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 831 500 937
10th Percentile £34,500 £34,425 £34,400
25th Percentile £41,375 £44,000 £42,500
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 £77,500 £70,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 74,007 44,123 74,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.62% 89.89% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51,106 24,962 50,806
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 24 July 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 July 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 +56 995 £57,500 -4.17% 353
UK excluding London +61 728 £47,500 -9.52% 277
London +51 365 £75,000 - 124
Work from Home +79 357 £60,000 +9.09% 130
North of England +65 224 £47,500 -11.63% 71
South East +43 192 £50,000 - 91
North West +48 113 £47,500 -11.63% 36
Midlands +21 113 £55,000 - 39
Yorkshire +36 95 £47,500 -24.00% 31
West Midlands +20 85 £55,000 -4.35% 27
East of England +10 52 £45,000 -14.29% 25
Northern Ireland -24 52 - - 5
South West -88 43 £48,750 -2.50% 28
Scotland +35 34 £47,500 -11.63% 11
East Midlands -21 28 £55,000 +18.92% 12
Wales -42 16 £43,000 -25.22% 16
North East -52 16 £42,500 -12.82% 4
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
1 117 (10.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (9.77%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.90%) IIS
4 15 (1.30%) Apache
5 10 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.69%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.26%) WordPress
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.086%) Site Server
9 1 (0.086%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.21%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (1.21%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.43%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.086%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.086%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.086%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.086%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.086%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 594 (51.34%) Azure
2 342 (29.56%) Microsoft 365
3 223 (19.27%) AWS
4 186 (16.08%) Entra ID
5 121 (10.46%) SaaS
6 73 (6.31%) IaaS
7 61 (5.27%) PaaS
8 48 (4.15%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.72%) Nutanix
10 38 (3.28%) Datadog
11 36 (3.11%) GCP
12 31 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
12 31 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
13 23 (1.99%) GitHub
14 22 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
14 22 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (1.73%) Mimecast
16 19 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (1.64%) Google Workspace
16 19 (1.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 344 (29.73%) Firewall
2 252 (21.78%) DNS
3 208 (17.98%) VPN
4 184 (15.90%) DHCP
5 153 (13.22%) WAN
6 128 (11.06%) VLAN
7 124 (10.72%) LAN
8 102 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
9 95 (8.21%) Network Security
10 87 (7.52%) TCP/IP
11 61 (5.27%) SAN
12 57 (4.93%) Wireless
13 41 (3.54%) Internet
14 32 (2.77%) SSL
15 31 (2.68%) SD-WAN
16 30 (2.59%) Cisco ISE
16 30 (2.59%) VoIP
17 20 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
17 20 (1.73%) NAS
18 16 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (7.61%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (2.51%) Power BI
4 28 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.95%) MySQL
8 8 (0.69%) Metadata
9 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.26%) Big Data
12 3 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
12 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (1.73%) JIRA
2 16 (1.38%) Chocolatey
3 15 (1.30%) Git
4 11 (0.95%) GitLab
5 6 (0.52%) JUnit
5 6 (0.52%) Spock
5 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.35%) MLflow
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.17%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.086%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.086%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.086%) Maven
General
1 395 (34.14%) Social Skills
2 204 (17.63%) Finance
3 141 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.22%) Law
5 70 (6.05%) Banking
5 70 (6.05%) Legal
6 49 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (3.89%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (3.03%) Public Sector
10 34 (2.94%) Retail
11 31 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.64%) Back Office
15 12 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
16 9 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.69%) Advertising
18 7 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 227 (19.62%) Senior
2 173 (14.95%) IT Support
3 148 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 141 (12.19%) IT Manager
5 139 (12.01%) IT Engineer
6 112 (9.68%) Support Engineer
7 91 (7.87%) IT Support Engineer
8 75 (6.48%) Architect
9 69 (5.96%) Analyst
10 66 (5.70%) Cloud Engineer
11 63 (5.45%) Service Manager
12 62 (5.36%) Lead
13 58 (5.01%) IT Services Manager
14 56 (4.84%) Resilience Manager
14 56 (4.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 49 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
16 45 (3.89%) Network Engineer
17 37 (3.20%) IT Analyst
18 36 (3.11%) Administrator
18 36 (3.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.45%) Middleware
2 14 (1.21%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.78%) Kafka
4 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.69%) Web Services
5 7 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
5 7 (0.61%) SAML
6 6 (0.52%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.52%) Spring
7 4 (0.35%) .NET
7 4 (0.35%) REST
7 4 (0.35%) web3js
8 3 (0.26%) JSON
8 3 (0.26%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.26%) OAuth
8 3 (0.26%) ODBC
8 3 (0.26%) PySpark
8 3 (0.26%) RESTful
8 3 (0.26%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (0.17%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.16%) Data Centre
2 96 (8.30%) Cyber Threat
3 80 (6.91%) Management Information System
4 69 (5.96%) Cloud Native
5 68 (5.88%) Driving Licence
6 62 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 60 (5.19%) Security Posture
8 53 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
9 51 (4.41%) Replication
10 45 (3.89%) Onboarding
11 36 (3.11%) PKI
12 30 (2.59%) Enterprise Storage
13 29 (2.51%) NHS
14 25 (2.16%) Public Cloud
15 23 (1.99%) CCTV
16 22 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
17 21 (1.82%) CMDB
17 21 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
17 21 (1.82%) Virtual Team
18 19 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 389 (33.62%) Windows
2 264 (22.82%) Windows Server
3 116 (10.03%) Linux
4 29 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 25 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.99%) Mac OS
7 21 (1.82%) Windows 10
7 21 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (1.73%) Unix
9 16 (1.38%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.21%) AIX
10 14 (1.21%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.86%) CentOS
12 8 (0.69%) Solaris
13 7 (0.61%) VMS
14 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.17%) Debian
17 1 (0.086%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (40.36%) Business Continuity
2 353 (30.51%) Cybersecurity
3 305 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (25.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 257 (22.21%) ITIL
6 207 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 191 (16.51%) DevOps
8 175 (15.13%) High Availability
9 161 (13.92%) Incident Response
10 151 (13.05%) Information Security
11 143 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 137 (11.84%) Service Delivery
13 133 (11.50%) Infrastructure as Code
14 127 (10.98%) Agile
15 116 (10.03%) Project Delivery
16 112 (9.68%) Change Management
17 111 (9.59%) Cloud Security
18 110 (9.51%) CI/CD
19 106 (9.16%) Incident Management
20 104 (8.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 169 (14.61%) PowerShell
2 110 (9.51%) Python
2 110 (9.51%) SQL
3 48 (4.15%) Bash
4 23 (1.99%) Bicep
4 23 (1.99%) Shell Script
5 13 (1.12%) Korn
5 13 (1.12%) PL/SQL
6 12 (1.04%) Java
7 11 (0.95%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.35%) COBOL
10 4 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.26%) C#
11 3 (0.26%) Ruby
12 2 (0.17%) Go
12 2 (0.17%) RPG
12 2 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 128 (11.06%) Degree
2 94 (8.12%) Cisco Certification
3 92 (7.95%) CISSP
4 81 (7.00%) Azure Certification
5 80 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (6.83%) CISM
7 72 (6.22%) CCNP
8 62 (5.36%) Security Cleared
9 51 (4.41%) CCNA
10 50 (4.32%) ITIL Certification
11 47 (4.06%) SC Cleared
12 38 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 33 (2.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 30 (2.59%) Postgraduate
15 21 (1.82%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.38%) Master's Degree
17 15 (1.30%) CEH
17 15 (1.30%) CISA
18 14 (1.21%) CRISC
19 13 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 140 (12.10%) NIST
3 108 (9.33%) GDPR
4 106 (9.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 74 (6.40%) ISO 22301
6 64 (5.53%) SLA
7 50 (4.32%) PCI DSS
8 49 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (2.59%) PMO
10 27 (2.33%) GRC
11 24 (2.07%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.99%) Data Quality
13 16 (1.38%) COBIT
14 13 (1.12%) NCSC
15 9 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.69%) QA
16 8 (0.69%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.35%) HL7
18 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 311 (26.88%) Active Directory
2 270 (23.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 177 (15.30%) Hyper-V
4 45 (3.89%) Docker
5 44 (3.80%) vSphere
6 31 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 28 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (1.73%) Firmware
10 15 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.86%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.78%) vCloud
13 8 (0.69%) KVM
14 6 (0.52%) Squid
15 4 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.26%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
18 1 (0.086%) Xen
Systems Management
1 146 (12.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (11.93%) Terraform
3 77 (6.66%) Kubernetes
4 74 (6.40%) Ansible
5 33 (2.85%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (2.42%) FortiGate
7 26 (2.25%) SCCM
8 19 (1.64%) VxRail
9 14 (1.21%) Data Guard
9 14 (1.21%) Nagios
10 13 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 12 (1.04%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.95%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.86%) Grafana
14 8 (0.69%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (0.61%) Avamar
15 7 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
15 7 (0.61%) Packer
16 6 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 557 (48.14%) Microsoft
2 325 (28.09%) VMware
3 175 (15.13%) Cisco
4 79 (6.83%) Veeam
5 59 (5.10%) Palo Alto
6 46 (3.98%) Dell
7 44 (3.80%) Splunk
8 39 (3.37%) HP
8 39 (3.37%) Oracle
9 36 (3.11%) Meraki
10 34 (2.94%) Fortinet
11 31 (2.68%) Sophos
12 30 (2.59%) Aruba
13 28 (2.42%) Google
13 28 (2.42%) SolarWinds
14 27 (2.33%) Commvault
14 27 (2.33%) Nimble Storage
14 27 (2.33%) Tenable
15 26 (2.25%) IBM
16 25 (2.16%) SonicWALL