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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 261 194
Rank change year-on-year +88 -67 +18
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,349 563 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.15% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.30% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 933 439 640
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +1.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,000 £97,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 85,252 43,434 61,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.68% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 58,899 24,470 34,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 23 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 23 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 +82 1,180 £57,500 -4.17% 976
UK excluding London +95 880 £50,000 -1.96% 593
London +47 417 £75,000 - 445
Work from Home +94 398 £60,000 - 362
North of England +67 244 £47,500 -9.52% 153
South East +68 229 £50,000 - 175
Midlands +30 158 £57,500 - 94
North West +48 137 £47,500 +11.76% 82
West Midlands +40 118 £59,761 -2.43% 55
Yorkshire +39 94 £47,500 -13.64% 61
South West -52 72 £50,000 +5.26% 56
East of England -8 57 £45,000 +38.46% 41
Scotland +56 53 £40,800 -22.29% 45
Northern Ireland -47 47 - - 16
East Midlands -16 40 £45,000 -14.29% 39
Wales -58 22 £45,000 -21.74% 16
North East -72 13 £53,750 +2.38% 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
1 169 (12.53%) SharePoint
2 160 (11.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.00%) IIS
4 22 (1.63%) Apache
5 17 (1.26%) 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 (0.074%) CICS
11 1 (0.074%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.074%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.41%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.82%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.37%) Sage 200
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 (0.074%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.074%) Eikon
7 1 (0.074%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.074%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.074%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.074%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 706 (52.34%) Azure
2 413 (30.62%) Microsoft 365
3 281 (20.83%) Entra ID
4 261 (19.35%) AWS
5 153 (11.34%) SaaS
6 107 (7.93%) IaaS
7 80 (5.93%) PaaS
8 52 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 52 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 51 (3.78%) GCP
10 49 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (3.41%) OneDrive
12 45 (3.34%) Azure Monitor
13 36 (2.67%) GitHub
14 32 (2.37%) Datadog
14 32 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
15 27 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
15 27 (2.00%) Google Workspace
16 26 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
17 25 (1.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 365 (27.06%) Firewall
2 324 (24.02%) DNS
3 232 (17.20%) VPN
4 231 (17.12%) DHCP
5 162 (12.01%) WAN
6 147 (10.90%) VLAN
7 131 (9.71%) LAN
8 119 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
9 113 (8.38%) TCP/IP
10 99 (7.34%) Network Security
11 87 (6.45%) Wireless
12 63 (4.67%) SAN
13 52 (3.85%) Internet
14 43 (3.19%) SD-WAN
15 40 (2.97%) SSL
16 38 (2.82%) VoIP
17 27 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
18 24 (1.78%) Cisco Nexus
19 23 (1.70%) NAS
20 17 (1.26%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (2.37%) Power BI
5 29 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.04%) Metadata
7 14 (1.04%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.89%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.82%) MySQL
10 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.37%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.41%) JIRA
2 17 (1.26%) Git
3 15 (1.11%) Chocolatey
3 15 (1.11%) GitLab
4 10 (0.74%) JUnit
4 10 (0.74%) Spock
5 8 (0.59%) 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 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
9 2 (0.15%) Selenium
9 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.074%) Flyway
10 1 (0.074%) MLflow
10 1 (0.074%) Yeoman
General
1 461 (34.17%) Social Skills
2 254 (18.83%) Finance
3 188 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.30%) Law
5 82 (6.08%) Legal
6 71 (5.26%) Banking
7 69 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 61 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 45 (3.34%) Public Sector
10 44 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
10 44 (3.26%) Retail
11 36 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
12 33 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.63%) Back Office
13 22 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.11%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.04%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.82%) Police
17 10 (0.74%) Mandarin Language
17 10 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 265 (19.64%) Senior
2 195 (14.46%) IT Support
3 185 (13.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 148 (10.97%) IT Engineer
5 137 (10.16%) IT Manager
6 117 (8.67%) Support Engineer
7 110 (8.15%) Architect
8 100 (7.41%) Analyst
9 98 (7.26%) IT Support Engineer
10 71 (5.26%) Lead
11 68 (5.04%) Service Manager
12 64 (4.74%) Resilience Manager
13 61 (4.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 59 (4.37%) IT Services Manager
14 59 (4.37%) Network Engineer
15 57 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
16 51 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
17 45 (3.34%) Administrator
17 45 (3.34%) IT Analyst
18 40 (2.97%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (13.27%) Terraform
2 75 (5.56%) Middleware
3 14 (1.04%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.74%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.74%) REST
4 10 (0.74%) Spring
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.59%) SAML
5 8 (0.59%) Web Services
6 7 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (0.52%) Kafka
6 7 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (0.44%) .NET
8 5 (0.37%) ModSecurity
9 4 (0.30%) 802.1X
9 4 (0.30%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.30%) JSON
10 3 (0.22%) Nuxt
10 3 (0.22%) React
10 3 (0.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.30%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.60%) Cyber Threat
3 87 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 83 (6.15%) Cloud Native
5 80 (5.93%) Onboarding
6 74 (5.49%) Driving Licence
7 64 (4.74%) Replication
8 63 (4.67%) Security Posture
9 59 (4.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 44 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
11 35 (2.59%) Enterprise Storage
12 34 (2.52%) PKI
13 31 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
14 30 (2.22%) NHS
15 23 (1.70%) Clustering
16 22 (1.63%) CCTV
16 22 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
16 22 (1.63%) Private Cloud
16 22 (1.63%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 468 (34.69%) Windows
2 341 (25.28%) Windows Server
3 150 (11.12%) Linux
4 36 (2.67%) Windows 10
4 36 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (1.93%) Ubuntu
6 24 (1.78%) Mac OS
7 22 (1.63%) Unix
8 21 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (1.11%) VMS
11 12 (0.89%) AIX
12 10 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
13 9 (0.67%) Solaris
14 8 (0.59%) CentOS
15 6 (0.44%) Debian
16 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
17 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
17 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
17 2 (0.15%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (39.66%) Business Continuity
2 399 (29.58%) Cybersecurity
3 389 (28.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 359 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
5 268 (19.87%) ITIL
6 266 (19.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 227 (16.83%) DevOps
8 206 (15.27%) High Availability
9 202 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 190 (14.08%) Infrastructure as Code
11 177 (13.12%) Incident Response
12 171 (12.68%) Information Security
13 166 (12.31%) Service Delivery
14 164 (12.16%) Project Delivery
15 150 (11.12%) CI/CD
16 148 (10.97%) Cloud Security
17 146 (10.82%) Migration
18 145 (10.75%) Agile
19 139 (10.30%) AI
20 137 (10.16%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 203 (15.05%) PowerShell
2 134 (9.93%) Python
3 129 (9.56%) SQL
4 60 (4.45%) Bash
5 37 (2.74%) Bicep
6 25 (1.85%) Java
7 24 (1.78%) Shell Script
8 16 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.82%) Korn
11 10 (0.74%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.44%) Go
13 6 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
14 5 (0.37%) COBOL
14 5 (0.37%) Groovy
14 5 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.30%) XAML
16 3 (0.22%) C#
16 3 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 140 (10.38%) Degree
2 106 (7.86%) Azure Certification
3 103 (7.64%) Security Cleared
4 97 (7.19%) CISSP
5 95 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
6 86 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 83 (6.15%) CISM
8 76 (5.63%) SC Cleared
9 67 (4.97%) CCNP
10 60 (4.45%) ITIL Certification
11 51 (3.78%) CCNA
12 47 (3.48%) Postgraduate
13 41 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
14 33 (2.45%) AWS Certification
15 26 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
17 20 (1.48%) DV Cleared
17 20 (1.48%) Master's Degree
18 17 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
19 15 (1.11%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (10.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (10.16%) NIST
3 122 (9.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 115 (8.52%) GDPR
5 85 (6.30%) SLA
6 82 (6.08%) ISO 22301
7 57 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 42 (3.11%) PCI DSS
9 32 (2.37%) GRC
10 28 (2.08%) Data Quality
11 25 (1.85%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.70%) NCSC
13 22 (1.63%) PMO
14 17 (1.26%) COBIT
15 15 (1.11%) QA
16 8 (0.59%) ISO 9001
17 7 (0.52%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 3 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 378 (28.02%) Active Directory
2 297 (22.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 210 (15.57%) Hyper-V
4 51 (3.78%) Docker
4 51 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
4 51 (3.78%) vSphere
5 35 (2.59%) Firmware
6 28 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 28 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.11%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (0.52%) vCloud
10 6 (0.44%) Squid
11 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.30%) KVM
13 3 (0.22%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.15%) iptables
14 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 195 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (6.45%) Kubernetes
3 85 (6.30%) Ansible
4 48 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
5 32 (2.37%) FortiGate
6 28 (2.08%) SCCM
7 22 (1.63%) Grafana
8 19 (1.41%) Prometheus
9 17 (1.26%) VxRail
10 16 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
11 13 (0.96%) Data Guard
12 11 (0.82%) Nagios
12 11 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
12 11 (0.82%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.67%) Proxmox
14 8 (0.59%) Dell DRAC
14 8 (0.59%) Puppet
15 7 (0.52%) Avamar
15 7 (0.52%) WSUS
16 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 669 (49.59%) Microsoft
2 347 (25.72%) VMware
3 204 (15.12%) Cisco
4 103 (7.64%) Veeam
5 72 (5.34%) Palo Alto
6 54 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 53 (3.93%) Oracle
8 47 (3.48%) SonicWALL
9 44 (3.26%) Meraki
9 44 (3.26%) Splunk
10 43 (3.19%) Google
11 39 (2.89%) Aruba
12 36 (2.67%) SolarWinds
13 35 (2.59%) Dell
14 30 (2.22%) Qualys
15 27 (2.00%) HP
15 27 (2.00%) ServiceNow
16 26 (1.93%) Apple
16 26 (1.93%) Sophos
17 25 (1.85%) AppDynamics