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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 256 219
Rank change year-on-year +87 -37 +39
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,248 615 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.17% 1.23% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.38% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 890 483 768
10th Percentile £34,658 £33,900 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,625 £43,911
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,750 £95,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £51,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.34% +5.10% -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 78,044 44,596 67,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.46% 89.30% 81.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53,720 25,240 43,624
10th Percentile £30,773 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,237 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,773 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.13% -4.45% -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +63 1,079 £57,500 -4.17% 499
UK excluding London +75 814 £48,750 -5.34% 363
Work from Home +93 384 £60,000 +9.09% 184
London +44 382 £75,000 - 206
North of England +62 230 £47,500 -11.63% 84
South East +72 215 £50,000 - 114
Midlands +26 126 £55,000 - 62
North West +62 125 £47,500 -11.63% 32
West Midlands +29 92 £55,000 -4.35% 45
Yorkshire +43 89 £45,000 -28.00% 43
South West -65 62 £50,000 +8.11% 41
East of England +7 60 £53,725 +2.33% 23
Northern Ireland -29 50 - - 7
Scotland +49 48 £47,500 -11.63% 24
East Midlands -18 34 £45,000 -14.29% 17
Wales -40 23 £45,000 -21.74% 14
North East -61 16 £48,000 -1.54% 10
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
1 132 (10.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (10.50%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.00%) IIS
4 17 (1.36%) Apache
5 12 (0.96%) nginx
6 10 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.48%) Confluence
8 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.24%) WordPress
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.080%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.36%) PlantUML
3 12 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.080%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (0.96%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.40%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.080%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.080%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.080%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.080%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.080%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.080%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 652 (52.24%) Azure
2 377 (30.21%) Microsoft 365
3 250 (20.03%) AWS
4 220 (17.63%) Entra ID
5 135 (10.82%) SaaS
6 92 (7.37%) IaaS
7 69 (5.53%) PaaS
8 52 (4.17%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.45%) GCP
10 39 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (3.13%) Nutanix
11 35 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (2.72%) Datadog
13 27 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (2.00%) GitHub
14 25 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
14 25 (2.00%) OneDrive
15 24 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 352 (28.21%) Firewall
2 287 (23.00%) DNS
3 216 (17.31%) VPN
4 209 (16.75%) DHCP
5 157 (12.58%) WAN
6 130 (10.42%) VLAN
7 128 (10.26%) LAN
8 111 (8.89%) Wi-Fi
9 102 (8.17%) Network Security
10 96 (7.69%) TCP/IP
11 65 (5.21%) SAN
12 61 (4.89%) Wireless
13 42 (3.37%) Internet
14 35 (2.80%) SSL
15 34 (2.72%) SD-WAN
15 34 (2.72%) VoIP
16 29 (2.32%) Cisco ISE
17 25 (2.00%) NAS
18 22 (1.76%) Cisco Nexus
19 13 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 36 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (2.56%) Power BI
4 29 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.04%) Oracle Database
7 12 (0.96%) MySQL
8 9 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.56%) Metadata
11 6 (0.48%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.40%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.32%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.24%) Big Data
14 3 (0.24%) NonStop SQL
14 3 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (1.60%) Git
1 20 (1.60%) JIRA
2 16 (1.28%) Chocolatey
3 13 (1.04%) GitLab
4 8 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.64%) JUnit
4 8 (0.64%) Spock
5 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.32%) MLflow
8 2 (0.16%) git-flow
8 2 (0.16%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.16%) Maven
8 2 (0.16%) Selenium
8 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.16%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.16%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.080%) Claude Code
General
1 419 (33.57%) Social Skills
2 223 (17.87%) Finance
3 164 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.65%) Legal
5 75 (6.01%) Law
6 66 (5.29%) Banking
7 61 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 38 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
10 37 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.80%) Retail
12 34 (2.72%) Public Sector
13 32 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.44%) Back Office
16 13 (1.04%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.04%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
18 11 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
19 9 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 240 (19.23%) Senior
2 185 (14.82%) IT Support
3 157 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 147 (11.78%) IT Engineer
5 143 (11.46%) IT Manager
6 119 (9.54%) Support Engineer
7 98 (7.85%) IT Support Engineer
8 95 (7.61%) Architect
9 78 (6.25%) Analyst
10 66 (5.29%) Lead
11 63 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
12 60 (4.81%) Service Manager
13 59 (4.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 58 (4.65%) Resilience Manager
15 54 (4.33%) IT Services Manager
16 51 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
17 50 (4.01%) Network Engineer
18 39 (3.13%) IT Analyst
19 37 (2.96%) Administrator
20 36 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (5.45%) Middleware
2 13 (1.04%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.72%) Kafka
4 8 (0.64%) AngularJS
4 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.64%) Spring
4 8 (0.64%) Web Services
5 7 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (0.40%) .NET
6 5 (0.40%) AWS CDK
6 5 (0.40%) ModSecurity
6 5 (0.40%) SAML
7 4 (0.32%) web3js
8 3 (0.24%) EDI
8 3 (0.24%) JSON
8 3 (0.24%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.24%) ODBC
8 3 (0.24%) PySpark
8 3 (0.24%) REST
8 3 (0.24%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.73%) Data Centre
2 93 (7.45%) Cyber Threat
3 82 (6.57%) Management Information System
4 79 (6.33%) Cloud Native
5 71 (5.69%) Driving Licence
6 68 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 61 (4.89%) Onboarding
8 60 (4.81%) Security Posture
9 59 (4.73%) Replication
10 51 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
11 33 (2.64%) Enterprise Storage
12 32 (2.56%) PKI
13 28 (2.24%) NHS
14 25 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (2.00%) Public Cloud
15 24 (1.92%) CCTV
16 23 (1.84%) Clustering
17 21 (1.68%) Virtual Team
18 19 (1.52%) CMDB
18 19 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 424 (33.97%) Windows
2 292 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 133 (10.66%) Linux
4 32 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (2.24%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 25 (2.00%) Mac OS
8 23 (1.84%) Ubuntu
8 23 (1.84%) Unix
9 22 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.96%) AIX
11 11 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
12 10 (0.80%) CentOS
13 9 (0.72%) Solaris
13 9 (0.72%) VMS
14 4 (0.32%) Debian
14 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (40.79%) Business Continuity
2 372 (29.81%) Cybersecurity
3 335 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
4 328 (26.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 259 (20.75%) ITIL
6 225 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 212 (16.99%) DevOps
8 198 (15.87%) High Availability
9 170 (13.62%) Incident Response
10 162 (12.98%) Information Security
11 161 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 159 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 152 (12.18%) Service Delivery
14 142 (11.38%) Agile
15 138 (11.06%) Project Delivery
16 133 (10.66%) CI/CD
16 133 (10.66%) Mentoring
17 119 (9.54%) Cloud Security
18 118 (9.46%) Risk Management
19 114 (9.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 186 (14.90%) PowerShell
2 125 (10.02%) Python
3 115 (9.21%) SQL
4 52 (4.17%) Bash
5 25 (2.00%) Bicep
5 25 (2.00%) Shell Script
6 17 (1.36%) Java
7 13 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.88%) Korn
8 11 (0.88%) PL/SQL
8 11 (0.88%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
10 5 (0.40%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.32%) C#
11 4 (0.32%) COBOL
11 4 (0.32%) Go
12 3 (0.24%) Ruby
12 3 (0.24%) XAML
13 2 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 138 (11.06%) Degree
2 98 (7.85%) Cisco Certification
3 95 (7.61%) Azure Certification
3 95 (7.61%) CISSP
4 87 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 81 (6.49%) CISM
5 81 (6.49%) Security Cleared
6 72 (5.77%) CCNP
7 63 (5.05%) SC Cleared
8 55 (4.41%) ITIL Certification
9 52 (4.17%) CCNA
10 40 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 36 (2.88%) Postgraduate
12 32 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 28 (2.24%) AWS Certification
14 18 (1.44%) DV Cleared
15 17 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
16 16 (1.28%) Master's Degree
17 15 (1.20%) CEH
17 15 (1.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (10.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 131 (10.50%) NIST
3 108 (8.65%) GDPR
4 107 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 78 (6.25%) ISO 22301
6 77 (6.17%) SLA
7 49 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (3.45%) PCI DSS
9 35 (2.80%) GRC
10 27 (2.16%) PMO
11 25 (2.00%) Data Quality
12 21 (1.68%) SOC 2
13 17 (1.36%) NCSC
14 16 (1.28%) COBIT
15 13 (1.04%) QA
16 8 (0.64%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 339 (27.16%) Active Directory
2 285 (22.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 192 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 53 (4.25%) Docker
5 48 (3.85%) vSphere
6 31 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.08%) Firmware
7 26 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
8 24 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
9 13 (1.04%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.72%) vCloud
11 7 (0.56%) KVM
12 6 (0.48%) Squid
13 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.24%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.24%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.16%) iptables
15 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 165 (13.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 157 (12.58%) Terraform
3 83 (6.65%) Kubernetes
4 82 (6.57%) Ansible
5 34 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (2.40%) FortiGate
7 26 (2.08%) SCCM
8 18 (1.44%) VxRail
9 13 (1.04%) Data Guard
9 13 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (0.96%) Nagios
11 11 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
11 11 (0.88%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.80%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.72%) Grafana
14 8 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (0.56%) Avamar
15 7 (0.56%) Packer
15 7 (0.56%) Proxmox
15 7 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 601 (48.16%) Microsoft
2 338 (27.08%) VMware
3 189 (15.14%) Cisco
4 85 (6.81%) Veeam
5 65 (5.21%) Palo Alto
6 46 (3.69%) Splunk
7 44 (3.53%) Oracle
8 43 (3.45%) Dell
9 41 (3.29%) Fortinet
10 38 (3.04%) Meraki
11 36 (2.88%) HP
12 35 (2.80%) Google
12 35 (2.80%) SonicWALL
13 32 (2.56%) Aruba
14 31 (2.48%) Sophos
15 28 (2.24%) SolarWinds
16 26 (2.08%) Apple
17 25 (2.00%) IBM
17 25 (2.00%) Qualys
18 24 (1.92%) Commvault