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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 193 214
Rank change year-on-year -27 +21 +126
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 739 687 1,272
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.66% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.78% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 561 552 1,154
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £81,985
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £51,182
% change year-on-year -1.50% +4.14% +3.86%

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 59,482 38,652 75,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.48% 93.43% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,105 22,218 57,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 March 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 March 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 -30 644 £62,500 +4.17% 289
UK excluding London -69 391 £52,500 -1.50% 257
London +24 288 £83,750 +11.67% 82
Work from Home +20 236 £70,000 +16.67% 114
North of England -19 141 £47,500 -2.56% 66
South East -31 89 £60,000 -7.69% 83
Yorkshire +2 83 £47,500 -13.64% 24
Midlands -39 58 £54,000 +4.85% 42
West Midlands -3 46 £52,500 -0.76% 27
North West -44 38 £42,500 -5.56% 36
South West -65 29 £42,500 -22.73% 19
East of England -31 26 £70,000 +27.27% 24
Northern Ireland - 22 - -
North East -15 20 £51,000 +59.38% 7
Wales -5 11 £31,500 -36.36% 6
Scotland -41 11 £48,500 -8.40% 24
East Midlands -51 11 £60,000 +50.00% 15
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
1 112 (15.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (11.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.81%) IIS
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.41%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.27%) CICS
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.54%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
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 S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 410 (55.48%) Azure
2 236 (31.94%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (22.19%) Entra ID
4 126 (17.05%) AWS
5 69 (9.34%) Nutanix
6 47 (6.36%) Azure Monitor
6 47 (6.36%) SaaS
7 45 (6.09%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (5.55%) IaaS
9 40 (5.41%) GCP
10 36 (4.87%) Datadog
10 36 (4.87%) GitHub
11 35 (4.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 35 (4.74%) PaaS
12 34 (4.60%) OneDrive
13 24 (3.25%) Serverless
14 23 (3.11%) Azure AKS
14 23 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (2.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 220 (29.77%) Firewall
2 163 (22.06%) DNS
3 150 (20.30%) VPN
4 142 (19.22%) DHCP
5 100 (13.53%) WAN
6 75 (10.15%) VLAN
7 61 (8.25%) LAN
8 58 (7.85%) TCP/IP
9 53 (7.17%) Wi-Fi
10 45 (6.09%) SAN
11 44 (5.95%) Network Security
12 33 (4.47%) Wireless
13 31 (4.19%) Remote Desktop
14 24 (3.25%) SD-WAN
15 19 (2.57%) VoIP
16 15 (2.03%) BGP
16 15 (2.03%) NAS
17 12 (1.62%) Cisco ISE
18 9 (1.22%) SSL
19 8 (1.08%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 25 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.03%) MySQL
6 14 (1.89%) Oracle Database
7 11 (1.49%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.49%) Delta Lake
7 11 (1.49%) Power BI
8 8 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.81%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.68%) GIS
11 5 (0.68%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (4.19%) Git
2 16 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.89%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.89%) JIRA
4 6 (0.81%) GitLab
4 6 (0.81%) Selenium
5 5 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.54%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.41%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.41%) Maven
7 3 (0.41%) MLflow
7 3 (0.41%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 282 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 188 (25.44%) Finance
3 102 (13.80%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (6.22%) Banking
5 38 (5.14%) Law
6 36 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.92%) Retail
9 26 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.44%) Legal
11 18 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.30%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.62%) Back Office
14 11 (1.49%) Marketing
15 9 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.22%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.95%) Advertising
17 7 (0.95%) French Language
Job Titles
1 113 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 110 (14.88%) Senior
3 80 (10.83%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (9.07%) Lead
4 67 (9.07%) Support Engineer
5 62 (8.39%) IT Support
6 61 (8.25%) IT Engineer
7 55 (7.44%) IT Manager
8 45 (6.09%) Azure Engineer
9 43 (5.82%) Analyst
10 38 (5.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 36 (4.87%) Architect
12 32 (4.33%) IT Support Engineer
13 27 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
13 27 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.52%) Security Engineer
14 26 (3.52%) Support Technician
15 25 (3.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 23 (3.11%) Security Manager
16 23 (3.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.44%) SAML
2 16 (2.17%) OAuth
3 13 (1.76%) YAML
4 12 (1.62%) ADO
5 11 (1.49%) PySpark
6 9 (1.22%) REST
6 9 (1.22%) RESTful
7 8 (1.08%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.95%) Loki
9 6 (0.81%) EDI
9 6 (0.81%) LDAP
10 5 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.68%) Kafka
10 5 (0.68%) Middleware
11 4 (0.54%) .NET
11 4 (0.54%) SOAP
12 3 (0.41%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.41%) LAMP
12 3 (0.41%) OAuth2
12 3 (0.41%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 47 (6.36%) Management Information System
3 37 (5.01%) Public Cloud
4 36 (4.87%) Data Centre
5 35 (4.74%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.74%) Replication
6 32 (4.33%) Driving Licence
7 29 (3.92%) Onboarding
8 28 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
8 28 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (3.25%) Security Posture
10 23 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (2.44%) PKI
12 16 (2.17%) CMDB
13 14 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.62%) Clustering
15 10 (1.35%) NHS
16 9 (1.22%) CCTV
16 9 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 253 (34.24%) Windows
2 176 (23.82%) Windows Server
3 82 (11.10%) Linux
4 27 (3.65%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.44%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.30%) Unix
7 16 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (2.03%) VMS
9 12 (1.62%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.81%) Android
12 6 (0.81%) CentOS
12 6 (0.81%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.54%) Rocky
14 3 (0.41%) AIX
15 2 (0.27%) zOS
16 1 (0.14%) Debian
16 1 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (36.40%) Business Continuity
2 219 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
3 183 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (23.14%) ITIL
5 162 (21.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 153 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 140 (18.94%) High Availability
8 127 (17.19%) DevOps
9 108 (14.61%) Incident Response
10 102 (13.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 97 (13.13%) Service Delivery
12 93 (12.58%) CI/CD
13 89 (12.04%) Migration
14 78 (10.55%) Mentoring
15 74 (10.01%) Change Management
15 74 (10.01%) Cloud Security
16 71 (9.61%) Risk Management
16 71 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
17 69 (9.34%) Data Protection
18 68 (9.20%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 163 (22.06%) PowerShell
2 115 (15.56%) Python
3 80 (10.83%) SQL
4 39 (5.28%) Bash
5 18 (2.44%) Java
6 12 (1.62%) Bicep
6 12 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.22%) Go
7 9 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.22%) Scala
7 9 (1.22%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.22%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.68%) C#
9 4 (0.54%) Korn
10 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.27%) COBOL
11 2 (0.27%) JCL
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 95 (12.86%) Degree
2 52 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (6.36%) Azure Certification
4 45 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.95%) Security Cleared
6 32 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (4.19%) SC Cleared
8 25 (3.38%) CEH
9 23 (3.11%) CCNP
9 23 (3.11%) CISSP
10 19 (2.57%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.76%) CCNA
11 13 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 11 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.49%) CISM
12 11 (1.49%) MCSE
13 10 (1.35%) HNC
13 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 9 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (16.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (10.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 72 (9.74%) GDPR
4 66 (8.93%) NIST
5 55 (7.44%) SLA
6 39 (5.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 26 (3.52%) PCI DSS
8 22 (2.98%) SOC 2
9 17 (2.30%) ISO 22301
10 16 (2.17%) GRC
11 14 (1.89%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (1.22%) PMO
14 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.81%) NCSC
14 6 (0.81%) QA
15 5 (0.68%) ISAE 3402
16 4 (0.54%) DICOM
16 4 (0.54%) HL7
17 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
System Software
1 247 (33.42%) Active Directory
2 158 (21.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (13.80%) Hyper-V
4 43 (5.82%) Docker
5 32 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (3.38%) vSphere
7 14 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.35%) Firmware
8 10 (1.35%) vCloud
8 10 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.81%) KVM
9 6 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.27%) RACF
11 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.14%) Postfix
12 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 108 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 106 (14.34%) Terraform
3 71 (9.61%) Kubernetes
4 65 (8.80%) Ansible
5 20 (2.71%) SCCM
6 16 (2.17%) Grafana
7 13 (1.76%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.49%) VxRail
9 10 (1.35%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.22%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.22%) Nagios
11 8 (1.08%) Data Guard
11 8 (1.08%) Puppet
11 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (0.68%) Packer
14 4 (0.54%) Backup Exec
15 3 (0.41%) Avamar
15 3 (0.41%) Dell DRAC
15 3 (0.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 352 (47.63%) Microsoft
2 217 (29.36%) VMware
3 61 (8.25%) Cisco
4 53 (7.17%) Dell
5 33 (4.47%) Commvault
5 33 (4.47%) HP
6 30 (4.06%) Nimble Storage
6 30 (4.06%) Palo Alto
7 28 (3.79%) Dell Compellent
7 28 (3.79%) Veeam
8 27 (3.65%) Zscaler
9 24 (3.25%) Dynatrace
9 24 (3.25%) Meraki
9 24 (3.25%) Oracle
10 22 (2.98%) Tenable
11 18 (2.44%) Splunk
12 16 (2.17%) Fortinet
12 16 (2.17%) Google
13 15 (2.03%) AppDynamics
14 14 (1.89%) Adobe