Disaster Recovery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Disaster Recovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 218 310 324
Rank change year-on-year +92 +14 -44
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 869 1,445 1,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.63% 1.16% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.22% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 798 1,063 1,192
10th Percentile £33,232 £37,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,763 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -3.64% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.53% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Disaster Recovery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,261 118,879 121,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.08% 95.74% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,398 72,456 81,203
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

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 5 December 2023. 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 +81 750 £60,000 +13.96% 396
UK excluding London +71 525 £52,500 +5.00% 299
Work from Home +56 336 £62,500 +15.74% 167
London +94 300 £70,000 +12.00% 157
North of England +76 138 £46,033 -7.93% 85
South East +78 107 £57,500 +15.00% 99
Midlands +63 101 £50,000 - 44
Yorkshire +90 69 £41,235 -2.98% 32
West Midlands +60 64 £45,000 -8.69% 25
North West +56 60 £52,500 +5.00% 43
South West +51 60 £45,000 +2.86% 26
Scotland +69 37 £62,500 +25.00% 24
East Midlands +35 36 £60,000 +14.29% 19
East of England +77 34 £58,500 +11.43% 25
Wales +37 30 £45,000 +2.86% 9
Northern Ireland +33 12 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Isle of Man - 10 £60,000 -
North East +46 9 £40,000 -18.51% 10

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (7.71%) SharePoint
2 44 (5.06%) MS Exchange
3 14 (1.61%) NetWeaver
4 13 (1.50%) IIS
5 4 (0.46%) Confluence
5 4 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.35%) Camunda
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Drupal
7 2 (0.23%) JBoss
7 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Revit
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) SAP Business One
1 6 (0.69%) SAP SD
2 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) Cerner Millennium
5 1 (0.12%) Magento
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.12%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.12%) PlanetPress Connect
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 352 (40.51%) Azure
2 255 (29.34%) Microsoft 365
3 121 (13.92%) AWS
4 85 (9.78%) Entra ID
5 55 (6.33%) IaaS
6 45 (5.18%) PaaS
7 40 (4.60%) Cloud Computing
8 38 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.37%) GCP
8 38 (4.37%) SaaS
9 27 (3.11%) Power Platform
10 18 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (1.84%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.73%) OpenShift
13 12 (1.38%) GitHub
13 12 (1.38%) Nutanix
13 12 (1.38%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.27%) Mimecast
14 11 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 185 (21.29%) Firewall
2 167 (19.22%) DNS
3 138 (15.88%) DHCP
4 119 (13.69%) VPN
5 115 (13.23%) WAN
6 100 (11.51%) LAN
7 71 (8.17%) Wireless
8 70 (8.06%) TCP/IP
9 67 (7.71%) SAN
10 54 (6.21%) Network Security
10 54 (6.21%) VLAN
11 52 (5.98%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (4.14%) VoIP
13 33 (3.80%) Internet
14 29 (3.34%) SSL
15 21 (2.42%) NAS
15 21 (2.42%) SD-WAN
16 20 (2.30%) Remote Desktop
17 16 (1.84%) MPLS
18 14 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.57%) Oracle Database
3 26 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
4 24 (2.76%) Power BI
5 21 (2.42%) Oracle Database 10g
5 21 (2.42%) Oracle Database 11g
5 21 (2.42%) Oracle Database 12c
6 17 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (1.84%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.38%) SAP BW
10 11 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (1.27%) SAP HANA
11 10 (1.15%) MySQL
12 8 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.69%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (2.07%) Jenkins
2 17 (1.96%) JIRA
3 13 (1.50%) Git
4 8 (0.92%) GitLab
5 5 (0.58%) Maven
5 5 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.46%) JUnit
6 4 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.35%) Gatling
7 3 (0.35%) Gradle
7 3 (0.35%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.23%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.23%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.23%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.12%) Snyk
9 1 (0.12%) TestNG
9 1 (0.12%) Travis CI
General
1 297 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 227 (26.12%) Finance
3 88 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.55%) Banking
5 34 (3.91%) Public Sector
6 24 (2.76%) Telecoms
7 23 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (2.65%) Manufacturing
8 21 (2.42%) Legal
9 19 (2.19%) Law
10 15 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.61%) Marketing
12 11 (1.27%) Local Government
13 10 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.15%) Police
14 9 (1.04%) Retail
15 7 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.69%) Private Banking
17 3 (0.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 136 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 104 (11.97%) Senior
3 89 (10.24%) Administrator
4 82 (9.44%) Support Engineer
5 71 (8.17%) Analyst
6 64 (7.36%) DBA
7 62 (7.13%) IT Engineer
8 61 (7.02%) Lead
9 47 (5.41%) IT Manager
10 44 (5.06%) IT Support
11 40 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
12 36 (4.14%) Network Engineer
12 36 (4.14%) Splunk Engineer
12 36 (4.14%) Systems Administrator
13 35 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 35 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
14 33 (3.80%) Architect
15 31 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
16 30 (3.45%) SQL DBA
17 29 (3.34%) Splunk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.68%) HTML
2 27 (3.11%) Middleware
3 21 (2.42%) REST
4 20 (2.30%) Kafka
5 14 (1.61%) LDAP
5 14 (1.61%) SAP PI
6 12 (1.38%) YAML
7 11 (1.27%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.15%) .NET
9 7 (0.81%) SAML
10 6 (0.69%) JSON
11 5 (0.58%) Spring
11 5 (0.58%) Spring Boot
12 4 (0.46%) 802.1X
12 4 (0.46%) CSS
12 4 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.46%) J2EE
12 4 (0.46%) SOAP
12 4 (0.46%) Web Services
13 3 (0.35%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.78%) Data Centre
2 66 (7.59%) Replication
3 65 (7.48%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.41%) Clustering
5 27 (3.11%) Security Posture
6 26 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.96%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.84%) AS400
11 15 (1.73%) Hedge funds
11 15 (1.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 14 (1.61%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.50%) Operational Technology
13 13 (1.50%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.50%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.27%) CMDB
14 11 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 336 (38.67%) Windows
2 206 (23.71%) Windows Server
3 109 (12.54%) Linux
4 66 (7.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 60 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 57 (6.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (5.98%) Windows 10
8 20 (2.30%) Solaris
9 17 (1.96%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (1.61%) Mac OS
12 13 (1.50%) Unix
13 10 (1.15%) HPUX
14 7 (0.81%) Android
15 6 (0.69%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.69%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.58%) CentOS
16 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.58%) Windows XP
17 4 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (23.94%) Business Continuity
3 166 (19.10%) High Availability
4 156 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 137 (15.77%) ITIL
6 126 (14.50%) Agile
7 114 (13.12%) DevOps
8 111 (12.77%) Migration
9 108 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
10 82 (9.44%) Performance Tuning
11 81 (9.32%) Information Security
12 80 (9.21%) Customer Service
13 71 (8.17%) Capacity Planning
14 68 (7.83%) Roadmaps
15 63 (7.25%) Project Management
16 57 (6.56%) Change Management
16 57 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 56 (6.44%) Technical Leadership
18 47 (5.41%) Coaching
18 47 (5.41%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 171 (19.68%) PowerShell
2 132 (15.19%) SQL
3 93 (10.70%) Python
4 47 (5.41%) Bash
5 35 (4.03%) JavaScript
6 33 (3.80%) Java
7 24 (2.76%) RPG
8 21 (2.42%) RPG IV
9 16 (1.84%) C#
10 15 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 14 (1.61%) ABAP
12 11 (1.27%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.15%) Bicep
14 9 (1.04%) Go
14 9 (1.04%) Perl
15 8 (0.92%) C++
16 7 (0.81%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.69%) VBScript
18 5 (0.58%) C
18 5 (0.58%) DataFlex
Qualifications
1 155 (17.84%) Degree
2 56 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (6.10%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (4.95%) Azure Certification
6 41 (4.72%) CCNA
6 41 (4.72%) SC Cleared
7 35 (4.03%) CISSP
8 24 (2.76%) CISM
9 23 (2.65%) MCSA
10 22 (2.53%) CCNP
11 21 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (2.07%) MCSE
13 17 (1.96%) CEH
14 15 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (1.61%) GCFA
15 14 (1.61%) GCIA
15 14 (1.61%) GCIH
16 13 (1.50%) GREM
16 13 (1.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (7.48%) SLA
3 44 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (3.68%) NIST
5 30 (3.45%) GDPR
6 29 (3.34%) PCI DSS
7 21 (2.42%) ISO 22301
8 11 (1.27%) NCSC
9 9 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.92%) QA
11 7 (0.81%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.69%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.58%) GRC
13 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.46%) COBIT
14 4 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 2 (0.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 298 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 175 (20.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (16.34%) Hyper-V
4 47 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
5 45 (5.18%) Docker
6 35 (4.03%) Firmware
7 34 (3.91%) vSphere
8 22 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
10 13 (1.50%) XenApp
11 12 (1.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 9 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
13 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.69%) BitLocker
15 5 (0.58%) KVM
16 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
17 3 (0.35%) DFS Replication
17 3 (0.35%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 82 (9.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (6.56%) SCCM
3 55 (6.33%) Kubernetes
4 49 (5.64%) Terraform
5 30 (3.45%) Ansible
5 30 (3.45%) SCOM
6 28 (3.22%) Failover Clustering
7 27 (3.11%) FortiGate
8 19 (2.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 18 (2.07%) Puppet
10 16 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
11 14 (1.61%) Progress Chef
11 14 (1.61%) WSUS
12 13 (1.50%) vCenter Server
13 12 (1.38%) Nagios
14 11 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 10 (1.15%) NetBackup
16 9 (1.04%) Grafana
16 9 (1.04%) Prometheus
17 7 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 326 (37.51%) Microsoft
2 228 (26.24%) VMware
3 111 (12.77%) Cisco
4 78 (8.98%) Citrix
5 62 (7.13%) Veeam
6 58 (6.67%) Oracle
7 49 (5.64%) HP
8 47 (5.41%) Splunk
9 38 (4.37%) ServiceNow
10 31 (3.57%) Meraki
11 29 (3.34%) Google
12 27 (3.11%) Commvault
13 25 (2.88%) SAP
14 23 (2.65%) Dell
15 18 (2.07%) Fortinet
15 18 (2.07%) SolarWinds
16 17 (1.96%) Apple
16 17 (1.96%) Aruba
16 17 (1.96%) IBM
17 14 (1.61%) Red Hat