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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 263 209
Rank change year-on-year +72 -54 +92
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,013 574 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.27% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.38% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 766 463 1,133
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,313 £46,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,000 £88,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

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 69,314 41,679 88,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 92.27% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,751 22,444 62,987
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +64 907 £57,500 -8.00% 250
UK excluding London +55 602 £47,500 -13.64% 225
London +48 350 £75,000 +2.39% 80
Work from Home +86 292 £60,000 +6.67% 120
North of England +71 219 £47,500 -13.64% 43
South East +17 147 £50,000 -9.09% 75
Yorkshire +50 112 £47,500 -24.00% 20
Midlands +28 105 £55,000 +4.76% 50
North West +53 90 £50,000 -8.05% 20
West Midlands +37 80 £54,000 -6.09% 26
East of England -4 45 £44,250 -17.29% 12
South West -85 36 £43,000 -21.82% 25
Scotland +28 26 £39,400 -28.36% 8
East Midlands -17 24 £55,000 +37.50% 24
North East -53 17 £42,500 -12.82% 4
Wales -29 15 £43,000 -14.00% 6
Northern Ireland -30 7 - - 11
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
1 116 (11.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 108 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.48%) IIS
4 5 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.30%) Confluence
6 3 (0.30%) WordPress
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.099%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.099%) Site Server
8 1 (0.099%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.48%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.18%) PlantUML
4 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (0.99%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.30%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.099%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.099%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.099%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.099%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.099%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.099%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.099%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 509 (50.25%) Azure
2 319 (31.49%) Microsoft 365
3 185 (18.26%) Entra ID
4 154 (15.20%) AWS
5 68 (6.71%) SaaS
6 59 (5.82%) IaaS
7 54 (5.33%) Nutanix
8 51 (5.03%) PaaS
9 46 (4.54%) Datadog
10 40 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (3.65%) Power Platform
12 34 (3.36%) GitHub
13 32 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
14 31 (3.06%) GCP
15 30 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
16 28 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
17 26 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
18 23 (2.27%) OneDrive
19 21 (2.07%) Mimecast
20 20 (1.97%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 318 (31.39%) Firewall
2 225 (22.21%) DNS
3 199 (19.64%) VPN
4 175 (17.28%) DHCP
5 142 (14.02%) WAN
6 117 (11.55%) VLAN
7 106 (10.46%) LAN
8 90 (8.88%) Network Security
9 84 (8.29%) Wi-Fi
10 83 (8.19%) TCP/IP
11 63 (6.22%) SAN
12 45 (4.44%) Wireless
13 29 (2.86%) Internet
14 28 (2.76%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.67%) Cisco ISE
15 27 (2.67%) SSL
16 26 (2.57%) VoIP
17 22 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.68%) BGP
18 17 (1.68%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.97%) Power BI
5 14 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.09%) MySQL
7 9 (0.89%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.89%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.79%) Delta Lake
8 8 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.49%) GIS
9 5 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (1.78%) Chocolatey
1 18 (1.78%) Git
2 15 (1.48%) JIRA
3 6 (0.59%) GitLab
3 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.39%) MLflow
6 3 (0.30%) Selenium
7 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.20%) JUnit
7 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.20%) Spock
7 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.099%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.099%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.099%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.099%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 367 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 180 (17.77%) Finance
3 140 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.81%) Banking
5 59 (5.82%) Legal
6 47 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.15%) Law
8 37 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (3.55%) Public Sector
10 32 (3.16%) Manufacturing
11 28 (2.76%) Retail
12 24 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.88%) Back Office
13 19 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.88%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.99%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.89%) Advertising
15 9 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
16 7 (0.69%) French Language
16 7 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 205 (20.24%) Senior
2 163 (16.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 150 (14.81%) IT Support
4 120 (11.85%) IT Engineer
5 95 (9.38%) Support Engineer
6 80 (7.90%) Cloud Engineer
7 78 (7.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 77 (7.60%) IT Manager
9 72 (7.11%) Lead
10 63 (6.22%) Analyst
10 63 (6.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 62 (6.12%) Architect
12 55 (5.43%) Azure Engineer
13 38 (3.75%) Platform Engineer
14 34 (3.36%) Administrator
14 34 (3.36%) Network Engineer
15 31 (3.06%) IT Analyst
16 30 (2.96%) IT Technician
16 30 (2.96%) Security Engineer
16 30 (2.96%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.28%) Middleware
1 13 (1.28%) SAML
2 10 (0.99%) ARM Templates
3 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
3 8 (0.79%) OAuth
3 8 (0.79%) PySpark
4 7 (0.69%) REST
4 7 (0.69%) YAML
5 6 (0.59%) ADO
5 6 (0.59%) Kafka
6 5 (0.49%) RESTful
7 4 (0.39%) .NET
7 4 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (0.39%) Loki
7 4 (0.39%) web3js
8 3 (0.30%) JSON
8 3 (0.30%) Node.js
8 3 (0.30%) ODBC
8 3 (0.30%) Playwright
8 3 (0.30%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.58%) Data Centre
2 74 (7.31%) Management Information System
3 63 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 61 (6.02%) Driving Licence
5 59 (5.82%) Cloud Native
6 53 (5.23%) Replication
7 49 (4.84%) Security Posture
8 43 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
10 38 (3.75%) Onboarding
11 35 (3.46%) PKI
12 34 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (3.06%) Public Cloud
14 30 (2.96%) Enterprise Storage
15 27 (2.67%) NHS
16 23 (2.27%) CMDB
17 18 (1.78%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.68%) CCTV
18 17 (1.68%) Clustering
19 16 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 354 (34.95%) Windows
2 236 (23.30%) Windows Server
3 93 (9.18%) Linux
4 24 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (2.17%) Mac OS
5 22 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (1.88%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (1.48%) Unix
8 13 (1.28%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.99%) AIX
9 10 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
9 10 (0.99%) VMS
10 9 (0.89%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.89%) CentOS
11 7 (0.69%) Solaris
12 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.20%) Android
13 2 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (36.23%) Business Continuity
2 329 (32.48%) Cybersecurity
3 260 (25.67%) Problem-Solving
4 254 (25.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 215 (21.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 203 (20.04%) ITIL
7 164 (16.19%) Incident Response
8 161 (15.89%) High Availability
9 130 (12.83%) DevOps
10 122 (12.04%) Infrastructure as Code
11 121 (11.94%) Service Delivery
12 113 (11.15%) Cloud Security
12 113 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
13 103 (10.17%) Data Protection
14 96 (9.48%) Change Management
15 95 (9.38%) CI/CD
16 94 (9.28%) Incident Management
16 94 (9.28%) Migration
16 94 (9.28%) Risk Management
17 93 (9.18%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 158 (15.60%) PowerShell
2 105 (10.37%) SQL
3 102 (10.07%) Python
4 46 (4.54%) Bash
5 15 (1.48%) Shell Script
6 14 (1.38%) Bicep
7 11 (1.09%) Java
8 10 (0.99%) Korn
9 9 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.69%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.49%) C#
12 5 (0.49%) Scala
13 3 (0.30%) Go
13 3 (0.30%) Ruby
14 2 (0.20%) RPG
14 2 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.099%) C
Qualifications
1 116 (11.45%) Degree
2 81 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
3 72 (7.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 62 (6.12%) Azure Certification
4 62 (6.12%) CCNP
5 52 (5.13%) Security Cleared
6 44 (4.34%) CCNA
7 39 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (3.75%) SC Cleared
9 35 (3.46%) CISSP
10 28 (2.76%) Postgraduate
11 27 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 22 (2.17%) CISM
13 15 (1.48%) CEH
14 13 (1.28%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.28%) CISA
14 13 (1.28%) MCSE
15 11 (1.09%) CRISC
16 10 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.99%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 113 (11.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 111 (10.96%) GDPR
4 96 (9.48%) NIST
5 62 (6.12%) SLA
6 51 (5.03%) PCI DSS
7 46 (4.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 29 (2.86%) PMO
9 27 (2.67%) SOC 2
10 24 (2.37%) GRC
11 22 (2.17%) Data Quality
12 18 (1.78%) ISO 22301
13 15 (1.48%) COBIT
14 10 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.99%) NCSC
15 8 (0.79%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.59%) QA
17 5 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.39%) HIPAA
18 4 (0.39%) HL7
System Software
1 296 (29.22%) Active Directory
2 242 (23.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 152 (15.00%) Hyper-V
4 41 (4.05%) vSphere
5 34 (3.36%) Docker
6 32 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.07%) Firmware
7 21 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (1.09%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (0.99%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.89%) vCloud
12 6 (0.59%) KVM
12 6 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.30%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.30%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.099%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 137 (13.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 129 (12.73%) Terraform
3 71 (7.01%) Ansible
4 69 (6.81%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.76%) SCCM
6 25 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (2.37%) FortiGate
8 22 (2.17%) VxRail
9 11 (1.09%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.09%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.99%) Data Guard
10 10 (0.99%) Grafana
10 10 (0.99%) Nagios
11 9 (0.89%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.89%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (0.89%) Packer
12 7 (0.69%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.59%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 506 (49.95%) Microsoft
2 308 (30.40%) VMware
3 148 (14.61%) Cisco
4 70 (6.91%) Veeam
5 55 (5.43%) Dell
5 55 (5.43%) Palo Alto
6 43 (4.24%) HP
7 35 (3.46%) Splunk
8 34 (3.36%) Meraki
9 33 (3.26%) Nimble Storage
10 32 (3.16%) Commvault
11 29 (2.86%) Fortinet
11 29 (2.86%) Oracle
11 29 (2.86%) Sophos
11 29 (2.86%) Tenable
12 25 (2.47%) EMC
12 25 (2.47%) Google
12 25 (2.47%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.17%) IBM
13 22 (2.17%) Zscaler