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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 250 224
Rank change year-on-year +81 -26 +33
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,254 614 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.18% 1.23% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.38% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 894 481 763
10th Percentile £34,772 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,750 £43,956
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 £97,500 £94,500
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 78,105 44,566 67,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 89.27% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 53,741 25,228 43,541
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,575 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -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 14 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 14 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 +62 1,084 £57,500 -4.17% 626
UK excluding London +85 817 £48,750 -5.34% 390
Work from Home +97 384 £60,000 +9.09% 227
London +51 384 £75,000 - 312
North of England +59 229 £47,500 -11.63% 91
South East +58 217 £50,000 - 118
Midlands +36 128 £55,000 - 66
North West +59 125 £47,500 -11.63% 34
West Midlands +34 93 £55,000 -4.35% 47
Yorkshire +30 88 £45,000 -28.00% 48
South West -68 62 £50,000 +5.26% 43
East of England +11 60 £53,725 +2.33% 25
Northern Ireland -28 50 - - 8
Scotland +40 49 £44,150 -17.86% 31
East Midlands -15 35 £45,000 -14.29% 19
Wales -42 22 £45,000 -21.74% 14
North East -65 16 £48,000 -1.54% 11
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
1 134 (10.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (10.61%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.91%) 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%) CICS
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
1 653 (52.07%) Azure
2 378 (30.14%) Microsoft 365
3 249 (19.86%) AWS
4 222 (17.70%) Entra ID
5 135 (10.77%) SaaS
6 93 (7.42%) IaaS
7 69 (5.50%) PaaS
8 52 (4.15%) Power Platform
9 42 (3.35%) GCP
10 39 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
10 39 (3.11%) Nutanix
11 35 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (2.71%) Datadog
13 27 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (1.99%) GitHub
14 25 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
14 25 (1.99%) OneDrive
15 24 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (1.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 354 (28.23%) Firewall
2 286 (22.81%) DNS
3 217 (17.30%) VPN
4 209 (16.67%) DHCP
5 157 (12.52%) WAN
6 130 (10.37%) VLAN
7 128 (10.21%) LAN
8 113 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
9 103 (8.21%) Network Security
10 95 (7.58%) TCP/IP
11 64 (5.10%) SAN
12 61 (4.86%) Wireless
13 43 (3.43%) Internet
14 36 (2.87%) SSL
15 35 (2.79%) VoIP
16 34 (2.71%) SD-WAN
17 30 (2.39%) Cisco ISE
18 24 (1.91%) NAS
19 23 (1.83%) Cisco Nexus
20 13 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 35 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (2.55%) Power BI
4 29 (2.31%) 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 (1.59%) Git
1 20 (1.59%) 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
1 423 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 227 (18.10%) Finance
3 165 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.62%) Legal
5 75 (5.98%) Law
6 68 (5.42%) Banking
7 61 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (4.15%) Manufacturing
9 38 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 37 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (2.87%) Retail
12 34 (2.71%) Public Sector
13 32 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.83%) 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
1 239 (19.06%) Senior
2 186 (14.83%) IT Support
3 157 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 148 (11.80%) IT Engineer
5 143 (11.40%) IT Manager
6 120 (9.57%) Support Engineer
7 99 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
8 95 (7.58%) Architect
9 78 (6.22%) Analyst
10 66 (5.26%) Lead
11 63 (5.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 60 (4.78%) Service Manager
13 58 (4.63%) Resilience Manager
13 58 (4.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 54 (4.31%) IT Services Manager
15 52 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
16 51 (4.07%) Network Engineer
17 39 (3.11%) IT Analyst
18 37 (2.95%) Administrator
18 37 (2.95%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (5.42%) 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
1 108 (8.61%) Data Centre
2 93 (7.42%) Cyber Threat
3 82 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 79 (6.30%) Cloud Native
5 71 (5.66%) Driving Licence
6 68 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 61 (4.86%) Onboarding
7 61 (4.86%) Security Posture
8 59 (4.70%) Replication
9 51 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
11 32 (2.55%) PKI
12 28 (2.23%) NHS
13 25 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (1.99%) Public Cloud
14 24 (1.91%) CCTV
15 23 (1.83%) Clustering
16 21 (1.67%) Virtual Team
17 19 (1.52%) CMDB
17 19 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 422 (33.65%) Windows
2 290 (23.13%) Windows Server
3 133 (10.61%) Linux
4 32 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (2.23%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.07%) Mac OS
6 26 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 23 (1.83%) Ubuntu
7 23 (1.83%) Unix
8 21 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.96%) AIX
10 11 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.80%) CentOS
12 9 (0.72%) Solaris
12 9 (0.72%) VMS
13 4 (0.32%) Debian
13 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (40.99%) Business Continuity
2 377 (30.06%) Cybersecurity
3 337 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
4 330 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 260 (20.73%) ITIL
6 224 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 212 (16.91%) DevOps
8 200 (15.95%) High Availability
9 172 (13.72%) Incident Response
10 164 (13.08%) Information Security
11 161 (12.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 161 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 150 (11.96%) Service Delivery
13 143 (11.40%) Agile
14 140 (11.16%) Project Delivery
15 133 (10.61%) CI/CD
15 133 (10.61%) Mentoring
16 122 (9.73%) Risk Management
17 119 (9.49%) Cloud Security
18 114 (9.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 186 (14.83%) PowerShell
2 125 (9.97%) Python
3 115 (9.17%) SQL
4 52 (4.15%) Bash
5 25 (1.99%) Bicep
5 25 (1.99%) Shell Script
6 17 (1.36%) Java
7 13 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 12 (0.96%) Korn
9 11 (0.88%) PL/SQL
9 11 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
11 5 (0.40%) COBOL
11 5 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.32%) C#
12 4 (0.32%) Go
13 3 (0.24%) Ruby
13 3 (0.24%) XAML
14 2 (0.16%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 140 (11.16%) Degree
2 99 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
3 96 (7.66%) Azure Certification
3 96 (7.66%) CISSP
4 88 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 82 (6.54%) CISM
6 81 (6.46%) Security Cleared
7 73 (5.82%) CCNP
8 63 (5.02%) SC Cleared
9 55 (4.39%) ITIL Certification
10 52 (4.15%) CCNA
11 40 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 36 (2.87%) Postgraduate
13 31 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 28 (2.23%) AWS Certification
15 18 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
15 18 (1.44%) DV Cleared
16 16 (1.28%) Master's Degree
17 15 (1.20%) CEH
17 15 (1.20%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (11.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 132 (10.53%) NIST
3 109 (8.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 108 (8.61%) GDPR
5 78 (6.22%) ISO 22301
5 78 (6.22%) SLA
6 50 (3.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 43 (3.43%) PCI DSS
8 35 (2.79%) GRC
9 27 (2.15%) PMO
10 25 (1.99%) Data Quality
11 21 (1.67%) SOC 2
12 17 (1.36%) NCSC
13 16 (1.28%) COBIT
14 13 (1.04%) QA
15 8 (0.64%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 339 (27.03%) Active Directory
2 284 (22.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 191 (15.23%) Hyper-V
4 53 (4.23%) Docker
5 48 (3.83%) vSphere
6 31 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.07%) Firmware
7 26 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
8 24 (1.91%) 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
1 167 (13.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 157 (12.52%) Terraform
3 83 (6.62%) Kubernetes
4 82 (6.54%) Ansible
5 34 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (2.39%) FortiGate
7 26 (2.07%) SCCM
8 17 (1.36%) VxRail
9 14 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (1.04%) Data Guard
11 12 (0.96%) Nagios
12 11 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
12 11 (0.88%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.80%) vCenter Server
14 9 (0.72%) Grafana
15 8 (0.64%) Dell DRAC
16 7 (0.56%) Avamar
16 7 (0.56%) Packer
16 7 (0.56%) Proxmox
17 6 (0.48%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 602 (48.01%) Microsoft
2 336 (26.79%) VMware
3 191 (15.23%) Cisco
4 85 (6.78%) Veeam
5 67 (5.34%) Palo Alto
6 46 (3.67%) Splunk
7 44 (3.51%) Oracle
8 42 (3.35%) Dell
9 41 (3.27%) Fortinet
10 37 (2.95%) Meraki
11 36 (2.87%) Google
11 36 (2.87%) SonicWALL
12 35 (2.79%) HP
13 33 (2.63%) Aruba
14 31 (2.47%) Sophos
15 28 (2.23%) SolarWinds
16 27 (2.15%) Apple
17 26 (2.07%) Qualys
18 25 (1.99%) IBM
19 24 (1.91%) Nimble Storage