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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 262 195
Rank change year-on-year +92 -67 +30
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,338 572 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.16% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.30% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 937 446 665
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £43,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 84,196 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,302 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 17 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 18 September 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 +74 1,172 £57,500 -4.17% 868
UK excluding London +97 883 £50,000 - 554
London +45 405 £75,000 - 402
Work from Home +103 397 £60,000 - 313
North of England +62 248 £47,500 -9.52% 129
South East +68 228 £50,000 - 175
Midlands +37 157 £57,500 +6.98% 92
North West +64 137 £47,500 +8.57% 74
West Midlands +33 120 £59,761 -2.43% 53
Yorkshire +33 97 £47,500 -13.64% 45
South West -64 73 £49,375 +3.95% 43
East of England +2 58 £45,000 +38.46% 36
Scotland +47 52 £40,800 -22.29% 49
Northern Ireland -40 47 - - 15
East Midlands -32 37 £45,000 - 39
Wales -50 22 £45,000 -21.74% 17
North East -71 14 £52,500 - 13

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
1 165 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 156 (11.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.02%) IIS
4 22 (1.64%) Apache
5 17 (1.27%) nginx
6 11 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.37%) Confluence
8 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.075%) CICS
11 1 (0.075%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.075%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.42%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.075%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.82%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.075%) Eikon
7 1 (0.075%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.075%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.075%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.075%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 695 (51.94%) Azure
2 414 (30.94%) Microsoft 365
3 272 (20.33%) Entra ID
4 254 (18.98%) AWS
5 145 (10.84%) SaaS
6 104 (7.77%) IaaS
7 76 (5.68%) PaaS
8 52 (3.89%) Power Platform
9 50 (3.74%) Cloud Computing
10 46 (3.44%) GCP
11 43 (3.21%) OneDrive
12 40 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
14 33 (2.47%) Datadog
14 33 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
15 28 (2.09%) GitHub
16 26 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (1.87%) OCI
18 24 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
18 24 (1.79%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 363 (27.13%) Firewall
2 316 (23.62%) DNS
3 225 (16.82%) VPN
4 223 (16.67%) DHCP
5 160 (11.96%) WAN
6 142 (10.61%) VLAN
7 129 (9.64%) LAN
8 117 (8.74%) Wi-Fi
9 106 (7.92%) TCP/IP
10 100 (7.47%) Network Security
11 82 (6.13%) Wireless
12 62 (4.63%) SAN
13 51 (3.81%) Internet
14 42 (3.14%) SD-WAN
15 40 (2.99%) SSL
15 40 (2.99%) VoIP
16 27 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
17 24 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
18 22 (1.64%) NAS
19 15 (1.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 39 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (2.39%) Power BI
5 24 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.97%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.90%) Metadata
9 11 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.82%) MySQL
10 8 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.37%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
14 3 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.42%) JIRA
2 17 (1.27%) Git
3 15 (1.12%) Chocolatey
3 15 (1.12%) GitLab
4 10 (0.75%) JUnit
4 10 (0.75%) Spock
5 8 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.30%) Maven
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.15%) git-flow
8 2 (0.15%) Selenium
8 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.075%) MLflow
9 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.075%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.075%) Yeoman
General
1 447 (33.41%) Social Skills
2 247 (18.46%) Finance
3 184 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.20%) Legal
5 81 (6.05%) Law
6 68 (5.08%) Banking
7 65 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (4.33%) Manufacturing
9 43 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
10 41 (3.06%) Retail
11 37 (2.77%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.64%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.49%) Back Office
16 15 (1.12%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.90%) Financial Institution
18 11 (0.82%) Mandarin Language
18 11 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 259 (19.36%) Senior
2 193 (14.42%) IT Support
3 179 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 146 (10.91%) IT Engineer
5 144 (10.76%) IT Manager
6 115 (8.59%) Support Engineer
7 103 (7.70%) Architect
8 99 (7.40%) Analyst
9 96 (7.17%) IT Support Engineer
10 69 (5.16%) Lead
11 68 (5.08%) Service Manager
12 64 (4.78%) Resilience Manager
13 60 (4.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 59 (4.41%) IT Services Manager
15 58 (4.33%) Network Engineer
16 56 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
17 50 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
18 46 (3.44%) IT Analyst
19 45 (3.36%) Administrator
20 38 (2.84%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (12.56%) Terraform
2 73 (5.46%) Middleware
3 14 (1.05%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.75%) Spring
5 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.60%) Web Services
6 7 (0.52%) .NET
6 7 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (0.52%) Kafka
7 6 (0.45%) REST
7 6 (0.45%) SAML
8 5 (0.37%) ModSecurity
9 4 (0.30%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.30%) JSON
9 4 (0.30%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.22%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.22%) Nuxt
10 3 (0.22%) React
10 3 (0.22%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.45%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.65%) Cyber Threat
3 80 (5.98%) Management Information System
4 78 (5.83%) Cloud Native
4 78 (5.83%) Onboarding
5 74 (5.53%) Driving Licence
6 63 (4.71%) Replication
7 62 (4.63%) Security Posture
8 57 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 46 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
10 34 (2.54%) Enterprise Storage
11 33 (2.47%) PKI
12 30 (2.24%) NHS
13 26 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
14 24 (1.79%) CCTV
15 23 (1.72%) Clustering
16 22 (1.64%) Private Cloud
16 22 (1.64%) Virtual Team
17 20 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
18 19 (1.42%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 461 (34.45%) Windows
2 334 (24.96%) Windows Server
3 151 (11.29%) Linux
4 36 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (2.39%) Windows 10
6 27 (2.02%) Ubuntu
7 24 (1.79%) Mac OS
8 21 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (1.57%) Unix
8 21 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.12%) VMS
10 12 (0.90%) AIX
11 10 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (0.67%) Solaris
13 8 (0.60%) CentOS
14 5 (0.37%) Debian
15 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (40.13%) Business Continuity
2 402 (30.04%) Cybersecurity
3 381 (28.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 352 (26.31%) Problem-Solving
5 268 (20.03%) ITIL
6 255 (19.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 217 (16.22%) DevOps
8 203 (15.17%) High Availability
9 195 (14.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 182 (13.60%) Infrastructure as Code
11 176 (13.15%) Incident Response
12 170 (12.71%) Information Security
12 170 (12.71%) Service Delivery
13 163 (12.18%) Project Delivery
14 141 (10.54%) Agile
15 140 (10.46%) CI/CD
15 140 (10.46%) Cloud Security
16 138 (10.31%) Mentoring
17 135 (10.09%) Migration
18 134 (10.01%) AI
Programming Languages
1 201 (15.02%) PowerShell
2 131 (9.79%) Python
3 123 (9.19%) SQL
4 58 (4.33%) Bash
5 31 (2.32%) Bicep
6 23 (1.72%) Shell Script
7 22 (1.64%) Java
8 16 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.82%) Korn
11 10 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
14 5 (0.37%) COBOL
14 5 (0.37%) Groovy
14 5 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.30%) C#
15 4 (0.30%) Go
15 4 (0.30%) XAML
16 3 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 139 (10.39%) Degree
2 100 (7.47%) Azure Certification
3 99 (7.40%) CISSP
4 96 (7.17%) Cisco Certification
5 92 (6.88%) Security Cleared
6 88 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 84 (6.28%) CISM
8 68 (5.08%) CCNP
9 67 (5.01%) SC Cleared
10 60 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
11 50 (3.74%) CCNA
12 46 (3.44%) Postgraduate
13 40 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 31 (2.32%) AWS Certification
15 28 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
17 20 (1.49%) DV Cleared
18 19 (1.42%) Master's Degree
19 17 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
20 15 (1.12%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (10.39%) NIST
3 121 (9.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 114 (8.52%) GDPR
5 83 (6.20%) SLA
6 82 (6.13%) ISO 22301
7 55 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 40 (2.99%) PCI DSS
9 34 (2.54%) GRC
10 26 (1.94%) Data Quality
11 24 (1.79%) PMO
12 23 (1.72%) SOC 2
13 22 (1.64%) NCSC
14 17 (1.27%) COBIT
15 15 (1.12%) QA
16 8 (0.60%) ISO 9001
17 7 (0.52%) SOC 1
18 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 3 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 370 (27.65%) Active Directory
2 298 (22.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 206 (15.40%) Hyper-V
4 53 (3.96%) vSphere
5 50 (3.74%) Docker
6 48 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
7 33 (2.47%) Firmware
8 28 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (1.27%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
12 9 (0.67%) vCloud
13 6 (0.45%) Squid
14 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.30%) KVM
16 3 (0.22%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) iptables
17 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 194 (14.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (6.28%) Ansible
3 81 (6.05%) Kubernetes
4 43 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (2.47%) FortiGate
6 29 (2.17%) SCCM
7 17 (1.27%) VxRail
8 16 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (1.12%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.97%) Data Guard
11 12 (0.90%) Grafana
12 11 (0.82%) Nagios
12 11 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
12 11 (0.82%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
13 8 (0.60%) Proxmox
13 8 (0.60%) Puppet
14 7 (0.52%) Avamar
14 7 (0.52%) WSUS
15 6 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 665 (49.70%) Microsoft
2 348 (26.01%) VMware
3 202 (15.10%) Cisco
4 100 (7.47%) Veeam
5 70 (5.23%) Palo Alto
6 52 (3.89%) Oracle
7 51 (3.81%) Fortinet
8 47 (3.51%) SonicWALL
9 44 (3.29%) Splunk
10 43 (3.21%) Meraki
11 40 (2.99%) Google
12 38 (2.84%) Aruba
13 36 (2.69%) Dell
13 36 (2.69%) SolarWinds
14 30 (2.24%) Qualys
15 27 (2.02%) HP
15 27 (2.02%) ServiceNow
15 27 (2.02%) Sophos
16 25 (1.87%) AppDynamics
16 25 (1.87%) Apple