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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 249 204
Rank change year-on-year +76 -45 +76
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,146 630 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.28% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.43% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 832 502 1,064
10th Percentile £34,502 £35,050 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,250 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -

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 73,194 44,164 80,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.69% 90.07% 82.10%
Number of salaries quoted 50,654 24,819 55,696
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,888 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +53 986 £57,500 -7.63% 255
UK excluding London +52 710 £50,000 -6.98% 206
London +53 369 £75,000 - 81
Work from Home +95 357 £60,000 +9.09% 105
North of England +51 227 £47,500 -12.64% 54
South East +38 185 £50,000 -1.48% 69
Midlands +22 111 £55,000 - 31
North West +49 107 £48,750 -9.30% 27
Yorkshire +43 105 £47,500 -24.00% 22
West Midlands +30 84 £55,000 -4.35% 18
East of England +8 49 £45,000 -14.69% 15
Northern Ireland -19 48 - - 3
South West -91 38 £44,000 -12.87% 23
Scotland +33 34 £47,500 -11.63% 8
East Midlands -12 26 £55,000 +18.92% 13
Wales -40 16 £43,000 -25.22% 10
North East -59 15 £42,500 -12.82% 5
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
1 118 (10.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (9.77%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.75%) IIS
4 12 (1.05%) Apache
5 9 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.44%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.26%) WordPress
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.087%) Site Server
9 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.31%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.22%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (1.13%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.44%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.44%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.087%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.087%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.087%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.087%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.087%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.087%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 590 (51.48%) Azure
2 340 (29.67%) Microsoft 365
3 215 (18.76%) AWS
4 192 (16.75%) Entra ID
5 117 (10.21%) SaaS
6 69 (6.02%) IaaS
7 59 (5.15%) PaaS
8 45 (3.93%) Nutanix
8 45 (3.93%) Power Platform
9 40 (3.49%) Datadog
10 35 (3.05%) GCP
11 33 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
13 24 (2.09%) GitHub
13 24 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
14 23 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.92%) Mimecast
16 19 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 351 (30.63%) Firewall
2 245 (21.38%) DNS
3 217 (18.94%) VPN
4 182 (15.88%) DHCP
5 155 (13.53%) WAN
6 131 (11.43%) VLAN
7 124 (10.82%) LAN
8 100 (8.73%) Wi-Fi
9 94 (8.20%) Network Security
10 92 (8.03%) TCP/IP
11 61 (5.32%) SAN
12 56 (4.89%) Wireless
13 40 (3.49%) Internet
14 29 (2.53%) Cisco ISE
14 29 (2.53%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.36%) SSL
15 27 (2.36%) VoIP
16 19 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
17 18 (1.57%) NAS
18 17 (1.48%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
3 28 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (2.36%) Power BI
5 13 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 10 (0.87%) MySQL
8 8 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.61%) Metadata
10 5 (0.44%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.35%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.26%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 21 (1.83%) JIRA
2 17 (1.48%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.22%) Git
4 10 (0.87%) GitLab
5 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.44%) JUnit
6 5 (0.44%) Spock
7 4 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.35%) MLflow
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.087%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.087%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.087%) Maven
9 1 (0.087%) TeamCity
General
1 394 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 199 (17.36%) Finance
3 144 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.37%) Banking
4 73 (6.37%) Law
5 68 (5.93%) Legal
6 49 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 38 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.32%) Public Sector
9 32 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
9 32 (2.79%) Retail
10 30 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (1.92%) Back Office
11 22 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.13%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.05%) Mandarin Language
14 8 (0.70%) Advertising
15 7 (0.61%) French Language
15 7 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 228 (19.90%) Senior
2 169 (14.75%) IT Support
3 157 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 139 (12.13%) IT Engineer
5 137 (11.95%) IT Manager
6 109 (9.51%) Support Engineer
7 88 (7.68%) IT Support Engineer
8 73 (6.37%) Architect
9 72 (6.28%) Lead
10 67 (5.85%) Cloud Engineer
11 63 (5.50%) Analyst
12 60 (5.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 60 (5.24%) Service Manager
13 56 (4.89%) IT Services Manager
14 52 (4.54%) Azure Engineer
14 52 (4.54%) Resilience Manager
15 44 (3.84%) Network Engineer
16 36 (3.14%) Administrator
16 36 (3.14%) IT Analyst
17 35 (3.05%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (5.15%) Middleware
2 14 (1.22%) ARM Templates
3 8 (0.70%) Kafka
3 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
3 8 (0.70%) SAML
4 7 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (0.52%) Web Services
6 5 (0.44%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.44%) RESTful
6 5 (0.44%) Spring
7 4 (0.35%) .NET
7 4 (0.35%) OAuth
7 4 (0.35%) PySpark
7 4 (0.35%) REST
7 4 (0.35%) web3js
8 3 (0.26%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.26%) JSON
8 3 (0.26%) ODBC
8 3 (0.26%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.34%) Data Centre
2 92 (8.03%) Cyber Threat
3 78 (6.81%) Management Information System
4 68 (5.93%) Cloud Native
5 67 (5.85%) Driving Licence
6 63 (5.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 58 (5.06%) Security Posture
8 53 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
9 52 (4.54%) Replication
10 41 (3.58%) Onboarding
11 37 (3.23%) PKI
12 31 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
13 30 (2.62%) Enterprise Storage
14 29 (2.53%) NHS
15 25 (2.18%) Public Cloud
16 23 (2.01%) CCTV
17 22 (1.92%) CMDB
17 22 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
18 21 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
18 21 (1.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 381 (33.25%) Windows
2 256 (22.34%) Windows Server
3 111 (9.69%) Linux
4 28 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 24 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (1.83%) Mac OS
8 20 (1.75%) Windows 10
9 19 (1.66%) Unix
10 15 (1.31%) Ubuntu
11 13 (1.13%) AIX
11 13 (1.13%) Oracle Linux
12 10 (0.87%) CentOS
13 8 (0.70%) Solaris
13 8 (0.70%) VMS
14 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.17%) Debian
16 1 (0.087%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (39.79%) Business Continuity
2 355 (30.98%) Cybersecurity
3 298 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (25.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 255 (22.25%) ITIL
6 216 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 183 (15.97%) DevOps
8 175 (15.27%) High Availability
9 173 (15.10%) Incident Response
10 143 (12.48%) Information Security
11 140 (12.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 134 (11.69%) Service Delivery
13 132 (11.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 122 (10.65%) Agile
15 114 (9.95%) Cloud Security
16 111 (9.69%) Change Management
17 110 (9.60%) Project Delivery
18 109 (9.51%) Data Protection
19 105 (9.16%) CI/CD
19 105 (9.16%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (14.75%) PowerShell
2 111 (9.69%) Python
2 111 (9.69%) SQL
3 46 (4.01%) Bash
4 22 (1.92%) Bicep
5 21 (1.83%) Shell Script
6 13 (1.13%) Java
7 12 (1.05%) Korn
7 12 (1.05%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.35%) C#
11 4 (0.35%) Go
11 4 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.26%) COBOL
12 3 (0.26%) Ruby
13 2 (0.17%) RPG
13 2 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 125 (10.91%) Degree
2 93 (8.12%) Cisco Certification
3 87 (7.59%) CISSP
4 78 (6.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 76 (6.63%) Azure Certification
6 74 (6.46%) CISM
7 70 (6.11%) CCNP
8 59 (5.15%) Security Cleared
9 52 (4.54%) CCNA
10 44 (3.84%) ITIL Certification
10 44 (3.84%) SC Cleared
11 39 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (2.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 29 (2.53%) Postgraduate
14 19 (1.66%) AWS Certification
15 16 (1.40%) CEH
16 15 (1.31%) CISA
16 15 (1.31%) Master's Degree
17 14 (1.22%) CRISC
18 13 (1.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (13.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 146 (12.74%) NIST
3 117 (10.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 116 (10.12%) GDPR
5 70 (6.11%) ISO 22301
6 62 (5.41%) SLA
7 52 (4.54%) PCI DSS
8 49 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 29 (2.53%) PMO
10 28 (2.44%) GRC
11 27 (2.36%) SOC 2
12 24 (2.09%) Data Quality
13 16 (1.40%) COBIT
14 12 (1.05%) NCSC
15 10 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.70%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.52%) QA
18 5 (0.44%) HL7
18 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 4 (0.35%) DICOM
System Software
1 307 (26.79%) Active Directory
2 264 (23.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 174 (15.18%) Hyper-V
4 44 (3.84%) vSphere
5 40 (3.49%) Docker
6 31 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (1.75%) Firmware
10 14 (1.22%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.87%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.79%) vCloud
13 7 (0.61%) KVM
14 4 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.35%) Squid
15 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.26%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
17 1 (0.087%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 145 (12.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (12.04%) Terraform
3 76 (6.63%) Kubernetes
4 73 (6.37%) Ansible
5 30 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
6 27 (2.36%) SCCM
7 26 (2.27%) FortiGate
8 20 (1.75%) VxRail
9 13 (1.13%) Data Guard
9 13 (1.13%) Nagios
10 12 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
10 12 (1.05%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.87%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.79%) Dell DRAC
12 9 (0.79%) Grafana
12 9 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.61%) Avamar
13 7 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
13 7 (0.61%) Packer
14 6 (0.52%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 556 (48.52%) Microsoft
2 320 (27.92%) VMware
3 171 (14.92%) Cisco
4 76 (6.63%) Veeam
5 60 (5.24%) Palo Alto
6 48 (4.19%) Dell
7 44 (3.84%) Splunk
8 39 (3.40%) HP
8 39 (3.40%) Meraki
9 38 (3.32%) Oracle
10 35 (3.05%) Fortinet
11 31 (2.71%) Sophos
12 29 (2.53%) Commvault
13 28 (2.44%) Aruba
13 28 (2.44%) SolarWinds
13 28 (2.44%) Tenable
14 27 (2.36%) Nimble Storage
15 26 (2.27%) Google
16 25 (2.18%) IBM
17 23 (2.01%) EMC