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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 181 206
Rank change year-on-year -44 +25 +120
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 595 1,020 889
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.18% 1.51% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.83% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 470 566 812
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £32,525
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,513
Median % change year-on-year - +0.82% +10.21%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £102,750 £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%

All Process and 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 43,858 55,843 50,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.24% 82.56% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 26,007 29,332 38,488
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,285 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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 -43 544 £60,000 - 293
UK excluding London -88 316 £51,000 -2.86% 263
London +7 242 £72,500 -3.33% 109
Work from Home -43 178 £62,500 -3.85% 138
South East +1 97 £51,500 -1.90% 112
North of England -63 87 £48,375 -3.25% 35
Midlands -52 56 £59,500 +11.63% 48
North West -33 52 £40,000 -16.67% 10
South West +20 33 £45,000 -8.16% 23
West Midlands +12 33 £65,000 +18.18% 26
East Midlands -50 23 £52,500 +54.41% 22
Yorkshire -32 20 £32,500 -38.10% 16
East of England -13 19 £52,500 -2.33% 17
North East 0 15 £51,000 +2.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 11 - - 6
Scotland -49 9 £50,250 -8.64% 12
Wales +2 5 £57,500 -27.67% 19

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 87 (14.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (12.94%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.86%) IIS
4 8 (1.34%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.01%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.01%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (0.84%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.50%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Confluence
9 1 (0.17%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.17%) CICS
9 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) Site Server
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.67%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 303 (50.92%) Azure
2 191 (32.10%) Microsoft 365
3 135 (22.69%) AWS
4 91 (15.29%) Entra ID
5 57 (9.58%) GCP
6 42 (7.06%) GitHub
7 34 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 32 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (5.04%) SaaS
10 27 (4.54%) IaaS
10 27 (4.54%) PaaS
11 26 (4.37%) Power Platform
12 22 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (3.70%) OneDrive
13 20 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.36%) Serverless
14 18 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 18 (3.03%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.86%) Nutanix
16 16 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 158 (26.55%) Firewall
2 122 (20.50%) DNS
3 108 (18.15%) DHCP
4 104 (17.48%) VPN
5 74 (12.44%) WAN
6 61 (10.25%) VLAN
7 57 (9.58%) TCP/IP
8 56 (9.41%) LAN
9 39 (6.55%) SAN
10 37 (6.22%) Wireless
11 35 (5.88%) Network Security
11 35 (5.88%) SD-WAN
12 32 (5.38%) VoIP
13 24 (4.03%) Unified Communications
14 23 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
15 22 (3.70%) NAS
16 20 (3.36%) SSL
17 13 (2.18%) Remote Desktop
18 12 (2.02%) BGP
19 11 (1.85%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (9.75%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.87%) Power BI
3 20 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.03%) Oracle Database
5 16 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 15 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.18%) MySQL
7 13 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.51%) DB2
9 8 (1.34%) Oracle Exadata
10 7 (1.18%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.84%) Oracle Database 12c
11 5 (0.84%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.84%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (4.71%) Git
2 23 (3.87%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.34%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.18%) GitLab
5 4 (0.67%) JIRA
5 4 (0.67%) Maven
5 4 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.67%) Selenium
6 3 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.50%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.50%) Subversion
7 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.17%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 204 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 167 (28.07%) Finance
3 53 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.88%) Law
5 32 (5.38%) Banking
6 27 (4.54%) Manufacturing
7 26 (4.37%) Legal
8 24 (4.03%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.36%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (2.52%) Retail
11 14 (2.35%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.02%) Back Office
12 12 (2.02%) Marketing
12 12 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.34%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 92 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 66 (11.09%) Senior
2 66 (11.09%) Support Engineer
3 62 (10.42%) IT Support
4 56 (9.41%) IT Engineer
5 41 (6.89%) Analyst
6 38 (6.39%) Lead
7 36 (6.05%) Cloud Engineer
8 35 (5.88%) IT Manager
9 33 (5.55%) IT Support Engineer
10 32 (5.38%) DBA
11 31 (5.21%) Administrator
11 31 (5.21%) Architect
12 30 (5.04%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (4.20%) Security Engineer
14 24 (4.03%) Infrastructure Support
15 22 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (3.53%) AWS DevOps
16 21 (3.53%) Infrastructure Manager
17 20 (3.36%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.35%) .NET
2 11 (1.85%) EDI
3 10 (1.68%) REST
4 9 (1.51%) LDAP
5 8 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.34%) OAuth
6 7 (1.18%) SAML
7 6 (1.01%) LAPP Stack
7 6 (1.01%) RESTful
7 6 (1.01%) WebSphere MQ
8 5 (0.84%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.84%) JSON
8 5 (0.84%) React
8 5 (0.84%) XML
9 3 (0.50%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.50%) Ionic Framework
9 3 (0.50%) Kafka
9 3 (0.50%) LAMP
9 3 (0.50%) OAuth2
9 3 (0.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.07%) Management Information System
2 40 (6.72%) Enterprise Software
3 37 (6.22%) Data Centre
3 37 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (5.55%) Cloud Native
5 27 (4.54%) Clustering
5 27 (4.54%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.19%) Replication
8 16 (2.69%) PKI
9 13 (2.18%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.02%) CMDB
10 12 (2.02%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.85%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.34%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 217 (36.47%) Windows
2 151 (25.38%) Windows Server
3 106 (17.82%) Linux
4 24 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (3.87%) Unix
6 18 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 17 (2.86%) Mac OS
8 13 (2.18%) VMS
9 12 (2.02%) Windows 10
10 9 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.50%) AIX
12 3 (0.50%) Solaris
13 2 (0.34%) Android
13 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.34%) CentOS
13 2 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.34%) Rocky
13 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (27.56%) Business Continuity
2 141 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (21.18%) DevOps
4 124 (20.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 118 (19.83%) ITIL
6 115 (19.33%) Cybersecurity
7 108 (18.15%) High Availability
8 97 (16.30%) CI/CD
9 92 (15.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 79 (13.28%) Migration
11 72 (12.10%) Incident Response
12 69 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (10.25%) Performance Tuning
14 60 (10.08%) Customer Service
15 57 (9.58%) AI
15 57 (9.58%) Computer Science
16 55 (9.24%) ITSM
17 54 (9.08%) Service Delivery
18 53 (8.91%) Data Protection
18 53 (8.91%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (22.02%) PowerShell
2 96 (16.13%) Python
3 70 (11.76%) SQL
4 32 (5.38%) Bash
5 25 (4.20%) Java
6 19 (3.19%) C#
7 18 (3.03%) T-SQL
8 15 (2.52%) JavaScript
9 13 (2.18%) Go
10 8 (1.34%) Bicep
11 7 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.01%) VBScript
13 2 (0.34%) PHP
13 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.34%) R
13 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.17%) Groovy
14 1 (0.17%) JCL
14 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (19.50%) Degree
2 59 (9.92%) Azure Certification
3 53 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (7.23%) AWS Certification
5 40 (6.72%) Security Cleared
6 39 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (5.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (5.04%) SC Cleared
9 23 (3.87%) CCNP
9 23 (3.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (3.70%) CISSP
11 15 (2.52%) CCNA
11 15 (2.52%) Master's Degree
12 13 (2.18%) MCSA
13 12 (2.02%) HND
13 12 (2.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (1.85%) CISM
14 11 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (1.68%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (12.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (11.76%) GDPR
3 48 (8.07%) NIST
4 33 (5.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (5.38%) SLA
6 18 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (1.68%) HIPAA
7 10 (1.68%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.34%) ISO 22301
8 8 (1.34%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.18%) ISAE 3402
10 6 (1.01%) GRC
10 6 (1.01%) QA
11 3 (0.50%) COBIT
11 3 (0.50%) NCSC
12 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 157 (26.39%) Active Directory
2 108 (18.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (11.76%) Hyper-V
4 63 (10.59%) Docker
5 29 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (4.54%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (3.87%) vSphere
8 17 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.51%) Oracle RAC
11 7 (1.18%) NFS
11 7 (1.18%) vCloud
12 6 (1.01%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.67%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.67%) Squid
14 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.34%) pfSense
15 1 (0.17%) Firmware
15 1 (0.17%) Postfix
15 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 104 (17.48%) Terraform
2 89 (14.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 78 (13.11%) Kubernetes
4 69 (11.60%) Ansible
5 24 (4.03%) Grafana
6 21 (3.53%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.86%) vCenter Server
8 12 (2.02%) Nagios
9 11 (1.85%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.51%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.34%) Puppet
12 7 (1.18%) SCCM
12 7 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (1.01%) Autotask
13 6 (1.01%) Avamar
13 6 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (1.01%) FortiGate
13 6 (1.01%) VxRail
14 5 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 288 (48.40%) Microsoft
2 127 (21.34%) VMware
3 81 (13.61%) Cisco
4 37 (6.22%) Veeam
5 35 (5.88%) Google
6 31 (5.21%) Oracle
7 21 (3.53%) Dell
7 21 (3.53%) Palo Alto
8 20 (3.36%) Fortinet
9 18 (3.03%) Commvault
10 17 (2.86%) Sophos
11 15 (2.52%) Splunk
12 14 (2.35%) Datto
12 14 (2.35%) SolarWinds
13 12 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (2.02%) SAP
14 11 (1.85%) IBM
14 11 (1.85%) Red Hat
15 10 (1.68%) HP
15 10 (1.68%) RedGate