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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 248 211
Rank change year-on-year +82 -37 +19
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,317 600 1,046
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.20% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.35% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 947 470 715
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,925 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,563 £45,000
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,700 £97,500 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -

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 80,269 44,315 65,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.64% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55,761 25,263 40,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.87%

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 1 September 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 1 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 1,150 £57,500 -4.17% 662
UK excluding London +78 862 £50,000 -2.91% 420
London +54 406 £75,000 - 338
Work from Home +98 398 £60,000 +4.35% 282
North of England +71 242 £47,500 -11.63% 98
South East +60 226 £50,000 - 110
Midlands +38 143 £57,500 +4.55% 69
North West +56 131 £47,500 -11.63% 45
West Midlands +50 109 £59,250 +3.04% 45
Yorkshire +34 96 £47,500 -24.00% 40
South West -69 68 £48,750 +2.63% 59
East of England +9 62 £49,863 +38.51% 28
Scotland +38 52 £47,500 -11.63% 33
Northern Ireland -38 49 - - 24
East Midlands -10 34 £45,000 -14.29% 24
Wales -48 21 £45,000 -21.74% 8
North East -65 15 £52,500 +5.00% 18
Channel Islands - 1 £75,000 - 1

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
1 158 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 142 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.05%) IIS
4 21 (1.59%) Apache
5 15 (1.14%) nginx
6 12 (0.91%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.38%) Confluence
8 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.076%) CICS
11 1 (0.076%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.44%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.84%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.38%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.23%) 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 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.076%) Eikon
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.076%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.076%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 689 (52.32%) Azure
2 409 (31.06%) Microsoft 365
3 259 (19.67%) AWS
4 248 (18.83%) Entra ID
5 143 (10.86%) SaaS
6 102 (7.74%) IaaS
7 76 (5.77%) PaaS
8 55 (4.18%) Power Platform
9 45 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
10 43 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (3.04%) GCP
12 39 (2.96%) OneDrive
13 35 (2.66%) Datadog
14 34 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
15 33 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
16 32 (2.43%) Nutanix
17 28 (2.13%) GitHub
18 26 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
19 24 (1.82%) OCI
20 23 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 366 (27.79%) Firewall
2 301 (22.85%) DNS
3 222 (16.86%) VPN
4 216 (16.40%) DHCP
5 161 (12.22%) WAN
6 137 (10.40%) VLAN
7 132 (10.02%) LAN
8 117 (8.88%) Wi-Fi
9 106 (8.05%) Network Security
10 100 (7.59%) TCP/IP
11 73 (5.54%) Wireless
12 63 (4.78%) SAN
13 50 (3.80%) Internet
14 39 (2.96%) SD-WAN
14 39 (2.96%) SSL
14 39 (2.96%) VoIP
15 29 (2.20%) Cisco ISE
16 24 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
17 23 (1.75%) NAS
18 15 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 38 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.58%) Power BI
4 31 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.91%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.84%) MySQL
10 10 (0.76%) Metadata
11 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
15 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
15 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (1.52%) Git
1 20 (1.52%) JIRA
2 16 (1.21%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.06%) GitLab
4 10 (0.76%) JUnit
4 10 (0.76%) Spock
5 7 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.30%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.30%) Maven
8 4 (0.30%) MLflow
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
9 2 (0.15%) Selenium
9 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.076%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.076%) TeamCity
General
1 444 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 237 (18.00%) Finance
3 180 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (6.38%) Legal
5 78 (5.92%) Law
6 71 (5.39%) Banking
7 64 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (4.48%) Manufacturing
9 40 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (2.89%) Public Sector
10 38 (2.89%) Retail
11 36 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (1.67%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.37%) Back Office
14 14 (1.06%) Financial Institution
15 13 (0.99%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
16 12 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 250 (18.98%) Senior
2 191 (14.50%) IT Support
3 167 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 148 (11.24%) IT Engineer
5 144 (10.93%) IT Manager
6 117 (8.88%) Support Engineer
7 103 (7.82%) Architect
8 98 (7.44%) IT Support Engineer
9 93 (7.06%) Analyst
10 70 (5.32%) Lead
11 66 (5.01%) Service Manager
12 62 (4.71%) Cloud Engineer
13 59 (4.48%) Resilience Manager
14 57 (4.33%) Azure Engineer
14 57 (4.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 56 (4.25%) IT Services Manager
16 54 (4.10%) Network Engineer
17 45 (3.42%) IT Analyst
18 40 (3.04%) Administrator
19 38 (2.89%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (12.53%) Terraform
2 73 (5.54%) Middleware
3 14 (1.06%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.76%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.76%) Spring
5 9 (0.68%) Kafka
6 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (0.61%) Web Services
7 7 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.38%) .NET
8 5 (0.38%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.38%) ModSecurity
8 5 (0.38%) SAML
9 4 (0.30%) REST
9 4 (0.30%) web3js
10 3 (0.23%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.23%) EDI
10 3 (0.23%) JSON
10 3 (0.23%) PySpark
10 3 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.43%) Data Centre
2 93 (7.06%) Cyber Threat
3 82 (6.23%) Cloud Native
3 82 (6.23%) Management Information System
4 72 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 68 (5.16%) Driving Licence
6 62 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 61 (4.63%) Security Posture
8 59 (4.48%) Replication
9 48 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.43%) PKI
11 31 (2.35%) Enterprise Storage
12 30 (2.28%) NHS
13 26 (1.97%) CCTV
13 26 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.90%) Public Cloud
15 23 (1.75%) Clustering
15 23 (1.75%) Private Cloud
16 21 (1.59%) Virtual Team
17 20 (1.52%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 443 (33.64%) Windows
2 314 (23.84%) Windows Server
3 141 (10.71%) Linux
4 33 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 27 (2.05%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.90%) Mac OS
8 22 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (1.59%) Unix
10 20 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.91%) AIX
11 12 (0.91%) VMS
12 10 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
13 9 (0.68%) CentOS
13 9 (0.68%) Solaris
14 5 (0.38%) Debian
15 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (40.55%) Business Continuity
2 407 (30.90%) Cybersecurity
3 358 (27.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 341 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
5 272 (20.65%) ITIL
6 241 (18.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 222 (16.86%) DevOps
8 204 (15.49%) High Availability
9 184 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 183 (13.90%) Incident Response
11 174 (13.21%) Information Security
11 174 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 172 (13.06%) Service Delivery
13 154 (11.69%) Project Delivery
14 150 (11.39%) Agile
15 147 (11.16%) Mentoring
16 140 (10.63%) CI/CD
17 133 (10.10%) AI
18 131 (9.95%) Cloud Security
18 131 (9.95%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 196 (14.88%) PowerShell
2 131 (9.95%) Python
3 122 (9.26%) SQL
4 54 (4.10%) Bash
5 27 (2.05%) Bicep
6 23 (1.75%) Shell Script
7 20 (1.52%) Java
8 15 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.84%) Korn
11 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
13 5 (0.38%) COBOL
13 5 (0.38%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.30%) Go
14 4 (0.30%) Groovy
14 4 (0.30%) XAML
15 3 (0.23%) C#
15 3 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (11.16%) Degree
2 102 (7.74%) Azure Certification
3 100 (7.59%) CISSP
4 97 (7.37%) Cisco Certification
5 90 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (6.38%) CISM
6 84 (6.38%) Security Cleared
7 70 (5.32%) CCNP
8 62 (4.71%) SC Cleared
9 58 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
10 50 (3.80%) CCNA
11 42 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 42 (3.19%) Postgraduate
12 29 (2.20%) AWS Certification
12 29 (2.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 21 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 19 (1.44%) DV Cleared
15 18 (1.37%) Master's Degree
16 16 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
17 15 (1.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (11.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 138 (10.48%) NIST
3 118 (8.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 116 (8.81%) GDPR
5 84 (6.38%) SLA
6 79 (6.00%) ISO 22301
7 54 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 43 (3.26%) PCI DSS
9 38 (2.89%) GRC
10 30 (2.28%) Data Quality
11 24 (1.82%) PMO
12 22 (1.67%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.52%) NCSC
14 16 (1.21%) COBIT
15 15 (1.14%) QA
16 8 (0.61%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.46%) ISO 9001
18 5 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 355 (26.96%) Active Directory
2 293 (22.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 202 (15.34%) Hyper-V
4 52 (3.95%) Docker
5 48 (3.64%) vSphere
6 37 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (2.20%) Firmware
8 27 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 26 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (1.21%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
12 9 (0.68%) vCloud
13 6 (0.46%) Squid
14 5 (0.38%) KVM
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.23%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.15%) iptables
16 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 184 (13.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (6.30%) Ansible
3 81 (6.15%) Kubernetes
4 39 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
5 34 (2.58%) FortiGate
6 27 (2.05%) SCCM
7 19 (1.44%) VxRail
8 16 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (0.99%) Data Guard
9 13 (0.99%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.84%) Grafana
10 11 (0.84%) Nagios
10 11 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
10 11 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.61%) Proxmox
12 7 (0.53%) Avamar
12 7 (0.53%) Packer
13 6 (0.46%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.46%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 646 (49.05%) Microsoft
2 341 (25.89%) VMware
3 198 (15.03%) Cisco
4 92 (6.99%) Veeam
5 70 (5.32%) Palo Alto
6 48 (3.64%) Oracle
7 46 (3.49%) Splunk
8 45 (3.42%) SonicWALL
9 43 (3.26%) Fortinet
10 40 (3.04%) Meraki
11 38 (2.89%) Dell
12 36 (2.73%) Google
13 35 (2.66%) Aruba
14 33 (2.51%) HP
15 32 (2.43%) SolarWinds
16 30 (2.28%) Sophos
17 29 (2.20%) Apple
17 29 (2.20%) Qualys
18 26 (1.97%) AppDynamics
18 26 (1.97%) ServiceNow