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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 262 217
Rank change year-on-year +54 -45 +97
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 910 561 1,356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.28% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.38% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 695 445 1,131
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,598 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,375 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £88,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% -

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 68,040 40,758 85,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.42% 93.05% 83.05%
Number of salaries quoted 45,181 21,501 61,227
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +37 806 £60,000 -4.00% 332
UK excluding London +33 514 £48,500 -11.82% 241
London +52 335 £75,000 - 127
Work from Home +82 273 £60,000 +6.67% 194
North of England +45 196 £47,500 -13.64% 47
South East -12 111 £55,000 -4.35% 75
Yorkshire +24 101 £47,500 -24.00% 20
Midlands +17 92 £52,500 +14.13% 52
North West +28 74 £50,000 -9.09% 26
West Midlands +19 73 £52,500 -4.55% 34
East of England -18 33 £56,863 +7.29% 23
South West -83 30 £40,000 -27.27% 26
Scotland +23 25 £38,000 -30.91% 7
North East -44 21 £42,500 -15.00% 1
East Midlands -26 18 £55,000 +37.50% 18
Wales -27 14 £43,000 -14.00% 8
Northern Ireland -28 9 - - 7
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
1 109 (11.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.10%) IIS
4 4 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.44%) Confluence
5 3 (0.33%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Site Server
7 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.76%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.77%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 8 (0.88%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.22%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 482 (52.97%) Azure
2 281 (30.88%) Microsoft 365
3 165 (18.13%) Entra ID
4 139 (15.27%) AWS
5 63 (6.92%) Nutanix
5 63 (6.92%) SaaS
6 55 (6.04%) IaaS
7 51 (5.60%) Datadog
8 45 (4.95%) PaaS
9 41 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (3.96%) Azure Monitor
11 34 (3.74%) GitHub
12 31 (3.41%) GCP
12 31 (3.41%) Microsoft Purview
13 30 (3.30%) Power Platform
14 25 (2.75%) OneDrive
15 24 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.42%) Azure AKS
16 22 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
17 19 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 278 (30.55%) Firewall
2 198 (21.76%) DNS
3 181 (19.89%) VPN
4 150 (16.48%) DHCP
5 129 (14.18%) WAN
6 91 (10.00%) VLAN
7 83 (9.12%) LAN
8 72 (7.91%) Network Security
9 70 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
10 67 (7.36%) SAN
11 66 (7.25%) TCP/IP
12 39 (4.29%) Wireless
13 31 (3.41%) SD-WAN
14 26 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
14 26 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
15 25 (2.75%) SSL
16 19 (2.09%) VoIP
17 18 (1.98%) NAS
18 16 (1.76%) Internet
19 15 (1.65%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.43%) Power BI
5 11 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.10%) Delta Lake
6 10 (1.10%) MySQL
7 9 (0.99%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.55%) GIS
10 5 (0.55%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (2.20%) Chocolatey
2 19 (2.09%) Git
3 13 (1.43%) JIRA
4 7 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.44%) MLflow
7 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.33%) GitLab
7 3 (0.33%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.11%) Maven
9 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 332 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 167 (18.35%) Finance
3 143 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (7.14%) Banking
5 45 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (4.51%) Legal
7 40 (4.40%) Law
8 36 (3.96%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.86%) Retail
11 22 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.54%) Back Office
14 14 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.21%) Advertising
16 10 (1.10%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
17 8 (0.88%) Marketing
18 7 (0.77%) French Language
Job Titles
1 181 (19.89%) Senior
2 148 (16.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 115 (12.64%) IT Support
4 103 (11.32%) IT Engineer
5 84 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 82 (9.01%) Support Engineer
7 67 (7.36%) IT Manager
8 66 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 61 (6.70%) Lead
10 60 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 59 (6.48%) Azure Engineer
12 52 (5.71%) Analyst
12 52 (5.71%) Architect
13 34 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
14 33 (3.63%) Administrator
15 29 (3.19%) Network Engineer
16 28 (3.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 27 (2.97%) Security Engineer
17 27 (2.97%) Security Manager
18 26 (2.86%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.65%) SAML
2 10 (1.10%) OAuth
2 10 (1.10%) PySpark
3 9 (0.99%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.99%) YAML
4 8 (0.88%) ADO
4 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.88%) Middleware
4 8 (0.88%) REST
5 7 (0.77%) Kafka
6 5 (0.55%) RESTful
7 4 (0.44%) .NET
7 4 (0.44%) Loki
7 4 (0.44%) web3js
8 3 (0.33%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.33%) JSON
8 3 (0.33%) Node.js
8 3 (0.33%) ODBC
8 3 (0.33%) Playwright
9 2 (0.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.67%) Data Centre
2 67 (7.36%) Hybrid Cloud
2 67 (7.36%) Management Information System
3 51 (5.60%) Replication
4 46 (5.05%) Driving Licence
5 45 (4.95%) Cloud Native
6 39 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 39 (4.29%) Security Posture
7 38 (4.18%) Cyber Threat
8 35 (3.85%) Public Cloud
9 31 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
10 30 (3.30%) PKI
11 28 (3.08%) Enterprise Storage
12 27 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (2.64%) CMDB
14 22 (2.42%) NHS
15 16 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (1.65%) Clustering
17 13 (1.43%) iSeries
17 13 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 314 (34.51%) Windows
2 204 (22.42%) Windows Server
3 82 (9.01%) Linux
4 22 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (2.09%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (1.98%) Mac OS
7 17 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.43%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 13 (1.43%) Unix
9 11 (1.21%) VMS
10 9 (0.99%) CentOS
11 8 (0.88%) AIX
11 8 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.55%) Solaris
13 4 (0.44%) Android
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.22%) Debian
15 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (35.82%) Business Continuity
2 278 (30.55%) Cybersecurity
3 223 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 206 (22.64%) ITIL
6 193 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 142 (15.60%) High Availability
8 134 (14.73%) Incident Response
9 119 (13.08%) DevOps
10 111 (12.20%) Service Delivery
11 103 (11.32%) Infrastructure as Code
12 102 (11.21%) Cloud Security
13 95 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 93 (10.22%) Data Protection
15 91 (10.00%) Migration
16 90 (9.89%) Change Management
17 89 (9.78%) Service Management
18 84 (9.23%) Mentoring
19 83 (9.12%) CI/CD
20 82 (9.01%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (16.04%) PowerShell
2 98 (10.77%) Python
3 95 (10.44%) SQL
4 40 (4.40%) Bash
5 13 (1.43%) Shell Script
6 11 (1.21%) Bicep
7 10 (1.10%) Java
8 8 (0.88%) Korn
8 8 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.77%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.77%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.77%) Scala
10 5 (0.55%) C#
10 5 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.33%) Go
12 2 (0.22%) RPG
13 1 (0.11%) COBOL
13 1 (0.11%) Perl
13 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 104 (11.43%) Degree
2 70 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 69 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 62 (6.81%) Azure Certification
5 55 (6.04%) CCNP
6 49 (5.38%) Security Cleared
7 43 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (4.29%) SC Cleared
9 34 (3.74%) CCNA
10 27 (2.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 24 (2.64%) CISSP
12 22 (2.42%) Postgraduate
13 17 (1.87%) CEH
14 13 (1.43%) CISM
14 13 (1.43%) MCSE
15 12 (1.32%) AWS Certification
16 10 (1.10%) Master's Degree
16 10 (1.10%) VCAP
17 9 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.99%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (14.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (10.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 93 (10.22%) GDPR
4 89 (9.78%) NIST
5 61 (6.70%) SLA
6 46 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 44 (4.84%) PCI DSS
8 29 (3.19%) PMO
9 23 (2.53%) GRC
10 22 (2.42%) SOC 2
11 19 (2.09%) Data Quality
12 18 (1.98%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (1.10%) COBIT
15 7 (0.77%) NCSC
16 6 (0.66%) QA
17 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.44%) DICOM
18 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
18 4 (0.44%) HL7
System Software
1 274 (30.11%) Active Directory
2 208 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (13.30%) Hyper-V
4 39 (4.29%) vSphere
5 29 (3.19%) Docker
6 24 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (2.53%) Firmware
8 18 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.10%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
11 9 (0.99%) vCloud
12 6 (0.66%) KVM
12 6 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.33%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.33%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (14.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 112 (12.31%) Terraform
3 61 (6.70%) Ansible
4 59 (6.48%) Kubernetes
5 28 (3.08%) SCCM
6 24 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (2.42%) VxRail
8 18 (1.98%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.99%) Data Guard
9 9 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
9 9 (0.99%) Nagios
9 9 (0.99%) Packer
10 8 (0.88%) Grafana
10 8 (0.88%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.88%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
11 7 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
12 6 (0.66%) Avamar
12 6 (0.66%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 455 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 279 (30.66%) VMware
3 111 (12.20%) Cisco
4 66 (7.25%) Veeam
5 59 (6.48%) Dell
6 46 (5.05%) HP
7 43 (4.73%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.18%) Nimble Storage
9 35 (3.85%) Meraki
10 34 (3.74%) Commvault
11 31 (3.41%) Tenable
12 30 (3.30%) Splunk
13 27 (2.97%) Fortinet
13 27 (2.97%) Oracle
14 26 (2.86%) EMC
15 24 (2.64%) Dynatrace
15 24 (2.64%) SolarWinds
16 23 (2.53%) Dell Compellent
16 23 (2.53%) Zscaler
17 22 (2.42%) IBM