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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 251 215
Rank change year-on-year +34 -36 +105
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 897 553 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.29% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.38% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 677 435 1,141
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 68,838 39,983 83,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.25% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,890 21,039 60,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +22 789 £60,000 -5.88% 282
UK excluding London +28 504 £50,000 -9.09% 211
London +40 330 £75,000 +1.69% 104
Work from Home +100 279 £60,000 +4.35% 109
North of England +44 188 £47,500 -17.39% 49
South East -16 104 £55,000 -4.35% 68
Yorkshire +14 98 £47,500 -24.00% 22
Midlands +26 92 £53,250 +15.76% 41
West Midlands +22 73 £53,250 +10.94% 27
North West +28 71 £50,000 -9.09% 25
East of England -16 35 £62,500 +17.92% 17
South West -88 30 £37,500 -31.82% 28
Scotland +14 26 £38,000 -30.91% 4
North East -33 19 £43,500 -16.14% 2
East Midlands -34 18 £55,000 +37.50% 14
Wales -21 15 £43,000 -14.00% 7
Northern Ireland -29 10 - - 4
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
1 111 (12.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (10.93%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.11%) IIS
4 4 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.45%) 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%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.78%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.67%) PlantUML
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.78%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.33%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
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
1 484 (53.96%) Azure
2 272 (30.32%) Microsoft 365
3 163 (18.17%) Entra ID
4 140 (15.61%) AWS
5 64 (7.13%) Nutanix
6 61 (6.80%) SaaS
7 54 (6.02%) IaaS
8 51 (5.69%) Datadog
9 44 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (4.91%) PaaS
10 39 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
11 36 (4.01%) GitHub
12 31 (3.46%) GCP
13 30 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
13 30 (3.34%) OneDrive
14 29 (3.23%) Power Platform
15 25 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (2.56%) Azure AKS
17 22 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
18 19 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 273 (30.43%) Firewall
2 194 (21.63%) DNS
3 179 (19.96%) VPN
4 145 (16.16%) DHCP
5 130 (14.49%) WAN
6 88 (9.81%) VLAN
7 81 (9.03%) LAN
8 71 (7.92%) Network Security
9 70 (7.80%) Wi-Fi
10 66 (7.36%) SAN
11 65 (7.25%) TCP/IP
12 39 (4.35%) Wireless
13 31 (3.46%) SD-WAN
14 27 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
15 25 (2.79%) Cisco ISE
16 23 (2.56%) SSL
17 21 (2.34%) VoIP
18 17 (1.90%) NAS
19 15 (1.67%) BGP
20 14 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.92%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.45%) Power BI
5 12 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.34%) Delta Lake
6 10 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.00%) MySQL
8 8 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.89%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (0.67%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.56%) GIS
11 5 (0.56%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (2.45%) Git
2 20 (2.23%) Chocolatey
3 13 (1.45%) JIRA
4 8 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.45%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.45%) MLflow
6 4 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.33%) GitLab
8 2 (0.22%) Maven
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.11%) JMeter
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 328 (36.57%) Social Skills
2 170 (18.95%) Finance
3 145 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.02%) Banking
5 46 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.35%) Legal
7 37 (4.12%) Law
7 37 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.90%) Retail
10 22 (2.45%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.56%) Back Office
13 14 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.34%) Advertising
15 10 (1.11%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.89%) Marketing
17 7 (0.78%) French Language
Job Titles
1 180 (20.07%) Senior
2 146 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 102 (11.37%) IT Support
4 95 (10.59%) IT Engineer
5 89 (9.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 76 (8.47%) Support Engineer
7 67 (7.47%) IT Manager
8 60 (6.69%) Lead
8 60 (6.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
10 58 (6.47%) IT Support Engineer
11 50 (5.57%) Analyst
11 50 (5.57%) Architect
12 38 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
13 31 (3.46%) Administrator
14 29 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (3.01%) Network Engineer
15 27 (3.01%) Security Engineer
15 27 (3.01%) Security Manager
16 26 (2.90%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.78%) SAML
2 12 (1.34%) PySpark
3 11 (1.23%) OAuth
4 10 (1.11%) YAML
5 9 (1.00%) ADO
5 9 (1.00%) ARM Templates
5 9 (1.00%) REST
6 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (0.89%) Middleware
7 7 (0.78%) Kafka
7 7 (0.78%) Loki
8 5 (0.56%) RESTful
9 4 (0.45%) .NET
9 4 (0.45%) web3js
10 3 (0.33%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.33%) JSON
10 3 (0.33%) ODBC
11 2 (0.22%) ActiveMQ
11 2 (0.22%) Keycloak
11 2 (0.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.59%) Data Centre
2 68 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 65 (7.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 48 (5.35%) Replication
5 44 (4.91%) Cloud Native
6 43 (4.79%) Driving Licence
7 40 (4.46%) Onboarding
7 40 (4.46%) Security Posture
8 37 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
9 36 (4.01%) Public Cloud
10 32 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
11 27 (3.01%) PKI
12 26 (2.90%) Enterprise Storage
12 26 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (2.79%) CMDB
14 20 (2.23%) NHS
15 17 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (1.56%) Clustering
17 12 (1.34%) CCTV
17 12 (1.34%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 306 (34.11%) Windows
2 196 (21.85%) Windows Server
3 80 (8.92%) Linux
4 21 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.90%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.78%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.45%) Ubuntu
8 12 (1.34%) VMS
9 10 (1.11%) Unix
10 9 (1.00%) CentOS
11 7 (0.78%) AIX
11 7 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (0.67%) Android
13 5 (0.56%) Solaris
14 2 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.22%) Debian
15 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (36.23%) Business Continuity
2 276 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 223 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
4 206 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 206 (22.97%) ITIL
5 188 (20.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 143 (15.94%) High Availability
7 133 (14.83%) Incident Response
8 126 (14.05%) DevOps
9 115 (12.82%) Service Delivery
10 107 (11.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 104 (11.59%) Cloud Security
12 94 (10.48%) Data Protection
13 92 (10.26%) Change Management
13 92 (10.26%) Migration
14 89 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 88 (9.81%) CI/CD
16 87 (9.70%) Mentoring
16 87 (9.70%) Service Management
17 79 (8.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (16.16%) PowerShell
2 101 (11.26%) Python
3 98 (10.93%) SQL
4 41 (4.57%) Bash
5 11 (1.23%) Bicep
5 11 (1.23%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.11%) Java
7 9 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.00%) Scala
7 9 (1.00%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.78%) Korn
9 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.56%) C#
11 4 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.33%) Go
13 2 (0.22%) RPG
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) COBOL
14 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 108 (12.04%) Degree
2 68 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (6.69%) Azure Certification
4 54 (6.02%) CCNP
5 45 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (5.02%) Security Cleared
6 36 (4.01%) SC Cleared
7 33 (3.68%) CCNA
8 27 (3.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 24 (2.68%) CISSP
10 19 (2.12%) Postgraduate
11 17 (1.90%) CEH
12 14 (1.56%) MCSE
13 12 (1.34%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.34%) CISM
14 10 (1.11%) VCAP
15 9 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.00%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (14.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (10.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 91 (10.14%) GDPR
4 86 (9.59%) NIST
5 61 (6.80%) SLA
6 44 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 43 (4.79%) PCI DSS
8 28 (3.12%) PMO
9 23 (2.56%) GRC
10 22 (2.45%) SOC 2
11 21 (2.34%) Data Quality
12 18 (2.01%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (1.00%) COBIT
15 6 (0.67%) NCSC
15 6 (0.67%) QA
16 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.45%) DICOM
17 4 (0.45%) HL7
17 4 (0.45%) SOC 1
System Software
1 272 (30.32%) Active Directory
2 203 (22.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 118 (13.15%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.24%) vSphere
5 29 (3.23%) Docker
6 26 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.45%) Firmware
8 17 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.11%) VMware NSX
10 9 (1.00%) vCloud
11 8 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.67%) KVM
12 6 (0.67%) 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 (14.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (12.71%) Terraform
3 63 (7.02%) Kubernetes
4 60 (6.69%) Ansible
5 27 (3.01%) SCCM
6 23 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (2.45%) VxRail
8 17 (1.90%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.23%) Grafana
9 11 (1.23%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.00%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.89%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.89%) Nagios
11 8 (0.89%) Packer
12 7 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (0.78%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.67%) Avamar
13 6 (0.67%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
13 6 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 451 (50.28%) Microsoft
2 274 (30.55%) VMware
3 106 (11.82%) Cisco
4 60 (6.69%) Dell
4 60 (6.69%) Veeam
5 46 (5.13%) HP
6 42 (4.68%) Palo Alto
7 39 (4.35%) Nimble Storage
8 33 (3.68%) Commvault
8 33 (3.68%) Meraki
9 31 (3.46%) Tenable
10 29 (3.23%) Splunk
11 26 (2.90%) Fortinet
12 25 (2.79%) EMC
12 25 (2.79%) Oracle
13 24 (2.68%) Dell Compellent
13 24 (2.68%) Dynatrace
13 24 (2.68%) Zscaler
14 23 (2.56%) SolarWinds
15 21 (2.34%) AppDynamics