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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 249 213
Rank change year-on-year +29 -36 +101
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 832 594 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.35% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.45% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 623 474 1,140
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,325 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,121 £77,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £88,875
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 67,989 40,970 82,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 93.29% 84.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,964 22,120 59,644
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,887 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% +3.77% -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 21 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 21 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 +20 728 £60,000 -4.00% 266
UK excluding London +1 459 £50,000 -9.09% 228
London +30 312 £77,500 +3.33% 82
Work from Home +91 261 £64,359 +11.93% 114
North of England +36 167 £50,000 -9.09% 51
South East -6 97 £57,500 -8.00% 66
Yorkshire +18 89 £52,370 -12.72% 23
Midlands +11 82 £52,500 +14.13% 47
West Midlands +7 69 £52,500 +5.00% 31
North West +21 62 £50,000 -9.09% 25
East of England -16 31 £62,500 +17.92% 19
South West -96 28 £37,500 -33.33% 27
Scotland +9 27 £38,000 -24.67% 7
North East -39 16 £58,446 +16.89% 3
Wales -20 12 £43,000 -14.00% 6
East Midlands -30 12 £60,000 +50.00% 16
Northern Ireland -28 11 - - 10
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
1 101 (12.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (10.70%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.20%) IIS
4 4 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.60%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.60%) FLEXCUBE
3 4 (0.48%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 455 (54.69%) Azure
2 250 (30.05%) Microsoft 365
3 153 (18.39%) Entra ID
4 131 (15.75%) AWS
5 64 (7.69%) Nutanix
6 58 (6.97%) SaaS
7 50 (6.01%) Datadog
8 49 (5.89%) IaaS
9 43 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (5.17%) PaaS
10 41 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
11 38 (4.57%) GitHub
12 31 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
12 31 (3.73%) OneDrive
13 28 (3.37%) GCP
13 28 (3.37%) Power Platform
14 27 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (2.64%) Azure AKS
16 19 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (2.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 251 (30.17%) Firewall
2 177 (21.27%) DNS
3 170 (20.43%) VPN
4 133 (15.99%) DHCP
5 119 (14.30%) WAN
6 85 (10.22%) VLAN
7 72 (8.65%) LAN
8 66 (7.93%) SAN
9 63 (7.57%) Wi-Fi
10 61 (7.33%) Network Security
10 61 (7.33%) TCP/IP
11 39 (4.69%) Wireless
12 29 (3.49%) SD-WAN
13 27 (3.25%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (2.64%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (2.28%) NAS
16 18 (2.16%) VoIP
17 17 (2.04%) SSL
18 14 (1.68%) BGP
18 14 (1.68%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.44%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.44%) Power BI
5 9 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.08%) MySQL
5 9 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (0.84%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (0.60%) GIS
8 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.88%) Git
2 21 (2.52%) Chocolatey
3 12 (1.44%) JIRA
4 9 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.48%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.48%) MLflow
8 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.36%) GitLab
8 3 (0.36%) Maven
8 3 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.24%) Selenium
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 304 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 166 (19.95%) Finance
3 142 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.33%) Banking
5 43 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.09%) Public Sector
7 32 (3.85%) Law
7 32 (3.85%) Legal
8 26 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.00%) Retail
10 18 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.44%) Back Office
14 11 (1.32%) Advertising
15 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.96%) Marketing
16 8 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.84%) French Language
Job Titles
1 164 (19.71%) Senior
2 132 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 89 (10.70%) IT Support
4 87 (10.46%) IT Engineer
5 85 (10.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (8.77%) Support Engineer
7 62 (7.45%) IT Manager
8 58 (6.97%) Azure Engineer
9 56 (6.73%) Lead
10 54 (6.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 53 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
12 47 (5.65%) Architect
13 40 (4.81%) Analyst
14 37 (4.45%) Platform Engineer
15 27 (3.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (3.25%) Security Engineer
16 26 (3.13%) Administrator
17 25 (3.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 24 (2.88%) Security Manager
19 22 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.92%) SAML
2 12 (1.44%) OAuth
2 12 (1.44%) PySpark
3 11 (1.32%) YAML
4 10 (1.20%) ADO
4 10 (1.20%) REST
5 9 (1.08%) Middleware
6 8 (0.96%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.84%) Kafka
7 7 (0.84%) Loki
7 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.60%) RESTful
9 4 (0.48%) .NET
9 4 (0.48%) web3js
10 3 (0.36%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.36%) JSON
10 3 (0.36%) ODBC
10 3 (0.36%) RAML
10 3 (0.36%) SOAP
11 2 (0.24%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.77%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 63 (7.57%) Management Information System
3 45 (5.41%) Replication
4 42 (5.05%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.69%) Onboarding
6 37 (4.45%) Cyber Threat
7 36 (4.33%) Driving Licence
8 35 (4.21%) Public Cloud
9 34 (4.09%) Security Posture
10 33 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
11 24 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (2.64%) Enterprise Storage
13 21 (2.52%) CMDB
13 21 (2.52%) PKI
14 20 (2.40%) NHS
15 16 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (1.44%) Clustering
17 11 (1.32%) CCTV
17 11 (1.32%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 275 (33.05%) Windows
2 172 (20.67%) Windows Server
3 74 (8.89%) Linux
4 20 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (2.40%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.04%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.56%) Ubuntu
9 12 (1.44%) VMS
10 9 (1.08%) CentOS
11 8 (0.96%) Unix
12 6 (0.72%) AIX
12 6 (0.72%) Android
12 6 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.48%) Solaris
14 2 (0.24%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.24%) Debian
15 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (36.42%) Business Continuity
2 256 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 208 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (22.96%) ITIL
5 186 (22.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 174 (20.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 137 (16.47%) High Availability
8 124 (14.90%) DevOps
9 121 (14.54%) Incident Response
10 110 (13.22%) Service Delivery
11 100 (12.02%) Infrastructure as Code
12 96 (11.54%) Cloud Security
13 89 (10.70%) Change Management
14 88 (10.58%) Data Protection
15 87 (10.46%) CI/CD
15 87 (10.46%) Migration
16 82 (9.86%) Service Management
17 81 (9.74%) Mentoring
17 81 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
18 77 (9.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (16.47%) PowerShell
2 100 (12.02%) Python
3 90 (10.82%) SQL
4 40 (4.81%) Bash
5 11 (1.32%) Java
6 10 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.08%) Bicep
7 9 (1.08%) Scala
7 9 (1.08%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.96%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.72%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.72%) Korn
10 5 (0.60%) C#
10 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.36%) Go
11 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.24%) RPG
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) COBOL
13 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 100 (12.02%) Degree
2 57 (6.85%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (6.37%) Azure Certification
4 46 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (5.41%) CCNP
5 45 (5.41%) Security Cleared
6 36 (4.33%) SC Cleared
7 26 (3.13%) CCNA
8 25 (3.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 24 (2.88%) CISSP
10 19 (2.28%) CEH
11 18 (2.16%) Postgraduate
12 13 (1.56%) MCSE
13 11 (1.32%) AWS Certification
13 11 (1.32%) CISM
14 10 (1.20%) VCAP
15 9 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.08%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (14.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (10.46%) GDPR
3 85 (10.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 80 (9.62%) NIST
5 61 (7.33%) SLA
6 41 (4.93%) PCI DSS
7 40 (4.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 25 (3.00%) PMO
9 23 (2.76%) GRC
9 23 (2.76%) SOC 2
10 21 (2.52%) Data Quality
11 16 (1.92%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.96%) COBIT
14 7 (0.84%) QA
15 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.48%) HL7
16 4 (0.48%) NCSC
16 4 (0.48%) SOC 1
System Software
1 256 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 188 (22.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 36 (4.33%) vSphere
5 31 (3.73%) Docker
6 27 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.52%) Firmware
8 18 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (1.20%) VMware NSX
11 9 (1.08%) vCloud
12 6 (0.72%) KVM
12 6 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.24%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.24%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.12%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 125 (15.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 107 (12.86%) Terraform
3 62 (7.45%) Kubernetes
4 58 (6.97%) Ansible
5 28 (3.37%) SCCM
6 19 (2.28%) VxRail
7 17 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.56%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.32%) Grafana
9 11 (1.32%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.96%) Packer
10 8 (0.96%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.84%) Data Guard
11 7 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
11 7 (0.84%) Nagios
12 6 (0.72%) WSUS
13 5 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
13 5 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.48%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.48%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 417 (50.12%) Microsoft
2 256 (30.77%) VMware
3 87 (10.46%) Cisco
4 59 (7.09%) Dell
5 50 (6.01%) Veeam
6 45 (5.41%) HP
7 40 (4.81%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.57%) Nimble Storage
9 33 (3.97%) Commvault
9 33 (3.97%) Tenable
10 29 (3.49%) Meraki
11 26 (3.13%) Dynatrace
11 26 (3.13%) Splunk
12 25 (3.00%) Dell Compellent
12 25 (3.00%) Zscaler
13 23 (2.76%) Fortinet
14 22 (2.64%) AppDynamics
14 22 (2.64%) EMC
14 22 (2.64%) Oracle
15 20 (2.40%) SolarWinds