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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 188 213
Rank change year-on-year -37 +25 +127
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 751 677 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.65% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.78% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 568 559 1,162
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,450 £33,000
25th Percentile £44,688 £45,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% +0.50%

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 62,259 38,133 78,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.22% 93.03% 86.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38,393 22,512 58,144
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,184
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,487 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +8.50% -7.94%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -42 648 £60,000 - 274
UK excluding London -55 406 £52,500 -1.50% 239
London +20 287 £85,000 +9.68% 82
Work from Home +27 233 £67,500 +12.50% 108
North of England -31 140 £47,500 -9.52% 61
South East -23 98 £60,000 -7.69% 76
Yorkshire -10 82 £47,500 -13.64% 20
Midlands -38 56 £52,500 +5.00% 41
West Midlands -3 47 £52,500 +4.48% 29
North West -49 39 £42,500 -5.56% 36
South West -88 29 £42,500 -22.73% 16
East of England -43 26 £70,000 +28.44% 23
Scotland -29 22 £37,750 -25.17% 20
Northern Ireland -15 21 - -
North East -21 19 £51,000 +59.38% 6
Wales - 10 £31,500 - 7
East Midlands -60 8 £60,000 +50.00% 12
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
1 100 (13.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (10.25%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.93%) IIS
4 4 (0.53%) Confluence
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.27%) CICS
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.07%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.53%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 408 (54.33%) Azure
2 239 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 152 (20.24%) Entra ID
4 127 (16.91%) AWS
5 67 (8.92%) Nutanix
6 45 (5.99%) Azure Monitor
7 44 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (5.86%) SaaS
8 43 (5.73%) Datadog
9 39 (5.19%) IaaS
10 37 (4.93%) GitHub
11 34 (4.53%) PaaS
12 33 (4.39%) GCP
12 33 (4.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 33 (4.39%) OneDrive
13 24 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (3.06%) Azure AKS
15 22 (2.93%) Serverless
16 18 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
16 18 (2.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 223 (29.69%) Firewall
2 162 (21.57%) DNS
3 157 (20.91%) VPN
4 138 (18.38%) DHCP
5 106 (14.11%) WAN
6 81 (10.79%) VLAN
7 67 (8.92%) LAN
8 57 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (7.46%) TCP/IP
10 51 (6.79%) SAN
11 43 (5.73%) Network Security
12 32 (4.26%) Wireless
13 31 (4.13%) Remote Desktop
14 23 (3.06%) SD-WAN
15 17 (2.26%) NAS
16 15 (2.00%) BGP
16 15 (2.00%) VoIP
17 14 (1.86%) Cisco ISE
18 8 (1.07%) SSL
19 7 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.19%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (2.00%) MySQL
4 15 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.86%) Oracle Database
6 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.46%) Delta Lake
7 9 (1.20%) Power BI
8 8 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.80%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.67%) GIS
11 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (4.13%) Git
2 18 (2.40%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.86%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.86%) JIRA
4 5 (0.67%) GitLab
4 5 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.53%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.53%) Selenium
5 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.40%) Maven
6 3 (0.40%) MLflow
6 3 (0.40%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.27%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 282 (37.55%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.44%) Finance
3 116 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (6.66%) Banking
5 36 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.53%) Law
7 30 (3.99%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.60%) Retail
9 26 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.80%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.40%) Legal
12 16 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (2.00%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.46%) Back Office
14 11 (1.46%) Marketing
15 10 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.20%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.07%) Advertising
18 7 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 117 (15.58%) Senior
2 115 (15.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 81 (10.79%) Cloud Engineer
4 71 (9.45%) IT Engineer
5 70 (9.32%) Support Engineer
6 68 (9.05%) IT Support
7 66 (8.79%) Lead
8 62 (8.26%) IT Manager
9 51 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
10 42 (5.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 41 (5.46%) Analyst
12 39 (5.19%) Architect
12 39 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
13 28 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
14 27 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
15 26 (3.46%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (3.33%) Security Engineer
17 23 (3.06%) DBA
17 23 (3.06%) Support Analyst
17 23 (3.06%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.40%) SAML
2 15 (2.00%) OAuth
3 13 (1.73%) YAML
4 12 (1.60%) ADO
5 11 (1.46%) PySpark
6 9 (1.20%) REST
7 8 (1.07%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.93%) Loki
8 7 (0.93%) RESTful
9 5 (0.67%) EDI
9 5 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.53%) Middleware
11 3 (0.40%) .NET
11 3 (0.40%) ActiveMQ
11 3 (0.40%) Kafka
11 3 (0.40%) LAMP
11 3 (0.40%) LDAP
11 3 (0.40%) RAML
11 3 (0.40%) SOAP
11 3 (0.40%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 53 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 42 (5.59%) Data Centre
4 38 (5.06%) Replication
5 35 (4.66%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.66%) Public Cloud
6 33 (4.39%) Driving Licence
7 30 (3.99%) Cyber Threat
8 28 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
8 28 (3.73%) Onboarding
9 23 (3.06%) Security Posture
10 20 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (2.26%) CMDB
12 16 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.86%) PKI
14 11 (1.46%) NHS
15 10 (1.33%) Clustering
16 9 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
17 8 (1.07%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 248 (33.02%) Windows
2 168 (22.37%) Windows Server
3 73 (9.72%) Linux
4 26 (3.46%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.40%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (2.13%) VMS
7 12 (1.60%) Unix
8 10 (1.33%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.20%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (0.93%) CentOS
11 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.67%) Android
13 4 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.53%) Rocky
14 3 (0.40%) AIX
15 2 (0.27%) zOS
16 1 (0.13%) Debian
16 1 (0.13%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (36.75%) Business Continuity
2 226 (30.09%) Cybersecurity
3 192 (25.57%) ITIL
4 188 (25.03%) Problem-Solving
5 161 (21.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 159 (21.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 136 (18.11%) High Availability
8 122 (16.25%) DevOps
9 103 (13.72%) Service Delivery
10 102 (13.58%) Incident Response
11 95 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 88 (11.72%) CI/CD
13 85 (11.32%) Change Management
13 85 (11.32%) Migration
14 80 (10.65%) Mentoring
15 78 (10.39%) Data Protection
16 75 (9.99%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (9.85%) Cloud Security
18 72 (9.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
19 71 (9.45%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 153 (20.37%) PowerShell
2 109 (14.51%) Python
3 81 (10.79%) SQL
4 37 (4.93%) Bash
5 13 (1.73%) Java
6 12 (1.60%) Bicep
6 12 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.20%) Go
7 9 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.20%) Scala
7 9 (1.20%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.20%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.53%) C#
8 4 (0.53%) Korn
9 3 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.27%) COBOL
10 2 (0.27%) JCL
11 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 94 (12.52%) Degree
2 49 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (6.13%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.86%) Security Cleared
5 41 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (4.53%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (4.26%) SC Cleared
8 25 (3.33%) CCNP
9 24 (3.20%) CEH
9 24 (3.20%) CISSP
10 14 (1.86%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.73%) CCNA
12 12 (1.60%) MCSE
12 12 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.33%) CISM
15 9 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (1.20%) HNC
15 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.07%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (15.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (10.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 70 (9.32%) GDPR
4 63 (8.39%) NIST
5 60 (7.99%) SLA
6 39 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 26 (3.46%) PCI DSS
8 21 (2.80%) SOC 2
9 18 (2.40%) GRC
10 16 (2.13%) ISO 22301
11 15 (2.00%) Data Quality
12 11 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (1.46%) PMO
13 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.67%) QA
15 4 (0.53%) DICOM
15 4 (0.53%) HL7
15 4 (0.53%) ISAE 3402
15 4 (0.53%) NCSC
16 3 (0.40%) GxP
System Software
1 246 (32.76%) Active Directory
2 165 (21.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (13.98%) Hyper-V
4 39 (5.19%) Docker
5 33 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (3.06%) vSphere
7 15 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.73%) Firmware
8 13 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.80%) KVM
9 6 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.80%) vCloud
9 6 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.27%) RACF
11 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 107 (14.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 104 (13.85%) Terraform
3 66 (8.79%) Ansible
4 65 (8.66%) Kubernetes
5 24 (3.20%) SCCM
6 15 (2.00%) Grafana
7 12 (1.60%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.60%) VxRail
8 9 (1.20%) Nagios
8 9 (1.20%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.07%) Data Guard
9 8 (1.07%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.80%) Oracle RMAN
10 6 (0.80%) Packer
11 4 (0.53%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.53%) Puppet
12 3 (0.40%) Argo
12 3 (0.40%) Avamar
12 3 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 364 (48.47%) Microsoft
2 228 (30.36%) VMware
3 63 (8.39%) Cisco
4 53 (7.06%) Dell
5 37 (4.93%) HP
6 35 (4.66%) Commvault
7 33 (4.39%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.99%) Nimble Storage
9 29 (3.86%) Veeam
10 28 (3.73%) Dell Compellent
11 27 (3.60%) Tenable
11 27 (3.60%) Zscaler
12 26 (3.46%) Dynatrace
13 25 (3.33%) Oracle
14 23 (3.06%) Meraki
15 19 (2.53%) AppDynamics
16 17 (2.26%) Fortinet
17 16 (2.13%) Splunk
18 15 (2.00%) Databricks
19 14 (1.86%) Citrix