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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 259 208
Rank change year-on-year +66 -51 +95
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,005 573 1,421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.27% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.38% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 764 463 1,140
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,000 £88,638
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +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 69,167 41,647 89,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 92.28% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 47,650 22,422 63,265
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,145
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 22 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 22 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 +64 900 £57,500 -8.00% 225
UK excluding London +45 593 £48,000 -12.73% 216
London +54 352 £75,000 +2.39% 68
Work from Home +80 293 £60,000 +6.67% 112
North of England +73 217 £47,500 -13.64% 42
South East +13 143 £50,000 -9.09% 74
Yorkshire +45 111 £47,500 -24.00% 18
Midlands +33 104 £55,000 +4.76% 42
North West +49 89 £50,000 -8.05% 21
West Midlands +40 79 £54,500 -5.22% 23
East of England -3 44 £45,000 -15.89% 11
South West -92 35 £43,000 -21.82% 22
Scotland +26 26 £39,400 -28.36% 8
East Midlands -16 24 £55,000 +37.50% 19
North East -52 17 £42,500 -12.82% 3
Wales -30 15 £43,000 -14.00% 8
Northern Ireland -29 7 - - 14
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
1 116 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (10.55%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.49%) IIS
4 5 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.40%) Apache
6 3 (0.30%) Confluence
6 3 (0.30%) WordPress
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.100%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.100%) Site Server
8 1 (0.100%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.09%) PlantUML
4 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (1.00%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.30%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.100%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.100%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.100%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.100%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.100%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.100%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 509 (50.65%) Azure
2 317 (31.54%) Microsoft 365
3 183 (18.21%) Entra ID
4 152 (15.12%) AWS
5 67 (6.67%) SaaS
6 58 (5.77%) IaaS
7 55 (5.47%) Nutanix
8 50 (4.98%) PaaS
9 47 (4.68%) Datadog
10 40 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (3.68%) Power Platform
12 33 (3.28%) GitHub
13 32 (3.18%) Azure Monitor
14 31 (3.08%) GCP
15 30 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
16 28 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
17 25 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
18 23 (2.29%) OneDrive
19 21 (2.09%) Mimecast
20 20 (1.99%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 316 (31.44%) Firewall
2 221 (21.99%) DNS
3 198 (19.70%) VPN
4 172 (17.11%) DHCP
5 141 (14.03%) WAN
6 114 (11.34%) VLAN
7 104 (10.35%) LAN
8 90 (8.96%) Network Security
9 82 (8.16%) TCP/IP
10 81 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
11 63 (6.27%) SAN
12 45 (4.48%) Wireless
13 28 (2.79%) SD-WAN
14 27 (2.69%) Cisco ISE
14 27 (2.69%) Internet
14 27 (2.69%) SSL
15 26 (2.59%) VoIP
16 22 (2.19%) Remote Desktop
17 17 (1.69%) BGP
17 17 (1.69%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (8.56%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.99%) Power BI
5 14 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.09%) MySQL
7 9 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.90%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.80%) Delta Lake
8 8 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.50%) GIS
9 5 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.50%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (1.79%) Chocolatey
1 18 (1.79%) Git
2 15 (1.49%) JIRA
3 6 (0.60%) GitLab
3 6 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.40%) MLflow
5 3 (0.30%) Selenium
6 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.20%) JUnit
6 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.20%) Spock
6 2 (0.20%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.100%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.100%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.100%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.100%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.100%) Yeoman
General
1 368 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 178 (17.71%) Finance
3 140 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (6.77%) Banking
5 58 (5.77%) Legal
6 46 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.38%) Law
8 37 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (3.58%) Public Sector
10 31 (3.08%) Manufacturing
11 27 (2.69%) Retail
12 23 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.79%) Back Office
15 10 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.90%) Advertising
16 9 (0.90%) Mandarin Language
17 7 (0.70%) French Language
17 7 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 201 (20.00%) Senior
2 160 (15.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 148 (14.73%) IT Support
4 117 (11.64%) IT Engineer
5 94 (9.35%) Support Engineer
6 79 (7.86%) Cloud Engineer
7 77 (7.66%) IT Support Engineer
8 76 (7.56%) IT Manager
9 71 (7.06%) Lead
10 62 (6.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 61 (6.07%) Analyst
11 61 (6.07%) Architect
12 55 (5.47%) Azure Engineer
13 38 (3.78%) Platform Engineer
14 34 (3.38%) Administrator
15 33 (3.28%) Network Engineer
16 31 (3.08%) Security Manager
17 30 (2.99%) IT Analyst
17 30 (2.99%) IT Technician
17 30 (2.99%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.29%) Middleware
1 13 (1.29%) SAML
2 10 (1.00%) ARM Templates
3 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
3 8 (0.80%) OAuth
3 8 (0.80%) PySpark
4 7 (0.70%) Kafka
4 7 (0.70%) REST
4 7 (0.70%) YAML
5 6 (0.60%) ADO
6 5 (0.50%) RESTful
7 4 (0.40%) .NET
7 4 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (0.40%) Loki
7 4 (0.40%) web3js
8 3 (0.30%) Node.js
8 3 (0.30%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.30%) ODBC
8 3 (0.30%) Playwright
8 3 (0.30%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 97 (9.65%) Data Centre
2 73 (7.26%) Management Information System
3 64 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 60 (5.97%) Driving Licence
5 57 (5.67%) Cloud Native
6 53 (5.27%) Replication
7 49 (4.88%) Security Posture
8 42 (4.18%) Cyber Threat
9 41 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
10 39 (3.88%) Onboarding
11 34 (3.38%) PKI
12 33 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (3.08%) Public Cloud
14 30 (2.99%) Enterprise Storage
15 27 (2.69%) NHS
16 24 (2.39%) CMDB
17 17 (1.69%) Clustering
17 17 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
17 17 (1.69%) Virtual Team
18 16 (1.59%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 352 (35.02%) Windows
2 234 (23.28%) Windows Server
3 92 (9.15%) Linux
4 24 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (2.09%) Mac OS
7 19 (1.89%) Windows 10
7 19 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.49%) Unix
9 13 (1.29%) Ubuntu
10 10 (1.00%) AIX
10 10 (1.00%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (1.00%) VMS
11 9 (0.90%) Apple iOS
11 9 (0.90%) CentOS
12 7 (0.70%) Solaris
13 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.20%) Android
14 2 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (36.02%) Business Continuity
2 324 (32.24%) Cybersecurity
3 257 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
4 250 (24.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 212 (21.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 202 (20.10%) ITIL
7 162 (16.12%) Incident Response
8 160 (15.92%) High Availability
9 129 (12.84%) DevOps
10 120 (11.94%) Service Delivery
11 119 (11.84%) Infrastructure as Code
12 113 (11.24%) Cloud Security
13 112 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 102 (10.15%) Data Protection
15 95 (9.45%) Change Management
16 94 (9.35%) CI/CD
16 94 (9.35%) Migration
17 93 (9.25%) Risk Management
18 91 (9.05%) Incident Management
18 91 (9.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 158 (15.72%) PowerShell
2 105 (10.45%) SQL
3 100 (9.95%) Python
4 45 (4.48%) Bash
5 15 (1.49%) Shell Script
6 14 (1.39%) Bicep
7 12 (1.19%) Java
8 10 (1.00%) Korn
9 9 (0.90%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.90%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.50%) C#
12 5 (0.50%) Scala
13 3 (0.30%) Go
13 3 (0.30%) Ruby
14 2 (0.20%) RPG
14 2 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.100%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 115 (11.44%) Degree
2 82 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
3 72 (7.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 63 (6.27%) CCNP
5 62 (6.17%) Azure Certification
6 51 (5.07%) Security Cleared
7 44 (4.38%) CCNA
8 39 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (3.68%) SC Cleared
10 34 (3.38%) CISSP
11 28 (2.79%) Postgraduate
12 27 (2.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 21 (2.09%) CISM
14 16 (1.59%) CEH
15 13 (1.29%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.29%) MCSE
16 12 (1.19%) CISA
17 10 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (1.00%) MCSA
17 10 (1.00%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 113 (11.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 109 (10.85%) GDPR
4 96 (9.55%) NIST
5 62 (6.17%) SLA
6 50 (4.98%) PCI DSS
7 47 (4.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 29 (2.89%) PMO
9 26 (2.59%) SOC 2
10 24 (2.39%) GRC
11 22 (2.19%) Data Quality
12 19 (1.89%) ISO 22301
13 14 (1.39%) COBIT
14 11 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (1.00%) NCSC
16 7 (0.70%) SOC 1
17 6 (0.60%) QA
18 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 4 (0.40%) HIPAA
19 4 (0.40%) HL7
System Software
1 293 (29.15%) Active Directory
2 239 (23.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (14.73%) Hyper-V
4 40 (3.98%) vSphere
5 34 (3.38%) Docker
6 31 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.09%) Firmware
7 21 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
8 19 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (1.09%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (1.00%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.90%) vCloud
12 6 (0.60%) KVM
12 6 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.30%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.30%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.100%) Xen
Systems Management
1 138 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (12.64%) Terraform
3 70 (6.97%) Ansible
4 68 (6.77%) Kubernetes
5 28 (2.79%) SCCM
6 25 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (2.39%) FortiGate
8 22 (2.19%) VxRail
9 11 (1.09%) Grafana
9 11 (1.09%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.09%) vCenter Server
10 10 (1.00%) Data Guard
10 10 (1.00%) Nagios
11 9 (0.90%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (0.90%) Packer
12 8 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
14 6 (0.60%) EMC VPLEX
14 6 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 502 (49.95%) Microsoft
2 306 (30.45%) VMware
3 145 (14.43%) Cisco
4 70 (6.97%) Veeam
5 55 (5.47%) Dell
6 52 (5.17%) Palo Alto
7 43 (4.28%) HP
8 36 (3.58%) Splunk
9 34 (3.38%) Meraki
10 33 (3.28%) Commvault
10 33 (3.28%) Nimble Storage
11 29 (2.89%) Fortinet
11 29 (2.89%) Oracle
11 29 (2.89%) Sophos
11 29 (2.89%) Tenable
12 25 (2.49%) EMC
12 25 (2.49%) SolarWinds
13 24 (2.39%) Google
14 22 (2.19%) IBM
14 22 (2.19%) Zscaler