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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 171 191
Rank change year-on-year -42 +20 +137
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 665 873 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.71% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.86% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 516 535 1,090
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% +9.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.90% - +5.00%

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 51,688 46,838 64,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.04% 91.77% 88.53%
Number of salaries quoted 30,626 22,631 50,390
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 4 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 17 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 4 February 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 -35 587 £62,500 +4.17% 201
UK excluding London -79 332 £53,500 +1.90% 203
London +32 280 £80,000 +6.67% 52
Work from Home +19 210 £69,368 +8.81% 91
North of England -51 120 £49,500 +10.00% 45
South East -14 73 £67,500 +3.85% 70
Yorkshire -5 71 £47,750 -9.05% 23
Midlands -34 57 £57,500 +7.88% 39
West Midlands +10 38 £57,500 +7.88% 25
North West -53 35 £42,500 -5.56% 20
South West -19 26 £45,000 -24.05% 13
Northern Ireland - 21 - -
East of England -21 19 £42,500 -22.73% 15
East Midlands -30 18 £48,750 -18.75% 14
North East -11 14 £58,446 +47.96% 4
Scotland -61 10 £48,000 -20.00% 19
Wales -3 7 £28,000 -50.66% 4

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
1 105 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (14.89%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.80%) IIS
4 6 (0.90%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.75%) WebSphere
5 5 (0.75%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.45%) Confluence
7 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.30%) CICS
7 2 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.15%) Site Server
8 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.90%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.30%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.30%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.60%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 365 (54.89%) Azure
2 223 (33.53%) Microsoft 365
3 163 (24.51%) Entra ID
4 119 (17.89%) AWS
5 50 (7.52%) Azure Monitor
6 46 (6.92%) SaaS
7 45 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (6.62%) GitHub
9 42 (6.32%) Nutanix
10 40 (6.02%) GCP
11 37 (5.56%) OneDrive
12 35 (5.26%) IaaS
13 34 (5.11%) Microsoft Purview
13 34 (5.11%) PaaS
14 33 (4.96%) Datadog
15 28 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (3.46%) Serverless
17 22 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
18 20 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 188 (28.27%) Firewall
2 161 (24.21%) DNS
3 140 (21.05%) DHCP
4 131 (19.70%) VPN
5 100 (15.04%) WAN
6 72 (10.83%) TCP/IP
7 70 (10.53%) VLAN
8 55 (8.27%) LAN
9 47 (7.07%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (6.92%) SAN
11 37 (5.56%) SD-WAN
12 35 (5.26%) Wireless
13 25 (3.76%) Network Security
13 25 (3.76%) VoIP
14 19 (2.86%) NAS
14 19 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (2.41%) SSL
16 14 (2.11%) BGP
17 8 (1.20%) Unified Communications
18 7 (1.05%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.12%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (2.86%) Oracle Database
5 18 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (2.26%) MySQL
7 12 (1.80%) Power BI
8 9 (1.35%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.35%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.35%) Delta Lake
8 9 (1.35%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (1.20%) DB2
10 7 (1.05%) Oracle Exadata
11 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.60%) GIS
13 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 29 (4.36%) Git
2 22 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.35%) Chocolatey
3 9 (1.35%) JIRA
4 6 (0.90%) Selenium
5 5 (0.75%) GitLab
5 5 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.60%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.45%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.45%) Maven
8 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.30%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.30%) TestRail
9 1 (0.15%) JMeter
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 249 (37.44%) Social Skills
2 197 (29.62%) Finance
3 99 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.62%) Banking
4 44 (6.62%) Law
5 25 (3.76%) Public Sector
5 25 (3.76%) Retail
6 24 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.16%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.56%) Legal
9 17 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.11%) Back Office
11 11 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.50%) Marketing
12 10 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.05%) Advertising
13 7 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.75%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 116 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 90 (13.53%) Senior
3 75 (11.28%) Cloud Engineer
4 68 (10.23%) Support Engineer
5 57 (8.57%) Lead
6 55 (8.27%) IT Engineer
7 54 (8.12%) IT Support
8 45 (6.77%) IT Manager
9 43 (6.47%) Analyst
10 37 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
11 35 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 32 (4.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (4.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.91%) Infrastructure Manager
15 25 (3.76%) Architect
15 25 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
15 25 (3.76%) Support Technician
16 24 (3.61%) Support Analyst
17 23 (3.46%) Infrastructure Support
17 23 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.71%) SAML
2 15 (2.26%) OAuth
3 12 (1.80%) ADO
3 12 (1.80%) YAML
4 11 (1.65%) REST
5 9 (1.35%) EDI
5 9 (1.35%) PySpark
5 9 (1.35%) RESTful
6 7 (1.05%) .NET
6 7 (1.05%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.05%) LDAP
6 7 (1.05%) Loki
7 6 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.90%) Middleware
8 5 (0.75%) LAPP Stack
8 5 (0.75%) WebSphere MQ
9 4 (0.60%) AWS SAM
9 4 (0.60%) Kafka
9 4 (0.60%) SOAP
10 3 (0.45%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 46 (6.92%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.11%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 31 (4.66%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (4.21%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (3.91%) Replication
8 25 (3.76%) Public Cloud
9 20 (3.01%) Cyber Threat
10 17 (2.56%) Clustering
10 17 (2.56%) PKI
11 16 (2.41%) CMDB
12 15 (2.26%) Driving Licence
12 15 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (2.11%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.35%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 225 (33.83%) Windows
2 161 (24.21%) Windows Server
3 86 (12.93%) Linux
4 31 (4.66%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.01%) Unix
5 20 (3.01%) VMS
6 17 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.26%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.05%) Android
10 4 (0.60%) Rocky
10 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.45%) AIX
11 3 (0.45%) CentOS
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (32.33%) Business Continuity
2 172 (25.86%) Cybersecurity
3 161 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
4 160 (24.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 156 (23.46%) ITIL
6 137 (20.60%) High Availability
7 136 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 128 (19.25%) DevOps
9 112 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
10 102 (15.34%) CI/CD
11 100 (15.04%) Incident Response
12 90 (13.53%) Migration
13 72 (10.83%) Service Delivery
13 72 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
14 70 (10.53%) Computer Science
14 70 (10.53%) Data Protection
15 69 (10.38%) Risk Management
16 68 (10.23%) ITSM
17 64 (9.62%) Service Management
18 61 (9.17%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (24.21%) PowerShell
2 113 (16.99%) Python
3 79 (11.88%) SQL
4 40 (6.02%) Bash
5 21 (3.16%) Java
6 15 (2.26%) Go
7 13 (1.95%) Bicep
8 12 (1.80%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.35%) Scala
10 8 (1.20%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.05%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.90%) C#
12 6 (0.90%) VBScript
13 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.45%) Korn
15 2 (0.30%) COBOL
15 2 (0.30%) JCL
15 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (17.59%) Degree
2 53 (7.97%) Azure Certification
3 49 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (6.32%) Security Cleared
6 32 (4.81%) AWS Certification
7 25 (3.76%) SC Cleared
8 21 (3.16%) CISSP
9 20 (3.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 20 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.26%) CCNP
10 15 (2.26%) CEH
11 13 (1.95%) CISM
11 13 (1.95%) HNC
11 13 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 11 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
14 10 (1.50%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (16.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (12.78%) GDPR
3 69 (10.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 61 (9.17%) NIST
5 45 (6.77%) SLA
6 35 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (3.16%) SOC 2
8 19 (2.86%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.95%) ISO 22301
10 9 (1.35%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.20%) ISAE 3402
12 7 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.90%) GRC
13 6 (0.90%) NCSC
13 6 (0.90%) QA
14 3 (0.45%) Basel III
14 3 (0.45%) COBIT
14 3 (0.45%) GxP
14 3 (0.45%) MiFID
15 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 219 (32.93%) Active Directory
2 116 (17.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 89 (13.38%) Hyper-V
4 53 (7.97%) Docker
5 34 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (3.61%) vSphere
7 14 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.35%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (1.20%) Firmware
9 8 (1.20%) vCloud
9 8 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.60%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.30%) RACF
12 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.15%) NFS
13 1 (0.15%) Postfix
13 1 (0.15%) Squid
13 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 117 (17.59%) Terraform
2 110 (16.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (11.13%) Kubernetes
4 67 (10.08%) Ansible
5 22 (3.31%) Grafana
5 22 (3.31%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.41%) SCCM
7 13 (1.95%) Nagios
8 11 (1.65%) Data Guard
9 10 (1.50%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.35%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.20%) Puppet
11 8 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.05%) FortiGate
12 7 (1.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 6 (0.90%) Avamar
13 6 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.75%) Nessus
14 5 (0.75%) SCOM
14 5 (0.75%) VxRail
Vendors
1 326 (49.02%) Microsoft
2 159 (23.91%) VMware
3 50 (7.52%) Cisco
4 40 (6.02%) Dell
5 31 (4.66%) Veeam
6 29 (4.36%) Oracle
7 28 (4.21%) Palo Alto
8 27 (4.06%) Commvault
9 20 (3.01%) Dynatrace
10 18 (2.71%) Fortinet
10 18 (2.71%) HP
11 17 (2.56%) Google
11 17 (2.56%) Meraki
11 17 (2.56%) Zscaler
12 16 (2.41%) Dell Compellent
12 16 (2.41%) Nimble Storage
13 15 (2.26%) Adobe
14 14 (2.11%) IBM
15 13 (1.95%) Tenable
16 11 (1.65%) AppDynamics