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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 256 206
Rank change year-on-year +82 -50 +12
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,320 575 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.16% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.31% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 940 452 664
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,750 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.48% +1.07%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,625 £99,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +78 1,153 £57,500 -4.17% 557
UK excluding London +85 871 £50,000 - 359
London +53 400 £75,000 - 265
Work from Home +98 393 £60,000 - 295
North of England +76 246 £47,500 -9.52% 73
South East +74 227 £50,000 - 121
Midlands +44 151 £57,500 +4.55% 65
North West +59 133 £47,500 - 37
West Midlands +37 116 £59,386 +3.28% 43
Yorkshire +30 99 £47,500 -20.83% 26
South West -66 70 £48,375 +1.84% 39
East of England +1 57 £45,500 +40.00% 24
Scotland +49 52 £47,500 -5.47% 26
Northern Ireland -37 48 - - 8
East Midlands -25 35 £45,000 - 22
Wales -51 22 £45,000 -21.74% 8
North East -65 14 £52,500 - 12

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
1 164 (12.42%) SharePoint
2 148 (11.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.05%) IIS
4 23 (1.74%) Apache
5 16 (1.21%) nginx
6 11 (0.83%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.38%) Confluence
8 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.23%) WordPress
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.076%) CICS
11 1 (0.076%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.44%) PlantUML
2 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.83%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.45%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.38%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.23%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.076%) Eikon
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.076%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.076%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.076%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 690 (52.27%) Azure
2 408 (30.91%) Microsoft 365
3 260 (19.70%) Entra ID
4 254 (19.24%) AWS
5 145 (10.98%) SaaS
6 103 (7.80%) IaaS
7 76 (5.76%) PaaS
8 53 (4.02%) Power Platform
9 48 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
10 41 (3.11%) OneDrive
11 40 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (3.03%) GCP
12 37 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
13 34 (2.58%) Datadog
13 34 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
14 28 (2.12%) GitHub
15 25 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (1.89%) Nutanix
15 25 (1.89%) OCI
16 24 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 366 (27.73%) Firewall
2 309 (23.41%) DNS
3 226 (17.12%) VPN
4 220 (16.67%) DHCP
5 164 (12.42%) WAN
6 142 (10.76%) VLAN
7 133 (10.08%) LAN
8 117 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
9 104 (7.88%) Network Security
10 102 (7.73%) TCP/IP
11 78 (5.91%) Wireless
12 62 (4.70%) SAN
13 51 (3.86%) Internet
14 42 (3.18%) SD-WAN
15 40 (3.03%) VoIP
16 39 (2.95%) SSL
17 28 (2.12%) Cisco ISE
18 25 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
19 23 (1.74%) NAS
20 15 (1.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 38 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (2.42%) Power BI
4 31 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.98%) Oracle Database
8 12 (0.91%) Metadata
9 11 (0.83%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.83%) MySQL
10 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.38%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.30%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
14 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.44%) Git
1 19 (1.44%) JIRA
2 15 (1.14%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.06%) GitLab
4 10 (0.76%) JUnit
4 10 (0.76%) Spock
5 7 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.30%) IntelliJ
8 4 (0.30%) Maven
9 2 (0.15%) git-flow
9 2 (0.15%) MLflow
9 2 (0.15%) Selenium
9 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.15%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.076%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.076%) TeamCity
General
1 443 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 234 (17.73%) Finance
3 184 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (6.29%) Legal
5 79 (5.98%) Law
6 66 (5.00%) Banking
7 64 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 42 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (2.95%) Retail
11 38 (2.88%) Public Sector
12 36 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.36%) Back Office
16 13 (0.98%) Aerospace
16 13 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
17 12 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 254 (19.24%) Senior
2 192 (14.55%) IT Support
3 170 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 146 (11.06%) IT Engineer
5 144 (10.91%) IT Manager
6 115 (8.71%) Support Engineer
7 101 (7.65%) Architect
8 98 (7.42%) Analyst
9 96 (7.27%) IT Support Engineer
10 66 (5.00%) Service Manager
11 65 (4.92%) Lead
12 64 (4.85%) Resilience Manager
13 58 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
13 58 (4.39%) Network Engineer
13 58 (4.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 57 (4.32%) IT Services Manager
15 52 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
16 46 (3.48%) IT Analyst
17 41 (3.11%) Administrator
18 38 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (12.42%) Terraform
2 73 (5.53%) Middleware
3 14 (1.06%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.76%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.76%) Spring
5 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.61%) Web Services
6 7 (0.53%) FIX Protocol
6 7 (0.53%) Kafka
7 6 (0.45%) SAML
8 5 (0.38%) .NET
8 5 (0.38%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.38%) ModSecurity
9 4 (0.30%) REST
9 4 (0.30%) web3js
10 3 (0.23%) EDI
10 3 (0.23%) JSON
10 3 (0.23%) Nuxt
10 3 (0.23%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.48%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.74%) Cyber Threat
3 79 (5.98%) Cloud Native
3 79 (5.98%) Management Information System
4 75 (5.68%) Onboarding
5 70 (5.30%) Driving Licence
6 61 (4.62%) Replication
6 61 (4.62%) Security Posture
7 57 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 47 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.42%) Enterprise Storage
10 31 (2.35%) PKI
11 30 (2.27%) NHS
12 26 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (1.89%) CCTV
14 23 (1.74%) Private Cloud
15 22 (1.67%) Clustering
16 21 (1.59%) Public Cloud
17 20 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
17 20 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 450 (34.09%) Windows
2 325 (24.62%) Windows Server
3 147 (11.14%) Linux
4 36 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (2.12%) Ubuntu
5 28 (2.12%) Windows 10
6 24 (1.82%) Mac OS
7 22 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (1.59%) Unix
9 14 (1.06%) VMS
10 12 (0.91%) AIX
11 10 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (0.68%) CentOS
12 9 (0.68%) Solaris
13 5 (0.38%) Debian
14 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.076%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (40.45%) Business Continuity
2 405 (30.68%) Cybersecurity
3 366 (27.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 348 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
5 265 (20.08%) ITIL
6 246 (18.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 216 (16.36%) DevOps
8 204 (15.45%) High Availability
9 187 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 177 (13.41%) Incident Response
11 174 (13.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 171 (12.95%) Information Security
13 168 (12.73%) Service Delivery
14 160 (12.12%) Project Delivery
15 143 (10.83%) Agile
16 142 (10.76%) Mentoring
17 139 (10.53%) CI/CD
18 137 (10.38%) Cloud Security
19 131 (9.92%) AI
20 129 (9.77%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 194 (14.70%) PowerShell
2 129 (9.77%) Python
3 122 (9.24%) SQL
4 56 (4.24%) Bash
5 29 (2.20%) Bicep
6 23 (1.74%) Shell Script
7 21 (1.59%) Java
8 15 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 14 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.83%) Korn
11 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
14 5 (0.38%) COBOL
14 5 (0.38%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.30%) Go
15 4 (0.30%) Groovy
15 4 (0.30%) XAML
16 3 (0.23%) C#
16 3 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 141 (10.68%) Degree
2 101 (7.65%) Azure Certification
3 99 (7.50%) CISSP
4 98 (7.42%) Cisco Certification
5 87 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 84 (6.36%) Security Cleared
7 83 (6.29%) CISM
8 70 (5.30%) CCNP
9 61 (4.62%) SC Cleared
10 58 (4.39%) ITIL Certification
11 51 (3.86%) CCNA
12 45 (3.41%) Postgraduate
13 38 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 29 (2.20%) AWS Certification
15 28 (2.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 21 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
17 19 (1.44%) DV Cleared
17 19 (1.44%) Master's Degree
18 16 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
19 15 (1.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (11.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 139 (10.53%) NIST
3 119 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 114 (8.64%) GDPR
5 84 (6.36%) SLA
6 82 (6.21%) ISO 22301
7 53 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 41 (3.11%) PCI DSS
9 35 (2.65%) GRC
10 27 (2.05%) Data Quality
11 23 (1.74%) PMO
12 22 (1.67%) SOC 2
13 21 (1.59%) NCSC
14 16 (1.21%) COBIT
15 15 (1.14%) QA
16 8 (0.61%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.61%) SOC 1
17 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 5 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.23%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 357 (27.05%) Active Directory
2 293 (22.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 204 (15.45%) Hyper-V
4 50 (3.79%) Docker
5 48 (3.64%) vSphere
6 41 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (2.27%) Firmware
8 27 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 26 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
10 17 (1.29%) VMware NSX
11 12 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
12 9 (0.68%) vCloud
13 6 (0.45%) Squid
14 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
15 4 (0.30%) KVM
16 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.23%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.15%) iptables
17 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 189 (14.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (6.21%) Ansible
3 79 (5.98%) Kubernetes
4 42 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
5 33 (2.50%) FortiGate
6 26 (1.97%) SCCM
7 17 (1.29%) VxRail
8 16 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (1.06%) Prometheus
10 13 (0.98%) Data Guard
11 12 (0.91%) Grafana
12 11 (0.83%) Nagios
12 11 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
12 11 (0.83%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
13 8 (0.61%) Proxmox
14 7 (0.53%) Avamar
15 6 (0.45%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.45%) Packer
15 6 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 651 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 343 (25.98%) VMware
3 198 (15.00%) Cisco
4 96 (7.27%) Veeam
5 72 (5.45%) Palo Alto
6 50 (3.79%) Fortinet
7 49 (3.71%) Oracle
8 48 (3.64%) SonicWALL
9 45 (3.41%) Splunk
10 41 (3.11%) Meraki
11 38 (2.88%) Dell
12 36 (2.73%) Aruba
13 35 (2.65%) Google
14 34 (2.58%) SolarWinds
15 30 (2.27%) HP
15 30 (2.27%) Qualys
15 30 (2.27%) Sophos
16 27 (2.05%) ServiceNow
17 26 (1.97%) Apple
18 25 (1.89%) AppDynamics