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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 254 203
Rank change year-on-year +68 -51 +88
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,077 610 1,398
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.28% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.41% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 802 491 1,122
10th Percentile £32,775 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £41,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £90,000
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 71,201 43,352 86,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 91.03% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 49,187 23,974 60,816
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £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% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,738 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.48% - -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 July 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 4 July 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 +56 950 £57,500 -8.00% 302
UK excluding London +53 646 £50,000 -9.09% 239
London +53 364 £75,000 - 111
Work from Home +85 322 £60,000 - 149
North of England +69 225 £48,750 -11.36% 49
South East +26 166 £50,000 -9.09% 77
Yorkshire +49 108 £50,000 -20.00% 17
Midlands +28 105 £55,000 - 44
North West +32 100 £50,000 -8.05% 28
West Midlands +26 80 £55,000 -4.35% 25
East of England -3 47 £43,500 -18.69% 13
South West -99 36 £43,500 -20.91% 30
Scotland +30 29 £40,800 -25.82% 12
East Midlands -15 24 £55,000 +37.50% 19
Northern Ireland -29 21 - - 11
North East -47 17 £42,500 -12.82% 5
Wales -32 15 £43,000 -20.00% 7
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 (10.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (10.31%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.76%) IIS
4 8 (0.74%) Apache
5 7 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.28%) Confluence
6 3 (0.28%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) nginx
7 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.093%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.093%) Site Server
8 1 (0.093%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.21%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.37%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.093%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.093%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.093%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 545 (50.60%) Azure
2 326 (30.27%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (17.46%) Entra ID
4 185 (17.18%) AWS
5 82 (7.61%) SaaS
6 62 (5.76%) IaaS
7 54 (5.01%) PaaS
8 53 (4.92%) Nutanix
9 43 (3.99%) Datadog
10 42 (3.90%) Power Platform
11 39 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (3.06%) GCP
13 31 (2.88%) GitHub
14 30 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
15 29 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
16 27 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
17 25 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
18 23 (2.14%) Mimecast
19 20 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
20 18 (1.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 337 (31.29%) Firewall
2 237 (22.01%) DNS
3 210 (19.50%) VPN
4 183 (16.99%) DHCP
5 147 (13.65%) WAN
6 128 (11.88%) VLAN
7 115 (10.68%) LAN
8 92 (8.54%) Network Security
9 91 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
10 90 (8.36%) TCP/IP
11 61 (5.66%) SAN
12 54 (5.01%) Wireless
13 33 (3.06%) Internet
14 27 (2.51%) Cisco ISE
14 27 (2.51%) SD-WAN
14 27 (2.51%) SSL
15 26 (2.41%) VoIP
16 22 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
17 17 (1.58%) BGP
17 17 (1.58%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.64%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (2.32%) Power BI
5 13 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.11%) MySQL
7 10 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.84%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.56%) Delta Lake
9 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.46%) GIS
10 5 (0.46%) Metadata
10 5 (0.46%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.46%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (1.67%) JIRA
2 17 (1.58%) Chocolatey
3 16 (1.49%) Git
4 6 (0.56%) GitLab
4 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.37%) MLflow
7 3 (0.28%) Selenium
8 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.19%) JUnit
8 2 (0.19%) Spock
8 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.093%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.093%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.093%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.093%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.093%) Yeoman
General
1 391 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 186 (17.27%) Finance
3 146 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.41%) Banking
5 64 (5.94%) Legal
6 59 (5.48%) Law
7 48 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (3.53%) Manufacturing
10 36 (3.34%) Public Sector
11 32 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (2.69%) Retail
13 26 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.86%) Back Office
14 20 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.02%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
17 8 (0.74%) Advertising
17 8 (0.74%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 213 (19.78%) Senior
2 160 (14.86%) IT Support
3 158 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 128 (11.88%) IT Engineer
5 102 (9.47%) Support Engineer
6 99 (9.19%) IT Manager
7 81 (7.52%) IT Support Engineer
8 77 (7.15%) Lead
9 76 (7.06%) Cloud Engineer
10 68 (6.31%) Architect
11 62 (5.76%) Analyst
12 58 (5.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 53 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
14 40 (3.71%) Network Engineer
15 36 (3.34%) IT Analyst
15 36 (3.34%) Platform Engineer
16 35 (3.25%) Administrator
17 34 (3.16%) IT Technician
18 31 (2.88%) Security Engineer
19 30 (2.79%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.79%) Middleware
2 14 (1.30%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.02%) SAML
4 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (0.65%) REST
6 6 (0.56%) Kafka
6 6 (0.56%) OAuth
6 6 (0.56%) PySpark
7 5 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.46%) RESTful
7 5 (0.46%) YAML
8 4 (0.37%) .NET
8 4 (0.37%) ADO
8 4 (0.37%) web3js
9 3 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.28%) JSON
9 3 (0.28%) Node.js
9 3 (0.28%) ODBC
9 3 (0.28%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 101 (9.38%) Data Centre
2 74 (6.87%) Management Information System
3 66 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 65 (6.04%) Cloud Native
4 65 (6.04%) Driving Licence
5 58 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
6 53 (4.92%) Security Posture
7 52 (4.83%) Replication
8 51 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (3.81%) Onboarding
10 37 (3.44%) Data Protection Act
11 36 (3.34%) PKI
12 31 (2.88%) Public Cloud
13 30 (2.79%) Enterprise Storage
14 27 (2.51%) NHS
15 24 (2.23%) CMDB
16 21 (1.95%) CCTV
17 19 (1.76%) Clustering
17 19 (1.76%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 370 (34.35%) Windows
2 252 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 100 (9.29%) Linux
4 25 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.95%) Mac OS
7 20 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (1.67%) Unix
8 18 (1.67%) Windows 10
9 14 (1.30%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.02%) AIX
10 11 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.93%) CentOS
12 8 (0.74%) Solaris
12 8 (0.74%) VMS
13 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.19%) Debian
15 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (38.25%) Business Continuity
2 343 (31.85%) Cybersecurity
3 284 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
4 279 (25.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 222 (20.61%) ITIL
6 214 (19.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 177 (16.43%) High Availability
8 172 (15.97%) Incident Response
9 153 (14.21%) DevOps
10 132 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 131 (12.16%) Service Delivery
11 131 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 117 (10.86%) Cloud Security
13 114 (10.58%) Data Protection
14 108 (10.03%) Information Security
15 107 (9.94%) Change Management
16 104 (9.66%) Risk Management
17 102 (9.47%) CI/CD
18 101 (9.38%) Mentoring
19 99 (9.19%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 165 (15.32%) PowerShell
2 113 (10.49%) Python
3 110 (10.21%) SQL
4 46 (4.27%) Bash
5 20 (1.86%) Bicep
6 17 (1.58%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.02%) Java
7 11 (1.02%) Korn
8 10 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.84%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.46%) C#
13 4 (0.37%) Go
13 4 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.28%) Ruby
14 3 (0.28%) Scala
15 2 (0.19%) RPG
15 2 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 124 (11.51%) Degree
2 87 (8.08%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 67 (6.22%) Azure Certification
5 66 (6.13%) CCNP
6 59 (5.48%) Security Cleared
7 54 (5.01%) CISSP
8 49 (4.55%) CCNA
9 41 (3.81%) CISM
9 41 (3.81%) SC Cleared
10 40 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (2.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 28 (2.60%) Postgraduate
13 17 (1.58%) AWS Certification
14 16 (1.49%) CEH
15 15 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (1.30%) CISA
17 13 (1.21%) CRISC
17 13 (1.21%) Master's Degree
17 13 (1.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (14.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 124 (11.51%) GDPR
3 117 (10.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 117 (10.86%) NIST
4 63 (5.85%) SLA
5 54 (5.01%) PCI DSS
6 47 (4.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 39 (3.62%) ISO 22301
8 29 (2.69%) PMO
9 28 (2.60%) GRC
9 28 (2.60%) SOC 2
10 25 (2.32%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.39%) COBIT
12 10 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.93%) NCSC
13 8 (0.74%) SOC 1
14 7 (0.65%) QA
15 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.37%) HL7
System Software
1 301 (27.95%) Active Directory
2 257 (23.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 168 (15.60%) Hyper-V
4 44 (4.09%) vSphere
5 40 (3.71%) Docker
6 29 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.95%) Firmware
8 21 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.11%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (0.93%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.84%) vCloud
12 7 (0.65%) KVM
13 4 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.28%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.19%) Squid
15 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 139 (12.91%) Terraform
2 137 (12.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 75 (6.96%) Ansible
3 75 (6.96%) Kubernetes
4 28 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (2.51%) SCCM
6 25 (2.32%) FortiGate
7 21 (1.95%) VxRail
8 12 (1.11%) vCenter Server
9 11 (1.02%) Data Guard
9 11 (1.02%) Nagios
10 10 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (0.93%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.84%) Grafana
11 9 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.84%) Packer
12 7 (0.65%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 537 (49.86%) Microsoft
2 315 (29.25%) VMware
3 158 (14.67%) Cisco
4 70 (6.50%) Veeam
5 56 (5.20%) Palo Alto
6 54 (5.01%) Dell
7 43 (3.99%) HP
8 38 (3.53%) Splunk
9 36 (3.34%) Meraki
9 36 (3.34%) Oracle
10 33 (3.06%) Nimble Storage
11 32 (2.97%) Fortinet
12 31 (2.88%) Commvault
13 30 (2.79%) Sophos
14 28 (2.60%) Tenable
15 27 (2.51%) SolarWinds
16 25 (2.32%) Google
17 24 (2.23%) EMC
18 23 (2.14%) Aruba
18 23 (2.14%) IBM