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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 167 196
Rank change year-on-year -46 +29 +124
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 670 875 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.71% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.87% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 518 537 1,086
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +4.35% +9.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.95% - +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 51,996 46,880 64,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.99% 91.87% 88.55%
Number of salaries quoted 30,799 22,693 50,451
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £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 £76,000 £80,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £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 6 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 6 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 -32 589 £62,500 +4.17% 213
UK excluding London -70 335 £53,000 +0.95% 202
London +26 279 £80,000 +6.67% 58
Work from Home +43 213 £69,368 +10.99% 104
North of England -48 121 £48,000 +6.67% 45
South East -19 73 £67,500 +3.85% 67
Yorkshire -7 71 £47,750 -9.05% 21
Midlands -28 57 £57,500 +7.88% 39
West Midlands +7 38 £57,500 +7.88% 23
North West -53 35 £42,500 -5.56% 24
South West -17 27 £47,500 -18.80% 15
Northern Ireland - 21 - -
East of England -21 20 £39,500 -28.18% 18
East Midlands -42 18 £48,750 -18.75% 16
North East -13 15 £55,473 +40.44% 2
Scotland -49 10 £48,000 -20.00% 15
Wales +3 7 £28,000 -50.66% 5

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
1 107 (15.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (14.93%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.79%) 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 (4.93%) 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
1 370 (55.22%) Azure
2 226 (33.73%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (24.48%) Entra ID
4 120 (17.91%) AWS
5 50 (7.46%) Azure Monitor
6 46 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (6.87%) SaaS
7 43 (6.42%) GitHub
8 42 (6.27%) Nutanix
9 39 (5.82%) GCP
10 37 (5.52%) OneDrive
11 36 (5.37%) IaaS
12 35 (5.22%) PaaS
13 34 (5.07%) Microsoft Purview
14 32 (4.78%) Datadog
15 27 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (3.58%) Serverless
17 22 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
18 20 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 191 (28.51%) Firewall
2 162 (24.18%) DNS
3 141 (21.04%) DHCP
4 134 (20.00%) VPN
5 101 (15.07%) WAN
6 71 (10.60%) TCP/IP
7 69 (10.30%) VLAN
8 56 (8.36%) LAN
9 48 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (6.87%) SAN
11 37 (5.52%) SD-WAN
12 35 (5.22%) Wireless
13 29 (4.33%) Network Security
14 26 (3.88%) VoIP
15 19 (2.84%) NAS
15 19 (2.84%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (2.39%) SSL
17 14 (2.09%) BGP
18 8 (1.19%) Unified Communications
19 7 (1.04%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.21%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.58%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (2.84%) Oracle Database
5 18 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (2.24%) MySQL
7 12 (1.79%) Power BI
8 9 (1.34%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.34%) Delta Lake
8 9 (1.34%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (1.19%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.19%) DB2
10 7 (1.04%) Oracle Exadata
11 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.75%) GIS
12 5 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 29 (4.33%) Git
2 21 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.49%) JIRA
4 9 (1.34%) Chocolatey
5 6 (0.90%) Selenium
6 5 (0.75%) GitLab
6 5 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.45%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.45%) Maven
9 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.30%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.30%) TestRail
10 1 (0.15%) JMeter
10 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 250 (37.31%) Social Skills
2 197 (29.40%) Finance
3 99 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.72%) Law
5 44 (6.57%) Banking
6 25 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (3.73%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.73%) Retail
7 22 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.13%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.54%) Legal
9 17 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.09%) Back Office
11 11 (1.64%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.49%) Marketing
12 10 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.04%) Advertising
13 7 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.75%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 117 (17.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 91 (13.58%) Senior
3 75 (11.19%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (10.30%) Support Engineer
5 57 (8.51%) IT Engineer
5 57 (8.51%) Lead
6 55 (8.21%) IT Support
7 45 (6.72%) IT Manager
8 43 (6.42%) Analyst
9 38 (5.67%) Azure Engineer
10 34 (5.07%) DevOps Engineer
11 32 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (4.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (3.88%) Architect
13 26 (3.88%) Infrastructure Manager
13 26 (3.88%) IT Support Engineer
14 25 (3.73%) Support Technician
15 24 (3.58%) Support Analyst
16 23 (3.43%) Infrastructure Support
16 23 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.84%) SAML
2 15 (2.24%) OAuth
3 12 (1.79%) ADO
3 12 (1.79%) REST
3 12 (1.79%) YAML
4 9 (1.34%) EDI
4 9 (1.34%) PySpark
4 9 (1.34%) RESTful
5 8 (1.19%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.04%) .NET
6 7 (1.04%) LDAP
6 7 (1.04%) 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%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 46 (6.87%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.93%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.78%) Onboarding
5 31 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (4.33%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (3.88%) Replication
8 25 (3.73%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (2.69%) PKI
11 17 (2.54%) Clustering
12 16 (2.39%) CMDB
12 16 (2.39%) Driving Licence
13 15 (2.24%) Security Posture
13 15 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.34%) Product Ownership
16 8 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
17 7 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 228 (34.03%) Windows
2 163 (24.33%) Windows Server
3 87 (12.99%) Linux
4 31 (4.63%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.99%) Unix
5 20 (2.99%) VMS
6 17 (2.54%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.24%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.04%) 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 (32.09%) Business Continuity
2 175 (26.12%) Cybersecurity
3 164 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 161 (24.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 157 (23.43%) ITIL
6 138 (20.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 138 (20.60%) High Availability
7 129 (19.25%) DevOps
8 112 (16.72%) Infrastructure as Code
9 102 (15.22%) CI/CD
9 102 (15.22%) Incident Response
10 91 (13.58%) Migration
11 73 (10.90%) Service Delivery
12 72 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (10.60%) Computer Science
14 70 (10.45%) Data Protection
15 69 (10.30%) Risk Management
16 67 (10.00%) ITSM
17 63 (9.40%) Service Management
18 60 (8.96%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 165 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 114 (17.01%) Python
3 79 (11.79%) SQL
4 39 (5.82%) Bash
5 21 (3.13%) Java
6 15 (2.24%) Go
7 14 (2.09%) Bicep
8 13 (1.94%) JavaScript
9 12 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (1.34%) Scala
11 8 (1.19%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.04%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.90%) C#
13 6 (0.90%) VBScript
14 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.45%) Korn
16 2 (0.30%) COBOL
16 2 (0.30%) JCL
16 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (17.61%) Degree
2 54 (8.06%) Azure Certification
3 50 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (6.42%) Security Cleared
5 32 (4.78%) AWS Certification
6 26 (3.88%) SC Cleared
7 23 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.13%) CISSP
9 20 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (2.69%) CCNP
11 15 (2.24%) CEH
12 13 (1.94%) CISM
12 13 (1.94%) HNC
12 13 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 10 (1.49%) DV Cleared
14 10 (1.49%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.49%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (17.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (12.69%) GDPR
3 69 (10.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 63 (9.40%) NIST
5 44 (6.57%) SLA
6 35 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (3.13%) PCI DSS
7 21 (3.13%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.94%) ISO 22301
9 9 (1.34%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.19%) ISAE 3402
11 7 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.90%) GRC
12 6 (0.90%) NCSC
12 6 (0.90%) QA
13 3 (0.45%) Basel III
13 3 (0.45%) COBIT
13 3 (0.45%) GxP
13 3 (0.45%) MiFID
14 2 (0.30%) HL7
System Software
1 221 (32.99%) Active Directory
2 119 (17.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 90 (13.43%) Hyper-V
4 53 (7.91%) Docker
5 34 (5.07%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (3.58%) vSphere
7 14 (2.09%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.34%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (1.19%) Firmware
9 8 (1.19%) vCloud
9 8 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.60%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.30%) RACF
12 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.15%) KVM
13 1 (0.15%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 117 (17.46%) Terraform
2 112 (16.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (11.04%) Kubernetes
4 67 (10.00%) Ansible
5 22 (3.28%) Grafana
6 21 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 16 (2.39%) SCCM
8 13 (1.94%) Nagios
9 11 (1.64%) Data Guard
10 10 (1.49%) vCenter Server
11 9 (1.34%) Oracle RMAN
12 8 (1.19%) Puppet
12 8 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (1.04%) FortiGate
13 7 (1.04%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 6 (0.90%) Avamar
14 6 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.90%) VxRail
15 5 (0.75%) Nessus
15 5 (0.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 330 (49.25%) Microsoft
2 163 (24.33%) VMware
3 53 (7.91%) Cisco
4 40 (5.97%) Dell
5 32 (4.78%) Veeam
6 29 (4.33%) Oracle
7 28 (4.18%) Palo Alto
8 27 (4.03%) Commvault
9 20 (2.99%) Dynatrace
10 19 (2.84%) Fortinet
10 19 (2.84%) Zscaler
11 18 (2.69%) HP
11 18 (2.69%) Meraki
12 16 (2.39%) Dell Compellent
12 16 (2.39%) Google
12 16 (2.39%) Nimble Storage
13 15 (2.24%) Adobe
14 14 (2.09%) IBM
15 13 (1.94%) Tenable
16 12 (1.79%) Splunk