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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 169 195
Rank change year-on-year -36 +26 +132
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 686 864 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.02% 1.75% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.90% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 520 532 1,086
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,125 £92,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £53,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.38% +1.52% +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 53,402 45,552 66,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.39% 92.32% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 31,913 22,134 51,281
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,934 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 16 February 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 16 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 -44 595 £62,500 +4.17% 237
UK excluding London -66 353 £53,500 +0.38% 216
London +28 271 £80,000 +6.67% 63
Work from Home +22 211 £68,750 +10.00% 113
North of England -43 130 £47,750 +6.11% 56
South East -19 79 £67,500 +3.85% 73
Yorkshire -9 76 £47,500 -9.52% 23
Midlands -41 55 £52,500 -1.50% 42
West Midlands -1 38 £57,500 +7.88% 29
North West -52 35 £42,500 -5.56% 32
South West -31 26 £45,000 -25.00% 14
Northern Ireland - 23 - -
East of England -19 21 £39,500 -28.18% 18
North East -2 19 £55,473 +40.44% 4
East Midlands -43 16 £45,000 -25.00% 13
Scotland -54 10 £48,000 -30.18% 12
Wales -1 8 £28,000 -50.66% 7
Channel Islands - 2 £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
1 109 (15.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (14.43%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.60%) IIS
4 5 (0.73%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.58%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.58%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.29%) CICS
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.29%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.29%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.58%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.29%) 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
1 376 (54.81%) Azure
2 228 (33.24%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (23.91%) Entra ID
4 127 (18.51%) AWS
5 50 (7.29%) Azure Monitor
5 50 (7.29%) Nutanix
6 48 (7.00%) SaaS
7 45 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (5.98%) GitHub
9 40 (5.83%) GCP
10 39 (5.69%) IaaS
11 37 (5.39%) OneDrive
12 36 (5.25%) PaaS
13 34 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
14 33 (4.81%) Datadog
15 26 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (3.35%) Serverless
17 21 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
18 19 (2.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 197 (28.72%) Firewall
2 169 (24.64%) DNS
3 145 (21.14%) DHCP
4 139 (20.26%) VPN
5 103 (15.01%) WAN
6 71 (10.35%) VLAN
7 69 (10.06%) TCP/IP
8 57 (8.31%) LAN
9 48 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (6.71%) SAN
11 37 (5.39%) SD-WAN
12 34 (4.96%) Wireless
13 31 (4.52%) Network Security
14 25 (3.64%) Remote Desktop
15 24 (3.50%) VoIP
16 18 (2.62%) NAS
17 16 (2.33%) BGP
17 16 (2.33%) SSL
18 7 (1.02%) Internet
18 7 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.62%) Oracle Database
5 15 (2.19%) MySQL
6 13 (1.90%) Power BI
7 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.31%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.17%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.87%) DB2
10 6 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
10 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.73%) GIS
11 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 27 (3.94%) Git
2 20 (2.92%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.46%) Chocolatey
3 10 (1.46%) JIRA
4 6 (0.87%) GitLab
4 6 (0.87%) Selenium
5 5 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.58%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.44%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.44%) Maven
8 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.29%) TestRail
9 1 (0.15%) JMeter
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 261 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 199 (29.01%) Finance
3 98 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (6.85%) Law
5 45 (6.56%) Banking
6 30 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.94%) Retail
9 22 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.92%) Financial Institution
10 20 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.33%) Legal
13 13 (1.90%) Back Office
14 10 (1.46%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.17%) Marketing
17 7 (1.02%) Advertising
17 7 (1.02%) French Language
17 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (17.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 96 (13.99%) Senior
3 82 (11.95%) Cloud Engineer
4 68 (9.91%) Support Engineer
5 57 (8.31%) IT Engineer
6 56 (8.16%) IT Support
7 55 (8.02%) Lead
8 49 (7.14%) IT Manager
9 45 (6.56%) Analyst
10 38 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
11 36 (5.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 32 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (4.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (3.79%) IT Support Engineer
15 25 (3.64%) Architect
15 25 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
15 25 (3.64%) Support Technician
16 24 (3.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (3.50%) Infrastructure Support
16 24 (3.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.77%) SAML
2 15 (2.19%) OAuth
3 12 (1.75%) ADO
3 12 (1.75%) YAML
4 11 (1.60%) REST
5 9 (1.31%) EDI
5 9 (1.31%) PySpark
5 9 (1.31%) RESTful
6 7 (1.02%) .NET
6 7 (1.02%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.02%) Loki
7 6 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.87%) LDAP
8 5 (0.73%) Middleware
9 4 (0.58%) AWS SAM
9 4 (0.58%) Kafka
9 4 (0.58%) LAPP Stack
9 4 (0.58%) SOAP
9 4 (0.58%) WebSphere MQ
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 46 (6.71%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.81%) Data Centre
3 33 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 31 (4.52%) Public Cloud
5 30 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (4.37%) Replication
6 29 (4.23%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (2.77%) PKI
10 18 (2.62%) Driving Licence
11 17 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.33%) Clustering
12 16 (2.33%) CMDB
12 16 (2.33%) Security Posture
13 14 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.31%) Product Ownership
15 7 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 237 (34.55%) Windows
2 172 (25.07%) Windows Server
3 82 (11.95%) Linux
4 30 (4.37%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.62%) Unix
5 18 (2.62%) VMS
6 17 (2.48%) Apple iOS
7 14 (2.04%) Mac OS
8 12 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.02%) Android
10 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.58%) Rocky
11 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.44%) CentOS
12 3 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.29%) AIX
13 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (33.67%) Business Continuity
2 177 (25.80%) Cybersecurity
3 172 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
4 164 (23.91%) ITIL
5 163 (23.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 142 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 141 (20.55%) High Availability
8 127 (18.51%) DevOps
9 110 (16.03%) Infrastructure as Code
10 100 (14.58%) Incident Response
11 99 (14.43%) CI/CD
12 89 (12.97%) Migration
13 74 (10.79%) Service Delivery
14 73 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
15 72 (10.50%) Risk Management
16 71 (10.35%) ITSM
17 69 (10.06%) Data Protection
18 66 (9.62%) Change Management
19 65 (9.48%) Computer Science
20 63 (9.18%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 164 (23.91%) PowerShell
2 113 (16.47%) Python
3 78 (11.37%) SQL
4 38 (5.54%) Bash
5 21 (3.06%) Java
6 14 (2.04%) Bicep
7 13 (1.90%) Go
7 13 (1.90%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.31%) Scala
10 8 (1.17%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.17%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.87%) C#
12 5 (0.73%) VBScript
13 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.44%) Korn
15 2 (0.29%) COBOL
15 2 (0.29%) JCL
15 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 112 (16.33%) Degree
2 52 (7.58%) Azure Certification
3 51 (7.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (6.56%) Security Cleared
6 30 (4.37%) AWS Certification
7 27 (3.94%) SC Cleared
8 24 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (2.92%) CCNP
10 19 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (2.77%) CISSP
11 15 (2.19%) CEH
12 13 (1.90%) CISM
12 13 (1.90%) HNC
13 12 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (1.60%) DV Cleared
15 10 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 9 (1.31%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (16.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (12.24%) GDPR
3 68 (9.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 63 (9.18%) NIST
5 50 (7.29%) SLA
6 35 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (3.50%) PCI DSS
8 23 (3.35%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.90%) ISO 22301
10 9 (1.31%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (1.17%) ISAE 3402
12 6 (0.87%) GRC
12 6 (0.87%) NCSC
12 6 (0.87%) QA
13 3 (0.44%) Basel III
13 3 (0.44%) DICOM
13 3 (0.44%) HL7
13 3 (0.44%) MiFID
13 3 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 230 (33.53%) Active Directory
2 129 (18.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 98 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 51 (7.43%) Docker
5 33 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (3.06%) vSphere
7 14 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.46%) Firmware
9 9 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.17%) vCloud
11 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.44%) KVM
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.29%) RACF
12 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.15%) Squid
Systems Management
1 114 (16.62%) Terraform
2 112 (16.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 70 (10.20%) Kubernetes
4 67 (9.77%) Ansible
5 21 (3.06%) Grafana
6 19 (2.77%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.48%) SCCM
8 12 (1.75%) Nagios
9 10 (1.46%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.31%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.17%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.17%) Puppet
11 8 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.17%) VxRail
12 6 (0.87%) Avamar
12 6 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.87%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (0.73%) Nessus
13 5 (0.73%) SCOM
Vendors
1 327 (47.67%) Microsoft
2 174 (25.36%) VMware
3 53 (7.73%) Cisco
4 47 (6.85%) Dell
5 34 (4.96%) Veeam
6 27 (3.94%) Commvault
6 27 (3.94%) Oracle
7 26 (3.79%) HP
7 26 (3.79%) Palo Alto
8 22 (3.21%) Dell Compellent
8 22 (3.21%) Nimble Storage
9 21 (3.06%) Dynatrace
9 21 (3.06%) Zscaler
10 20 (2.92%) Meraki
11 17 (2.48%) Fortinet
12 16 (2.33%) Adobe
12 16 (2.33%) Tenable
13 14 (2.04%) Google
14 13 (1.90%) IBM
14 13 (1.90%) Splunk