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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 226 213
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +103
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 816 611 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.40% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.50% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 612 490 1,150
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £45,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +13.18% -1.92%
75th Percentile £84,063 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,125 £88,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 67,106 40,605 82,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43,167 22,159 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +11 713 £60,000 -4.00% 277
UK excluding London -1 445 £52,500 -4.55% 224
London +23 310 £78,750 +5.00% 87
Work from Home +83 259 £65,000 +8.33% 226
North of England +27 157 £55,000 - 56
South East -7 96 £57,500 -11.54% 66
Yorkshire +5 86 £57,239 -4.60% 21
Midlands -2 79 £52,500 +14.13% 46
West Midlands +10 66 £52,500 +7.69% 33
North West +2 55 £52,000 -5.45% 32
East of England -18 30 £62,500 +21.36% 19
South West -92 29 £40,000 -30.43% 25
Scotland +8 27 £38,000 -24.67% 11
North East -34 16 £58,446 +77.11% 3
Northern Ireland -23 12 - -
East Midlands -31 12 £60,000 +50.00% 13
Wales -20 11 £43,000 -14.00% 5
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 99 (12.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (10.78%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.23%) IIS
4 4 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.49%) PlantUML
4 2 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.49%) Markit EDM
2 4 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.12%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 447 (54.78%) Azure
2 246 (30.15%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (18.26%) Entra ID
4 127 (15.56%) AWS
5 66 (8.09%) Nutanix
6 56 (6.86%) SaaS
7 52 (6.37%) Datadog
8 47 (5.76%) IaaS
9 43 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (5.27%) Azure Monitor
10 42 (5.15%) PaaS
11 39 (4.78%) GitHub
12 33 (4.04%) OneDrive
13 31 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
14 29 (3.55%) GCP
15 28 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (3.19%) Power Platform
17 23 (2.82%) Azure AKS
18 17 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
18 17 (2.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 248 (30.39%) Firewall
2 174 (21.32%) DNS
3 171 (20.96%) VPN
4 131 (16.05%) DHCP
5 121 (14.83%) WAN
6 85 (10.42%) VLAN
7 74 (9.07%) LAN
8 65 (7.97%) SAN
9 63 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
10 60 (7.35%) Network Security
10 60 (7.35%) TCP/IP
11 40 (4.90%) Wireless
12 30 (3.68%) SD-WAN
13 27 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (2.33%) NAS
16 17 (2.08%) SSL
16 17 (2.08%) VoIP
17 14 (1.72%) VSAN
18 12 (1.47%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.47%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.47%) Power BI
5 10 (1.23%) MySQL
6 9 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.61%) GIS
10 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.94%) Git
2 21 (2.57%) Chocolatey
3 11 (1.35%) JIRA
4 9 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.49%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.49%) MLflow
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) GitLab
8 3 (0.37%) Maven
8 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Selenium
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.12%) JMeter
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 300 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 164 (20.10%) Finance
3 139 (17.03%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.35%) Banking
5 41 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 30 (3.68%) Law
8 26 (3.19%) Legal
9 25 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (3.06%) Retail
10 18 (2.21%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.47%) Back Office
14 11 (1.35%) Advertising
15 9 (1.10%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.98%) Marketing
16 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.86%) French Language
Job Titles
1 164 (20.10%) Senior
2 126 (15.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 86 (10.54%) IT Support
4 85 (10.42%) IT Engineer
5 82 (10.05%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (8.95%) Support Engineer
7 62 (7.60%) IT Manager
8 57 (6.99%) Lead
9 56 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
10 52 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
10 52 (6.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 45 (5.51%) Architect
12 39 (4.78%) Platform Engineer
13 36 (4.41%) Analyst
14 27 (3.31%) Administrator
15 26 (3.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (3.19%) Security Engineer
16 24 (2.94%) Security Manager
16 24 (2.94%) Senior Cloud Engineer
17 23 (2.82%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.96%) SAML
2 13 (1.59%) OAuth
3 12 (1.47%) PySpark
3 12 (1.47%) YAML
4 11 (1.35%) ADO
5 10 (1.23%) REST
6 9 (1.10%) Middleware
7 7 (0.86%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.86%) Kafka
7 7 (0.86%) Loki
8 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.61%) RESTful
9 4 (0.49%) .NET
9 4 (0.49%) web3js
10 3 (0.37%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.37%) ODBC
10 3 (0.37%) RAML
10 3 (0.37%) SOAP
11 2 (0.25%) LDAP
11 2 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 66 (8.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (7.35%) Management Information System
4 42 (5.15%) Replication
5 40 (4.90%) Cloud Native
5 40 (4.90%) Onboarding
6 36 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
6 36 (4.41%) Driving Licence
7 35 (4.29%) Public Cloud
8 33 (4.04%) Security Posture
9 31 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.57%) Enterprise Storage
11 21 (2.57%) PKI
12 20 (2.45%) CMDB
13 18 (2.21%) NHS
14 15 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.47%) Clustering
16 11 (1.35%) CCTV
16 11 (1.35%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 268 (32.84%) Windows
2 170 (20.83%) Windows Server
3 72 (8.82%) Linux
4 23 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.08%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.59%) Mac OS
7 13 (1.59%) Ubuntu
8 12 (1.47%) VMS
9 10 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.10%) CentOS
11 8 (0.98%) Unix
12 5 (0.61%) AIX
12 5 (0.61%) Android
12 5 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.49%) Solaris
14 2 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.25%) Debian
15 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (37.13%) Business Continuity
2 253 (31.00%) Cybersecurity
3 205 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (23.41%) ITIL
5 183 (22.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 169 (20.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 135 (16.54%) High Availability
8 126 (15.44%) DevOps
9 117 (14.34%) Incident Response
10 107 (13.11%) Service Delivery
11 102 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
12 93 (11.40%) Cloud Security
13 90 (11.03%) Change Management
14 88 (10.78%) CI/CD
15 84 (10.29%) Data Protection
15 84 (10.29%) Migration
16 82 (10.05%) Mentoring
17 78 (9.56%) Service Management
17 78 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
18 75 (9.19%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (16.79%) PowerShell
2 102 (12.50%) Python
3 91 (11.15%) SQL
4 41 (5.02%) Bash
5 11 (1.35%) Java
5 11 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.23%) Bicep
7 9 (1.10%) Scala
8 8 (0.98%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.86%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.61%) C#
10 5 (0.61%) Korn
11 4 (0.49%) Go
11 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.25%) RPG
14 1 (0.12%) COBOL
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 98 (12.01%) Degree
2 56 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 55 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
4 50 (6.13%) Azure Certification
5 45 (5.51%) CCNP
5 45 (5.51%) Security Cleared
6 44 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (4.29%) SC Cleared
8 25 (3.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 24 (2.94%) CCNA
10 23 (2.82%) CISSP
11 19 (2.33%) CEH
12 16 (1.96%) Postgraduate
13 13 (1.59%) MCSE
14 10 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.23%) CISM
14 10 (1.23%) VCAP
15 9 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.10%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (14.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (10.54%) GDPR
3 84 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 78 (9.56%) NIST
5 62 (7.60%) SLA
6 41 (5.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 41 (5.02%) PCI DSS
7 24 (2.94%) PMO
7 24 (2.94%) SOC 2
8 23 (2.82%) GRC
9 21 (2.57%) Data Quality
10 16 (1.96%) ISO 22301
11 11 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.98%) COBIT
13 7 (0.86%) QA
14 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (0.49%) DICOM
15 4 (0.49%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.49%) HL7
15 4 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 252 (30.88%) Active Directory
2 187 (22.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (12.99%) Hyper-V
4 34 (4.17%) vSphere
5 33 (4.04%) Docker
6 28 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.57%) Firmware
8 17 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.23%) vCloud
9 10 (1.23%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.74%) KVM
10 6 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (13.24%) Terraform
3 65 (7.97%) Kubernetes
4 60 (7.35%) Ansible
5 28 (3.43%) SCCM
6 18 (2.21%) VxRail
7 14 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.47%) Grafana
8 12 (1.47%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.35%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.98%) Packer
10 8 (0.98%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.74%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
11 6 (0.74%) Nagios
11 6 (0.74%) WSUS
12 4 (0.49%) Argo
12 4 (0.49%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.49%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 405 (49.63%) Microsoft
2 254 (31.13%) VMware
3 82 (10.05%) Cisco
4 59 (7.23%) Dell
5 47 (5.76%) Veeam
6 46 (5.64%) HP
7 41 (5.02%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.66%) Nimble Storage
9 35 (4.29%) Commvault
10 33 (4.04%) Tenable
11 28 (3.43%) Meraki
12 26 (3.19%) Dell Compellent
12 26 (3.19%) Dynatrace
12 26 (3.19%) Zscaler
13 25 (3.06%) Splunk
14 22 (2.70%) AppDynamics
15 21 (2.57%) EMC
15 21 (2.57%) Fortinet
16 20 (2.45%) Databricks
16 20 (2.45%) Oracle