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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 169 203
Rank change year-on-year -51 +34 +105
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 615 904 887
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.69% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.86% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 472 557 794
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,825
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £71,625
90th Percentile £106,125 £93,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.80% -1.90% +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 49,036 48,491 50,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.83% 90.77% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,943 23,557 38,431
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.74% -6.31%

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 January 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 16 January 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 -30 546 £62,500 +5.71% 206
UK excluding London -75 304 £48,000 -6.80% 203
London +36 267 £75,000 - 42
Work from Home +27 188 £68,736 +7.82% 77
North of England -55 92 £42,500 -10.53% 63
South East -1 74 £65,000 +20.93% 51
Midlands -22 51 £57,500 +7.88% 39
Yorkshire -28 41 £42,500 -19.05% 30
North West -40 39 £41,250 -8.33% 29
West Midlands +3 33 £57,500 +7.88% 24
South West -4 33 £42,500 -17.48% 13
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 3
East of England -10 18 £42,500 -19.05% 15
East Midlands -40 18 £48,750 -18.75% 14
North East -8 12 £78,750 +65.79% 9
Scotland -44 10 £48,000 -20.00% 20
Wales +3 7 £28,000 -56.25% 3

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 89 (14.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (13.50%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.11%) IIS
4 7 (1.14%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.49%) Confluence
7 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.33%) CICS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.33%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.33%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Markit EDM
1 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 346 (56.26%) Azure
2 206 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (20.65%) Entra ID
4 123 (20.00%) AWS
5 44 (7.15%) Azure Monitor
6 42 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (6.83%) GitHub
6 42 (6.83%) SaaS
7 41 (6.67%) GCP
8 38 (6.18%) Nutanix
9 34 (5.53%) IaaS
10 33 (5.37%) PaaS
11 32 (5.20%) OneDrive
12 26 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 26 (4.23%) Datadog
12 26 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
13 23 (3.74%) Serverless
14 19 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 19 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (2.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 158 (25.69%) Firewall
2 153 (24.88%) DNS
3 134 (21.79%) DHCP
4 114 (18.54%) VPN
5 86 (13.98%) WAN
6 63 (10.24%) TCP/IP
7 60 (9.76%) VLAN
8 51 (8.29%) LAN
9 46 (7.48%) SAN
10 43 (6.99%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (5.69%) SD-WAN
12 32 (5.20%) Wireless
13 30 (4.88%) VoIP
14 23 (3.74%) Network Security
15 22 (3.58%) NAS
15 22 (3.58%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (2.44%) SSL
17 11 (1.79%) Unified Communications
18 7 (1.14%) BGP
18 7 (1.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (9.11%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (3.09%) Oracle Database
5 16 (2.60%) MySQL
6 12 (1.95%) Power BI
7 10 (1.63%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.46%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.46%) DB2
9 8 (1.30%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.30%) Delta Lake
9 8 (1.30%) Oracle Exadata
10 7 (1.14%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
12 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.65%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 10g
13 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 32 (5.20%) Git
2 23 (3.74%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.14%) Chocolatey
4 6 (0.98%) JIRA
4 6 (0.98%) Selenium
5 5 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.65%) GitLab
6 4 (0.65%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.49%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.49%) Maven
8 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.33%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) TestRail
9 1 (0.16%) JMeter
9 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 217 (35.28%) Social Skills
2 185 (30.08%) Finance
3 73 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.02%) Banking
4 37 (6.02%) Law
5 26 (4.23%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.58%) Retail
7 20 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (3.25%) Legal
8 19 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.76%) Financial Institution
11 16 (2.60%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.11%) Marketing
12 13 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.79%) Back Office
14 10 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 94 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (11.38%) Support Engineer
3 67 (10.89%) Senior
4 66 (10.73%) Cloud Engineer
5 59 (9.59%) IT Support
6 53 (8.62%) IT Engineer
7 48 (7.80%) Analyst
8 39 (6.34%) IT Manager
9 38 (6.18%) Lead
10 32 (5.20%) DevOps Engineer
11 29 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
11 29 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
12 28 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
13 27 (4.39%) Support Analyst
14 26 (4.23%) Architect
15 23 (3.74%) Head of IT
15 23 (3.74%) Security Engineer
15 23 (3.74%) Support Technician
16 22 (3.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (3.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.11%) SAML
2 12 (1.95%) OAuth
3 10 (1.63%) REST
4 9 (1.46%) ADO
4 9 (1.46%) EDI
4 9 (1.46%) YAML
5 8 (1.30%) LDAP
5 8 (1.30%) PySpark
6 7 (1.14%) .NET
6 7 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.98%) ARM Templates
7 6 (0.98%) LAPP Stack
7 6 (0.98%) Loki
7 6 (0.98%) Middleware
7 6 (0.98%) RESTful
7 6 (0.98%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (0.65%) AWS SAM
8 4 (0.65%) Kafka
8 4 (0.65%) SOAP
9 3 (0.49%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.64%) Hybrid Cloud
1 47 (7.64%) Management Information System
2 38 (6.18%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (5.53%) Onboarding
4 29 (4.72%) Data Centre
5 25 (4.07%) Public Cloud
6 24 (3.90%) Cloud Native
7 23 (3.74%) Replication
8 20 (3.25%) Clustering
9 15 (2.44%) CMDB
9 15 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (2.28%) PKI
11 13 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.79%) Driving Licence
12 11 (1.79%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.46%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.30%) Operational Technology
16 7 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 218 (35.45%) Windows
2 155 (25.20%) Windows Server
3 93 (15.12%) Linux
4 28 (4.55%) Windows 10
5 21 (3.41%) Unix
6 19 (3.09%) VMS
7 18 (2.93%) Mac OS
8 16 (2.60%) Apple iOS
9 14 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.14%) Android
10 7 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.65%) Rocky
12 3 (0.49%) CentOS
12 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.33%) zOS
14 1 (0.16%) AIX
14 1 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.06%) Business Continuity
2 150 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (23.74%) Cybersecurity
4 141 (22.93%) ITIL
5 133 (21.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 130 (21.14%) High Availability
7 126 (20.49%) DevOps
8 105 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
9 96 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (15.45%) CI/CD
11 78 (12.68%) Incident Response
11 78 (12.68%) Migration
12 70 (11.38%) ITSM
13 68 (11.06%) Computer Science
14 63 (10.24%) Service Delivery
15 58 (9.43%) Change Management
16 57 (9.27%) Customer Service
16 57 (9.27%) Mentoring
17 56 (9.11%) Service Management
18 54 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 149 (24.23%) PowerShell
2 107 (17.40%) Python
3 76 (12.36%) SQL
4 37 (6.02%) Bash
5 19 (3.09%) Java
6 12 (1.95%) Go
7 10 (1.63%) Bicep
7 10 (1.63%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (1.30%) Scala
9 8 (1.30%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.98%) C#
10 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.98%) VBScript
11 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.33%) COBOL
12 2 (0.33%) JCL
13 1 (0.16%) Perl
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (19.19%) Degree
2 52 (8.46%) Azure Certification
3 47 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 47 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (6.18%) Security Cleared
5 36 (5.85%) AWS Certification
6 23 (3.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 23 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (3.74%) CISSP
7 21 (3.41%) SC Cleared
8 17 (2.76%) CCNP
9 14 (2.28%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (2.28%) Master's Degree
10 13 (2.11%) CEH
10 13 (2.11%) CISM
10 13 (2.11%) HNC
10 13 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (1.95%) MCP
11 12 (1.95%) MCSA
11 12 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (13.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (10.57%) GDPR
3 44 (7.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 44 (7.15%) SLA
4 39 (6.34%) NIST
5 28 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 16 (2.60%) SOC 2
7 13 (2.11%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.79%) ISO 22301
9 8 (1.30%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.30%) ISAE 3402
10 6 (0.98%) QA
11 5 (0.81%) GRC
11 5 (0.81%) NCSC
12 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.49%) Basel III
12 3 (0.49%) COBIT
12 3 (0.49%) GxP
12 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.49%) MiFID
System Software
1 200 (32.52%) Active Directory
2 113 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (13.82%) Hyper-V
4 57 (9.27%) Docker
5 34 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
6 25 (4.07%) vSphere
7 14 (2.28%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.46%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.30%) vCloud
10 8 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.98%) Firmware
12 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.49%) Squid
14 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.33%) NFS
14 2 (0.33%) pfSense
14 2 (0.33%) RACF
14 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 107 (17.40%) Terraform
2 103 (16.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 75 (12.20%) Kubernetes
4 65 (10.57%) Ansible
5 23 (3.74%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.58%) Grafana
7 12 (1.95%) Nagios
7 12 (1.95%) SCCM
8 11 (1.79%) Data Guard
9 9 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (1.46%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 8 (1.30%) Puppet
11 7 (1.14%) Avamar
11 7 (1.14%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.81%) Nessus
13 5 (0.81%) SCOM
13 5 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 300 (48.78%) Microsoft
2 152 (24.72%) VMware
3 54 (8.78%) Cisco
4 41 (6.67%) Dell
5 30 (4.88%) Oracle
5 30 (4.88%) Veeam
6 28 (4.55%) Palo Alto
7 23 (3.74%) Commvault
7 23 (3.74%) Fortinet
8 20 (3.25%) Google
9 18 (2.93%) Dynatrace
9 18 (2.93%) HP
10 16 (2.60%) Dell Compellent
10 16 (2.60%) Nimble Storage
11 13 (2.11%) Adobe
11 13 (2.11%) IBM
11 13 (2.11%) Zscaler
12 12 (1.95%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.79%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.63%) Meraki