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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 248 204
Rank change year-on-year +72 -44 +68
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,172 631 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.16% 1.28% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.43% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 838 500 908
10th Percentile £34,513 £33,750 £34,100
25th Percentile £41,500 £43,938 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,563 £71,063
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.05% +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 74,528 44,262 72,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.78% 81.61%
Number of salaries quoted 51,427 25,101 49,118
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 26 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 26 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 +53 1,005 £57,500 -4.17% 327
UK excluding London +59 743 £47,750 -9.05% 250
London +47 366 £75,000 - 117
Work from Home +77 355 £60,000 +9.09% 122
North of England +63 223 £47,500 -11.63% 67
South East +45 198 £50,000 - 85
Midlands +23 114 £55,000 - 36
North West +54 113 £47,500 -11.63% 32
Yorkshire +32 93 £47,500 -24.00% 30
West Midlands +35 85 £55,000 -4.35% 25
East of England +8 54 £45,000 -14.29% 20
Northern Ireland -21 52 - - 5
South West -90 45 £50,000 - 23
Scotland +43 37 £48,500 -9.77% 10
East Midlands -26 29 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Wales -41 18 £43,000 -25.22% 13
North East -53 17 £42,500 -12.82% 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
1 117 (9.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (9.64%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.96%) IIS
4 15 (1.28%) Apache
5 10 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.68%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.26%) WordPress
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.085%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.19%) PlantUML
4 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (1.19%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.51%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.43%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 5 (0.43%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.085%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.085%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.085%) Misys Midas
7 1 (0.085%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.085%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 605 (51.62%) Azure
2 347 (29.61%) Microsoft 365
3 230 (19.62%) AWS
4 186 (15.87%) Entra ID
5 124 (10.58%) SaaS
6 76 (6.48%) IaaS
7 63 (5.38%) PaaS
8 48 (4.10%) Power Platform
9 44 (3.75%) Nutanix
10 38 (3.24%) Datadog
11 37 (3.16%) GCP
12 32 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
13 31 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (1.96%) GitHub
15 22 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
15 22 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (1.71%) Mimecast
17 19 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (1.62%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 344 (29.35%) Firewall
2 258 (22.01%) DNS
3 213 (18.17%) VPN
4 188 (16.04%) DHCP
5 155 (13.23%) WAN
6 128 (10.92%) VLAN
7 124 (10.58%) LAN
8 102 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
9 96 (8.19%) Network Security
10 90 (7.68%) TCP/IP
11 61 (5.20%) SAN
12 59 (5.03%) Wireless
13 41 (3.50%) Internet
14 33 (2.82%) SD-WAN
15 32 (2.73%) SSL
16 30 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
16 30 (2.56%) VoIP
17 20 (1.71%) Cisco Nexus
17 20 (1.71%) NAS
18 16 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (7.68%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
3 29 (2.47%) Power BI
4 28 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 15 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.19%) Oracle Database
7 13 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.94%) MySQL
9 8 (0.68%) Metadata
10 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.51%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.34%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.26%) Big Data
13 3 (0.26%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (1.62%) JIRA
2 16 (1.37%) Chocolatey
3 15 (1.28%) Git
4 11 (0.94%) GitLab
5 6 (0.51%) JUnit
5 6 (0.51%) Spock
5 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.34%) MLflow
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.17%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.17%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.085%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.085%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.085%) Maven
General
1 401 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 210 (17.92%) Finance
3 146 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.23%) Law
5 71 (6.06%) Legal
6 70 (5.97%) Banking
7 54 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (4.01%) Manufacturing
9 37 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (2.90%) Retail
11 33 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (2.73%) Public Sector
13 24 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.62%) Back Office
15 13 (1.11%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.02%) Mandarin Language
17 9 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (0.68%) Advertising
18 8 (0.68%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 226 (19.28%) Senior
2 175 (14.93%) IT Support
3 152 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 140 (11.95%) IT Engineer
4 140 (11.95%) IT Manager
5 113 (9.64%) Support Engineer
6 92 (7.85%) IT Support Engineer
7 78 (6.66%) Architect
8 70 (5.97%) Analyst
9 67 (5.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 61 (5.20%) Lead
11 60 (5.12%) Service Manager
12 57 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 56 (4.78%) Resilience Manager
14 55 (4.69%) IT Services Manager
15 49 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
16 46 (3.92%) Network Engineer
17 38 (3.24%) Administrator
18 37 (3.16%) IT Analyst
19 36 (3.07%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.38%) Middleware
2 14 (1.19%) ARM Templates
3 9 (0.77%) Kafka
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.68%) Web Services
5 7 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
5 7 (0.60%) SAML
6 6 (0.51%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.51%) Spring
7 4 (0.34%) .NET
7 4 (0.34%) REST
7 4 (0.34%) web3js
8 3 (0.26%) JSON
8 3 (0.26%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.26%) OAuth
8 3 (0.26%) ODBC
8 3 (0.26%) PySpark
8 3 (0.26%) RESTful
8 3 (0.26%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (0.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.22%) Data Centre
2 96 (8.19%) Cyber Threat
3 81 (6.91%) Management Information System
4 70 (5.97%) Cloud Native
4 70 (5.97%) Driving Licence
5 66 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 60 (5.12%) Security Posture
7 53 (4.52%) Replication
8 52 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
9 47 (4.01%) Onboarding
10 36 (3.07%) PKI
11 30 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
12 29 (2.47%) NHS
13 26 (2.22%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.96%) CCTV
15 21 (1.79%) CMDB
15 21 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.79%) Virtual Team
16 19 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
17 18 (1.54%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 395 (33.70%) Windows
2 270 (23.04%) Windows Server
3 120 (10.24%) Linux
4 30 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (1.96%) Mac OS
6 23 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 23 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (1.88%) Unix
8 17 (1.45%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.19%) AIX
9 14 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (0.85%) CentOS
11 9 (0.77%) VMS
12 8 (0.68%) Solaris
13 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.17%) Debian
16 1 (0.085%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 475 (40.53%) Business Continuity
2 354 (30.20%) Cybersecurity
3 309 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (25.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 255 (21.76%) ITIL
6 212 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 195 (16.64%) DevOps
8 183 (15.61%) High Availability
9 163 (13.91%) Incident Response
10 152 (12.97%) Information Security
11 145 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 138 (11.77%) Service Delivery
13 137 (11.69%) Infrastructure as Code
14 127 (10.84%) Agile
15 117 (9.98%) Project Delivery
16 116 (9.90%) Change Management
17 114 (9.73%) CI/CD
17 114 (9.73%) Cloud Security
18 109 (9.30%) Incident Management
19 108 (9.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 171 (14.59%) PowerShell
2 113 (9.64%) Python
3 110 (9.39%) SQL
4 49 (4.18%) Bash
5 25 (2.13%) Shell Script
6 23 (1.96%) Bicep
7 13 (1.11%) Korn
7 13 (1.11%) PL/SQL
8 12 (1.02%) Java
9 11 (0.94%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.34%) COBOL
12 4 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.26%) C#
13 3 (0.26%) Go
13 3 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.17%) RPG
14 2 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 130 (11.09%) Degree
2 96 (8.19%) Cisco Certification
3 93 (7.94%) CISSP
4 82 (7.00%) Azure Certification
5 80 (6.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (6.74%) CISM
7 74 (6.31%) CCNP
8 66 (5.63%) Security Cleared
9 51 (4.35%) CCNA
9 51 (4.35%) SC Cleared
10 50 (4.27%) ITIL Certification
11 39 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 30 (2.56%) Postgraduate
14 23 (1.96%) AWS Certification
15 16 (1.37%) Master's Degree
16 15 (1.28%) CEH
16 15 (1.28%) CISA
17 14 (1.19%) CRISC
18 13 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (11.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (11.69%) NIST
3 105 (8.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 105 (8.96%) GDPR
4 74 (6.31%) ISO 22301
5 66 (5.63%) SLA
6 50 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 50 (4.27%) PCI DSS
7 29 (2.47%) PMO
8 28 (2.39%) GRC
9 24 (2.05%) SOC 2
10 23 (1.96%) Data Quality
11 16 (1.37%) COBIT
12 13 (1.11%) NCSC
13 10 (0.85%) QA
14 9 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.68%) SOC 1
16 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.34%) HL7
17 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 314 (26.79%) Active Directory
2 272 (23.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 178 (15.19%) Hyper-V
4 46 (3.92%) vSphere
5 45 (3.84%) Docker
6 32 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
8 23 (1.96%) Firmware
9 21 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
11 11 (0.94%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.77%) vCloud
13 8 (0.68%) KVM
14 6 (0.51%) Squid
15 4 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
16 3 (0.26%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
16 3 (0.26%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
18 1 (0.085%) Xen
Systems Management
1 148 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 140 (11.95%) Terraform
3 77 (6.57%) Kubernetes
4 75 (6.40%) Ansible
5 33 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (2.39%) FortiGate
7 25 (2.13%) SCCM
8 20 (1.71%) VxRail
9 14 (1.19%) Data Guard
9 14 (1.19%) Nagios
10 13 (1.11%) Oracle RMAN
10 13 (1.11%) vCenter Server
11 11 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (0.94%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.85%) Grafana
13 8 (0.68%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (0.60%) Avamar
14 7 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
14 7 (0.60%) Packer
15 6 (0.51%) WSUS
Vendors
1 562 (47.95%) Microsoft
2 327 (27.90%) VMware
3 177 (15.10%) Cisco
4 82 (7.00%) Veeam
5 59 (5.03%) Palo Alto
6 47 (4.01%) Dell
7 44 (3.75%) Splunk
8 40 (3.41%) Oracle
9 39 (3.33%) HP
10 38 (3.24%) Meraki
11 36 (3.07%) Fortinet
12 31 (2.65%) Sophos
13 30 (2.56%) Aruba
14 29 (2.47%) SolarWinds
15 28 (2.39%) Google
16 27 (2.30%) Commvault
16 27 (2.30%) Nimble Storage
17 26 (2.22%) IBM
17 26 (2.22%) Tenable
18 25 (2.13%) SonicWALL