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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 173 211
Rank change year-on-year -44 +38 +102
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 620 1,074 874
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.61% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.89% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 482 645 802
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £33,232
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.40% +10.75%
75th Percentile £80,938 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £104,750 £93,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% +5.00%

All Process and 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 45,707 56,896 47,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 85.15% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,910 29,661 36,781
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,001 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.94%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 -43 557 £60,000 +4.35% 247
UK excluding London -67 324 £51,000 -0.97% 233
London +23 255 £72,500 -3.33% 68
Work from Home +2 185 £62,500 - 118
South East +17 97 £60,000 +14.29% 69
North of England -65 84 £47,500 - 54
Midlands -32 59 £59,500 +11.63% 51
North West -18 53 £45,000 -5.26% 21
South West -3 36 £47,500 -7.77% 20
West Midlands +13 35 £63,750 +19.61% 32
East Midlands -41 24 £52,500 +5.00% 19
Yorkshire -31 20 £32,500 -38.10% 31
East of England -17 16 £42,500 -15.84% 8
Northern Ireland - 16 - - 4
North East -2 11 £51,000 +7.37% 2
Scotland -36 9 £48,000 -8.57% 18
Wales +8 8 £42,750 -46.23% 13

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 91 (14.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (13.39%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.42%) IIS
4 7 (1.13%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (0.81%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
7 2 (0.32%) CMS
7 2 (0.32%) Confluence
7 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 30 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.32%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 321 (51.77%) Azure
2 212 (34.19%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (20.97%) AWS
4 108 (17.42%) Entra ID
5 59 (9.52%) GCP
6 38 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (5.97%) GitHub
8 32 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 32 (5.16%) Azure Monitor
9 30 (4.84%) SaaS
10 27 (4.35%) IaaS
10 27 (4.35%) PaaS
11 26 (4.19%) OneDrive
12 24 (3.87%) Power Platform
13 23 (3.71%) Nutanix
13 23 (3.71%) Serverless
14 22 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (2.58%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 165 (26.61%) Firewall
2 138 (22.26%) DNS
3 125 (20.16%) DHCP
4 112 (18.06%) VPN
5 83 (13.39%) WAN
6 63 (10.16%) TCP/IP
7 61 (9.84%) VLAN
8 59 (9.52%) LAN
9 39 (6.29%) SD-WAN
10 38 (6.13%) Wireless
11 36 (5.81%) SAN
12 34 (5.48%) Network Security
13 31 (5.00%) VoIP
13 31 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (3.23%) NAS
14 20 (3.23%) Unified Communications
15 16 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
15 16 (2.58%) SSL
16 12 (1.94%) BGP
17 10 (1.61%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.71%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.23%) Power BI
3 17 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (2.74%) Oracle Database
3 17 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (2.10%) MySQL
4 13 (2.10%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.94%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.61%) DB2
6 10 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.45%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.29%) Oracle Exadata
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle Database 12c
10 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 10g
10 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
10 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.48%) InfluxDB
11 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (4.52%) Git
2 21 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.13%) GitLab
4 5 (0.81%) JIRA
4 5 (0.81%) Maven
4 5 (0.81%) Selenium
5 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.48%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.48%) Subversion
7 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.32%) TestRail
8 1 (0.16%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 220 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 179 (28.87%) Finance
3 57 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.29%) Law
5 32 (5.16%) Banking
6 26 (4.19%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.03%) Legal
8 23 (3.71%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.23%) Public Sector
10 19 (3.06%) Retail
11 18 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (2.74%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (2.10%) Back Office
15 13 (2.10%) Marketing
16 12 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (1.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 95 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 72 (11.61%) Support Engineer
3 68 (10.97%) Senior
4 64 (10.32%) IT Support
5 55 (8.87%) IT Engineer
6 46 (7.42%) Lead
7 44 (7.10%) Analyst
8 42 (6.77%) Cloud Engineer
9 41 (6.61%) IT Manager
10 33 (5.32%) IT Support Engineer
11 31 (5.00%) Architect
12 30 (4.84%) Administrator
13 29 (4.68%) DBA
14 26 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.19%) Infrastructure Support
15 25 (4.03%) Infrastructure Manager
15 25 (4.03%) Security Engineer
15 25 (4.03%) Support Analyst
16 20 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.94%) EDI
2 11 (1.77%) .NET
2 11 (1.77%) REST
3 10 (1.61%) OAuth
4 9 (1.45%) SAML
5 8 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.29%) LDAP
6 6 (0.97%) LAPP Stack
6 6 (0.97%) RESTful
6 6 (0.97%) WebSphere MQ
7 5 (0.81%) ARM Templates
7 5 (0.81%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.81%) JSON
7 5 (0.81%) React
7 5 (0.81%) XML
8 4 (0.65%) AWS SAM
8 4 (0.65%) LAMP
9 3 (0.48%) ADO
9 3 (0.48%) Middleware
9 3 (0.48%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 46 (7.42%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (6.13%) Data Centre
5 34 (5.48%) Onboarding
6 31 (5.00%) Cloud Native
7 25 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (3.71%) Clustering
9 21 (3.39%) Replication
10 15 (2.42%) Public Cloud
11 13 (2.10%) PKI
12 12 (1.94%) CMDB
12 12 (1.94%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.77%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.29%) Operational Technology
15 7 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.13%) CCTV
15 7 (1.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 224 (36.13%) Windows
2 158 (25.48%) Windows Server
3 101 (16.29%) Linux
4 21 (3.39%) Unix
4 21 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (2.90%) Windows 10
6 17 (2.74%) Mac OS
7 16 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.58%) VMS
8 8 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.81%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.48%) AIX
10 3 (0.48%) CentOS
10 3 (0.48%) Rocky
10 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.32%) Android
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.32%) Solaris
11 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (29.68%) Business Continuity
2 151 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (21.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 128 (20.65%) Cybersecurity
5 127 (20.48%) ITIL
6 123 (19.84%) DevOps
7 111 (17.90%) High Availability
8 97 (15.65%) Infrastructure as Code
9 93 (15.00%) CI/CD
10 77 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 76 (12.26%) Migration
12 74 (11.94%) Incident Response
13 66 (10.65%) Customer Service
14 61 (9.84%) Performance Tuning
15 60 (9.68%) ITSM
15 60 (9.68%) Service Delivery
16 59 (9.52%) AI
16 59 (9.52%) Mentoring
17 56 (9.03%) Computer Science
18 54 (8.71%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 137 (22.10%) PowerShell
2 99 (15.97%) Python
3 68 (10.97%) SQL
4 33 (5.32%) Bash
5 23 (3.71%) Java
6 16 (2.58%) C#
7 15 (2.42%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.10%) Go
8 13 (2.10%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.45%) Bicep
10 8 (1.29%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.97%) VBScript
12 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.32%) COBOL
13 2 (0.32%) JCL
13 2 (0.32%) R
13 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.16%) Perl
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
14 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (18.71%) Degree
2 62 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 52 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (6.94%) AWS Certification
5 37 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (5.48%) Security Cleared
8 30 (4.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 26 (4.19%) CISSP
10 23 (3.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 21 (3.39%) SC Cleared
12 20 (3.23%) CCNP
13 16 (2.58%) Master's Degree
14 13 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (2.10%) MCSA
15 12 (1.94%) CCNA
15 12 (1.94%) CISM
15 12 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 10 (1.61%) HND
16 10 (1.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (13.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (11.77%) GDPR
3 51 (8.23%) NIST
4 37 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (5.32%) SLA
6 22 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (1.94%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.77%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.45%) ISO 22301
10 8 (1.29%) HIPAA
10 8 (1.29%) ISAE 3402
11 7 (1.13%) GRC
12 5 (0.81%) NCSC
12 5 (0.81%) QA
13 3 (0.48%) Basel III
13 3 (0.48%) COBIT
13 3 (0.48%) MiFID
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 167 (26.94%) Active Directory
2 108 (17.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (12.42%) Hyper-V
4 64 (10.32%) Docker
5 35 (5.65%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (4.19%) vSphere
7 24 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.45%) Oracle RAC
11 8 (1.29%) vCloud
12 5 (0.81%) NFS
13 4 (0.65%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.48%) Squid
15 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.32%) pfSense
15 2 (0.32%) RACF
15 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.16%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 110 (17.74%) Terraform
2 94 (15.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 80 (12.90%) Kubernetes
4 71 (11.45%) Ansible
5 22 (3.55%) Grafana
6 21 (3.39%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.90%) vCenter Server
8 13 (2.10%) Nagios
9 10 (1.61%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.45%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.29%) Puppet
12 7 (1.13%) Avamar
13 6 (0.97%) Autotask
13 6 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.97%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.97%) SCCM
14 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.81%) Nessus
14 5 (0.81%) SCOM
Vendors
1 302 (48.71%) Microsoft
2 133 (21.45%) VMware
3 75 (12.10%) Cisco
4 34 (5.48%) Veeam
5 32 (5.16%) Google
6 30 (4.84%) Oracle
7 28 (4.52%) Dell
8 24 (3.87%) Palo Alto
9 22 (3.55%) Commvault
10 21 (3.39%) Fortinet
11 14 (2.26%) SolarWinds
12 13 (2.10%) Datto
12 13 (2.10%) HP
12 13 (2.10%) Sophos
13 12 (1.94%) Adobe
14 11 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
14 11 (1.77%) IBM
14 11 (1.77%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.77%) ServiceNow
14 11 (1.77%) Splunk