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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 253 214
Rank change year-on-year +33 -39 +95
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 905 564 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.29% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.38% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 687 448 1,138
10th Percentile £32,900 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £46,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £88,663
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.36% +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 68,751 40,768 85,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.84% 93.20% 83.29%
Number of salaries quoted 44,945 21,478 61,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,625 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +28 801 £60,000 -4.00% 319
UK excluding London +23 516 £48,750 -11.36% 231
London +50 329 £77,500 +6.90% 126
Work from Home +95 276 £60,000 +4.35% 139
North of England +57 193 £47,500 -13.64% 49
South East -1 109 £55,000 -4.35% 73
Yorkshire +27 99 £47,500 -24.00% 23
Midlands +30 94 £53,250 +15.76% 43
West Midlands +27 75 £53,250 -3.18% 29
North West +25 73 £50,000 -9.09% 25
East of England -3 36 £61,250 +15.57% 19
South West -92 30 £37,500 -31.82% 31
Scotland +24 26 £38,000 -30.91% 5
North East -37 21 £42,500 -15.00% 1
East Midlands -29 18 £55,000 +37.50% 14
Wales -22 15 £43,000 -14.00% 7
Northern Ireland -31 9 - - 11
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
1 111 (12.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (10.83%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.10%) IIS
4 4 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.44%) Confluence
5 3 (0.33%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.77%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.77%) PlantUML
4 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.77%) FLEXCUBE
2 5 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.33%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.11%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 485 (53.59%) Azure
2 278 (30.72%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (18.12%) Entra ID
4 139 (15.36%) AWS
5 63 (6.96%) Nutanix
6 60 (6.63%) SaaS
7 53 (5.86%) IaaS
8 49 (5.41%) Datadog
9 43 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (4.75%) PaaS
10 37 (4.09%) Azure Monitor
11 35 (3.87%) GitHub
12 31 (3.43%) GCP
13 30 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
13 30 (3.31%) Power Platform
14 29 (3.20%) OneDrive
15 24 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.43%) Azure AKS
16 22 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 274 (30.28%) Firewall
2 195 (21.55%) DNS
3 180 (19.89%) VPN
4 146 (16.13%) DHCP
5 128 (14.14%) WAN
6 90 (9.94%) VLAN
7 82 (9.06%) LAN
8 71 (7.85%) Network Security
9 70 (7.73%) Wi-Fi
10 65 (7.18%) SAN
10 65 (7.18%) TCP/IP
11 38 (4.20%) Wireless
12 30 (3.31%) SD-WAN
13 26 (2.87%) Remote Desktop
14 25 (2.76%) Cisco ISE
15 24 (2.65%) SSL
16 22 (2.43%) VoIP
17 17 (1.88%) NAS
18 16 (1.77%) Internet
19 15 (1.66%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.55%) Power BI
5 12 (1.33%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.33%) Delta Lake
6 11 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.10%) MySQL
8 9 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.88%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (0.66%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.55%) GIS
11 5 (0.55%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (2.43%) Git
2 19 (2.10%) Chocolatey
3 13 (1.44%) JIRA
4 8 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.44%) MLflow
7 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.33%) GitLab
7 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Maven
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.11%) JMeter
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 328 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 167 (18.45%) Finance
3 143 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (6.85%) Banking
5 45 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.31%) Law
6 39 (4.31%) Legal
7 37 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.87%) Retail
10 23 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.99%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.55%) Back Office
13 14 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.33%) Advertising
15 10 (1.10%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.88%) Marketing
17 7 (0.77%) French Language
Job Titles
1 180 (19.89%) Senior
2 145 (16.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 113 (12.49%) IT Support
4 99 (10.94%) IT Engineer
5 86 (9.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 81 (8.95%) Support Engineer
7 68 (7.51%) IT Manager
8 64 (7.07%) IT Support Engineer
9 60 (6.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (6.52%) Lead
11 58 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
12 51 (5.64%) Architect
13 50 (5.52%) Analyst
14 37 (4.09%) Platform Engineer
15 34 (3.76%) Administrator
16 28 (3.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 28 (3.09%) Network Engineer
17 27 (2.98%) Security Manager
18 26 (2.87%) Security Engineer
18 26 (2.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.66%) SAML
2 12 (1.33%) PySpark
3 10 (1.10%) OAuth
4 9 (0.99%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.99%) REST
4 9 (0.99%) YAML
5 8 (0.88%) ADO
5 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.88%) Middleware
6 7 (0.77%) Kafka
7 6 (0.66%) Loki
8 5 (0.55%) RESTful
9 4 (0.44%) .NET
9 4 (0.44%) web3js
10 3 (0.33%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.33%) JSON
10 3 (0.33%) ODBC
11 2 (0.22%) Node.js
11 2 (0.22%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.39%) Data Centre
2 68 (7.51%) Management Information System
3 67 (7.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 49 (5.41%) Replication
5 46 (5.08%) Driving Licence
6 45 (4.97%) Cloud Native
7 39 (4.31%) Onboarding
8 38 (4.20%) Security Posture
9 36 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
10 35 (3.87%) Public Cloud
11 32 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
12 29 (3.20%) PKI
13 27 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (2.87%) Enterprise Storage
15 25 (2.76%) CMDB
16 23 (2.54%) NHS
17 17 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
18 14 (1.55%) Clustering
19 12 (1.33%) CCTV
19 12 (1.33%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 312 (34.48%) Windows
2 201 (22.21%) Windows Server
3 80 (8.84%) Linux
4 21 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (2.32%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.10%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.66%) Apple iOS
9 13 (1.44%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.22%) Unix
10 11 (1.22%) VMS
11 9 (0.99%) CentOS
12 7 (0.77%) AIX
12 7 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
13 6 (0.66%) Android
14 5 (0.55%) Solaris
15 2 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.22%) Debian
16 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (35.80%) Business Continuity
2 274 (30.28%) Cybersecurity
3 220 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
4 205 (22.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 204 (22.54%) ITIL
6 187 (20.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 143 (15.80%) High Availability
8 130 (14.36%) Incident Response
9 125 (13.81%) DevOps
10 113 (12.49%) Service Delivery
11 105 (11.60%) Cloud Security
11 105 (11.60%) Infrastructure as Code
12 93 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 92 (10.17%) Data Protection
14 91 (10.06%) Change Management
15 90 (9.94%) Migration
16 87 (9.61%) CI/CD
16 87 (9.61%) Service Management
17 86 (9.50%) Mentoring
18 79 (8.73%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (16.24%) PowerShell
2 100 (11.05%) Python
2 100 (11.05%) SQL
3 40 (4.42%) Bash
4 12 (1.33%) Shell Script
5 11 (1.22%) Bicep
6 10 (1.10%) Java
7 9 (0.99%) Scala
7 9 (0.99%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (0.77%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.77%) Korn
10 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.55%) C#
12 4 (0.44%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.33%) Go
14 2 (0.22%) RPG
15 1 (0.11%) COBOL
15 1 (0.11%) Perl
15 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 107 (11.82%) Degree
2 69 (7.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (7.40%) Cisco Certification
4 60 (6.63%) Azure Certification
5 53 (5.86%) CCNP
6 45 (4.97%) Security Cleared
7 44 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.98%) SC Cleared
9 33 (3.65%) CCNA
10 27 (2.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 24 (2.65%) CISSP
12 22 (2.43%) Postgraduate
13 17 (1.88%) CEH
14 14 (1.55%) MCSE
15 12 (1.33%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.33%) CISM
16 10 (1.10%) VCAP
17 9 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.99%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (14.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (10.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 90 (9.94%) GDPR
4 86 (9.50%) NIST
5 59 (6.52%) SLA
6 44 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 43 (4.75%) PCI DSS
8 29 (3.20%) PMO
9 23 (2.54%) GRC
10 21 (2.32%) Data Quality
10 21 (2.32%) SOC 2
11 18 (1.99%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.99%) COBIT
14 6 (0.66%) NCSC
14 6 (0.66%) QA
15 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.44%) DICOM
16 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.44%) HL7
System Software
1 274 (30.28%) Active Directory
2 206 (22.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 120 (13.26%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.20%) vSphere
5 28 (3.09%) Docker
6 25 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.43%) Firmware
8 17 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.10%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.99%) vCloud
11 8 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.66%) KVM
12 6 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.33%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.33%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (12.60%) Terraform
3 61 (6.74%) Kubernetes
4 59 (6.52%) Ansible
5 26 (2.87%) SCCM
6 23 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (2.43%) VxRail
8 17 (1.88%) FortiGate
9 10 (1.10%) Grafana
9 10 (1.10%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.88%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.88%) Nagios
11 8 (0.88%) Packer
12 7 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (0.77%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.66%) Avamar
13 6 (0.66%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
13 6 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 453 (50.06%) Microsoft
2 277 (30.61%) VMware
3 109 (12.04%) Cisco
4 64 (7.07%) Veeam
5 59 (6.52%) Dell
6 45 (4.97%) HP
7 42 (4.64%) Palo Alto
8 38 (4.20%) Nimble Storage
9 35 (3.87%) Meraki
10 33 (3.65%) Commvault
11 30 (3.31%) Tenable
12 29 (3.20%) Splunk
13 27 (2.98%) Fortinet
14 26 (2.87%) Oracle
15 25 (2.76%) EMC
16 23 (2.54%) Dell Compellent
16 23 (2.54%) Dynatrace
16 23 (2.54%) SolarWinds
16 23 (2.54%) Zscaler
17 22 (2.43%) Sophos