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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 230 220
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +105
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 812 637 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.45% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.55% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 611 516 1,158
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £44,166 £44,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £89,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £53,391 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +6.78% -

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 66,871 40,971 82,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.97% 93.32% 85.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42,937 22,765 59,727
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £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 11 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 11 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 +1 706 £60,000 - 253
UK excluding London -18 444 £50,500 -5.41% 210
London +28 306 £80,000 +6.67% 75
Work from Home +58 256 £65,000 +8.33% 100
North of England -1 153 £52,000 -5.45% 60
South East -4 98 £57,500 -11.54% 69
Yorkshire -1 85 £52,370 -4.78% 22
Midlands -13 77 £52,500 +7.69% 40
West Midlands +9 64 £50,000 -2.44% 25
North West -15 52 £50,000 +11.11% 35
East of England -19 30 £62,500 +25.00% 17
South West -89 30 £42,500 -26.09% 18
Scotland +8 27 £38,000 -24.00% 8
North East -42 16 £58,446 +71.90% 3
Northern Ireland -23 13 - -
Wales -17 12 £43,000 -14.00% 3
East Midlands -38 12 £60,000 +50.00% 14
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 (12.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.11%) 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 26 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.37%) PlantUML
5 2 (0.25%) Weka
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
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
1 441 (54.31%) Azure
2 249 (30.67%) Microsoft 365
3 151 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 128 (15.76%) AWS
5 66 (8.13%) Nutanix
6 54 (6.65%) SaaS
7 52 (6.40%) Datadog
8 45 (5.54%) IaaS
9 43 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
10 42 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (4.93%) PaaS
12 38 (4.68%) GitHub
13 34 (4.19%) OneDrive
14 31 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
15 29 (3.57%) GCP
16 27 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
16 27 (3.33%) Power Platform
17 25 (3.08%) Azure AKS
18 17 (2.09%) Mimecast
18 17 (2.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 252 (31.03%) Firewall
2 175 (21.55%) DNS
3 172 (21.18%) VPN
4 132 (16.26%) DHCP
5 122 (15.02%) WAN
6 83 (10.22%) VLAN
7 73 (8.99%) LAN
8 64 (7.88%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (7.51%) Network Security
9 61 (7.51%) SAN
9 61 (7.51%) TCP/IP
10 41 (5.05%) Wireless
11 31 (3.82%) SD-WAN
12 27 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
13 22 (2.71%) Cisco ISE
14 19 (2.34%) NAS
15 16 (1.97%) SSL
15 16 (1.97%) VoIP
16 13 (1.60%) VSAN
17 12 (1.48%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.24%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.48%) Delta Lake
4 12 (1.48%) Power BI
5 11 (1.35%) MySQL
6 9 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (0.62%) GIS
10 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.37%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (2.96%) Git
2 20 (2.46%) Chocolatey
3 11 (1.35%) JIRA
4 9 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.62%) 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
1 304 (37.44%) Social Skills
2 164 (20.20%) Finance
3 136 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (6.90%) Banking
5 38 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.31%) Public Sector
7 29 (3.57%) Law
8 25 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (2.83%) Legal
10 22 (2.71%) Retail
11 19 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.35%) Back Office
16 10 (1.23%) Advertising
17 9 (1.11%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.11%) Marketing
18 8 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.86%) French Language
Job Titles
1 159 (19.58%) Senior
2 123 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 87 (10.71%) IT Support
4 85 (10.47%) IT Engineer
5 84 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
6 74 (9.11%) Support Engineer
7 64 (7.88%) IT Manager
8 58 (7.14%) Lead
9 56 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
10 52 (6.40%) IT Support Engineer
11 51 (6.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 45 (5.54%) Architect
13 38 (4.68%) Analyst
14 37 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
15 27 (3.33%) Security Engineer
16 26 (3.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 25 (3.08%) Administrator
18 24 (2.96%) DevOps Engineer
18 24 (2.96%) Security Manager
18 24 (2.96%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.09%) SAML
2 14 (1.72%) OAuth
3 13 (1.60%) YAML
4 12 (1.48%) ADO
4 12 (1.48%) PySpark
5 10 (1.23%) REST
6 9 (1.11%) Middleware
7 8 (0.99%) ARM Templates
8 7 (0.86%) Loki
9 6 (0.74%) Kafka
10 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.62%) RESTful
11 4 (0.49%) .NET
11 4 (0.49%) web3js
12 3 (0.37%) ActiveMQ
12 3 (0.37%) ODBC
12 3 (0.37%) RAML
12 3 (0.37%) SOAP
13 2 (0.25%) LDAP
13 2 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 64 (7.88%) Data Centre
3 58 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 40 (4.93%) Replication
5 39 (4.80%) Onboarding
6 38 (4.68%) Cloud Native
7 35 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (4.31%) Public Cloud
8 33 (4.06%) Driving Licence
8 33 (4.06%) Security Posture
9 29 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
10 22 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.59%) PKI
12 19 (2.34%) CMDB
12 19 (2.34%) Enterprise Storage
13 18 (2.22%) NHS
14 15 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.35%) CCTV
15 11 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.35%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 264 (32.51%) Windows
2 170 (20.94%) Windows Server
3 71 (8.74%) Linux
4 24 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (2.22%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.72%) VMS
8 13 (1.60%) Ubuntu
9 12 (1.48%) Mac OS
10 10 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (1.11%) CentOS
11 9 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.99%) Unix
13 5 (0.62%) AIX
13 5 (0.62%) Android
13 5 (0.62%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.49%) Solaris
15 2 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.25%) Debian
16 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (37.07%) Business Continuity
2 258 (31.77%) Cybersecurity
3 202 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
4 192 (23.65%) ITIL
5 183 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 167 (20.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 137 (16.87%) High Availability
8 125 (15.39%) DevOps
9 118 (14.53%) Incident Response
10 107 (13.18%) Service Delivery
11 100 (12.32%) Infrastructure as Code
12 94 (11.58%) Cloud Security
13 91 (11.21%) Change Management
14 86 (10.59%) CI/CD
15 84 (10.34%) Migration
16 83 (10.22%) Data Protection
16 83 (10.22%) Mentoring
17 81 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
18 76 (9.36%) Service Management
19 73 (8.99%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (17.00%) PowerShell
2 101 (12.44%) Python
3 86 (10.59%) SQL
4 41 (5.05%) Bash
5 12 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.23%) Bicep
6 10 (1.23%) Java
7 9 (1.11%) Scala
8 8 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.86%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.86%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.62%) C#
10 5 (0.62%) 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 99 (12.19%) Degree
2 54 (6.65%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (5.79%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.42%) CCNP
4 44 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (5.17%) Security Cleared
6 32 (3.94%) SC Cleared
7 24 (2.96%) CCNA
8 23 (2.83%) CISSP
9 22 (2.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 21 (2.59%) CEH
11 16 (1.97%) Postgraduate
12 13 (1.60%) MCSE
13 11 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.11%) CISM
14 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 9 (1.11%) VCAP
15 8 (0.99%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (14.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (10.59%) GDPR
3 81 (9.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 75 (9.24%) NIST
5 62 (7.64%) SLA
6 39 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 38 (4.68%) PCI DSS
8 24 (2.96%) SOC 2
9 23 (2.83%) GRC
9 23 (2.83%) PMO
10 21 (2.59%) Data Quality
11 16 (1.97%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (0.86%) QA
14 5 (0.62%) COBIT
15 4 (0.49%) DICOM
15 4 (0.49%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.49%) HL7
15 4 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 252 (31.03%) Active Directory
2 184 (22.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 106 (13.05%) Hyper-V
4 35 (4.31%) Docker
5 34 (4.19%) vSphere
6 30 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.59%) Firmware
8 17 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.11%) vCloud
9 9 (1.11%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.74%) KVM
10 6 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.62%) 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%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 118 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (13.30%) Terraform
3 67 (8.25%) Kubernetes
4 60 (7.39%) Ansible
5 27 (3.33%) SCCM
6 17 (2.09%) VxRail
7 12 (1.48%) Grafana
7 12 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.35%) FortiGate
8 11 (1.35%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.99%) Packer
9 8 (0.99%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.74%) Data Guard
10 6 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
10 6 (0.74%) Nagios
11 5 (0.62%) 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
1 408 (50.25%) Microsoft
2 252 (31.03%) VMware
3 80 (9.85%) Cisco
4 58 (7.14%) Dell
5 45 (5.54%) HP
5 45 (5.54%) Veeam
6 43 (5.30%) Palo Alto
7 37 (4.56%) Nimble Storage
8 35 (4.31%) Commvault
9 31 (3.82%) Tenable
10 27 (3.33%) Meraki
10 27 (3.33%) Zscaler
11 26 (3.20%) Dell Compellent
12 24 (2.96%) Dynatrace
12 24 (2.96%) Splunk
13 21 (2.59%) AppDynamics
13 21 (2.59%) EMC
13 21 (2.59%) Fortinet
14 20 (2.46%) Oracle
15 19 (2.34%) IBM