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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 255 206
Rank change year-on-year +68 -49 +93
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,028 588 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.29% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.40% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 778 473 1,132
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,625 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,625 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.59% +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 69,702 41,872 87,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 92.19% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 48,070 22,602 61,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -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 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 26 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 +59 921 £57,500 -8.00% 247
UK excluding London +58 607 £48,625 -11.59% 211
London +51 358 £75,000 +0.67% 87
Work from Home +81 297 £60,000 - 115
North of England +77 221 £47,500 -13.64% 36
South East +11 149 £50,000 -9.09% 71
Yorkshire +44 111 £47,500 -24.00% 15
Midlands +39 105 £55,000 - 44
North West +45 93 £50,000 -9.09% 18
West Midlands +38 80 £55,000 -4.35% 24
East of England -3 46 £45,000 -16.67% 14
South West -88 36 £43,000 -21.82% 27
Scotland +20 26 £39,400 -28.36% 10
East Midlands -17 24 £55,000 +37.50% 20
North East -45 17 £42,500 -12.82% 4
Wales -34 15 £43,000 -14.00% 6
Northern Ireland -29 7 - - 9
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
1 116 (11.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (10.60%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.65%) IIS
4 6 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.49%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.097%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.097%) Site Server
8 1 (0.097%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.17%) PlantUML
4 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (1.07%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
3 3 (0.29%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.097%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.097%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.097%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 517 (50.29%) Azure
2 322 (31.32%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (18.29%) Entra ID
4 161 (15.66%) AWS
5 66 (6.42%) SaaS
6 57 (5.54%) IaaS
7 54 (5.25%) Nutanix
8 49 (4.77%) PaaS
9 45 (4.38%) Datadog
10 40 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
10 40 (3.89%) Power Platform
11 33 (3.21%) GitHub
12 31 (3.02%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (3.02%) GCP
13 30 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
14 28 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
15 26 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.14%) Mimecast
17 21 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (2.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 323 (31.42%) Firewall
2 229 (22.28%) DNS
3 204 (19.84%) VPN
4 179 (17.41%) DHCP
5 144 (14.01%) WAN
6 121 (11.77%) VLAN
7 108 (10.51%) LAN
8 90 (8.75%) Network Security
9 87 (8.46%) TCP/IP
10 86 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
11 62 (6.03%) SAN
12 48 (4.67%) Wireless
13 29 (2.82%) Internet
14 28 (2.72%) SD-WAN
15 27 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
15 27 (2.63%) SSL
16 26 (2.53%) VoIP
17 22 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.65%) BGP
18 17 (1.65%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
3 26 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 23 (2.24%) Power BI
5 14 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.26%) MySQL
7 11 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.97%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.68%) Delta Lake
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.49%) GIS
12 5 (0.49%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (1.65%) Chocolatey
1 17 (1.65%) Git
2 15 (1.46%) JIRA
3 6 (0.58%) GitLab
3 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.39%) MLflow
6 3 (0.29%) Selenium
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) JUnit
7 2 (0.19%) Spock
7 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.097%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.097%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.097%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.097%) Yeoman
General
1 375 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 181 (17.61%) Finance
3 140 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.71%) Banking
5 61 (5.93%) Legal
6 47 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (4.18%) Law
8 36 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 33 (3.21%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.72%) Retail
11 25 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.85%) Back Office
13 19 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.97%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.88%) Advertising
15 9 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.78%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.68%) French Language
Job Titles
1 209 (20.33%) Senior
2 161 (15.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 153 (14.88%) IT Support
4 122 (11.87%) IT Engineer
5 97 (9.44%) Support Engineer
6 80 (7.78%) Cloud Engineer
6 80 (7.78%) IT Manager
7 78 (7.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 73 (7.10%) Lead
9 64 (6.23%) Architect
10 62 (6.03%) Analyst
10 62 (6.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 54 (5.25%) Azure Engineer
12 38 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
13 36 (3.50%) Network Engineer
14 35 (3.40%) Administrator
15 33 (3.21%) IT Analyst
16 31 (3.02%) IT Technician
16 31 (3.02%) Security Engineer
17 30 (2.92%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.36%) Middleware
2 13 (1.26%) SAML
3 11 (1.07%) ARM Templates
4 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
4 8 (0.78%) OAuth
5 7 (0.68%) PySpark
5 7 (0.68%) REST
5 7 (0.68%) YAML
6 6 (0.58%) ADO
6 6 (0.58%) Kafka
7 5 (0.49%) RESTful
8 4 (0.39%) .NET
8 4 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (0.39%) Loki
8 4 (0.39%) web3js
9 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.29%) Node.js
9 3 (0.29%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.29%) ODBC
9 3 (0.29%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.53%) Data Centre
2 73 (7.10%) Management Information System
3 65 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 62 (6.03%) Driving Licence
5 59 (5.74%) Cloud Native
6 53 (5.16%) Replication
7 50 (4.86%) Security Posture
8 45 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (3.99%) Cyber Threat
10 38 (3.70%) Onboarding
11 35 (3.40%) PKI
12 34 (3.31%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (3.02%) Public Cloud
14 30 (2.92%) Enterprise Storage
15 27 (2.63%) NHS
16 24 (2.33%) CMDB
17 19 (1.85%) CCTV
18 18 (1.75%) Clustering
18 18 (1.75%) Virtual Team
19 16 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 359 (34.92%) Windows
2 241 (23.44%) Windows Server
3 96 (9.34%) Linux
4 24 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (2.14%) Mac OS
7 19 (1.85%) Windows 10
7 19 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.56%) Unix
9 13 (1.26%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.07%) AIX
10 11 (1.07%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (0.97%) VMS
12 9 (0.88%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.88%) CentOS
13 7 (0.68%) Solaris
14 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.19%) Android
15 2 (0.19%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (36.67%) Business Continuity
2 331 (32.20%) Cybersecurity
3 268 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
4 260 (25.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 214 (20.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 205 (19.94%) ITIL
7 169 (16.44%) High Availability
8 166 (16.15%) Incident Response
9 132 (12.84%) DevOps
10 127 (12.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 124 (12.06%) Service Delivery
12 116 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 114 (11.09%) Cloud Security
14 108 (10.51%) Data Protection
15 99 (9.63%) Change Management
16 98 (9.53%) CI/CD
17 95 (9.24%) Mentoring
17 95 (9.24%) Risk Management
18 94 (9.14%) Incident Management
19 93 (9.05%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 161 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 111 (10.80%) SQL
3 106 (10.31%) Python
4 47 (4.57%) Bash
5 16 (1.56%) Shell Script
6 15 (1.46%) Bicep
7 11 (1.07%) Java
7 11 (1.07%) Korn
8 10 (0.97%) PL/SQL
9 9 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.49%) C#
12 4 (0.39%) Scala
13 3 (0.29%) Go
13 3 (0.29%) Ruby
13 3 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.19%) RPG
14 2 (0.19%) XAML
Qualifications
1 119 (11.58%) Degree
2 82 (7.98%) Cisco Certification
3 71 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 63 (6.13%) Azure Certification
4 63 (6.13%) CCNP
5 55 (5.35%) Security Cleared
6 45 (4.38%) CCNA
7 39 (3.79%) SC Cleared
8 38 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (3.40%) CISSP
10 28 (2.72%) Postgraduate
11 27 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 22 (2.14%) CISM
13 15 (1.46%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.46%) CEH
14 13 (1.26%) CISA
14 13 (1.26%) MCSE
15 11 (1.07%) CRISC
15 11 (1.07%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.97%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (14.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 117 (11.38%) GDPR
3 113 (10.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 97 (9.44%) NIST
5 62 (6.03%) SLA
6 51 (4.96%) PCI DSS
7 47 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 29 (2.82%) PMO
9 28 (2.72%) SOC 2
10 25 (2.43%) GRC
11 23 (2.24%) Data Quality
12 20 (1.95%) ISO 22301
13 15 (1.46%) COBIT
14 10 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.97%) NCSC
15 8 (0.78%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.58%) QA
17 5 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 4 (0.39%) DICOM
18 4 (0.39%) HL7
System Software
1 298 (28.99%) Active Directory
2 247 (24.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (15.27%) Hyper-V
4 43 (4.18%) vSphere
5 35 (3.40%) Docker
6 31 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (2.04%) Firmware
7 21 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
10 10 (0.97%) VMware NSX
11 9 (0.88%) vCloud
12 6 (0.58%) KVM
13 5 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.29%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
17 1 (0.097%) Xen
Systems Management
1 136 (13.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 134 (13.04%) Terraform
3 73 (7.10%) Ansible
4 70 (6.81%) Kubernetes
5 27 (2.63%) SCCM
5 27 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
6 25 (2.43%) FortiGate
7 22 (2.14%) VxRail
8 12 (1.17%) Prometheus
9 11 (1.07%) Data Guard
9 11 (1.07%) Grafana
9 11 (1.07%) Nagios
9 11 (1.07%) vCenter Server
10 10 (0.97%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (0.88%) Dell DRAC
11 9 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.88%) Packer
12 7 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.58%) Avamar
13 6 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 518 (50.39%) Microsoft
2 309 (30.06%) VMware
3 151 (14.69%) Cisco
4 69 (6.71%) Veeam
5 55 (5.35%) Dell
5 55 (5.35%) Palo Alto
6 43 (4.18%) HP
7 36 (3.50%) Splunk
8 35 (3.40%) Meraki
9 34 (3.31%) Oracle
10 33 (3.21%) Nimble Storage
11 32 (3.11%) Commvault
12 30 (2.92%) Fortinet
13 29 (2.82%) Sophos
14 28 (2.72%) Tenable
15 26 (2.53%) SolarWinds
16 25 (2.43%) EMC
16 25 (2.43%) Google
17 23 (2.24%) IBM
18 22 (2.14%) Zscaler