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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 192 212
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 +124
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 768 677 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.65% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.77% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 576 557 1,172
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +6.60% -

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 63,952 38,221 79,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.80% 92.98% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39,483 22,497 58,940
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -8.26%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -46 665 £60,000 - 228
UK excluding London -61 418 £52,500 -1.50% 195
London +7 292 £85,000 +9.68% 63
Work from Home +33 240 £69,559 +15.93% 89
North of England -29 143 £50,000 - 53
South East -11 104 £60,000 -7.69% 62
Yorkshire -7 81 £47,500 -13.64% 17
Midlands -45 59 £53,250 +6.50% 30
West Midlands -1 51 £52,500 +5.00% 21
North West -52 43 £50,000 +11.11% 31
South West -89 28 £40,000 -27.27% 24
East of England -38 27 £67,500 +26.17% 15
Scotland -18 23 £38,000 -25.33% 9
Northern Ireland -20 20 - - 1
North East -25 19 £51,000 +59.38% 7
Wales - 10 £31,500 - 4
East Midlands -62 7 £60,000 +50.00% 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
1 101 (13.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (10.42%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.91%) IIS
4 5 (0.65%) Confluence
5 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.39%) Apache
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.26%) CICS
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 24 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.17%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.26%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.52%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 416 (54.17%) Azure
2 241 (31.38%) Microsoft 365
3 151 (19.66%) Entra ID
4 131 (17.06%) AWS
5 65 (8.46%) Nutanix
6 46 (5.99%) SaaS
7 45 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (5.86%) Azure Monitor
8 44 (5.73%) Datadog
9 39 (5.08%) IaaS
10 36 (4.69%) GitHub
11 34 (4.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 34 (4.43%) OneDrive
12 33 (4.30%) PaaS
13 31 (4.04%) GCP
14 23 (2.99%) Azure AKS
14 23 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (2.86%) Serverless
16 19 (2.47%) Power Platform
17 18 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 228 (29.69%) Firewall
2 164 (21.35%) DNS
3 161 (20.96%) VPN
4 136 (17.71%) DHCP
5 108 (14.06%) WAN
6 81 (10.55%) VLAN
7 67 (8.72%) LAN
8 59 (7.68%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (7.29%) TCP/IP
10 53 (6.90%) SAN
11 48 (6.25%) Network Security
12 34 (4.43%) Wireless
13 31 (4.04%) Remote Desktop
14 24 (3.13%) SD-WAN
15 17 (2.21%) NAS
16 15 (1.95%) BGP
16 15 (1.95%) Cisco ISE
17 14 (1.82%) VoIP
18 9 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
18 9 (1.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.98%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (1.95%) MySQL
5 13 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.56%) Delta Lake
6 12 (1.56%) Oracle Database
7 10 (1.30%) Power BI
8 9 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.04%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.65%) GIS
13 4 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.52%) Oracle Database 12c
13 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
14 3 (0.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (3.78%) Git
2 18 (2.34%) Chocolatey
3 14 (1.82%) JIRA
4 13 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.65%) GitLab
5 5 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.52%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.52%) MLflow
6 4 (0.52%) Selenium
6 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.39%) Maven
7 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.26%) TestRail
9 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 293 (38.15%) Social Skills
2 174 (22.66%) Finance
3 122 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.90%) Banking
5 37 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.56%) Law
7 32 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.52%) Retail
9 25 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (2.73%) Legal
10 21 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.82%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.43%) Back Office
14 11 (1.43%) Marketing
14 11 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.04%) Advertising
16 6 (0.78%) French Language
Job Titles
1 123 (16.02%) Senior
2 119 (15.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 80 (10.42%) Cloud Engineer
4 76 (9.90%) IT Engineer
5 74 (9.64%) IT Support
6 71 (9.24%) Support Engineer
7 66 (8.59%) Lead
8 65 (8.46%) IT Manager
9 54 (7.03%) Azure Engineer
10 44 (5.73%) IT Support Engineer
10 44 (5.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 41 (5.34%) Architect
12 39 (5.08%) Analyst
13 28 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
14 27 (3.52%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
16 24 (3.13%) Security Engineer
17 23 (2.99%) Infrastructure Support
17 23 (2.99%) Security Manager
17 23 (2.99%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.34%) SAML
2 15 (1.95%) OAuth
3 13 (1.69%) YAML
4 12 (1.56%) ADO
4 12 (1.56%) PySpark
5 10 (1.30%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.17%) REST
7 7 (0.91%) Loki
7 7 (0.91%) RESTful
8 5 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.52%) EDI
9 4 (0.52%) Kafka
9 4 (0.52%) Middleware
9 4 (0.52%) web3js
10 3 (0.39%) .NET
10 3 (0.39%) ActiveMQ
10 3 (0.39%) LAMP
10 3 (0.39%) LDAP
10 3 (0.39%) RAML
10 3 (0.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 56 (7.29%) Management Information System
3 48 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 41 (5.34%) Replication
5 37 (4.82%) Cloud Native
6 35 (4.56%) Public Cloud
7 34 (4.43%) Driving Licence
8 31 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
9 30 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
10 29 (3.78%) Onboarding
11 25 (3.26%) Security Posture
12 20 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (2.34%) CMDB
14 16 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.82%) PKI
16 13 (1.69%) NHS
17 11 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
18 10 (1.30%) Clustering
19 9 (1.17%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 247 (32.16%) Windows
2 167 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 72 (9.38%) Linux
4 26 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.34%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.08%) VMS
8 12 (1.56%) Ubuntu
9 11 (1.43%) Unix
10 9 (1.17%) CentOS
10 9 (1.17%) Mac OS
11 8 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.65%) Android
14 4 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.52%) Rocky
15 3 (0.39%) AIX
16 2 (0.26%) zOS
17 1 (0.13%) Debian
17 1 (0.13%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (37.63%) Business Continuity
2 238 (30.99%) Cybersecurity
3 199 (25.91%) ITIL
4 194 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 167 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 139 (18.10%) High Availability
8 126 (16.41%) DevOps
9 106 (13.80%) Service Delivery
10 105 (13.67%) Incident Response
11 98 (12.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 88 (11.46%) CI/CD
13 86 (11.20%) Change Management
14 84 (10.94%) Migration
15 83 (10.81%) Data Protection
15 83 (10.81%) Mentoring
16 81 (10.55%) Cloud Security
17 79 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
18 72 (9.38%) Risk Management
18 72 (9.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (19.14%) PowerShell
2 108 (14.06%) Python
3 81 (10.55%) SQL
4 35 (4.56%) Bash
5 13 (1.69%) Java
6 12 (1.56%) Bicep
6 12 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.17%) Go
7 9 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.17%) Scala
7 9 (1.17%) Shell Script
7 9 (1.17%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.52%) C#
8 4 (0.52%) Korn
9 3 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.39%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.26%) COBOL
10 2 (0.26%) JCL
11 1 (0.13%) Perl
11 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 94 (12.24%) Degree
2 51 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 44 (5.73%) Security Cleared
5 42 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 28 (3.65%) CCNP
9 25 (3.26%) CISSP
10 24 (3.13%) CEH
11 15 (1.95%) CCNA
12 13 (1.69%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.43%) MCSE
15 10 (1.30%) CISM
16 9 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (1.04%) DV Cleared
17 8 (1.04%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (16.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (10.03%) GDPR
3 76 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 67 (8.72%) NIST
5 59 (7.68%) SLA
6 38 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 31 (4.04%) PCI DSS
8 24 (3.13%) SOC 2
9 21 (2.73%) GRC
10 17 (2.21%) Data Quality
10 17 (2.21%) ISO 22301
11 12 (1.56%) PMO
12 11 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 6 (0.78%) QA
15 5 (0.65%) NCSC
16 4 (0.52%) DICOM
16 4 (0.52%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.52%) HL7
17 3 (0.39%) GxP
System Software
1 244 (31.77%) Active Directory
2 165 (21.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 107 (13.93%) Hyper-V
4 40 (5.21%) Docker
5 33 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.99%) vSphere
7 16 (2.08%) Firmware
7 16 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.78%) KVM
9 6 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
10 5 (0.65%) vCloud
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.26%) RACF
12 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.13%) Postfix
13 1 (0.13%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 107 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 107 (13.93%) Terraform
2 65 (8.46%) Ansible
2 65 (8.46%) Kubernetes
3 25 (3.26%) SCCM
4 15 (1.95%) Grafana
5 12 (1.56%) VxRail
6 11 (1.43%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.30%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.17%) Nagios
8 9 (1.17%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.91%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.78%) Packer
12 5 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.52%) Argo
13 4 (0.52%) Backup Exec
14 3 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.39%) Puppet
14 3 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 376 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 231 (30.08%) VMware
3 66 (8.59%) Cisco
4 52 (6.77%) Dell
5 40 (5.21%) HP
6 38 (4.95%) Commvault
7 34 (4.43%) Palo Alto
7 34 (4.43%) Veeam
8 30 (3.91%) Nimble Storage
9 28 (3.65%) Dell Compellent
10 27 (3.52%) Tenable
10 27 (3.52%) Zscaler
11 25 (3.26%) Dynatrace
12 24 (3.13%) Meraki
13 23 (2.99%) Oracle
14 19 (2.47%) AppDynamics
14 19 (2.47%) Fortinet
15 17 (2.21%) Databricks
15 17 (2.21%) Splunk
16 16 (2.08%) EMC