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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 250 216
Rank change year-on-year +35 -34 +96
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 891 553 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.29% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.39% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 674 434 1,138
10th Percentile £33,450 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
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 £89,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 68,898 39,816 83,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.23% 83.93%
Number of salaries quoted 44,884 20,923 60,289
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,000 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,324 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.29% +2.65% -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 28 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 28 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 +19 783 £60,000 -7.69% 317
UK excluding London +30 498 £50,000 -9.09% 232
London +29 331 £75,000 - 118
Work from Home +89 278 £62,500 +4.17% 124
North of England +47 185 £47,500 -17.39% 56
South East +1 103 £55,000 -6.38% 69
Yorkshire +17 97 £47,500 -24.00% 25
Midlands +19 90 £52,500 +14.13% 49
West Midlands +21 72 £52,500 +5.00% 33
North West +26 70 £50,000 -9.09% 28
East of England -24 35 £62,500 +17.92% 18
South West -89 29 £37,500 -34.78% 29
Scotland +18 27 £38,000 -30.91% 6
North East -42 18 £43,500 -16.14% 3
East Midlands -28 17 £55,000 +37.50% 16
Wales -25 15 £43,000 -14.00% 8
Northern Ireland -24 10 - - 4
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
1 107 (12.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (10.66%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.23%) IIS
4 4 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.45%) Confluence
5 3 (0.34%) Apache
6 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.67%) PlantUML
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.79%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.34%) 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
1 484 (54.32%) Azure
2 267 (29.97%) Microsoft 365
3 161 (18.07%) Entra ID
4 139 (15.60%) AWS
5 64 (7.18%) Nutanix
6 62 (6.96%) SaaS
7 54 (6.06%) IaaS
8 51 (5.72%) Datadog
9 45 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (5.05%) PaaS
10 39 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (4.15%) GitHub
12 30 (3.37%) GCP
12 30 (3.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 30 (3.37%) OneDrive
12 30 (3.37%) Power Platform
13 26 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (2.47%) Azure AKS
15 19 (2.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 271 (30.42%) Firewall
2 191 (21.44%) DNS
3 178 (19.98%) VPN
4 143 (16.05%) DHCP
5 126 (14.14%) WAN
6 89 (9.99%) VLAN
7 79 (8.87%) LAN
8 69 (7.74%) Network Security
9 68 (7.63%) SAN
9 68 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
10 64 (7.18%) TCP/IP
11 40 (4.49%) Wireless
12 30 (3.37%) SD-WAN
13 27 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
14 24 (2.69%) Cisco ISE
15 21 (2.36%) SSL
16 20 (2.24%) VoIP
17 19 (2.13%) NAS
18 15 (1.68%) BGP
19 14 (1.57%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.46%) Power BI
5 12 (1.35%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.35%) Delta Lake
6 10 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.01%) MySQL
8 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (0.67%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.56%) GIS
11 5 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.34%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (2.58%) Git
2 21 (2.36%) Chocolatey
3 13 (1.46%) JIRA
4 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.45%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.45%) MLflow
6 4 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.34%) GitLab
7 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.22%) Maven
8 2 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.22%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.11%) JMeter
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 323 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 172 (19.30%) Finance
3 146 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (7.18%) Banking
5 44 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.26%) Legal
7 37 (4.15%) Law
7 37 (4.15%) Public Sector
8 28 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.92%) Retail
10 21 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.02%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.57%) Back Office
13 14 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.35%) Advertising
15 10 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.90%) Mandarin Language
16 8 (0.90%) Marketing
16 8 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 178 (19.98%) Senior
2 144 (16.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 100 (11.22%) IT Support
4 95 (10.66%) IT Engineer
5 90 (10.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 77 (8.64%) Support Engineer
7 66 (7.41%) IT Manager
8 60 (6.73%) Azure Engineer
8 60 (6.73%) Lead
9 59 (6.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 58 (6.51%) IT Support Engineer
11 49 (5.50%) Architect
12 48 (5.39%) Analyst
13 38 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
14 30 (3.37%) Administrator
15 29 (3.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 28 (3.14%) Security Engineer
17 27 (3.03%) Security Manager
17 27 (3.03%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 26 (2.92%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.80%) SAML
2 12 (1.35%) PySpark
3 11 (1.23%) OAuth
4 10 (1.12%) YAML
5 9 (1.01%) ADO
5 9 (1.01%) ARM Templates
5 9 (1.01%) REST
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (0.90%) Middleware
7 7 (0.79%) Kafka
7 7 (0.79%) Loki
8 5 (0.56%) .NET
8 5 (0.56%) RESTful
9 4 (0.45%) web3js
10 3 (0.34%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.34%) JSON
10 3 (0.34%) ODBC
11 2 (0.22%) ActiveMQ
11 2 (0.22%) LDAP
11 2 (0.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.54%) Data Centre
2 68 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 64 (7.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 48 (5.39%) Replication
5 45 (5.05%) Cloud Native
6 42 (4.71%) Driving Licence
7 40 (4.49%) Onboarding
8 38 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
8 38 (4.26%) Security Posture
9 36 (4.04%) Public Cloud
10 32 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
11 26 (2.92%) Enterprise Storage
11 26 (2.92%) PKI
12 25 (2.81%) CMDB
12 25 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (2.24%) NHS
14 17 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.57%) Clustering
16 12 (1.35%) iSeries
17 11 (1.23%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 303 (34.01%) Windows
2 192 (21.55%) Windows Server
3 79 (8.87%) Linux
4 21 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.24%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.91%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (1.80%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.46%) Ubuntu
9 12 (1.35%) VMS
10 10 (1.12%) Unix
11 9 (1.01%) CentOS
12 7 (0.79%) AIX
12 7 (0.79%) Oracle Linux
13 6 (0.67%) Android
14 5 (0.56%) Solaris
15 2 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
15 2 (0.22%) Debian
16 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (36.03%) Business Continuity
2 274 (30.75%) Cybersecurity
3 221 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
4 203 (22.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 203 (22.78%) ITIL
5 187 (20.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 143 (16.05%) High Availability
7 132 (14.81%) Incident Response
8 128 (14.37%) DevOps
9 115 (12.91%) Service Delivery
10 106 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
11 103 (11.56%) Cloud Security
12 93 (10.44%) Data Protection
13 91 (10.21%) Change Management
13 91 (10.21%) Migration
14 90 (10.10%) CI/CD
14 90 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
15 86 (9.65%) Service Management
16 85 (9.54%) Mentoring
17 79 (8.87%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (16.16%) PowerShell
2 100 (11.22%) Python
3 98 (11.00%) SQL
4 41 (4.60%) Bash
5 11 (1.23%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.12%) Bicep
6 10 (1.12%) Java
7 9 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.01%) Scala
7 9 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.79%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.79%) Korn
9 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.56%) C#
11 4 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.34%) Go
13 2 (0.22%) RPG
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) COBOL
14 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 109 (12.23%) Degree
2 67 (7.52%) Cisco Certification
3 66 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 60 (6.73%) Azure Certification
5 53 (5.95%) CCNP
6 46 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (5.05%) Security Cleared
8 36 (4.04%) SC Cleared
9 33 (3.70%) CCNA
10 27 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 25 (2.81%) CISSP
12 19 (2.13%) Postgraduate
13 18 (2.02%) CEH
14 14 (1.57%) MCSE
15 12 (1.35%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.35%) CISM
16 10 (1.12%) VCAP
17 9 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (1.01%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.01%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (14.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (10.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 89 (9.99%) GDPR
4 84 (9.43%) NIST
5 62 (6.96%) SLA
6 44 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 42 (4.71%) PCI DSS
8 28 (3.14%) PMO
9 23 (2.58%) GRC
10 22 (2.47%) SOC 2
11 21 (2.36%) Data Quality
12 17 (1.91%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (1.01%) COBIT
15 7 (0.79%) QA
16 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 5 (0.56%) NCSC
18 4 (0.45%) DICOM
18 4 (0.45%) HIPAA
18 4 (0.45%) HL7
System Software
1 270 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 202 (22.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (13.13%) Hyper-V
4 39 (4.38%) vSphere
5 30 (3.37%) Docker
6 26 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (2.47%) Firmware
8 17 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.12%) VMware NSX
10 9 (1.01%) vCloud
11 8 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.67%) KVM
12 6 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.34%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.34%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (14.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 113 (12.68%) Terraform
3 63 (7.07%) Kubernetes
4 60 (6.73%) Ansible
5 28 (3.14%) SCCM
6 23 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (2.47%) VxRail
8 16 (1.80%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.23%) Grafana
9 11 (1.23%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.01%) Dell DRAC
11 8 (0.90%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.90%) Nagios
11 8 (0.90%) Packer
12 7 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (0.79%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.67%) Avamar
13 6 (0.67%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
13 6 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 448 (50.28%) Microsoft
2 274 (30.75%) VMware
3 103 (11.56%) Cisco
4 60 (6.73%) Dell
4 60 (6.73%) Veeam
5 46 (5.16%) HP
6 43 (4.83%) Palo Alto
7 39 (4.38%) Nimble Storage
8 33 (3.70%) Commvault
8 33 (3.70%) Tenable
9 32 (3.59%) Meraki
10 28 (3.14%) Splunk
11 26 (2.92%) Fortinet
12 25 (2.81%) Dynatrace
12 25 (2.81%) Oracle
12 25 (2.81%) Zscaler
13 24 (2.69%) Dell Compellent
13 24 (2.69%) EMC
14 22 (2.47%) AppDynamics
14 22 (2.47%) IBM