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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 169 208
Rank change year-on-year -46 +39 +104
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 603 908 885
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.02% 1.70% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.87% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 464 560 794
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £33,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,188 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £57,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -3.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £106,750 £95,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.80% -1.90% +5.00%

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 48,033 48,451 50,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.60% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,230 23,579 38,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,479
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 17 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 January 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 -40 537 £62,500 +7.30% 316
UK excluding London -84 299 £48,000 -6.80% 309
London +26 264 £75,000 -3.23% 44
Work from Home +20 183 £70,000 +14.29% 75
North of England -67 86 £42,500 -10.53% 91
South East -1 77 £63,000 +20.00% 76
Midlands -37 49 £52,250 -1.97% 55
North West -31 38 £41,250 -8.33% 35
Yorkshire -37 36 £42,500 -19.05% 49
West Midlands -2 32 £57,500 +7.88% 28
South West -4 32 £42,500 -17.48% 35
Northern Ireland - 20 - - 6
East of England -13 18 £42,500 -19.05% 32
East Midlands -41 17 £45,000 -18.18% 27
North East -7 12 £78,750 +65.79% 13
Scotland -41 11 £48,000 -16.52% 10
Wales -3 7 £28,000 -64.78% 11

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 90 (14.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (13.93%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.16%) IIS
4 7 (1.16%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.00%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.50%) Confluence
7 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.33%) CICS
7 2 (0.33%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Site Server
8 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.33%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 344 (57.05%) Azure
2 207 (34.33%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (21.23%) Entra ID
4 121 (20.07%) AWS
5 43 (7.13%) Azure Monitor
6 41 (6.80%) GCP
7 40 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (6.63%) GitHub
8 39 (6.47%) SaaS
9 38 (6.30%) Nutanix
10 34 (5.64%) OneDrive
11 31 (5.14%) IaaS
12 30 (4.98%) PaaS
13 26 (4.31%) AWS CloudFormation
13 26 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (4.15%) Datadog
15 21 (3.48%) Serverless
16 18 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
17 17 (2.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 153 (25.37%) Firewall
2 149 (24.71%) DNS
3 131 (21.72%) DHCP
4 113 (18.74%) VPN
5 88 (14.59%) WAN
6 64 (10.61%) TCP/IP
7 61 (10.12%) VLAN
8 51 (8.46%) LAN
9 44 (7.30%) SAN
10 43 (7.13%) Wi-Fi
11 39 (6.47%) SD-WAN
12 32 (5.31%) Wireless
13 31 (5.14%) VoIP
14 22 (3.65%) Network Security
14 22 (3.65%) Remote Desktop
15 21 (3.48%) NAS
16 15 (2.49%) SSL
17 11 (1.82%) Unified Communications
18 7 (1.16%) BGP
18 7 (1.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
3 20 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (3.15%) Oracle Database
5 15 (2.49%) MySQL
6 12 (1.99%) Power BI
7 10 (1.66%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.49%) BigQuery
8 9 (1.49%) DB2
9 8 (1.33%) Oracle Exadata
10 7 (1.16%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.16%) Delta Lake
11 6 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.00%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
12 4 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
12 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (5.31%) Git
2 23 (3.81%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.00%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.83%) JIRA
4 5 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.66%) GitLab
5 4 (0.66%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.66%) Selenium
6 3 (0.50%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.33%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.33%) TestRail
8 1 (0.17%) JMeter
8 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 212 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 182 (30.18%) Finance
3 66 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (5.97%) Banking
5 35 (5.80%) Law
6 25 (4.15%) Manufacturing
7 21 (3.48%) Retail
8 20 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.15%) Legal
10 18 (2.99%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.82%) Financial Institution
12 16 (2.65%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.99%) Marketing
15 11 (1.82%) Back Office
15 11 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 90 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 71 (11.77%) Support Engineer
3 66 (10.95%) Senior
4 64 (10.61%) Cloud Engineer
5 59 (9.78%) IT Support
6 53 (8.79%) IT Engineer
7 48 (7.96%) Analyst
8 39 (6.47%) IT Manager
9 35 (5.80%) Lead
10 30 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
10 30 (4.98%) IT Support Engineer
11 28 (4.64%) Azure Engineer
11 28 (4.64%) Infrastructure Manager
12 27 (4.48%) Support Analyst
13 23 (3.81%) Architect
13 23 (3.81%) Security Engineer
14 22 (3.65%) DBA
14 22 (3.65%) Support Technician
15 21 (3.48%) Administrator
15 21 (3.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.99%) OAuth
2 11 (1.82%) SAML
3 9 (1.49%) ADO
3 9 (1.49%) EDI
3 9 (1.49%) YAML
4 8 (1.33%) LDAP
4 8 (1.33%) REST
5 7 (1.16%) .NET
5 7 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (1.16%) PySpark
6 6 (1.00%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.00%) LAPP Stack
6 6 (1.00%) Middleware
6 6 (1.00%) RESTful
6 6 (1.00%) WebSphere MQ
7 5 (0.83%) Loki
8 4 (0.66%) AWS SAM
8 4 (0.66%) Kafka
8 4 (0.66%) SOAP
9 3 (0.50%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.79%) Hybrid Cloud
1 47 (7.79%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (5.64%) Onboarding
4 30 (4.98%) Data Centre
5 25 (4.15%) Public Cloud
6 24 (3.98%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.48%) Replication
8 19 (3.15%) Clustering
9 14 (2.32%) CMDB
9 14 (2.32%) PKI
9 14 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.82%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.82%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.49%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.33%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.16%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 220 (36.48%) Windows
2 157 (26.04%) Windows Server
3 91 (15.09%) Linux
4 30 (4.98%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.32%) Unix
6 19 (3.15%) VMS
7 18 (2.99%) Mac OS
8 16 (2.65%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.16%) Android
12 3 (0.50%) CentOS
12 3 (0.50%) Rocky
12 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.33%) AIX
13 2 (0.33%) Solaris
13 2 (0.33%) zOS
14 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (30.85%) Business Continuity
2 151 (25.04%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (23.22%) Cybersecurity
3 140 (23.22%) ITIL
4 129 (21.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 122 (20.23%) High Availability
6 121 (20.07%) DevOps
7 102 (16.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (14.93%) CI/CD
10 79 (13.10%) Migration
11 73 (12.11%) Incident Response
12 68 (11.28%) ITSM
13 67 (11.11%) Computer Science
14 65 (10.78%) Service Delivery
15 58 (9.62%) Customer Service
16 57 (9.45%) Mentoring
17 56 (9.29%) Change Management
18 53 (8.79%) Service Management
18 53 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 146 (24.21%) PowerShell
2 98 (16.25%) Python
3 74 (12.27%) SQL
4 35 (5.80%) Bash
5 17 (2.82%) Java
6 12 (1.99%) Go
7 10 (1.66%) Bicep
8 9 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (1.33%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.16%) Scala
11 6 (1.00%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.00%) VBScript
12 5 (0.83%) C#
13 2 (0.33%) COBOL
13 2 (0.33%) JCL
13 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.17%) Korn
14 1 (0.17%) Perl
14 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 116 (19.24%) Degree
2 52 (8.62%) Azure Certification
3 47 (7.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (7.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (6.14%) AWS Certification
6 33 (5.47%) Security Cleared
7 24 (3.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (3.81%) CISSP
9 20 (3.32%) SC Cleared
10 18 (2.99%) CCNP
11 15 (2.49%) Master's Degree
12 14 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (2.16%) CEH
13 13 (2.16%) CISM
13 13 (2.16%) HNC
13 13 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 13 (2.16%) MCSA
13 13 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (1.99%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (13.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (10.12%) GDPR
3 43 (7.13%) SLA
4 42 (6.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 37 (6.14%) NIST
6 28 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (2.65%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.82%) ISO 22301
8 11 (1.82%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.33%) ISAE 3402
10 7 (1.16%) Data Quality
11 6 (1.00%) QA
12 5 (0.83%) GRC
12 5 (0.83%) NCSC
13 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.50%) Basel III
13 3 (0.50%) COBIT
13 3 (0.50%) GxP
13 3 (0.50%) MiFID
14 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 199 (33.00%) Active Directory
2 116 (19.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (14.10%) Hyper-V
4 55 (9.12%) Docker
5 34 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (4.31%) vSphere
7 14 (2.32%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.49%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (1.33%) vCloud
10 8 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.83%) Firmware
12 4 (0.66%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.50%) NFS
13 3 (0.50%) Squid
14 2 (0.33%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.33%) pfSense
14 2 (0.33%) RACF
14 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 105 (17.41%) Terraform
2 104 (17.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 74 (12.27%) Kubernetes
4 63 (10.45%) Ansible
5 22 (3.65%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.48%) Grafana
7 12 (1.99%) Nagios
8 11 (1.82%) Data Guard
8 11 (1.82%) SCCM
9 10 (1.66%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (1.33%) Puppet
12 7 (1.16%) Avamar
12 7 (1.16%) FortiGate
13 6 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.83%) Nessus
14 5 (0.83%) SCOM
14 5 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 299 (49.59%) Microsoft
2 153 (25.37%) VMware
3 56 (9.29%) Cisco
4 41 (6.80%) Dell
5 31 (5.14%) Veeam
6 29 (4.81%) Oracle
6 29 (4.81%) Palo Alto
7 24 (3.98%) Commvault
8 23 (3.81%) Fortinet
9 20 (3.32%) Google
10 18 (2.99%) HP
11 17 (2.82%) Dynatrace
12 16 (2.65%) Dell Compellent
12 16 (2.65%) Nimble Storage
13 14 (2.32%) IBM
14 13 (2.16%) Adobe
14 13 (2.16%) Zscaler
15 11 (1.82%) Red Hat
15 11 (1.82%) ServiceNow
16 10 (1.66%) Meraki