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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 172 196
Rank change year-on-year -43 +24 +136
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 689 861 1,197
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.02% 1.76% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.90% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 524 529 1,087
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £92,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.52% +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 53,577 45,271 66,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.42% 92.38% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32,051 21,953 51,270
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,504 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% +10.01% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -45 598 £62,500 +4.17% 251
UK excluding London -70 354 £52,500 -1.50% 238
London +22 273 £80,000 +6.67% 73
Work from Home +28 214 £67,500 +8.00% 125
North of England -39 130 £47,750 +6.11% 56
South East -17 79 £67,500 +3.85% 87
Yorkshire -16 76 £47,500 -9.52% 24
Midlands -34 56 £52,500 -1.50% 41
West Midlands +1 39 £57,500 +7.88% 29
North West -55 35 £42,500 -5.56% 32
South West -31 27 £47,500 -20.83% 16
Northern Ireland - 23 - -
East of England -21 20 £39,500 -28.18% 18
North East -6 19 £55,473 +40.44% 2
East Midlands -37 16 £45,000 -25.00% 12
Scotland -53 10 £48,000 -30.18% 19
Wales -4 8 £28,000 -50.66% 6
Channel Islands - 2 £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
1 111 (16.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (14.66%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.60%) IIS
4 5 (0.73%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.58%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.58%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.29%) CICS
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.29%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.29%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.58%) Markit EDM
3 3 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 379 (55.01%) Azure
2 230 (33.38%) Microsoft 365
3 165 (23.95%) Entra ID
4 127 (18.43%) AWS
5 51 (7.40%) Nutanix
6 50 (7.26%) Azure Monitor
7 49 (7.11%) SaaS
8 45 (6.53%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (5.95%) GCP
9 41 (5.95%) GitHub
10 40 (5.81%) IaaS
11 37 (5.37%) OneDrive
11 37 (5.37%) PaaS
12 34 (4.93%) Datadog
12 34 (4.93%) Microsoft Purview
13 26 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (3.34%) Serverless
15 21 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (2.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 197 (28.59%) Firewall
2 172 (24.96%) DNS
3 148 (21.48%) DHCP
4 141 (20.46%) VPN
5 105 (15.24%) WAN
6 72 (10.45%) VLAN
7 68 (9.87%) TCP/IP
8 59 (8.56%) LAN
9 51 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (6.68%) SAN
11 37 (5.37%) SD-WAN
12 34 (4.93%) Wireless
13 31 (4.50%) Network Security
14 25 (3.63%) Remote Desktop
15 24 (3.48%) VoIP
16 18 (2.61%) NAS
17 16 (2.32%) BGP
17 16 (2.32%) SSL
18 7 (1.02%) Internet
18 7 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.61%) Oracle Database
5 15 (2.18%) MySQL
6 13 (1.89%) Power BI
7 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.31%) Delta Lake
8 8 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.16%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.02%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.87%) DB2
10 6 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
10 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.73%) GIS
11 5 (0.73%) Oracle Database 12c
12 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 27 (3.92%) Git
2 20 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.60%) Chocolatey
4 10 (1.45%) JIRA
5 6 (0.87%) GitLab
5 6 (0.87%) Selenium
6 5 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.58%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.44%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.44%) Maven
9 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.29%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.29%) TestRail
10 1 (0.15%) JMeter
10 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 262 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 200 (29.03%) Finance
3 99 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (6.97%) Law
5 46 (6.68%) Banking
6 32 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.92%) Retail
9 22 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.90%) Financial Institution
11 19 (2.76%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (2.32%) Legal
14 13 (1.89%) Back Office
15 10 (1.45%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.16%) Marketing
18 7 (1.02%) Advertising
18 7 (1.02%) French Language
18 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 96 (13.93%) Senior
3 83 (12.05%) Cloud Engineer
4 67 (9.72%) Support Engineer
5 58 (8.42%) IT Engineer
6 55 (7.98%) IT Support
6 55 (7.98%) Lead
7 49 (7.11%) IT Manager
8 45 (6.53%) Analyst
9 39 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
10 36 (5.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
11 32 (4.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 25 (3.63%) Architect
12 25 (3.63%) IT Support Engineer
12 25 (3.63%) Support Technician
13 24 (3.48%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (3.48%) Infrastructure Manager
13 24 (3.48%) Infrastructure Support
13 24 (3.48%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.76%) SAML
2 15 (2.18%) OAuth
3 12 (1.74%) ADO
3 12 (1.74%) YAML
4 11 (1.60%) REST
5 9 (1.31%) EDI
5 9 (1.31%) PySpark
5 9 (1.31%) RESTful
6 7 (1.02%) .NET
6 7 (1.02%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.02%) Loki
7 6 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.87%) LDAP
8 5 (0.73%) Middleware
9 4 (0.58%) AWS SAM
9 4 (0.58%) Kafka
9 4 (0.58%) LAPP Stack
9 4 (0.58%) SOAP
9 4 (0.58%) WebSphere MQ
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 45 (6.53%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.79%) Data Centre
3 33 (4.79%) Onboarding
4 31 (4.50%) Public Cloud
5 30 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 30 (4.35%) Replication
6 29 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (2.90%) Driving Licence
10 19 (2.76%) PKI
11 17 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (2.32%) Clustering
12 16 (2.32%) CMDB
12 16 (2.32%) Security Posture
13 14 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.31%) Product Ownership
15 7 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 238 (34.54%) Windows
2 171 (24.82%) Windows Server
3 81 (11.76%) Linux
4 30 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.61%) Unix
6 17 (2.47%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.47%) VMS
7 14 (2.03%) Mac OS
8 12 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.02%) Android
10 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.58%) Rocky
11 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.44%) CentOS
12 3 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.29%) AIX
13 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (33.38%) Business Continuity
2 176 (25.54%) Cybersecurity
3 174 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (23.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 165 (23.95%) ITIL
5 142 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 140 (20.32%) High Availability
7 128 (18.58%) DevOps
8 111 (16.11%) Infrastructure as Code
9 99 (14.37%) CI/CD
9 99 (14.37%) Incident Response
10 93 (13.50%) Migration
11 76 (11.03%) Service Delivery
12 73 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 72 (10.45%) Risk Management
14 71 (10.30%) ITSM
15 69 (10.01%) Data Protection
16 65 (9.43%) Change Management
16 65 (9.43%) Cloud Security
17 64 (9.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 165 (23.95%) PowerShell
2 115 (16.69%) Python
3 78 (11.32%) SQL
4 38 (5.52%) Bash
5 21 (3.05%) Java
6 14 (2.03%) Bicep
7 13 (1.89%) Go
7 13 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 12 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.31%) Scala
10 8 (1.16%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.16%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.87%) C#
12 5 (0.73%) VBScript
13 4 (0.58%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.44%) Korn
15 2 (0.29%) COBOL
15 2 (0.29%) JCL
15 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 111 (16.11%) Degree
2 52 (7.55%) Azure Certification
2 52 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 46 (6.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (4.35%) AWS Certification
6 29 (4.21%) SC Cleared
7 24 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.90%) CCNP
9 19 (2.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 19 (2.76%) CISSP
10 16 (2.32%) CEH
11 14 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.89%) CISM
12 13 (1.89%) HNC
13 12 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (1.60%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.31%) HND
15 9 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (16.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (12.05%) GDPR
3 70 (10.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 64 (9.29%) NIST
5 51 (7.40%) SLA
6 37 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 24 (3.48%) PCI DSS
8 23 (3.34%) SOC 2
9 14 (2.03%) ISO 22301
10 9 (1.31%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (1.16%) ISAE 3402
12 6 (0.87%) GRC
12 6 (0.87%) NCSC
12 6 (0.87%) QA
13 3 (0.44%) Basel III
13 3 (0.44%) DICOM
13 3 (0.44%) HL7
13 3 (0.44%) MiFID
13 3 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 230 (33.38%) Active Directory
2 129 (18.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (14.08%) Hyper-V
4 51 (7.40%) Docker
5 34 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (2.90%) vSphere
7 14 (2.03%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.45%) Firmware
8 10 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.16%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (1.16%) vCloud
10 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.44%) KVM
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.29%) RACF
11 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.15%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 115 (16.69%) Terraform
2 114 (16.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 71 (10.30%) Kubernetes
4 67 (9.72%) Ansible
5 21 (3.05%) Grafana
6 19 (2.76%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.61%) SCCM
8 12 (1.74%) Nagios
9 10 (1.45%) Data Guard
10 9 (1.31%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.16%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (1.16%) Puppet
11 8 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.16%) VxRail
12 6 (0.87%) Avamar
12 6 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.87%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (0.73%) Nessus
13 5 (0.73%) SCOM
Vendors
1 329 (47.75%) Microsoft
2 175 (25.40%) VMware
3 55 (7.98%) Cisco
4 46 (6.68%) Dell
5 33 (4.79%) Veeam
6 28 (4.06%) Commvault
7 27 (3.92%) Oracle
8 26 (3.77%) HP
9 25 (3.63%) Palo Alto
10 22 (3.19%) Dell Compellent
10 22 (3.19%) Dynatrace
10 22 (3.19%) Meraki
10 22 (3.19%) Nimble Storage
11 21 (3.05%) Zscaler
12 17 (2.47%) Tenable
13 16 (2.32%) Adobe
13 16 (2.32%) Fortinet
14 14 (2.03%) Google
15 13 (1.89%) AppDynamics
15 13 (1.89%) IBM