Hybrid/Remote Disaster Recovery Job Trends

Disaster Recovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 259 195
Rank change year-on-year +101 -64 +1
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 416 169 366
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.67% 1.01% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.07% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 272 132 193
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,600 £37,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £89,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +0.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20,082 15,724 19,287
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.68% 93.80% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,329 8,388 11,437
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Disaster Recovery and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Disaster Recovery job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Disaster Recovery salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Disaster Recovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 45 (10.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 45 (10.82%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.88%) IIS
3 8 (1.92%) nginx
4 6 (1.44%) Apache
5 3 (0.72%) WordPress
6 1 (0.24%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 272 (65.38%) Azure
2 129 (31.01%) AWS
3 118 (28.37%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (23.80%) SaaS
5 86 (20.67%) Entra ID
6 36 (8.65%) IaaS
7 34 (8.17%) GCP
8 33 (7.93%) Azure Monitor
9 28 (6.73%) PaaS
10 25 (6.01%) Power Platform
11 24 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (5.05%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.37%) Nutanix
14 13 (3.13%) GitHub
15 11 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (2.16%) Azure Storage
17 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 99 (23.80%) Firewall
2 96 (23.08%) DNS
3 77 (18.51%) DHCP
4 66 (15.87%) VPN
5 43 (10.34%) TCP/IP
6 32 (7.69%) WAN
7 31 (7.45%) VLAN
8 26 (6.25%) Network Security
9 25 (6.01%) LAN
10 14 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.88%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.40%) Wireless
13 9 (2.16%) SAN
14 8 (1.92%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (1.68%) NGFW
15 7 (1.68%) VSAN
16 6 (1.44%) iSCSI
17 5 (1.20%) Internet
18 4 (0.96%) BGP
18 4 (0.96%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
1 23 (5.53%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (2.40%) Power BI
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.72%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.48%) Metadata
6 2 (0.48%) MySQL
6 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.24%) Redis
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.24%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 6 (1.44%) GitLab
1 6 (1.44%) JIRA
2 4 (0.96%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.48%) Git
3 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.48%) Terragrunt
3 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.24%) Flyway
4 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 136 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 81 (19.47%) Finance
3 57 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.78%) Law
5 33 (7.93%) Legal
6 31 (7.45%) Retail
7 26 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 24 (5.77%) Banking
9 19 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (4.09%) Back Office
11 12 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.64%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.16%) Police
14 6 (1.44%) Advertising
15 5 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.96%) Aviation
17 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 2 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 73 (17.55%) Senior
2 63 (15.14%) IT Manager
3 58 (13.94%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 51 (12.26%) IT Services Manager
4 51 (12.26%) Resilience Manager
5 36 (8.65%) Architect
6 32 (7.69%) Consultant
7 29 (6.97%) IT Engineer
8 27 (6.49%) Lead
8 27 (6.49%) Support Engineer
9 25 (6.01%) Analyst
10 24 (5.77%) Senior Architect
11 23 (5.53%) Technical Consultant
12 20 (4.81%) Cloud Engineer
12 20 (4.81%) IT Support
13 19 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
13 19 (4.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (4.33%) Technical Architect
15 16 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (18.51%) Terraform
2 68 (16.35%) Middleware
3 15 (3.61%) ARM Templates
4 10 (2.40%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (1.68%) REST
6 6 (1.44%) Web Services
7 5 (1.20%) .NET
8 4 (0.96%) JSON
8 4 (0.96%) RESTful
9 3 (0.72%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.72%) LDAP
9 3 (0.72%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.72%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (0.48%) Kafka
10 2 (0.48%) React
10 2 (0.48%) YAML
11 1 (0.24%) Node.js
11 1 (0.24%) OAuth
11 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.46%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (8.65%) Replication
3 33 (7.93%) Data Centre
4 31 (7.45%) Cloud Native
5 29 (6.97%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.77%) Onboarding
7 23 (5.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (5.05%) Enterprise Storage
9 17 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (4.09%) Security Posture
10 13 (3.13%) Blog
11 12 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (2.40%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.92%) iSeries
13 8 (1.92%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.68%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.68%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (1.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 141 (33.89%) Windows
2 110 (26.44%) Windows Server
3 45 (10.82%) Linux
4 9 (2.16%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.68%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.20%) Unix
8 4 (0.96%) Debian
9 3 (0.72%) VMS
10 2 (0.48%) AIX
10 2 (0.48%) CentOS
10 2 (0.48%) Solaris
11 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (50.72%) Business Continuity
2 144 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (31.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 107 (25.72%) Cybersecurity
4 107 (25.72%) DevOps
4 107 (25.72%) Information Security
5 98 (23.56%) ITIL
6 91 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 82 (19.71%) Agile
8 76 (18.27%) High Availability
8 76 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 70 (16.83%) Project Delivery
10 68 (16.35%) Service Delivery
11 64 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 63 (15.14%) Enterprise Architecture
13 62 (14.90%) Infrastructure as Code
14 60 (14.42%) Runbook
15 59 (14.18%) CI/CD
16 57 (13.70%) Cloud Security
17 56 (13.46%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 86 (20.67%) PowerShell
2 42 (10.10%) Python
3 37 (8.89%) SQL
4 30 (7.21%) Bicep
5 13 (3.13%) Bash
6 12 (2.88%) Java
7 6 (1.44%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.96%) Go
10 3 (0.72%) C#
10 3 (0.72%) Ruby
11 2 (0.48%) Groovy
11 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (16.83%) CISSP
2 68 (16.35%) CISM
3 56 (13.46%) ITIL Certification
4 38 (9.13%) Azure Certification
5 36 (8.65%) Security Cleared
6 32 (7.69%) SC Cleared
7 25 (6.01%) Degree
7 25 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (4.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 14 (3.37%) CISA
9 14 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.13%) CCNA
10 13 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.16%) CCNP
12 8 (1.92%) ISACA
12 8 (1.92%) VCAP
13 7 (1.68%) CRISC
13 7 (1.68%) VCDX
14 6 (1.44%) Dell Certification
14 6 (1.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (21.39%) NIST
2 72 (17.31%) ISO 22301
3 61 (14.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (9.13%) GDPR
5 28 (6.73%) SLA
6 26 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (6.25%) PCI DSS
7 16 (3.85%) PMO
8 15 (3.61%) SOC 2
9 11 (2.64%) COBIT
10 7 (1.68%) SOC 1
11 6 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.44%) NCSC
12 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.72%) GRC
13 3 (0.72%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.48%) ITGC
14 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 112 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 89 (21.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (17.31%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.53%) vSphere
5 22 (5.29%) Docker
6 18 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.64%) Firmware
7 11 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.92%) VMware NSX
10 7 (1.68%) vCloud
11 6 (1.44%) Squid
12 1 (0.24%) KVM
12 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 47 (11.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (10.34%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.29%) Grafana
4 16 (3.85%) Ansible
4 16 (3.85%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.44%) Avamar
6 6 (1.44%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.44%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.44%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.44%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.44%) VxRail
7 5 (1.20%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.20%) SCCM
8 3 (0.72%) Kibana
8 3 (0.72%) Packer
8 3 (0.72%) WSUS
8 3 (0.72%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.48%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 219 (52.64%) Microsoft
2 112 (26.92%) VMware
3 60 (14.42%) Veeam
4 30 (7.21%) Cisco
5 23 (5.53%) Palo Alto
6 22 (5.29%) Fortinet
7 20 (4.81%) Dell
7 20 (4.81%) Google
8 15 (3.61%) NetApp
8 15 (3.61%) WatchGuard
9 14 (3.37%) Oracle
10 13 (3.13%) Nimble Storage
11 12 (2.88%) EMC
11 12 (2.88%) SonicWALL
12 10 (2.40%) Commvault
12 10 (2.40%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.40%) Meraki
12 10 (2.40%) N-able
13 9 (2.16%) Adobe
13 9 (2.16%) Broadcom