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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 254 201
Rank change year-on-year +85 -53 +25
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 356 186 440
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 1.13% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.21% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 241 138 315
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,775 £41,933
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,650 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.40%
75th Percentile £80,242 £76,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £101,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%

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 18,171 15,314 23,849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 93.05% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 9,035 17,591
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%

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 28 July 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 31 (8.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 31 (8.71%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.09%) IIS
3 8 (2.25%) Apache
4 6 (1.69%) nginx
5 3 (0.84%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 236 (66.29%) Azure
2 110 (30.90%) AWS
3 95 (26.69%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (21.07%) SaaS
5 54 (15.17%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.18%) Nutanix
7 20 (5.62%) GCP
7 20 (5.62%) Power Platform
8 16 (4.49%) IaaS
8 16 (4.49%) PaaS
9 11 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.53%) Mimecast
12 8 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (2.25%) GitHub
13 7 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 101 (28.37%) Firewall
2 63 (17.70%) DNS
3 57 (16.01%) VPN
4 44 (12.36%) DHCP
5 34 (9.55%) WAN
6 29 (8.15%) TCP/IP
7 27 (7.58%) LAN
8 26 (7.30%) Network Security
9 15 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (3.93%) VLAN
11 9 (2.53%) VSAN
12 7 (1.97%) NGFW
12 7 (1.97%) Wireless
13 6 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (1.69%) iSCSI
13 6 (1.69%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.40%) SAN
15 4 (1.12%) Internet
15 4 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.81%) Power BI
3 9 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.28%) MySQL
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.97%) Git
2 6 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.40%) JIRA
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 116 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.01%) Finance
3 47 (13.20%) Law
4 39 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.99%) Legal
6 22 (6.18%) Retail
7 21 (5.90%) Banking
7 21 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.37%) Public Sector
11 11 (3.09%) Back Office
12 7 (1.97%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.69%) Advertising
14 5 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.40%) Marketing
15 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.56%) Local Government
16 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.28%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 72 (20.22%) IT Manager
2 56 (15.73%) Senior
3 53 (14.89%) Service Manager
4 51 (14.33%) IT Services Manager
5 50 (14.04%) Resilience Manager
6 46 (12.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (7.02%) Architect
8 22 (6.18%) Lead
8 22 (6.18%) Support Engineer
9 20 (5.62%) Consultant
9 20 (5.62%) IT Engineer
10 19 (5.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (4.78%) Analyst
12 17 (4.78%) Technical Consultant
13 16 (4.49%) IT Support
13 16 (4.49%) Security Manager
13 16 (4.49%) Senior Architect
14 15 (4.21%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (4.21%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (15.73%) Middleware
2 12 (3.37%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.69%) Web Services
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.84%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.56%) .NET
6 2 (0.56%) Kafka
6 2 (0.56%) RESTful
7 1 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.28%) NumPy
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.28%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.28%) Pandas
7 1 (0.28%) pytest
7 1 (0.28%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.28%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (17.13%) Cyber Threat
2 31 (8.71%) Data Centre
3 27 (7.58%) Replication
4 25 (7.02%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.74%) Cloud Native
6 23 (6.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (5.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 18 (5.06%) Driving Licence
8 18 (5.06%) Onboarding
9 15 (4.21%) Security Posture
9 15 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (3.09%) CMDB
11 11 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (3.09%) iSeries
12 10 (2.81%) Public Cloud
13 8 (2.25%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.97%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.97%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 101 (28.37%) Windows
2 73 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 34 (9.55%) Linux
4 8 (2.25%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.97%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.84%) Unix
9 2 (0.56%) CentOS
9 2 (0.56%) Solaris
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (50.56%) Business Continuity
2 112 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (30.06%) Cybersecurity
4 100 (28.09%) Information Security
5 94 (26.40%) DevOps
6 93 (26.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (23.88%) ITIL
8 74 (20.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 72 (20.22%) Agile
10 64 (17.98%) Incident Response
11 61 (17.13%) Service Delivery
11 61 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 58 (16.29%) Enterprise Architecture
13 57 (16.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 56 (15.73%) Runbook
15 55 (15.45%) Project Delivery
15 55 (15.45%) Test Automation
16 54 (15.17%) Contract Negotiation
17 52 (14.61%) High Availability
17 52 (14.61%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (22.75%) PowerShell
2 41 (11.52%) Python
3 23 (6.46%) SQL
4 14 (3.93%) Bicep
5 6 (1.69%) Bash
6 4 (1.12%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.84%) Java
7 3 (0.84%) Ruby
8 2 (0.56%) C#
8 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.28%) Go
9 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (19.94%) CISSP
2 67 (18.82%) CISM
3 49 (13.76%) ITIL Certification
4 36 (10.11%) Degree
5 29 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (7.87%) Azure Certification
7 23 (6.46%) Security Cleared
8 20 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (5.62%) SC Cleared
9 19 (5.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (4.78%) CCNA
11 14 (3.93%) CCNP
11 14 (3.93%) CISA
12 12 (3.37%) CEH
12 12 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.53%) VCAP
13 9 (2.53%) VCDX
14 8 (2.25%) ISACA
15 7 (1.97%) CRISC
16 6 (1.69%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (27.25%) NIST
2 70 (19.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (18.82%) ISO 22301
4 43 (12.08%) GDPR
5 34 (9.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (6.74%) PCI DSS
7 17 (4.78%) PMO
7 17 (4.78%) SLA
8 16 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (3.65%) SOC 2
10 12 (3.37%) GRC
11 11 (3.09%) COBIT
12 8 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.97%) SOC 1
14 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.84%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.84%) NCSC
16 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 81 (22.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (19.94%) Active Directory
3 52 (14.61%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.46%) vSphere
5 14 (3.93%) Docker
5 14 (3.93%) Firmware
6 10 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.53%) vCloud
7 9 (2.53%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.69%) Squid
9 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.56%) KVM
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (14.04%) Terraform
2 43 (12.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (7.87%) Kubernetes
4 17 (4.78%) Ansible
5 7 (1.97%) Packer
5 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.69%) Avamar
6 6 (1.69%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.69%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.69%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.69%) VxRail
7 5 (1.40%) Grafana
7 5 (1.40%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.12%) Proxmox
8 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.84%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.56%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 175 (49.16%) Microsoft
2 102 (28.65%) VMware
3 44 (12.36%) Veeam
4 38 (10.67%) Cisco
5 19 (5.34%) EMC
6 17 (4.78%) Commvault
6 17 (4.78%) Fortinet
7 16 (4.49%) Dell
8 15 (4.21%) NetApp
8 15 (4.21%) Nimble Storage
8 15 (4.21%) Palo Alto
9 13 (3.65%) Meraki
10 11 (3.09%) Broadcom
10 11 (3.09%) HP
10 11 (3.09%) IBM
10 11 (3.09%) Sophos
11 10 (2.81%) iManage
11 10 (2.81%) Splunk
12 9 (2.53%) Oracle
13 8 (2.25%) Google