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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 206 204
Rank change year-on-year +22 -2 +74
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 228 226 484
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.35% 1.66% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.74% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 170 161 463
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,036
25th Percentile £53,929 £44,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,886 £74,625
90th Percentile £95,250 £90,000 £84,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +1.85%

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 14,351 13,001 27,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.11% 95.27% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,869 22,881
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 16 March 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 36 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 36 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.32%) IIS
3 2 (0.88%) Apache
3 2 (0.88%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 138 (60.53%) Azure
2 61 (26.75%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (21.49%) AWS
4 48 (21.05%) Entra ID
5 22 (9.65%) Nutanix
6 19 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (7.89%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (6.58%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (6.58%) OneDrive
8 15 (6.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (6.14%) IaaS
9 14 (6.14%) SaaS
10 13 (5.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (5.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (5.70%) GitHub
10 13 (5.70%) PaaS
11 11 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (3.95%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 60 (26.32%) VPN
2 48 (21.05%) Firewall
3 47 (20.61%) DNS
4 40 (17.54%) WAN
5 35 (15.35%) DHCP
6 28 (12.28%) TCP/IP
7 20 (8.77%) LAN
8 19 (8.33%) SD-WAN
9 14 (6.14%) VLAN
10 11 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (3.95%) Network Security
12 7 (3.07%) BGP
13 5 (2.19%) SAN
13 5 (2.19%) SSL
13 5 (2.19%) Unified Communications
13 5 (2.19%) Wireless
14 4 (1.75%) VoIP
15 3 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
15 3 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
15 3 (1.32%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.21%) Amazon RDS
2 18 (7.89%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.95%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.95%) Delta Lake
5 8 (3.51%) Amazon Aurora
5 8 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.19%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.75%) MySQL
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (1.75%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (0.88%) DB2
9 1 (0.44%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.44%) Big Data
9 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (8.33%) Git
2 7 (3.07%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.32%) Maven
3 3 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.88%) Selenium
4 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.44%) JIRA
5 1 (0.44%) MLflow
General
1 75 (32.89%) Social Skills
2 73 (32.02%) Finance
3 25 (10.96%) Law
4 23 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (9.21%) Banking
5 21 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.58%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.39%) Retail
8 8 (3.51%) Back Office
9 7 (3.07%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Local Government
11 3 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (1.32%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Legal
12 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.44%) Advertising
13 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (18.86%) Senior
3 19 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (8.33%) Lead
4 18 (7.89%) Security Specialist
5 17 (7.46%) IT Manager
5 17 (7.46%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (7.02%) Support Engineer
7 15 (6.58%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (6.58%) IT Security Specialist
7 15 (6.58%) Security Manager
7 15 (6.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (4.39%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.39%) Data Engineer
9 10 (4.39%) IT Engineer
9 10 (4.39%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (4.39%) Operations Engineer
10 9 (3.95%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.95%) PySpark
2 7 (3.07%) Loki
2 7 (3.07%) RESTful
3 4 (1.75%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.32%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (1.32%) AWS SAM
4 3 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.32%) LAMP
4 3 (1.32%) LDAP
4 3 (1.32%) RAML
4 3 (1.32%) REST
4 3 (1.32%) SOAP
5 2 (0.88%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.88%) LAPP Stack
5 2 (0.88%) Node.js
5 2 (0.88%) OAuth
5 2 (0.88%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.88%) Playwright
5 2 (0.88%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.44%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 20 (8.77%) Cloud Native
3 17 (7.46%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.70%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.70%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.70%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.95%) CMDB
7 8 (3.51%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.51%) Replication
8 7 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.75%) iPad
11 4 (1.75%) iPhone
11 4 (1.75%) NHS
11 4 (1.75%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.75%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 65 (28.51%) Windows
2 42 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 33 (14.47%) Linux
4 14 (6.14%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.26%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.51%) Unix
7 4 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.32%) CentOS
8 3 (1.32%) Rocky
8 3 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (31.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (25.88%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (25.44%) DevOps
4 55 (24.12%) ITIL
5 53 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (22.37%) CI/CD
7 49 (21.49%) Infrastructure as Code
8 48 (21.05%) Business Continuity
9 46 (20.18%) Service Delivery
10 45 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (18.42%) High Availability
11 42 (18.42%) Migration
12 37 (16.23%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (14.04%) Incident Response
14 30 (13.16%) Cloud Security
15 29 (12.72%) Mentoring
16 28 (12.28%) Platform Engineering
17 27 (11.84%) Performance Tuning
17 27 (11.84%) Root Cause Analysis
17 27 (11.84%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.14%) PowerShell
2 70 (30.70%) Python
3 28 (12.28%) SQL
4 13 (5.70%) Java
5 11 (4.82%) Bicep
6 10 (4.39%) Bash
7 9 (3.95%) Go
7 9 (3.95%) Scala
8 3 (1.32%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.32%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (17.11%) Degree
2 26 (11.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (9.21%) Azure Certification
4 17 (7.46%) CEH
4 17 (7.46%) Security Cleared
5 15 (6.58%) SC Cleared
6 13 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (4.39%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.51%) CCNP
9 8 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.75%) CCNA
11 4 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.75%) MCSE
12 2 (0.88%) CISSP
12 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (24.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.60%) NIST
3 26 (11.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (10.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 15 (6.58%) ISO 22301
6 14 (6.14%) PCI DSS
7 12 (5.26%) GDPR
8 11 (4.82%) Data Quality
8 11 (4.82%) SLA
9 8 (3.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (3.51%) GRC
9 8 (3.51%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.88%) NCSC
11 1 (0.44%) Basel III
11 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 52 (22.81%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (8.77%) Hyper-V
4 12 (5.26%) Docker
5 10 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.63%) Firmware
7 5 (2.19%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.75%) vSphere
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.44%) KVM
10 1 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 54 (23.68%) Terraform
2 41 (17.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (11.40%) Kubernetes
4 23 (10.09%) Ansible
5 11 (4.82%) Grafana
6 9 (3.95%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.19%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.75%) Packer
9 3 (1.32%) Nagios
9 3 (1.32%) SCOM
9 3 (1.32%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.88%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.88%) Nessus
10 2 (0.88%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.44%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 105 (46.05%) Microsoft
2 64 (28.07%) VMware
3 21 (9.21%) Cisco
3 21 (9.21%) Commvault
4 11 (4.82%) Fortinet
4 11 (4.82%) Oracle
5 10 (4.39%) Meraki
6 9 (3.95%) Databricks
7 8 (3.51%) IBM
8 4 (1.75%) Ab Initio
8 4 (1.75%) Mitel
8 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.75%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.75%) Sophos
8 4 (1.75%) Splunk
8 4 (1.75%) Veeam
9 3 (1.32%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.32%) IFS
9 3 (1.32%) Zscaler