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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 259 202
Rank change year-on-year +81 -57 +55
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 261 186 508
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 1.23% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.30% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 201 141 457
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -4.35%

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 15,547 14,351 29,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 95.06% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,029 8,676 23,362
10th Percentile £34,460 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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 37 (14.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 37 (14.18%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.77%) Apache
2 2 (0.77%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.77%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 160 (61.30%) Azure
2 81 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (18.39%) Entra ID
4 41 (15.71%) AWS
5 27 (10.34%) Nutanix
6 17 (6.51%) GitHub
7 16 (6.13%) SaaS
8 15 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (5.36%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.98%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.98%) GCP
11 12 (4.60%) IaaS
11 12 (4.60%) PaaS
12 11 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (4.21%) Mimecast
12 11 (4.21%) Power Platform
13 10 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (27.97%) Firewall
2 52 (19.92%) VPN
3 43 (16.48%) WAN
4 42 (16.09%) DNS
5 30 (11.49%) DHCP
6 27 (10.34%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.20%) LAN
8 16 (6.13%) Network Security
9 14 (5.36%) SD-WAN
10 13 (4.98%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (3.83%) VLAN
12 9 (3.45%) VSAN
13 6 (2.30%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (2.30%) NGFW
13 6 (2.30%) SAN
13 6 (2.30%) Wireless
14 4 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.53%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (1.53%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.75%) Amazon RDS
1 15 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.45%) Delta Lake
4 7 (2.68%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.15%) Power BI
7 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (7.28%) Git
2 6 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.15%) Maven
3 3 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.77%) Selenium
5 1 (0.38%) JIRA
5 1 (0.38%) MLflow
5 1 (0.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 89 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.61%) Finance
3 37 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.28%) Banking
5 19 (7.28%) Law
6 14 (5.36%) Retail
7 13 (4.98%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.21%) Back Office
8 11 (4.21%) Legal
8 11 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.30%) Marketing
11 4 (1.53%) Advertising
11 4 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Social Housing
12 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.15%) Local Government
13 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (20.69%) Senior
2 53 (20.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (9.58%) IT Manager
4 21 (8.05%) Platform Engineer
5 20 (7.66%) IT Engineer
6 19 (7.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.51%) Security Specialist
8 16 (6.13%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (6.13%) Consultant
8 16 (6.13%) Lead
8 16 (6.13%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.75%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (5.36%) Architect
11 13 (4.98%) Security Manager
11 13 (4.98%) Senior Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) Senior VMware Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) Technical Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) VMware Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.45%) PySpark
2 7 (2.68%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.68%) Loki
3 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.53%) RESTful
5 3 (1.15%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.15%) RAML
5 3 (1.15%) REST
5 3 (1.15%) SOAP
6 2 (0.77%) JSON
6 2 (0.77%) Kafka
6 2 (0.77%) Node.js
6 2 (0.77%) Playwright
7 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.38%) AWS SAM
7 1 (0.38%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.38%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.38%) JWT
7 1 (0.38%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.38%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (8.05%) Cloud Native
4 19 (7.28%) Management Information System
5 16 (6.13%) Driving Licence
6 15 (5.75%) Enterprise Storage
6 15 (5.75%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (5.75%) Onboarding
7 14 (5.36%) Replication
8 12 (4.60%) CMDB
9 11 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (3.45%) iSeries
11 8 (3.07%) Public Cloud
11 8 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (2.30%) Private Cloud
13 6 (2.30%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.92%) Virtual Team
15 4 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 78 (29.89%) Windows
2 49 (18.77%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.96%) Linux
4 10 (3.83%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.83%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.15%) Unix
7 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.38%) AIX
8 1 (0.38%) CentOS
8 1 (0.38%) Solaris
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (30.65%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (29.89%) Business Continuity
2 78 (29.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 72 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (21.07%) Service Delivery
6 52 (19.92%) DevOps
7 46 (17.62%) ITIL
8 44 (16.86%) CI/CD
9 40 (15.33%) Incident Response
10 37 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (13.03%) Information Security
11 34 (13.03%) Vulnerability Management
12 33 (12.64%) Cloud Security
13 32 (12.26%) High Availability
13 32 (12.26%) Migration
14 30 (11.49%) Platform Engineering
15 29 (11.11%) Mentoring
16 28 (10.73%) Service Management
17 26 (9.96%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (26.44%) PowerShell
2 52 (19.92%) Python
3 23 (8.81%) SQL
4 9 (3.45%) Bash
4 9 (3.45%) Java
4 9 (3.45%) Scala
5 8 (3.07%) Bicep
6 4 (1.53%) Go
7 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.38%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (16.48%) Degree
2 25 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (7.66%) Azure Certification
4 15 (5.75%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.36%) CEH
5 14 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.36%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.45%) CCNA
8 9 (3.45%) VCAP
8 9 (3.45%) VCDX
9 8 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.07%) CCNP
9 8 (3.07%) CISSP
10 5 (1.92%) CISM
11 4 (1.53%) Dell Certification
11 4 (1.53%) ISACA
11 4 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (14.56%) NIST
3 34 (13.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (9.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 22 (8.43%) GDPR
6 17 (6.51%) PCI DSS
7 13 (4.98%) Data Quality
7 13 (4.98%) ISO 22301
7 13 (4.98%) PMO
8 10 (3.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (3.45%) GRC
10 8 (3.07%) SLA
10 8 (3.07%) SOC 2
11 6 (2.30%) COBIT
12 3 (1.15%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 67 (25.67%) Active Directory
2 58 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 18 (6.90%) vSphere
5 17 (6.51%) Firmware
6 9 (3.45%) Docker
6 9 (3.45%) vCloud
6 9 (3.45%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.38%) KVM
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 46 (17.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (16.86%) Terraform
3 24 (9.20%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.83%) Ansible
5 9 (3.45%) Grafana
6 8 (3.07%) Packer
6 8 (3.07%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.30%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (1.53%) Avamar
8 4 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (1.53%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (1.53%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.53%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.53%) VxRail
9 2 (0.77%) SCCM
10 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.38%) QRadar
10 1 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 140 (53.64%) Microsoft
2 83 (31.80%) VMware
3 30 (11.49%) Cisco
4 22 (8.43%) Commvault
4 22 (8.43%) Veeam
5 16 (6.13%) Dell
5 16 (6.13%) EMC
6 14 (5.36%) Fortinet
7 13 (4.98%) IBM
7 13 (4.98%) Meraki
7 13 (4.98%) NetApp
7 13 (4.98%) Nimble Storage
8 10 (3.83%) Broadcom
8 10 (3.83%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.45%) Databricks
9 9 (3.45%) HP
9 9 (3.45%) Sophos
10 8 (3.07%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.68%) Oracle
11 7 (2.68%) Splunk