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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 254 196
Rank change year-on-year +91 -58 +3
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 397 168 374
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 1.04% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.12% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 267 130 209
10th Percentile £37,250 £33,750 £39,844
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76,468 £83,750 £91,500
90th Percentile £87,425 £105,000 £112,829
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +1.69%

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 19,905 15,060 19,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.30% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14,270 8,510 12,254
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 22 September 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 43 (10.83%) SharePoint
2 38 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.02%) IIS
4 7 (1.76%) nginx
5 6 (1.51%) Apache
6 3 (0.76%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 267 (67.25%) Azure
2 125 (31.49%) AWS
3 112 (28.21%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (23.43%) SaaS
5 80 (20.15%) Entra ID
6 33 (8.31%) IaaS
7 30 (7.56%) Azure Monitor
7 30 (7.56%) GCP
8 24 (6.05%) PaaS
8 24 (6.05%) Power Platform
9 21 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (4.79%) OneDrive
11 14 (3.53%) GitHub
11 14 (3.53%) Nutanix
12 10 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (2.02%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 99 (24.94%) Firewall
2 89 (22.42%) DNS
3 70 (17.63%) DHCP
4 56 (14.11%) VPN
5 37 (9.32%) TCP/IP
6 32 (8.06%) WAN
7 28 (7.05%) Network Security
8 26 (6.55%) LAN
9 24 (6.05%) VLAN
10 14 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (2.77%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.52%) Wireless
13 8 (2.02%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (2.02%) SAN
14 7 (1.76%) NGFW
14 7 (1.76%) VSAN
15 6 (1.51%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.26%) Internet
17 4 (1.01%) Broadband
17 4 (1.01%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.52%) Power BI
5 5 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.76%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.50%) Metadata
7 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.25%) MySQL
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.25%) Redis
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.25%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 6 (1.51%) JIRA
2 5 (1.26%) GitLab
3 4 (1.01%) Git
3 4 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.25%) Flyway
5 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 129 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.63%) Finance
3 51 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.08%) Law
5 34 (8.56%) Legal
6 25 (6.30%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.30%) Retail
7 19 (4.79%) Banking
7 19 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.02%) Back Office
10 11 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.76%) Police
12 6 (1.51%) Advertising
13 5 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.50%) Local Government
16 1 (0.25%) Marketing
16 1 (0.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (17.38%) Senior
2 64 (16.12%) IT Manager
3 55 (13.85%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.85%) IT Services Manager
4 51 (12.85%) Resilience Manager
5 49 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (9.82%) Architect
7 31 (7.81%) Consultant
8 26 (6.55%) IT Engineer
9 25 (6.30%) Senior Architect
9 25 (6.30%) Support Engineer
10 24 (6.05%) Lead
11 23 (5.79%) Analyst
12 22 (5.54%) Technical Consultant
13 19 (4.79%) Azure Engineer
13 19 (4.79%) IT Support
13 19 (4.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (4.53%) Technical Architect
15 15 (3.78%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (16.88%) Middleware
2 66 (16.62%) Terraform
3 13 (3.27%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.51%) REST
5 6 (1.51%) Web Services
6 4 (1.01%) JSON
6 4 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.76%) .NET
7 3 (0.76%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.76%) Nuxt
7 3 (0.76%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (0.50%) Kafka
8 2 (0.50%) LDAP
9 1 (0.25%) Node.js
9 1 (0.25%) OAuth
9 1 (0.25%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.25%) OpenID
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.85%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 35 (8.82%) Replication
3 27 (6.80%) Management Information System
4 24 (6.05%) Enterprise Storage
5 23 (5.79%) Cloud Native
5 23 (5.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (5.29%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (4.03%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (3.02%) Driving Licence
8 12 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.77%) iSeries
10 10 (2.52%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.02%) CMDB
12 7 (1.76%) Blog
12 7 (1.76%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.76%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 134 (33.75%) Windows
2 105 (26.45%) Windows Server
3 46 (11.59%) Linux
4 9 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.76%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.76%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.26%) Unix
8 4 (1.01%) Debian
9 3 (0.76%) VMS
10 2 (0.50%) AIX
10 2 (0.50%) CentOS
10 2 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (52.14%) Business Continuity
2 132 (33.25%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (30.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (26.70%) Information Security
5 103 (25.94%) Cybersecurity
6 100 (25.19%) DevOps
7 93 (23.43%) ITIL
8 86 (21.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 78 (19.65%) Agile
10 71 (17.88%) High Availability
11 69 (17.38%) Project Delivery
11 69 (17.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 64 (16.12%) Service Delivery
13 63 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 61 (15.37%) Enterprise Architecture
15 58 (14.61%) Infrastructure as Code
16 56 (14.11%) Waterfall
17 54 (13.60%) Mentoring
17 54 (13.60%) Runbook
17 54 (13.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.65%) PowerShell
2 37 (9.32%) Python
3 30 (7.56%) SQL
4 25 (6.30%) Bicep
5 9 (2.27%) Bash
6 6 (1.51%) Java
6 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.01%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.76%) Ruby
9 2 (0.50%) C#
9 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Groovy
10 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (17.88%) CISSP
2 69 (17.38%) CISM
3 55 (13.85%) ITIL Certification
4 37 (9.32%) Azure Certification
5 32 (8.06%) Security Cleared
6 28 (7.05%) SC Cleared
7 27 (6.80%) Degree
8 24 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (4.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (3.53%) CISA
12 13 (3.27%) CCNA
13 11 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.52%) CCNP
15 8 (2.02%) ISACA
15 8 (2.02%) VCAP
16 7 (1.76%) CRISC
16 7 (1.76%) VCDX
17 6 (1.51%) CEH
17 6 (1.51%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (21.91%) NIST
2 69 (17.38%) ISO 22301
3 56 (14.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (10.08%) GDPR
5 26 (6.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (6.55%) SLA
6 20 (5.04%) PCI DSS
7 16 (4.03%) PMO
8 11 (2.77%) COBIT
8 11 (2.77%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.76%) SOC 1
10 6 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.51%) NCSC
11 4 (1.01%) GRC
11 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.76%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.50%) ITGC
13 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 103 (25.94%) Active Directory
2 92 (23.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (17.63%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.79%) vSphere
5 17 (4.28%) Docker
6 15 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (3.53%) Firmware
8 10 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.02%) VMware NSX
11 7 (1.76%) vCloud
12 6 (1.51%) Squid
13 1 (0.25%) KVM
13 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (8.82%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.28%) Ansible
4 15 (3.78%) Grafana
5 10 (2.52%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.51%) Avamar
7 6 (1.51%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.51%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.51%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.51%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.51%) VxRail
8 5 (1.26%) Packer
8 5 (1.26%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.26%) SCCM
9 3 (0.76%) WSUS
9 3 (0.76%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.50%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.50%) SCOM
10 2 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 212 (53.40%) Microsoft
2 112 (28.21%) VMware
3 60 (15.11%) Veeam
4 34 (8.56%) Cisco
5 22 (5.54%) Palo Alto
6 21 (5.29%) Fortinet
7 19 (4.79%) Dell
8 17 (4.28%) EMC
9 16 (4.03%) Google
10 15 (3.78%) NetApp
11 13 (3.27%) Commvault
11 13 (3.27%) Nimble Storage
11 13 (3.27%) Oracle
12 12 (3.02%) WatchGuard
13 11 (2.77%) HP
13 11 (2.77%) IBM
13 11 (2.77%) N-able
14 10 (2.52%) Meraki
14 10 (2.52%) SonicWALL
15 9 (2.27%) Broadcom