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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 255 201
Rank change year-on-year +85 -54 +34
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 323 188 554
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.54% 1.16% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.24% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 241 144 424
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,088 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -1.72%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,625 £94,975
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -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 17,250 15,174 29,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.66% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,607 8,984 22,543
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 5 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 36 (11.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.10%) IIS
4 4 (1.24%) Apache
5 3 (0.93%) WordPress
6 2 (0.62%) nginx
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 200 (61.92%) Azure
2 94 (29.10%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (23.53%) AWS
4 47 (14.55%) Entra ID
5 40 (12.38%) SaaS
6 25 (7.74%) Nutanix
7 19 (5.88%) Power Platform
8 17 (5.26%) GCP
8 17 (5.26%) IaaS
9 16 (4.95%) PaaS
10 12 (3.72%) GitHub
10 12 (3.72%) Mimecast
11 11 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (3.10%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 100 (30.96%) Firewall
2 62 (19.20%) VPN
3 61 (18.89%) DNS
4 46 (14.24%) DHCP
5 40 (12.38%) WAN
6 34 (10.53%) TCP/IP
7 29 (8.98%) LAN
8 24 (7.43%) Network Security
9 17 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (4.64%) VLAN
11 9 (2.79%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.79%) VSAN
12 7 (2.17%) NGFW
13 6 (1.86%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (1.86%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (1.86%) iSCSI
13 6 (1.86%) SAN
13 6 (1.86%) Wireless
14 4 (1.24%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.43%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.79%) Power BI
4 6 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.31%) MySQL
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.10%) Git
2 6 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.55%) JIRA
4 3 (0.93%) Selenium
5 2 (0.62%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 118 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.34%) Finance
3 40 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.15%) Law
5 29 (8.98%) Legal
6 25 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (7.12%) Banking
8 19 (5.88%) Retail
9 17 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (4.95%) Public Sector
11 14 (4.33%) Back Office
12 13 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.86%) Advertising
13 6 (1.86%) Marketing
14 5 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.62%) Social Housing
18 1 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (18.58%) Senior
2 57 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (12.38%) IT Manager
4 25 (7.74%) Support Engineer
5 24 (7.43%) Lead
5 24 (7.43%) Service Manager
6 22 (6.81%) Architect
6 22 (6.81%) IT Engineer
6 22 (6.81%) IT Services Manager
7 21 (6.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (5.88%) Consultant
9 18 (5.57%) Security Manager
10 17 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.26%) Resilience Manager
11 16 (4.95%) IT Support
11 16 (4.95%) Senior Architect
11 16 (4.95%) Technical Consultant
12 15 (4.64%) Analyst
12 15 (4.64%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.12%) Middleware
2 12 (3.72%) ARM Templates
3 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.24%) RESTful
5 3 (0.93%) JSON
5 3 (0.93%) Node.js
5 3 (0.93%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.93%) Playwright
5 3 (0.93%) PySpark
5 3 (0.93%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.62%) Kafka
6 2 (0.62%) Loki
6 2 (0.62%) Web Services
7 1 (0.31%) NumPy
7 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.31%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.31%) Pandas
7 1 (0.31%) pytest
7 1 (0.31%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.31%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.60%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.29%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (7.74%) Cloud Native
3 25 (7.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (7.43%) Management Information System
5 22 (6.81%) Replication
6 20 (6.19%) Enterprise Storage
7 19 (5.88%) Driving Licence
8 16 (4.95%) Onboarding
9 15 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (4.33%) CMDB
10 14 (4.33%) Security Posture
11 13 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (3.72%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (3.41%) iSeries
14 10 (3.10%) Public Cloud
15 8 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (2.48%) Virtual Team
16 7 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
16 7 (2.17%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 98 (30.34%) Windows
2 68 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 29 (8.98%) Linux
4 8 (2.48%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.24%) Unix
8 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.62%) CentOS
9 2 (0.62%) Solaris
9 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (41.18%) Business Continuity
2 103 (31.89%) Cybersecurity
2 103 (31.89%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (27.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 82 (25.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 67 (20.74%) Information Security
6 66 (20.43%) Incident Response
7 62 (19.20%) DevOps
7 62 (19.20%) ITIL
8 60 (18.58%) Service Delivery
9 47 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (14.24%) CI/CD
11 45 (13.93%) High Availability
12 43 (13.31%) Agile
13 42 (13.00%) Cloud Security
13 42 (13.00%) Risk Management
14 38 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
14 38 (11.76%) Project Delivery
14 38 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
15 37 (11.46%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 83 (25.70%) PowerShell
2 46 (14.24%) Python
3 27 (8.36%) SQL
4 11 (3.41%) Bicep
5 7 (2.17%) Java
6 5 (1.55%) Bash
7 3 (0.93%) Go
7 3 (0.93%) Ruby
7 3 (0.93%) Scala
7 3 (0.93%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.31%) C#
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (12.38%) Degree
2 36 (11.15%) CISSP
3 33 (10.22%) CISM
4 28 (8.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (6.50%) Azure Certification
5 21 (6.50%) Security Cleared
6 20 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (5.57%) SC Cleared
8 17 (5.26%) CCNA
9 15 (4.64%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (4.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (4.33%) CCNP
11 13 (4.02%) CEH
11 13 (4.02%) CISA
12 12 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.79%) VCAP
13 9 (2.79%) VCDX
14 8 (2.48%) ISACA
15 7 (2.17%) CRISC
16 6 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (23.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (20.12%) NIST
3 44 (13.62%) GDPR
4 37 (11.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (9.91%) ISO 22301
6 26 (8.05%) PCI DSS
7 19 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (5.26%) PMO
9 16 (4.95%) SLA
10 15 (4.64%) SOC 2
11 12 (3.72%) GRC
12 10 (3.10%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (3.10%) COBIT
13 7 (2.17%) Data Quality
13 7 (2.17%) SOC 1
14 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.62%) NCSC
16 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (23.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (21.67%) Active Directory
3 50 (15.48%) Hyper-V
4 24 (7.43%) vSphere
5 16 (4.95%) Firmware
6 12 (3.72%) Docker
7 9 (2.79%) vCloud
7 9 (2.79%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.62%) KVM
12 2 (0.62%) Squid
13 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (15.17%) Terraform
2 41 (12.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (7.74%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.64%) Ansible
5 9 (2.79%) Packer
6 7 (2.17%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.86%) Avamar
7 6 (1.86%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.86%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.86%) VxRail
8 5 (1.55%) Grafana
8 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.55%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.24%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.24%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.93%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.62%) SCCM
11 2 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 167 (51.70%) Microsoft
2 100 (30.96%) VMware
3 39 (12.07%) Cisco
4 37 (11.46%) Veeam
5 20 (6.19%) Commvault
6 19 (5.88%) EMC
7 18 (5.57%) Fortinet
8 17 (5.26%) Dell
9 15 (4.64%) Meraki
9 15 (4.64%) NetApp
9 15 (4.64%) Nimble Storage
10 14 (4.33%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.41%) Broadcom
11 11 (3.41%) HP
11 11 (3.41%) IBM
11 11 (3.41%) Sophos
12 10 (3.10%) Splunk
13 9 (2.79%) iManage
13 9 (2.79%) Oracle
13 9 (2.79%) ServiceNow