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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 255 195
Rank change year-on-year +87 -60 +38
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 358 189 481
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.15% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.23% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 246 143 354
10th Percentile £40,900 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,600 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £96,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -6.80%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 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 32 (8.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 32 (8.94%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.79%) IIS
3 7 (1.96%) Apache
4 5 (1.40%) nginx
5 3 (0.84%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 234 (65.36%) Azure
2 107 (29.89%) AWS
3 94 (26.26%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (19.83%) SaaS
5 50 (13.97%) Entra ID
6 24 (6.70%) Nutanix
7 19 (5.31%) GCP
7 19 (5.31%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.19%) IaaS
8 15 (4.19%) PaaS
9 11 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (2.79%) Mimecast
11 9 (2.51%) GitHub
12 8 (2.23%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 103 (28.77%) Firewall
2 63 (17.60%) VPN
3 62 (17.32%) DNS
4 45 (12.57%) DHCP
5 37 (10.34%) WAN
6 33 (9.22%) TCP/IP
7 28 (7.82%) LAN
8 26 (7.26%) Network Security
9 17 (4.75%) VLAN
10 16 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (2.51%) VSAN
12 7 (1.96%) NGFW
12 7 (1.96%) SD-WAN
12 7 (1.96%) Wireless
13 6 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (1.68%) iSCSI
13 6 (1.68%) SAN
14 4 (1.12%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (2.51%) Power BI
3 8 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Git
2 6 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.12%) JIRA
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 119 (33.24%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.48%) Finance
3 50 (13.97%) Law
4 38 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.10%) Legal
6 24 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.42%) Banking
7 23 (6.42%) Retail
8 17 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (4.75%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.91%) Back Office
10 13 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.96%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.68%) Advertising
13 5 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Marketing
14 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.28%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 73 (20.39%) IT Manager
2 61 (17.04%) Senior
3 55 (15.36%) Service Manager
4 53 (14.80%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (14.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 47 (13.13%) Resilience Manager
7 25 (6.98%) Architect
8 24 (6.70%) Lead
9 23 (6.42%) Support Engineer
10 21 (5.87%) IT Engineer
11 20 (5.59%) Consultant
11 20 (5.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (4.75%) Security Manager
13 17 (4.75%) Technical Consultant
14 16 (4.47%) IT Support
14 16 (4.47%) Platform Engineer
14 16 (4.47%) Senior Architect
15 15 (4.19%) Senior VMware Consultant
15 15 (4.19%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (14.80%) Middleware
2 12 (3.35%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (1.40%) Web Services
5 4 (1.12%) RESTful
6 3 (0.84%) JSON
6 3 (0.84%) Nuxt
6 3 (0.84%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (0.56%) Kafka
8 1 (0.28%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.28%) JWT
8 1 (0.28%) Loki
8 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.28%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.28%) Pandas
8 1 (0.28%) Playwright
8 1 (0.28%) PySpark
8 1 (0.28%) pytest
8 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.48%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (8.94%) Data Centre
3 26 (7.26%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.70%) Replication
6 20 (5.59%) Enterprise Storage
7 19 (5.31%) Driving Licence
8 16 (4.47%) Onboarding
9 15 (4.19%) Security Posture
9 15 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (3.35%) CMDB
11 12 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (3.07%) iSeries
13 10 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
14 8 (2.23%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
15 7 (1.96%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 99 (27.65%) Windows
2 70 (19.55%) Windows Server
3 32 (8.94%) Linux
4 8 (2.23%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.56%) CentOS
9 2 (0.56%) Solaris
9 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.56%) Unix
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (48.04%) Business Continuity
2 109 (30.45%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (29.89%) Cybersecurity
4 98 (27.37%) Information Security
5 95 (26.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (25.42%) DevOps
7 89 (24.86%) ITIL
8 79 (22.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 73 (20.39%) Agile
10 67 (18.72%) Incident Response
11 60 (16.76%) Service Delivery
12 59 (16.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 55 (15.36%) Enterprise Architecture
13 55 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (15.08%) Runbook
14 54 (15.08%) Test Automation
15 53 (14.80%) Project Delivery
16 52 (14.53%) Contract Negotiation
17 49 (13.69%) High Availability
17 49 (13.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (23.18%) PowerShell
2 44 (12.29%) Python
3 24 (6.70%) SQL
4 14 (3.91%) Bicep
5 6 (1.68%) Bash
6 5 (1.40%) Java
7 3 (0.84%) Go
7 3 (0.84%) Ruby
7 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.28%) C#
8 1 (0.28%) Scala
8 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (18.99%) CISSP
2 64 (17.88%) CISM
3 45 (12.57%) ITIL Certification
4 38 (10.61%) Degree
5 29 (8.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (7.82%) Azure Certification
7 22 (6.15%) Security Cleared
8 20 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (5.31%) SC Cleared
10 18 (5.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 17 (4.75%) CCNA
12 14 (3.91%) CCNP
12 14 (3.91%) CISA
13 13 (3.63%) CEH
14 12 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (2.51%) VCAP
15 9 (2.51%) VCDX
16 8 (2.23%) ISACA
17 7 (1.96%) CRISC
18 6 (1.68%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (26.82%) NIST
2 74 (20.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (17.88%) ISO 22301
4 44 (12.29%) GDPR
5 36 (10.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (7.26%) PCI DSS
7 18 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (4.75%) PMO
8 17 (4.75%) SLA
9 15 (4.19%) SOC 2
10 12 (3.35%) GRC
11 11 (3.07%) COBIT
12 9 (2.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.96%) SOC 1
14 5 (1.40%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.84%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.56%) NCSC
17 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 79 (22.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (19.83%) Active Directory
3 51 (14.25%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.70%) vSphere
5 15 (4.19%) Firmware
6 11 (3.07%) Docker
7 10 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.51%) vCloud
8 9 (2.51%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.40%) Squid
9 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.56%) KVM
10 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (14.25%) Terraform
2 42 (11.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (7.82%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.19%) Ansible
5 7 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
5 7 (1.96%) Packer
5 7 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.68%) Avamar
6 6 (1.68%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.68%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.68%) VxRail
7 5 (1.40%) Grafana
7 5 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.40%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.12%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.84%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.56%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 172 (48.04%) Microsoft
2 101 (28.21%) VMware
3 41 (11.45%) Veeam
4 39 (10.89%) Cisco
5 19 (5.31%) Commvault
5 19 (5.31%) EMC
6 18 (5.03%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.75%) Dell
8 15 (4.19%) NetApp
8 15 (4.19%) Nimble Storage
8 15 (4.19%) Palo Alto
9 14 (3.91%) Meraki
10 11 (3.07%) Broadcom
10 11 (3.07%) HP
10 11 (3.07%) IBM
10 11 (3.07%) Sophos
11 10 (2.79%) Splunk
12 9 (2.51%) iManage
12 9 (2.51%) Oracle
12 9 (2.51%) ServiceNow