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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 259 195
Rank change year-on-year +94 -64 +6
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 398 170 371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 1.05% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.13% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 265 132 207
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,425 £39,688
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £91,500
90th Percentile £87,450 £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 19,997 15,081 19,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.33% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 14,323 8,517 12,096
10th Percentile £34,250 £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 23 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 (10.80%) SharePoint
2 38 (9.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.02%) IIS
4 7 (1.76%) nginx
5 6 (1.51%) Apache
6 3 (0.75%) 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
1 266 (66.83%) Azure
2 128 (32.16%) AWS
3 111 (27.89%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (23.87%) SaaS
5 80 (20.10%) Entra ID
6 33 (8.29%) GCP
6 33 (8.29%) IaaS
7 30 (7.54%) Azure Monitor
8 24 (6.03%) PaaS
8 24 (6.03%) Power Platform
9 21 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (4.77%) OneDrive
11 14 (3.52%) GitHub
11 14 (3.52%) Nutanix
12 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (2.01%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 97 (24.37%) Firewall
2 89 (22.36%) DNS
3 70 (17.59%) DHCP
4 58 (14.57%) VPN
5 39 (9.80%) TCP/IP
6 32 (8.04%) WAN
7 26 (6.53%) LAN
7 26 (6.53%) Network Security
7 26 (6.53%) VLAN
8 14 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (2.76%) SD-WAN
10 10 (2.51%) Wireless
11 8 (2.01%) Fibre Channel
11 8 (2.01%) SAN
12 7 (1.76%) NGFW
12 7 (1.76%) VSAN
13 6 (1.51%) iSCSI
14 5 (1.26%) Internet
15 4 (1.01%) Broadband
15 4 (1.01%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.53%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.51%) Power BI
5 8 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.75%) 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%) TeamCity
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 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.34%) Finance
3 51 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.81%) Law
5 34 (8.54%) Legal
6 28 (7.04%) Retail
7 24 (6.03%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.53%) Banking
8 22 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.77%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (3.52%) Back Office
11 13 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.76%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.76%) Police
14 6 (1.51%) Advertising
15 5 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.75%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.50%) Local Government
18 1 (0.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (17.59%) Senior
2 64 (16.08%) IT Manager
3 55 (13.82%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 51 (12.81%) IT Services Manager
4 51 (12.81%) Resilience Manager
5 38 (9.55%) Architect
6 31 (7.79%) Consultant
7 26 (6.53%) IT Engineer
8 25 (6.28%) Senior Architect
8 25 (6.28%) Support Engineer
9 24 (6.03%) Lead
10 23 (5.78%) Analyst
11 22 (5.53%) Technical Consultant
12 20 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (4.77%) Azure Engineer
13 19 (4.77%) IT Support
14 18 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (4.52%) Technical Architect
15 15 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (17.34%) Terraform
2 67 (16.83%) Middleware
3 13 (3.27%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.76%) OpenTelemetry
5 6 (1.51%) REST
5 6 (1.51%) Web Services
6 4 (1.01%) JSON
7 3 (0.75%) .NET
7 3 (0.75%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.75%) Nuxt
7 3 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (0.50%) Kafka
8 2 (0.50%) LDAP
8 2 (0.50%) RESTful
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%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.82%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (9.05%) Replication
3 35 (8.79%) Data Centre
4 27 (6.78%) Management Information System
5 26 (6.53%) Cloud Native
6 24 (6.03%) Enterprise Storage
7 23 (5.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (5.28%) Onboarding
9 16 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (3.77%) Security Posture
11 12 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (2.76%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.76%) iSeries
13 10 (2.51%) Blog
13 10 (2.51%) Public Cloud
14 9 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (2.01%) CMDB
16 7 (1.76%) Freedom of Information
16 7 (1.76%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 134 (33.67%) Windows
2 105 (26.38%) Windows Server
3 46 (11.56%) Linux
4 9 (2.26%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.01%) 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 (0.75%) VMS
10 2 (0.50%) AIX
10 2 (0.50%) CentOS
10 2 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (51.76%) Business Continuity
2 132 (33.17%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (30.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (26.63%) Information Security
5 102 (25.63%) Cybersecurity
6 100 (25.13%) DevOps
7 93 (23.37%) ITIL
8 88 (22.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 78 (19.60%) Agile
10 72 (18.09%) High Availability
11 69 (17.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 68 (17.09%) Project Delivery
13 64 (16.08%) Service Delivery
14 62 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 61 (15.33%) Enterprise Architecture
16 58 (14.57%) Infrastructure as Code
17 56 (14.07%) Runbook
17 56 (14.07%) Waterfall
18 54 (13.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 53 (13.32%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.60%) PowerShell
2 39 (9.80%) Python
3 32 (8.04%) SQL
4 25 (6.28%) Bicep
5 11 (2.76%) Bash
6 9 (2.26%) Java
7 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.01%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.75%) Ruby
10 2 (0.50%) C#
10 2 (0.50%) Go
10 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.25%) Groovy
11 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (17.59%) CISSP
2 68 (17.09%) CISM
3 55 (13.82%) ITIL Certification
4 37 (9.30%) Azure Certification
5 32 (8.04%) Security Cleared
6 28 (7.04%) SC Cleared
7 26 (6.53%) Degree
8 24 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (4.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (3.52%) CISA
10 14 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (3.27%) CCNA
12 11 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.26%) CCNP
14 8 (2.01%) ISACA
14 8 (2.01%) VCAP
15 7 (1.76%) CRISC
15 7 (1.76%) VCDX
16 6 (1.51%) Dell Certification
16 6 (1.51%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (21.61%) NIST
2 69 (17.34%) ISO 22301
3 57 (14.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (10.05%) GDPR
5 26 (6.53%) SLA
6 25 (6.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (5.53%) PCI DSS
8 16 (4.02%) PMO
9 13 (3.27%) SOC 2
10 11 (2.76%) COBIT
11 7 (1.76%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.51%) NCSC
13 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.01%) GRC
14 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.50%) ITGC
16 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 103 (25.88%) Active Directory
2 91 (22.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (17.59%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.78%) vSphere
5 17 (4.27%) Docker
6 15 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (3.52%) Firmware
8 10 (2.51%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.01%) 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 (10.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.52%) Grafana
4 17 (4.27%) Ansible
5 13 (3.27%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.51%) 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 (0.75%) WSUS
9 3 (0.75%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.50%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.50%) SCOM
10 2 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 211 (53.02%) Microsoft
2 111 (27.89%) VMware
3 60 (15.08%) Veeam
4 33 (8.29%) Cisco
5 22 (5.53%) Palo Alto
6 20 (5.03%) Fortinet
7 19 (4.77%) Dell
8 18 (4.52%) Google
9 17 (4.27%) EMC
10 15 (3.77%) NetApp
11 13 (3.27%) Commvault
11 13 (3.27%) Nimble Storage
11 13 (3.27%) Oracle
12 12 (3.02%) WatchGuard
13 11 (2.76%) HP
13 11 (2.76%) IBM
14 10 (2.51%) Meraki
14 10 (2.51%) N-able
14 10 (2.51%) SonicWALL
15 9 (2.26%) Dynatrace