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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 258 198
Rank change year-on-year +106 -60 -1
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 432 169 344
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.72% 1.03% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.10% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 276 135 170
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,960 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,343 £62,500 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -5.30% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,437 £85,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,125 £105,000 £95,125
UK median annual salary £55,319 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.80% - +0.80%

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 20,307 15,402 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.66% 93.79% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,401 10,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,498
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 16 October 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 48 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (10.19%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.55%) IIS
4 9 (2.08%) nginx
5 6 (1.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.69%) WordPress
7 1 (0.23%) Confluence
7 1 (0.23%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.23%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 277 (64.12%) Azure
2 132 (30.56%) AWS
3 124 (28.70%) Microsoft 365
4 104 (24.07%) SaaS
5 94 (21.76%) Entra ID
6 37 (8.56%) GCP
7 35 (8.10%) IaaS
8 32 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (6.25%) Power Platform
10 25 (5.79%) PaaS
11 23 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (4.63%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.24%) Google Workspace
14 13 (3.01%) GitHub
15 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (2.55%) Nutanix
17 10 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 100 (23.15%) DNS
2 94 (21.76%) Firewall
3 83 (19.21%) DHCP
4 69 (15.97%) VPN
5 47 (10.88%) TCP/IP
6 36 (8.33%) VLAN
7 28 (6.48%) WAN
8 25 (5.79%) Network Security
9 23 (5.32%) LAN
10 14 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.78%) SD-WAN
12 11 (2.55%) SAN
13 10 (2.31%) Wireless
14 9 (2.08%) BGP
15 7 (1.62%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (1.62%) NGFW
16 6 (1.39%) NAS
17 5 (1.16%) Internet
17 5 (1.16%) iSCSI
17 5 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (2.31%) Power BI
6 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.69%) MySQL
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.46%) Metadata
8 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.23%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 9 (2.08%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.62%) GitLab
2 7 (1.62%) JIRA
3 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.46%) Git
4 2 (0.46%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.23%) Flyway
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 141 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 87 (20.14%) Finance
3 66 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (12.50%) Law
5 35 (8.10%) Retail
6 34 (7.87%) Public Sector
7 33 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (7.64%) Legal
8 28 (6.48%) Banking
9 21 (4.86%) Back Office
10 19 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.55%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.31%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.31%) Police
14 6 (1.39%) Advertising
14 6 (1.39%) Aviation
15 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (16.20%) Senior
2 62 (14.35%) IT Manager
3 61 (14.12%) Service Manager
4 58 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (11.81%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (11.81%) Resilience Manager
6 34 (7.87%) Architect
7 29 (6.71%) IT Engineer
8 27 (6.25%) Analyst
8 27 (6.25%) Consultant
8 27 (6.25%) Lead
8 27 (6.25%) Support Engineer
9 23 (5.32%) Senior Architect
10 22 (5.09%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.63%) IT Support
12 20 (4.63%) Technical Consultant
13 18 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (3.94%) Technical Architect
15 16 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (18.75%) Terraform
2 68 (15.74%) Middleware
3 15 (3.47%) OpenTelemetry
4 13 (3.01%) ARM Templates
5 9 (2.08%) RESTful
6 8 (1.85%) Web Services
7 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (1.62%) REST
8 6 (1.39%) .NET
9 5 (1.16%) SAML
10 4 (0.93%) JSON
11 3 (0.69%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.69%) LDAP
11 3 (0.69%) Nuxt
11 3 (0.69%) React
11 3 (0.69%) Ruby on Rails
12 2 (0.46%) Kafka
12 2 (0.46%) YAML
13 1 (0.23%) Node.js
13 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.96%) Cyber Threat
2 38 (8.80%) Replication
3 34 (7.87%) Cloud Native
4 28 (6.48%) Data Centre
4 28 (6.48%) Management Information System
5 24 (5.56%) Onboarding
6 21 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (4.40%) Enterprise Storage
8 18 (4.17%) Blog
8 18 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (3.94%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.78%) Driving Licence
11 11 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.85%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.62%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 145 (33.56%) Windows
2 116 (26.85%) Windows Server
3 45 (10.42%) Linux
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.08%) macOS
6 8 (1.85%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.62%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.39%) Unix
9 4 (0.93%) Debian
9 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.69%) VMS
11 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.23%) AIX
12 1 (0.23%) CentOS
12 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (53.01%) Business Continuity
2 151 (34.95%) Problem-Solving
3 139 (32.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 112 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
5 108 (25.00%) DevOps
5 108 (25.00%) Information Security
5 108 (25.00%) ITIL
6 96 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 86 (19.91%) Agile
8 79 (18.29%) High Availability
9 78 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (16.90%) Runbook
11 71 (16.44%) Project Delivery
11 71 (16.44%) Service Delivery
12 65 (15.05%) CI/CD
12 65 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 62 (14.35%) Enterprise Architecture
14 61 (14.12%) Infrastructure as Code
15 56 (12.96%) Waterfall
16 55 (12.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.30%) PowerShell
2 45 (10.42%) Python
3 42 (9.72%) SQL
4 30 (6.94%) Bicep
5 17 (3.94%) Bash
5 17 (3.94%) Java
6 9 (2.08%) Go
7 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.39%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.93%) C#
10 3 (0.69%) Ruby
11 2 (0.46%) Groovy
11 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (18.29%) CISSP
2 67 (15.51%) CISM
3 59 (13.66%) ITIL Certification
4 45 (10.42%) Azure Certification
5 42 (9.72%) Security Cleared
6 36 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 28 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (6.02%) Degree
9 14 (3.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (3.01%) CISA
10 13 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (2.78%) CCNA
11 12 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.85%) CCNP
13 6 (1.39%) CRISC
13 6 (1.39%) GIAC
13 6 (1.39%) ISACA
13 6 (1.39%) VCAP
14 5 (1.16%) CEH
14 5 (1.16%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (20.37%) NIST
2 74 (17.13%) ISO 22301
3 72 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (7.87%) GDPR
5 29 (6.71%) PCI DSS
6 28 (6.48%) SLA
7 25 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (4.40%) SOC 2
9 13 (3.01%) PMO
10 10 (2.31%) COBIT
11 8 (1.85%) NCSC
12 6 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (1.39%) SOC 1
13 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.69%) GRC
14 3 (0.69%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.46%) ITGC
15 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 117 (27.08%) Active Directory
2 84 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (17.13%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.09%) Docker
5 20 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (4.40%) vSphere
7 11 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.62%) Firmware
10 6 (1.39%) Squid
10 6 (1.39%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.16%) vCloud
12 2 (0.46%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.23%) KVM
13 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (12.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (10.65%) Kubernetes
3 27 (6.25%) Grafana
4 21 (4.86%) Prometheus
4 21 (4.86%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (3.94%) Ansible
6 9 (2.08%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.62%) SCCM
8 5 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.16%) Avamar
8 5 (1.16%) Dell DRAC
8 5 (1.16%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.16%) EMC VPLEX
8 5 (1.16%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.16%) VxRail
9 4 (0.93%) Kibana
10 3 (0.69%) Packer
10 3 (0.69%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.69%) WSUS
10 3 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 220 (50.93%) Microsoft
2 106 (24.54%) VMware
3 53 (12.27%) Veeam
4 32 (7.41%) Cisco
5 25 (5.79%) Google
6 23 (5.32%) Palo Alto
7 21 (4.86%) Fortinet
8 16 (3.70%) Dell
9 15 (3.47%) Oracle
9 15 (3.47%) WatchGuard
10 12 (2.78%) NetApp
10 12 (2.78%) SolarWinds
10 12 (2.78%) SonicWALL
11 10 (2.31%) Aruba
11 10 (2.31%) Meraki
11 10 (2.31%) Nimble Storage
12 9 (2.08%) Adobe
12 9 (2.08%) Dynatrace
12 9 (2.08%) N-able
13 8 (1.85%) EMC