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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 262 193
Rank change year-on-year +103 -69 -2
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 403 168 379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.01% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.08% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 268 130 202
10th Percentile £37,250 £37,825 £39,298
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,438 £91,500
90th Percentile £87,413 £105,000 £112,829
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +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 20,031 15,502 19,983
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.59% 87.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14,302 8,471 11,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,245 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -2.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 28 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 (10.67%) SharePoint
2 40 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.98%) IIS
4 7 (1.74%) nginx
5 6 (1.49%) Apache
6 3 (0.74%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.99%) 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 (66.00%) Azure
2 127 (31.51%) AWS
3 114 (28.29%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (23.57%) SaaS
5 82 (20.35%) Entra ID
6 33 (8.19%) IaaS
7 32 (7.94%) GCP
8 31 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
9 24 (5.96%) PaaS
9 24 (5.96%) Power Platform
10 22 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (4.71%) OneDrive
12 14 (3.47%) Nutanix
13 12 (2.98%) GitHub
14 10 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 97 (24.07%) Firewall
2 91 (22.58%) DNS
3 73 (18.11%) DHCP
4 58 (14.39%) VPN
5 41 (10.17%) TCP/IP
6 31 (7.69%) WAN
7 27 (6.70%) VLAN
8 26 (6.45%) Network Security
9 25 (6.20%) LAN
10 14 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (2.73%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.48%) Wireless
13 8 (1.99%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (1.99%) SAN
14 7 (1.74%) NGFW
14 7 (1.74%) VSAN
15 6 (1.49%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.24%) Internet
17 4 (0.99%) Broadband
17 4 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.46%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.48%) Power BI
5 8 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.74%) 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 (1.49%) JIRA
2 5 (1.24%) GitLab
3 2 (0.50%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.25%) Flyway
4 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 130 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 75 (18.61%) Finance
3 51 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.66%) Law
5 34 (8.44%) Legal
6 28 (6.95%) Retail
7 24 (5.96%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.46%) Banking
8 22 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (3.72%) Back Office
11 11 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.99%) Police
13 6 (1.49%) Advertising
14 5 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.50%) Aviation
17 2 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (17.37%) Senior
2 64 (15.88%) IT Manager
3 56 (13.90%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 51 (12.66%) IT Services Manager
4 51 (12.66%) Resilience Manager
5 37 (9.18%) Architect
6 31 (7.69%) Consultant
7 29 (7.20%) IT Engineer
8 26 (6.45%) Lead
8 26 (6.45%) Support Engineer
9 24 (5.96%) Senior Architect
10 23 (5.71%) Analyst
11 22 (5.46%) Technical Consultant
12 20 (4.96%) IT Support
13 19 (4.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (4.47%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (4.47%) Technical Architect
15 17 (4.22%) Azure Engineer
16 16 (3.97%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (16.87%) Terraform
2 67 (16.63%) Middleware
3 13 (3.23%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.74%) OpenTelemetry
5 6 (1.49%) REST
5 6 (1.49%) Web Services
6 4 (0.99%) JSON
7 3 (0.74%) .NET
7 3 (0.74%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.74%) LDAP
7 3 (0.74%) Nuxt
7 3 (0.74%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (0.50%) Kafka
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 (13.65%) Cyber Threat
2 37 (9.18%) Replication
3 35 (8.68%) Data Centre
4 27 (6.70%) Management Information System
5 26 (6.45%) Cloud Native
6 24 (5.96%) Enterprise Storage
7 23 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 23 (5.71%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (3.72%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.73%) Driving Licence
11 11 (2.73%) iSeries
12 10 (2.48%) Blog
13 9 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.99%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.74%) Freedom of Information Act
15 7 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 135 (33.50%) Windows
2 105 (26.05%) Windows Server
3 44 (10.92%) Linux
4 9 (2.23%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.74%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.24%) Unix
8 4 (0.99%) Debian
9 3 (0.74%) VMS
10 2 (0.50%) AIX
10 2 (0.50%) CentOS
10 2 (0.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (50.87%) Business Continuity
2 132 (32.75%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (30.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 105 (26.05%) Information Security
5 104 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
6 101 (25.06%) DevOps
7 96 (23.82%) ITIL
8 89 (22.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 80 (19.85%) Agile
10 72 (17.87%) High Availability
10 72 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 68 (16.87%) Project Delivery
12 66 (16.38%) Service Delivery
13 62 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 61 (15.14%) Enterprise Architecture
15 58 (14.39%) Infrastructure as Code
16 57 (14.14%) Runbook
17 56 (13.90%) Waterfall
18 54 (13.40%) Mentoring
18 54 (13.40%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (20.10%) PowerShell
2 37 (9.18%) Python
3 33 (8.19%) SQL
4 26 (6.45%) Bicep
5 11 (2.73%) Bash
6 9 (2.23%) Java
7 6 (1.49%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.99%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.74%) 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 (17.37%) CISSP
2 68 (16.87%) CISM
3 56 (13.90%) ITIL Certification
4 35 (8.68%) Azure Certification
5 34 (8.44%) Security Cleared
6 30 (7.44%) SC Cleared
7 24 (5.96%) Degree
7 24 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (4.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 14 (3.47%) CISA
9 14 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.23%) CCNA
11 11 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.23%) CCNP
13 8 (1.99%) ISACA
13 8 (1.99%) VCAP
14 7 (1.74%) CRISC
14 7 (1.74%) VCDX
15 6 (1.49%) Dell Certification
15 6 (1.49%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (21.59%) NIST
2 70 (17.37%) ISO 22301
3 58 (14.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (9.93%) GDPR
5 26 (6.45%) SLA
6 25 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (5.46%) PCI DSS
8 16 (3.97%) PMO
9 13 (3.23%) SOC 2
10 11 (2.73%) COBIT
11 7 (1.74%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.49%) NCSC
13 5 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.99%) GRC
14 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.74%) 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
1 105 (26.05%) Active Directory
2 90 (22.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (17.87%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.71%) vSphere
5 17 (4.22%) Docker
6 16 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (3.47%) Firmware
8 10 (2.48%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.99%) VMware NSX
11 7 (1.74%) vCloud
12 6 (1.49%) Squid
13 1 (0.25%) KVM
13 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (10.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (8.93%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.47%) Grafana
4 15 (3.72%) Ansible
5 13 (3.23%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.49%) Avamar
7 6 (1.49%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.49%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.49%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.49%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.49%) VxRail
8 5 (1.24%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.24%) SCCM
9 3 (0.74%) Packer
9 3 (0.74%) WSUS
9 3 (0.74%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.50%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.50%) SCOM
10 2 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 212 (52.61%) Microsoft
2 111 (27.54%) VMware
3 62 (15.38%) Veeam
4 31 (7.69%) Cisco
5 21 (5.21%) Fortinet
5 21 (5.21%) Palo Alto
6 20 (4.96%) Dell
7 18 (4.47%) Google
8 15 (3.72%) EMC
8 15 (3.72%) NetApp
9 13 (3.23%) Commvault
9 13 (3.23%) Nimble Storage
9 13 (3.23%) Oracle
9 13 (3.23%) WatchGuard
10 11 (2.73%) HP
10 11 (2.73%) IBM
11 10 (2.48%) Meraki
11 10 (2.48%) N-able
11 10 (2.48%) SonicWALL
12 9 (2.23%) Dynatrace