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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 208 186
Rank change year-on-year +28 -22 +101
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 211 249 478
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 1.56% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.65% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 161 154 454
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,468 £50,000 £52,506
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% +6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £71,125
90th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% +9.21%

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 13,835 15,102 25,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.68% 94.55% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,819 8,974 20,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,478
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.73% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 February 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 (17.06%) SharePoint
2 35 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.84%) IIS
4 5 (2.37%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.37%) WebSphere
4 5 (2.37%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.84%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 127 (60.19%) Azure
2 59 (27.96%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (26.54%) AWS
4 46 (21.80%) Entra ID
5 21 (9.95%) Amazon EKS
6 20 (9.48%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (8.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 18 (8.53%) Amazon EC2
7 18 (8.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 17 (8.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (8.06%) Nutanix
9 15 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (6.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (6.64%) IaaS
10 14 (6.64%) OneDrive
11 13 (6.16%) PaaS
11 13 (6.16%) SaaS
12 12 (5.69%) GitHub
13 11 (5.21%) Amazon S3
13 11 (5.21%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 58 (27.49%) VPN
2 44 (20.85%) DNS
3 43 (20.38%) WAN
4 37 (17.54%) Firewall
5 36 (17.06%) DHCP
6 26 (12.32%) SD-WAN
6 26 (12.32%) TCP/IP
7 19 (9.00%) LAN
8 14 (6.64%) VLAN
9 12 (5.69%) SSL
10 11 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (3.32%) BGP
11 7 (3.32%) Unified Communications
11 7 (3.32%) VoIP
12 5 (2.37%) Wireless
13 4 (1.90%) Network Security
13 4 (1.90%) SAN
14 3 (1.42%) PuTTY
15 2 (0.95%) DSL
16 1 (0.47%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.95%) Amazon RDS
2 20 (9.48%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (5.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.27%) Data Lake
5 9 (4.27%) Delta Lake
6 8 (3.79%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.37%) DB2
7 5 (2.37%) MySQL
7 5 (2.37%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.90%) Oracle Database 10g
8 4 (1.90%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (1.90%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.47%) Power BI
9 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.58%) Git
2 7 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.42%) Maven
3 3 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.95%) Selenium
5 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 75 (35.55%) Finance
2 64 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.43%) Law
4 21 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.06%) Banking
6 15 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.16%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.27%) Back Office
9 8 (3.79%) Retail
10 7 (3.32%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.42%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.95%) Local Government
15 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.47%) Advertising
16 1 (0.47%) Marketing
16 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (23.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (20.38%) Senior
3 27 (12.80%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (9.00%) Support Engineer
5 16 (7.58%) AWS Engineer
5 16 (7.58%) IT Manager
6 15 (7.11%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (6.64%) Lead
8 13 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (6.16%) Linux Engineer
9 12 (5.69%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (5.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (5.21%) IT Security Specialist
10 11 (5.21%) Security Manager
10 11 (5.21%) Security Specialist
11 10 (4.74%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Data Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (4.27%) Applications Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.27%) PySpark
2 7 (3.32%) Loki
3 6 (2.84%) LDAP
3 6 (2.84%) RESTful
4 5 (2.37%) LAPP Stack
4 5 (2.37%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (1.90%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.90%) AWS SAM
5 4 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.90%) REST
6 3 (1.42%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.42%) LAMP
6 3 (1.42%) RAML
6 3 (1.42%) SOAP
7 2 (0.95%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.95%) Node.js
7 2 (0.95%) Playwright
8 1 (0.47%) gRPC
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.47%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.80%) Hybrid Cloud
2 18 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.64%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.16%) Data Centre
5 12 (5.69%) CMDB
5 12 (5.69%) Onboarding
6 11 (5.21%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.79%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.32%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.84%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.84%) Replication
10 5 (2.37%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.90%) iPad
11 4 (1.90%) iPhone
11 4 (1.90%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.90%) PKI
11 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (31.28%) Windows
2 40 (18.96%) Windows Server
3 38 (18.01%) Linux
4 14 (6.64%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.69%) Apple iOS
5 12 (5.69%) Unix
6 5 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.42%) CentOS
7 3 (1.42%) Rocky
7 3 (1.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) VMS
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (31.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (30.81%) DevOps
3 58 (27.49%) Infrastructure as Code
3 58 (27.49%) ITIL
4 56 (26.54%) CI/CD
5 50 (23.70%) High Availability
6 49 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (21.80%) Migration
8 43 (20.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (19.43%) Cybersecurity
10 40 (18.96%) Business Continuity
10 40 (18.96%) Service Delivery
11 33 (15.64%) Service Management
12 31 (14.69%) Observability
13 27 (12.80%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (12.32%) Identity Access Management
14 26 (12.32%) Performance Tuning
14 26 (12.32%) Platform Engineering
14 26 (12.32%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (11.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 68 (32.23%) Python
2 63 (29.86%) PowerShell
3 31 (14.69%) SQL
4 15 (7.11%) Java
5 13 (6.16%) Go
6 11 (5.21%) Bash
7 10 (4.74%) Bicep
8 9 (4.27%) Scala
9 4 (1.90%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.90%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.42%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (18.48%) Degree
2 23 (10.90%) Azure Certification
3 22 (10.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (8.53%) AWS Certification
4 18 (8.53%) Security Cleared
5 13 (6.16%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (5.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.21%) CEH
8 9 (4.27%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (3.79%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.32%) CCNP
11 5 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.90%) PMP
13 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (11.85%) NIST
3 19 (9.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (8.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 15 (7.11%) SLA
6 11 (5.21%) GDPR
6 11 (5.21%) ISO 22301
6 11 (5.21%) PCI DSS
7 9 (4.27%) Data Quality
8 7 (3.32%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.95%) GRC
10 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.95%) NCSC
11 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.47%) Basel III
11 1 (0.47%) COBIT
11 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 51 (24.17%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.95%) Hyper-V
4 18 (8.53%) Docker
5 12 (5.69%) Virtual Servers
6 10 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.37%) Firmware
7 5 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.90%) vSphere
9 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.47%) KVM
10 1 (0.47%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 62 (29.38%) Terraform
2 41 (19.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (13.74%) Kubernetes
4 25 (11.85%) Ansible
5 16 (7.58%) Grafana
6 11 (5.21%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.84%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.42%) Nagios
8 3 (1.42%) Nessus
8 3 (1.42%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.42%) SCOM
9 2 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.95%) Packer
9 2 (0.95%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.47%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 95 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 49 (23.22%) VMware
3 16 (7.58%) Commvault
4 14 (6.64%) Cisco
5 12 (5.69%) IBM
6 11 (5.21%) Oracle
7 9 (4.27%) Databricks
8 7 (3.32%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.32%) Meraki
9 6 (2.84%) SonicWALL
10 5 (2.37%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.37%) Veeam
11 4 (1.90%) Ab Initio
11 4 (1.90%) Mitel
12 3 (1.42%) Dell
12 3 (1.42%) IFS
12 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
13 2 (0.95%) ConnectWise
13 2 (0.95%) Draytek
13 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow