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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 223 207
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 +80
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 195 260 322
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 1.46% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.58% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 144 166 305
10th Percentile £43,375 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,822 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -3.20% +18.71%
75th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,500 £81,200
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +13.96%

All Process and 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 13,609 16,433 19,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.33% 92.17% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,723 10,018 15,359
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 14 December 2025.

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 33 (16.92%) SharePoint
2 32 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.08%) IIS
3 6 (3.08%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.08%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.08%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.54%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.59%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.51%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 114 (58.46%) Azure
2 65 (33.33%) AWS
3 55 (28.21%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (18.97%) Entra ID
5 19 (9.74%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (8.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 16 (8.21%) Azure Monitor
8 15 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (7.69%) OneDrive
9 14 (7.18%) Serverless
10 12 (6.15%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (6.15%) GCP
10 12 (6.15%) IaaS
10 12 (6.15%) Nutanix
10 12 (6.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 11 (5.64%) PaaS
11 11 (5.64%) Power Automate
12 10 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (4.62%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 45 (23.08%) VPN
2 36 (18.46%) Firewall
3 35 (17.95%) DNS
3 35 (17.95%) WAN
4 27 (13.85%) DHCP
5 25 (12.82%) SD-WAN
6 17 (8.72%) LAN
7 14 (7.18%) TCP/IP
8 12 (6.15%) SSL
8 12 (6.15%) VoIP
9 10 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (4.62%) Unified Communications
10 9 (4.62%) VLAN
11 6 (3.08%) Wireless
12 4 (2.05%) BGP
12 4 (2.05%) Network Security
13 3 (1.54%) PuTTY
13 3 (1.54%) SAN
14 2 (1.03%) NAS
15 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.18%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (7.18%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.08%) DB2
4 6 (3.08%) MySQL
4 6 (3.08%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.08%) Power BI
5 5 (2.56%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.56%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.56%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.05%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (2.05%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (1.54%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.54%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Git
2 7 (3.59%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.08%) Maven
4 3 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.54%) GitLab
4 3 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.54%) Subversion
5 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 61 (31.28%) Finance
2 55 (28.21%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.21%) Banking
5 14 (7.18%) Law
6 11 (5.64%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.08%) Back Office
10 5 (2.56%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.05%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.05%) Retail
12 3 (1.54%) Aviation
12 3 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.54%) Social Housing
13 2 (1.03%) Advertising
13 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.03%) Local Government
13 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (16.41%) Senior
2 31 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (12.31%) Cloud Engineer
4 18 (9.23%) Support Engineer
5 14 (7.18%) DBA
6 13 (6.67%) Administrator
7 12 (6.15%) Lead
7 12 (6.15%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (5.64%) AWS DevOps
8 11 (5.64%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (5.64%) Head of IT
9 10 (5.13%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.13%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (4.62%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.62%) Applications Support Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (4.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.10%) REST
2 7 (3.59%) LDAP
3 6 (3.08%) LAPP Stack
3 6 (3.08%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (2.05%) AWS SAM
4 4 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.54%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.54%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.54%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.54%) LAMP
5 3 (1.54%) Loki
5 3 (1.54%) PySpark
5 3 (1.54%) RAML
5 3 (1.54%) RESTful
5 3 (1.54%) SOAP
5 3 (1.54%) Spring
5 3 (1.54%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.03%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.03%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 18 (9.23%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.23%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.64%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.13%) CMDB
6 9 (4.62%) Replication
7 7 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.59%) Operational Technology
8 6 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (3.08%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.05%) AI Agents
10 4 (2.05%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.05%) iPad
10 4 (2.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (32.82%) Windows
2 39 (20.00%) Linux
3 35 (17.95%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.67%) Unix
5 7 (3.59%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.56%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.54%) CentOS
8 3 (1.54%) Rocky
8 3 (1.54%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.51%) Solaris
10 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.28%) DevOps
2 55 (28.21%) ITIL
3 53 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (25.13%) CI/CD
5 47 (24.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 46 (23.59%) Infrastructure as Code
7 45 (23.08%) High Availability
8 41 (21.03%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (18.46%) Business Continuity
10 35 (17.95%) Migration
11 34 (17.44%) Service Delivery
12 29 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (13.85%) Performance Tuning
14 23 (11.79%) Observability
14 23 (11.79%) Service Management
15 21 (10.77%) Mentoring
16 20 (10.26%) Computer Science
17 19 (9.74%) Cloud Security
17 19 (9.74%) Infrastructure Management
17 19 (9.74%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.15%) Python
2 47 (24.10%) PowerShell
3 32 (16.41%) SQL
4 17 (8.72%) Java
5 10 (5.13%) Go
6 8 (4.10%) Bash
7 7 (3.59%) Shell Script
7 7 (3.59%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.08%) Bicep
9 4 (2.05%) C#
9 4 (2.05%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.54%) Scala
11 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.51%) Perl
12 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.46%) Degree
2 32 (16.41%) Azure Certification
3 25 (12.82%) AWS Certification
4 18 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (8.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (5.64%) CCNP
7 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.13%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (5.13%) Master's Degree
9 9 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (4.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (3.59%) CEH
10 7 (3.59%) PMI Certification
10 7 (3.59%) PMP
11 6 (3.08%) DBS Check
11 6 (3.08%) SC Cleared
12 5 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (12.31%) NIST
3 21 (10.77%) SLA
4 12 (6.15%) GDPR
5 8 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (3.59%) ISO 22301
7 5 (2.56%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.05%) HIPAA
8 4 (2.05%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.54%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.03%) GRC
10 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (1.03%) NCSC
11 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.51%) Basel III
11 1 (0.51%) COBIT
11 1 (0.51%) MiFID
11 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (18.46%) Active Directory
2 23 (11.79%) Hyper-V
3 19 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (9.23%) Docker
5 12 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.62%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.54%) Firmware
8 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.03%) vSphere
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.51%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 51 (26.15%) Terraform
2 33 (16.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (14.87%) Ansible
4 27 (13.85%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.15%) Grafana
6 9 (4.62%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.08%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.05%) Nagios
9 3 (1.54%) Nessus
9 3 (1.54%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.54%) SCOM
10 1 (0.51%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 99 (50.77%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.90%) VMware
3 14 (7.18%) Cisco
4 12 (6.15%) IBM
5 10 (5.13%) Commvault
5 10 (5.13%) Oracle
6 9 (4.62%) Fortinet
7 7 (3.59%) Google
7 7 (3.59%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.59%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.59%) Veeam
8 6 (3.08%) SonicWALL
9 4 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.05%) Foundry
9 4 (2.05%) Mitel
10 3 (1.54%) Ab Initio
10 3 (1.54%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.54%) Databricks
10 3 (1.54%) Dell
10 3 (1.54%) MuleSoft