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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 254 191
Rank change year-on-year +102 -63 +11
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 431 168 355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.71% 1.02% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.08% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 276 134 182
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,870 £37,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,172 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,953 £85,938 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,125 £105,000 £101,875
UK median annual salary £55,735 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.11% - +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 20,270 15,511 18,315
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 87.95%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,394 11,074
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
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 15 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 (11.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (10.21%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.78%) IIS
4 9 (2.09%) nginx
5 6 (1.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.70%) 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 (64.27%) Azure
2 133 (30.86%) AWS
3 124 (28.77%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (24.36%) SaaS
5 94 (21.81%) Entra ID
6 38 (8.82%) GCP
7 36 (8.35%) IaaS
8 32 (7.42%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (6.26%) Power Platform
10 26 (6.03%) PaaS
11 23 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (4.64%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.25%) Google Workspace
14 13 (3.02%) GitHub
15 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (2.78%) Nutanix
16 11 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (2.32%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (2.32%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (2.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 100 (23.20%) DNS
2 95 (22.04%) Firewall
3 83 (19.26%) DHCP
4 69 (16.01%) VPN
5 47 (10.90%) TCP/IP
6 36 (8.35%) VLAN
7 29 (6.73%) WAN
8 25 (5.80%) Network Security
9 23 (5.34%) LAN
10 14 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.78%) SAN
11 12 (2.78%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.32%) Wireless
13 9 (2.09%) BGP
14 8 (1.86%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (1.62%) NGFW
16 6 (1.39%) iSCSI
16 6 (1.39%) NAS
17 5 (1.16%) Internet
17 5 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.10%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (2.32%) Power BI
6 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.70%) MySQL
7 3 (0.70%) 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 (2.09%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.62%) GitLab
2 7 (1.62%) JIRA
3 3 (0.70%) 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
1 140 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 87 (20.19%) Finance
3 66 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (12.53%) Law
5 35 (8.12%) Retail
6 33 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (7.66%) Legal
7 32 (7.42%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.26%) Banking
9 21 (4.87%) Back Office
10 19 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.55%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.32%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.32%) Police
14 6 (1.39%) Advertising
14 6 (1.39%) Aviation
15 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 71 (16.47%) Senior
2 62 (14.39%) IT Manager
3 61 (14.15%) Service Manager
4 59 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (11.83%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (11.83%) Resilience Manager
6 35 (8.12%) Architect
7 29 (6.73%) IT Engineer
8 28 (6.50%) Consultant
9 27 (6.26%) Analyst
9 27 (6.26%) Lead
9 27 (6.26%) Support Engineer
10 24 (5.57%) Senior Architect
11 22 (5.10%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (4.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.87%) Technical Consultant
13 20 (4.64%) IT Support
14 19 (4.41%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (4.18%) Technical Architect
16 16 (3.71%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (18.79%) Terraform
2 68 (15.78%) Middleware
3 15 (3.48%) OpenTelemetry
4 13 (3.02%) ARM Templates
5 9 (2.09%) RESTful
6 8 (1.86%) 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 (0.70%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.70%) LDAP
11 3 (0.70%) Nuxt
11 3 (0.70%) React
11 3 (0.70%) Ruby on Rails
12 2 (0.46%) Kafka
12 2 (0.46%) YAML
13 1 (0.23%) Node.js
13 1 (0.23%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.99%) Cyber Threat
2 38 (8.82%) Replication
3 34 (7.89%) Cloud Native
4 28 (6.50%) Data Centre
4 28 (6.50%) Management Information System
5 24 (5.57%) Onboarding
6 21 (4.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (4.64%) Enterprise Storage
8 18 (4.18%) Blog
8 18 (4.18%) 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 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.86%) 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%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 145 (33.64%) Windows
2 116 (26.91%) Windows Server
3 45 (10.44%) Linux
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.09%) macOS
6 8 (1.86%) 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 (0.70%) VMS
11 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.23%) AIX
12 1 (0.23%) CentOS
12 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (52.44%) Business Continuity
2 151 (35.03%) Problem-Solving
3 139 (32.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (26.22%) Cybersecurity
5 108 (25.06%) DevOps
5 108 (25.06%) Information Security
5 108 (25.06%) ITIL
6 97 (22.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 86 (19.95%) Agile
8 79 (18.33%) High Availability
9 78 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 71 (16.47%) Project Delivery
10 71 (16.47%) Runbook
10 71 (16.47%) Service Delivery
11 65 (15.08%) CI/CD
12 64 (14.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 62 (14.39%) Enterprise Architecture
14 61 (14.15%) Infrastructure as Code
15 56 (12.99%) Waterfall
16 55 (12.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.35%) PowerShell
2 45 (10.44%) Python
3 42 (9.74%) SQL
4 30 (6.96%) Bicep
5 17 (3.94%) Bash
5 17 (3.94%) Java
6 9 (2.09%) Go
7 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.39%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.93%) C#
10 3 (0.70%) Ruby
11 2 (0.46%) Groovy
11 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 77 (17.87%) CISSP
2 67 (15.55%) CISM
3 59 (13.69%) ITIL Certification
4 45 (10.44%) Azure Certification
5 42 (9.74%) Security Cleared
6 36 (8.35%) SC Cleared
7 28 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (6.03%) Degree
9 14 (3.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (3.02%) CISA
10 13 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (2.78%) CCNA
11 12 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.86%) CCNP
13 7 (1.62%) ISACA
14 6 (1.39%) CRISC
14 6 (1.39%) Dell Certification
14 6 (1.39%) GIAC
14 6 (1.39%) VCAP
15 5 (1.16%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (20.42%) NIST
2 74 (17.17%) ISO 22301
3 70 (16.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (7.89%) GDPR
5 29 (6.73%) PCI DSS
6 28 (6.50%) SLA
7 25 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (4.41%) SOC 2
9 14 (3.25%) PMO
10 10 (2.32%) COBIT
11 8 (1.86%) 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 (0.70%) GRC
14 3 (0.70%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.46%) ITGC
15 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 117 (27.15%) Active Directory
2 85 (19.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (17.40%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.10%) Docker
5 20 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (4.64%) vSphere
6 11 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.32%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (1.62%) Firmware
9 6 (1.39%) Squid
9 6 (1.39%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.16%) vCloud
11 2 (0.46%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.23%) KVM
12 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (12.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (10.90%) Kubernetes
3 27 (6.26%) Grafana
4 21 (4.87%) Prometheus
4 21 (4.87%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (3.94%) Ansible
6 9 (2.09%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.62%) SCCM
8 6 (1.39%) Avamar
8 6 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (1.39%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (1.39%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (1.39%) VxRail
9 5 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.16%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.93%) Kibana
11 3 (0.70%) Packer
11 3 (0.70%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.70%) WSUS
11 3 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 220 (51.04%) Microsoft
2 107 (24.83%) VMware
3 54 (12.53%) Veeam
4 32 (7.42%) Cisco
5 25 (5.80%) Google
6 23 (5.34%) Palo Alto
7 21 (4.87%) Fortinet
8 17 (3.94%) Dell
9 15 (3.48%) Oracle
9 15 (3.48%) WatchGuard
10 13 (3.02%) NetApp
11 12 (2.78%) SolarWinds
11 12 (2.78%) SonicWALL
12 11 (2.55%) Nimble Storage
13 10 (2.32%) Aruba
13 10 (2.32%) Meraki
14 9 (2.09%) Adobe
14 9 (2.09%) Dynatrace
14 9 (2.09%) N-able
15 8 (1.86%) EMC