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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 268 208
Rank change year-on-year +104 -60 -11
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 392 166 366
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.02% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.10% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 266 128 207
10th Percentile £37,250 £33,675 £40,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,688 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,437 £82,813 £91,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +2.56%

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 19,632 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.43% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,097 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 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 42 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 35 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.06%) IIS
4 6 (1.53%) Apache
4 6 (1.53%) nginx
5 3 (0.77%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.26%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 259 (66.07%) Azure
2 124 (31.63%) AWS
3 112 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (22.45%) SaaS
5 74 (18.88%) Entra ID
6 32 (8.16%) IaaS
7 30 (7.65%) GCP
8 24 (6.12%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (5.61%) PaaS
10 21 (5.36%) Power Platform
11 18 (4.59%) OneDrive
12 16 (4.08%) Nutanix
13 13 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (2.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 7 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 99 (25.26%) Firewall
2 83 (21.17%) DNS
3 65 (16.58%) DHCP
4 54 (13.78%) VPN
5 35 (8.93%) TCP/IP
6 31 (7.91%) WAN
7 27 (6.89%) Network Security
8 25 (6.38%) LAN
9 22 (5.61%) VLAN
10 13 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.55%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.30%) VSAN
12 9 (2.30%) Wireless
13 8 (2.04%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (2.04%) SAN
14 7 (1.79%) NGFW
15 6 (1.53%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.28%) Cisco ISE
17 4 (1.02%) Broadband
17 4 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (2.30%) Power BI
5 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.26%) MySQL
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.53%) JIRA
2 4 (1.02%) Git
2 4 (1.02%) GitLab
2 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 120 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.09%) Finance
3 49 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.97%) Law
5 34 (8.67%) Legal
6 25 (6.38%) Retail
7 20 (5.10%) Banking
8 19 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.59%) Public Sector
10 13 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.81%) Back Office
11 11 (2.81%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.53%) Advertising
13 5 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Marketing
16 2 (0.51%) Local Government
17 1 (0.26%) Military
17 1 (0.26%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (17.86%) IT Manager
2 65 (16.58%) Senior
3 54 (13.78%) Service Manager
4 51 (13.01%) IT Services Manager
4 51 (13.01%) Resilience Manager
5 50 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (8.16%) Architect
6 32 (8.16%) Consultant
7 26 (6.63%) IT Engineer
8 24 (6.12%) Support Engineer
8 24 (6.12%) Technical Consultant
9 22 (5.61%) Analyst
9 22 (5.61%) Lead
10 20 (5.10%) Senior Architect
11 19 (4.85%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (4.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (4.59%) IT Support
13 16 (4.08%) Technical Architect
14 15 (3.83%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (16.58%) Middleware
2 59 (15.05%) Terraform
3 12 (3.06%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.53%) Web Services
6 4 (1.02%) JSON
6 4 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.77%) .NET
7 3 (0.77%) Nuxt
7 3 (0.77%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.51%) Kafka
9 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.26%) LDAP
9 1 (0.26%) Node.js
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.26%) Playwright
9 1 (0.26%) REST
9 1 (0.26%) XML
9 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.03%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (8.93%) Data Centre
2 35 (8.93%) Replication
3 24 (6.12%) Enterprise Storage
4 23 (5.87%) Cloud Native
4 23 (5.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (5.36%) Management Information System
6 20 (5.10%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.83%) Security Posture
8 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (3.06%) Driving Licence
9 12 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.81%) iSeries
11 10 (2.55%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.04%) CMDB
13 7 (1.79%) Blog
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
13 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 132 (33.67%) Windows
2 103 (26.28%) Windows Server
3 45 (11.48%) Linux
4 9 (2.30%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.79%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.53%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.28%) Unix
9 4 (1.02%) Debian
10 3 (0.77%) VMS
11 2 (0.51%) AIX
11 2 (0.51%) CentOS
11 2 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (53.32%) Business Continuity
2 130 (33.16%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (28.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 103 (26.28%) Cybersecurity
4 103 (26.28%) Information Security
5 91 (23.21%) DevOps
5 91 (23.21%) ITIL
6 86 (21.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 77 (19.64%) Agile
8 69 (17.60%) High Availability
9 68 (17.35%) Project Delivery
10 66 (16.84%) Service Delivery
11 61 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 61 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 58 (14.80%) Enterprise Architecture
13 56 (14.29%) Waterfall
14 54 (13.78%) Mentoring
14 54 (13.78%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 53 (13.52%) Runbook
16 52 (13.27%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 84 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 37 (9.44%) Python
3 27 (6.89%) SQL
4 19 (4.85%) Bicep
5 9 (2.30%) Bash
6 6 (1.53%) Java
6 6 (1.53%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.77%) Ruby
8 2 (0.51%) C#
8 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (17.86%) CISSP
2 68 (17.35%) CISM
3 54 (13.78%) ITIL Certification
4 32 (8.16%) Azure Certification
5 27 (6.89%) Degree
6 24 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (5.61%) Security Cleared
8 19 (4.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (4.59%) SC Cleared
10 17 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (3.57%) CCNA
11 14 (3.57%) CISA
12 11 (2.81%) CCNP
12 11 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.55%) VCAP
14 9 (2.30%) VCDX
15 8 (2.04%) ISACA
16 7 (1.79%) CRISC
17 6 (1.53%) CEH
17 6 (1.53%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (22.45%) NIST
2 69 (17.60%) ISO 22301
3 54 (13.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (9.69%) GDPR
5 26 (6.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (6.38%) SLA
7 20 (5.10%) PCI DSS
8 18 (4.59%) PMO
9 11 (2.81%) COBIT
10 10 (2.55%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.79%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.53%) GRC
12 6 (1.53%) NCSC
13 5 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.77%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.51%) ITGC
16 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 101 (25.77%) Active Directory
2 92 (23.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (17.35%) Hyper-V
4 25 (6.38%) vSphere
5 15 (3.83%) Docker
6 14 (3.57%) Firmware
7 13 (3.32%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (2.55%) VMware NSX
9 9 (2.30%) vCloud
10 7 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (1.53%) Squid
12 1 (0.26%) KVM
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (10.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (8.42%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.34%) Ansible
4 10 (2.55%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.30%) Grafana
6 7 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.53%) Avamar
7 6 (1.53%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.53%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.53%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.53%) SCCM
7 6 (1.53%) VxRail
8 5 (1.28%) Packer
8 5 (1.28%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.77%) WSUS
9 3 (0.77%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.51%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.51%) SCOM
10 2 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 207 (52.81%) Microsoft
2 111 (28.32%) VMware
3 58 (14.80%) Veeam
4 34 (8.67%) Cisco
5 20 (5.10%) Dell
5 20 (5.10%) Palo Alto
6 19 (4.85%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.34%) EMC
7 17 (4.34%) NetApp
8 16 (4.08%) Google
9 15 (3.83%) Nimble Storage
10 12 (3.06%) Commvault
10 12 (3.06%) Oracle
11 11 (2.81%) Broadcom
11 11 (2.81%) HP
11 11 (2.81%) IBM
12 10 (2.55%) Meraki
12 10 (2.55%) N-able
12 10 (2.55%) WatchGuard
13 9 (2.30%) SonicWALL