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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 225 206
Rank change year-on-year +40 -19 +65
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 244 197 498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 1.45% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.53% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 184 150 466
10th Percentile £42,250 £33,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £42,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,059 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.77% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £78,564
90th Percentile £94,400 £84,000 £91,991
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

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 15,065 12,887 29,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.73% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10,575 8,882 23,564
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +9.09% -10.57%

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 3 May 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 (14.75%) SharePoint
2 34 (13.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.82%) Apache
3 2 (0.82%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.82%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 157 (64.34%) Azure
2 71 (29.10%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (18.44%) Entra ID
4 41 (16.80%) AWS
5 28 (11.48%) Nutanix
6 16 (6.56%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (6.56%) GitHub
6 16 (6.56%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.33%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (5.33%) SaaS
8 11 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (4.51%) GCP
8 11 (4.51%) IaaS
8 11 (4.51%) Mimecast
8 11 (4.51%) PaaS
8 11 (4.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (3.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (3.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 65 (26.64%) Firewall
2 56 (22.95%) VPN
3 44 (18.03%) DNS
4 43 (17.62%) WAN
5 32 (13.11%) DHCP
6 31 (12.70%) TCP/IP
7 23 (9.43%) LAN
8 16 (6.56%) SD-WAN
9 13 (5.33%) Network Security
10 11 (4.51%) VLAN
11 10 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.87%) VSAN
12 7 (2.87%) Wireless
13 6 (2.46%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (2.05%) SAN
15 4 (1.64%) BGP
15 4 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
16 3 (1.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.97%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (6.56%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.69%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.69%) Delta Lake
5 8 (3.28%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.23%) Power BI
8 2 (0.82%) MySQL
9 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (7.38%) Git
2 5 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.23%) Maven
3 3 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.82%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) JIRA
5 1 (0.41%) MLflow
General
1 83 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.77%) Finance
3 29 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.61%) Law
6 18 (7.38%) Banking
7 14 (5.74%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.92%) Retail
9 11 (4.51%) Back Office
10 10 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.28%) Legal
12 7 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.46%) Marketing
14 4 (1.64%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.64%) Social Housing
15 3 (1.23%) Local Government
16 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.41%) Advertising
17 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (21.72%) Senior
2 50 (20.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (10.66%) IT Manager
4 21 (8.61%) Platform Engineer
5 19 (7.79%) Lead
6 18 (7.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (6.56%) Security Specialist
8 15 (6.15%) IT Engineer
9 14 (5.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (5.74%) Security Manager
10 13 (5.33%) Architect
10 13 (5.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (5.33%) Consultant
11 12 (4.92%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (4.92%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.92%) IT Security Specialist
11 12 (4.92%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.51%) Operations Engineer
13 10 (4.10%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.69%) PySpark
2 7 (2.87%) Loki
3 6 (2.46%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.05%) RESTful
5 3 (1.23%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.23%) RAML
5 3 (1.23%) REST
5 3 (1.23%) SOAP
6 2 (0.82%) Node.js
6 2 (0.82%) Playwright
7 1 (0.41%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.41%) AWS SAM
7 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.41%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.41%) JWT
7 1 (0.41%) OAuth
7 1 (0.41%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.41%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.41%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.89%) Hybrid Cloud
2 26 (10.66%) Data Centre
3 20 (8.20%) Cloud Native
4 16 (6.56%) Driving Licence
5 15 (6.15%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.74%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (5.33%) Enterprise Storage
7 13 (5.33%) Onboarding
8 12 (4.92%) Replication
9 11 (4.51%) CMDB
9 11 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (3.28%) iSeries
11 7 (2.87%) Public Cloud
12 6 (2.46%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (2.05%) Mobile App
13 5 (2.05%) Security Posture
14 4 (1.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 69 (28.28%) Windows
2 47 (19.26%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.25%) Linux
4 13 (5.33%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.92%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.23%) Unix
7 2 (0.82%) CentOS
7 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) AIX
8 1 (0.41%) Rocky
8 1 (0.41%) Solaris
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 73 (29.92%) Cybersecurity
3 67 (27.46%) Business Continuity
4 62 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (22.54%) Service Delivery
6 52 (21.31%) DevOps
7 50 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (18.44%) ITIL
9 42 (17.21%) CI/CD
10 38 (15.57%) Incident Response
11 36 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (13.93%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (13.11%) Cloud Security
14 31 (12.70%) Migration
15 30 (12.30%) High Availability
16 29 (11.89%) Mentoring
16 29 (11.89%) Platform Engineering
17 27 (11.07%) Root Cause Analysis
18 26 (10.66%) Information Security
19 25 (10.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (25.82%) PowerShell
2 55 (22.54%) Python
3 23 (9.43%) SQL
4 9 (3.69%) Bash
4 9 (3.69%) Java
4 9 (3.69%) Scala
5 8 (3.28%) Bicep
6 5 (2.05%) Go
7 2 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) C#
8 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (16.80%) Degree
2 22 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (6.56%) Azure Certification
3 16 (6.56%) CEH
4 14 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (5.74%) Security Cleared
5 13 (5.33%) SC Cleared
6 11 (4.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.28%) CCNP
9 7 (2.87%) VCAP
9 7 (2.87%) VCDX
10 6 (2.46%) CCNA
10 6 (2.46%) CISSP
11 4 (1.64%) CISM
11 4 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.64%) MCSE
12 3 (1.23%) Dell Certification
12 3 (1.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (20.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 31 (12.70%) NIST
3 25 (10.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 19 (7.79%) GDPR
5 15 (6.15%) PCI DSS
6 13 (5.33%) Data Quality
6 13 (5.33%) ISO 22301
7 10 (4.10%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (4.10%) GRC
7 10 (4.10%) PMO
8 8 (3.28%) SLA
8 8 (3.28%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.23%) COBIT
10 2 (0.82%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.82%) NCSC
10 2 (0.82%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.41%) Basel III
11 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 55 (22.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 54 (22.13%) Active Directory
3 28 (11.48%) Hyper-V
4 16 (6.56%) Firmware
5 14 (5.74%) vSphere
6 9 (3.69%) Docker
7 8 (3.28%) vCloud
8 7 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.87%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.41%) KVM
12 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 42 (17.21%) Terraform
2 38 (15.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (9.84%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.51%) Ansible
5 9 (3.69%) Grafana
6 7 (2.87%) Packer
6 7 (2.87%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.05%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (1.64%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.64%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.23%) Avamar
9 3 (1.23%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (1.23%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (1.23%) VxRail
10 2 (0.82%) SCCM
11 1 (0.41%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.41%) Nagios
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 126 (51.64%) Microsoft
2 84 (34.43%) VMware
3 28 (11.48%) Cisco
4 25 (10.25%) Commvault
5 16 (6.56%) Veeam
6 14 (5.74%) Fortinet
7 13 (5.33%) Dell
7 13 (5.33%) EMC
8 12 (4.92%) IBM
8 12 (4.92%) Meraki
9 11 (4.51%) NetApp
10 10 (4.10%) Nimble Storage
11 9 (3.69%) Databricks
11 9 (3.69%) ServiceNow
12 8 (3.28%) HP
12 8 (3.28%) Sophos
13 7 (2.87%) Broadcom
13 7 (2.87%) Oracle
13 7 (2.87%) Palo Alto
14 5 (2.05%) F5