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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 255 199
Rank change year-on-year +102 -56 -2
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 429 167 356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.72% 1.01% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.08% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 278 133 183
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,343 £62,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -6.72% +11.67%
75th Percentile £75,437 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £56,076 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% - +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 20,087 15,504 18,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.59% 93.81% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,255 8,362 11,176
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
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 £80,000
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 12 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 47 (10.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.80%) IIS
4 9 (2.10%) nginx
5 6 (1.40%) 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 (1.63%) 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 (64.57%) Azure
2 132 (30.77%) AWS
3 122 (28.44%) Microsoft 365
4 104 (24.24%) SaaS
5 92 (21.45%) Entra ID
6 37 (8.62%) GCP
6 37 (8.62%) IaaS
7 32 (7.46%) Azure Monitor
8 27 (6.29%) PaaS
8 27 (6.29%) Power Platform
9 23 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (4.66%) OneDrive
11 14 (3.26%) Nutanix
12 13 (3.03%) GitHub
12 13 (3.03%) Google Workspace
13 12 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (2.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 99 (23.08%) DNS
2 96 (22.38%) Firewall
3 82 (19.11%) DHCP
4 68 (15.85%) VPN
5 46 (10.72%) TCP/IP
6 35 (8.16%) VLAN
7 29 (6.76%) WAN
8 25 (5.83%) Network Security
9 23 (5.36%) LAN
10 14 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.80%) SAN
11 12 (2.80%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.33%) Wireless
13 8 (1.86%) BGP
13 8 (1.86%) Fibre Channel
14 7 (1.63%) NGFW
14 7 (1.63%) VSAN
15 6 (1.40%) iSCSI
15 6 (1.40%) NAS
16 5 (1.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.96%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (2.33%) 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 (0.47%) Metadata
8 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Exadata
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 8 (1.86%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.63%) GitLab
2 7 (1.63%) JIRA
3 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.47%) 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 (32.63%) Social Skills
2 85 (19.81%) Finance
3 65 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (12.35%) Law
5 35 (8.16%) Retail
6 32 (7.46%) Legal
6 32 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 31 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (6.29%) Banking
9 20 (4.66%) Back Office
10 19 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.56%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.33%) Police
14 9 (2.10%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.40%) Advertising
16 5 (1.17%) Aviation
16 5 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
18 2 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 73 (17.02%) Senior
2 62 (14.45%) IT Manager
3 59 (13.75%) Service Manager
4 58 (13.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (11.89%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (11.89%) Resilience Manager
6 35 (8.16%) Architect
7 30 (6.99%) Consultant
8 29 (6.76%) IT Engineer
9 27 (6.29%) Analyst
9 27 (6.29%) Lead
9 27 (6.29%) Support Engineer
10 24 (5.59%) Senior Architect
11 23 (5.36%) Technical Consultant
12 22 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (4.66%) IT Support
13 20 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.43%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (4.20%) Technical Architect
16 16 (3.73%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (18.65%) Terraform
2 68 (15.85%) Middleware
3 14 (3.26%) OpenTelemetry
4 13 (3.03%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.86%) RESTful
6 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (1.63%) REST
6 7 (1.63%) Web Services
7 6 (1.40%) .NET
8 4 (0.93%) JSON
8 4 (0.93%) SAML
9 3 (0.70%) 802.1X
9 3 (0.70%) LDAP
9 3 (0.70%) Nuxt
9 3 (0.70%) React
9 3 (0.70%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (0.47%) Kafka
10 2 (0.47%) YAML
11 1 (0.23%) OAuth
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.05%) Cyber Threat
2 39 (9.09%) Replication
3 33 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 31 (7.23%) Data Centre
5 28 (6.53%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.59%) Onboarding
7 21 (4.90%) Enterprise Storage
7 21 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (3.96%) Blog
9 17 (3.96%) Security Posture
10 16 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (2.80%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.86%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.63%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
15 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (1.40%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 145 (33.80%) Windows
2 115 (26.81%) Windows Server
3 46 (10.72%) Linux
4 11 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.10%) macOS
6 8 (1.86%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.63%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.40%) Unix
9 5 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.93%) Debian
11 3 (0.70%) VMS
12 2 (0.47%) AIX
12 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.47%) Solaris
13 1 (0.23%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (51.75%) Business Continuity
2 148 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (31.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 110 (25.64%) Cybersecurity
5 108 (25.17%) Information Security
6 107 (24.94%) DevOps
7 106 (24.71%) ITIL
8 96 (22.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 84 (19.58%) Agile
10 79 (18.41%) High Availability
11 76 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 70 (16.32%) Project Delivery
12 70 (16.32%) Runbook
13 68 (15.85%) Service Delivery
14 64 (14.92%) CI/CD
14 64 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 62 (14.45%) Enterprise Architecture
16 61 (14.22%) Infrastructure as Code
17 56 (13.05%) Waterfall
18 55 (12.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.45%) PowerShell
2 45 (10.49%) Python
3 42 (9.79%) SQL
4 30 (6.99%) Bicep
5 17 (3.96%) Bash
6 16 (3.73%) Java
7 8 (1.86%) Go
8 7 (1.63%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.40%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.93%) C#
11 3 (0.70%) Ruby
12 2 (0.47%) Groovy
12 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (17.72%) CISSP
2 67 (15.62%) CISM
3 58 (13.52%) ITIL Certification
4 44 (10.26%) Azure Certification
5 41 (9.56%) Security Cleared
6 36 (8.39%) SC Cleared
7 28 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (5.83%) Degree
9 16 (3.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (3.03%) CISA
10 13 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (2.80%) CCNA
11 12 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.86%) CCNP
12 8 (1.86%) VCAP
13 7 (1.63%) ISACA
13 7 (1.63%) VCDX
14 6 (1.40%) CRISC
14 6 (1.40%) Dell Certification
14 6 (1.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (20.28%) NIST
2 73 (17.02%) ISO 22301
3 69 (16.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (7.93%) GDPR
5 28 (6.53%) PCI DSS
5 28 (6.53%) SLA
6 25 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (4.20%) SOC 2
8 16 (3.73%) PMO
9 10 (2.33%) COBIT
10 7 (1.63%) NCSC
11 6 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.40%) SOC 1
12 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.70%) GRC
13 3 (0.70%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.47%) ITGC
14 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 116 (27.04%) Active Directory
2 87 (20.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (17.48%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.13%) Docker
4 22 (5.13%) vSphere
5 20 (4.66%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.86%) Firmware
8 8 (1.86%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.63%) vCloud
10 6 (1.40%) Squid
11 2 (0.47%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.23%) KVM
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 51 (11.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (10.72%) Kubernetes
3 26 (6.06%) Grafana
4 20 (4.66%) Prometheus
5 19 (4.43%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (3.96%) Ansible
7 8 (1.86%) FortiGate
8 7 (1.63%) SCCM
9 6 (1.40%) Avamar
9 6 (1.40%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (1.40%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (1.40%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (1.40%) VxRail
10 5 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (1.17%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.93%) Kibana
12 3 (0.70%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.70%) Packer
12 3 (0.70%) SCVMM
12 3 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 219 (51.05%) Microsoft
2 109 (25.41%) VMware
3 55 (12.82%) Veeam
4 32 (7.46%) Cisco
5 24 (5.59%) Google
6 23 (5.36%) Palo Alto
7 21 (4.90%) Fortinet
8 19 (4.43%) Dell
9 16 (3.73%) Oracle
10 15 (3.50%) NetApp
10 15 (3.50%) WatchGuard
11 13 (3.03%) Nimble Storage
12 12 (2.80%) SolarWinds
12 12 (2.80%) SonicWALL
13 10 (2.33%) Dynatrace
13 10 (2.33%) Meraki
14 9 (2.10%) Aruba
14 9 (2.10%) Broadcom
14 9 (2.10%) EMC
14 9 (2.10%) N-able