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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 255 199
Rank change year-on-year +76 -56 +43
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 281 178 552
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.17% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.23% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 224 134 445
10th Percentile £41,075 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,763 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%

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 16,195 14,419 30,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.01% 94.61% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11,649 8,373 23,770
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 13 June 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 38 (13.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (13.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.42%) IIS
4 2 (0.71%) Apache
4 2 (0.71%) WordPress
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.71%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.36%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 169 (60.14%) Azure
2 89 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (17.79%) Entra ID
4 49 (17.44%) AWS
5 27 (9.61%) Nutanix
6 20 (7.12%) SaaS
7 16 (5.69%) GCP
7 16 (5.69%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.34%) GitHub
9 14 (4.98%) IaaS
10 13 (4.63%) PaaS
11 12 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.27%) Mimecast
12 10 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.20%) OneDrive
14 7 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 86 (30.60%) Firewall
2 54 (19.22%) VPN
3 53 (18.86%) DNS
4 43 (15.30%) WAN
5 39 (13.88%) DHCP
6 29 (10.32%) LAN
6 29 (10.32%) TCP/IP
7 22 (7.83%) Network Security
8 17 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (4.63%) VLAN
10 11 (3.91%) SD-WAN
11 9 (3.20%) VSAN
12 7 (2.49%) NGFW
12 7 (2.49%) SAN
13 6 (2.14%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (2.14%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.14%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.14%) Wireless
14 4 (1.42%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.42%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.14%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.14%) Delta Lake
3 6 (2.14%) Power BI
4 5 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.63%) Git
2 6 (2.14%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.07%) Selenium
4 2 (0.71%) JIRA
4 2 (0.71%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 102 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.79%) Finance
3 37 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (7.47%) Law
6 20 (7.12%) Banking
7 19 (6.76%) Legal
8 17 (6.05%) Public Sector
9 14 (4.98%) Retail
10 12 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (3.91%) Back Office
12 9 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.14%) Advertising
13 6 (2.14%) Marketing
14 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.07%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.71%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.36%) Aviation
17 1 (0.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (20.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (19.57%) Senior
3 24 (8.54%) IT Manager
4 23 (8.19%) IT Engineer
5 20 (7.12%) Lead
5 20 (7.12%) Platform Engineer
5 20 (7.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (7.12%) Support Engineer
6 19 (6.76%) Architect
7 18 (6.41%) Consultant
8 17 (6.05%) Security Specialist
9 16 (5.69%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.69%) Security Manager
10 15 (5.34%) IT Support
10 15 (5.34%) Senior Consultant
10 15 (5.34%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 15 (5.34%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 15 (5.34%) Technical Consultant
10 15 (5.34%) VMware Consultant
10 15 (5.34%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.85%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (2.14%) PySpark
4 4 (1.42%) Loki
4 4 (1.42%) RESTful
5 3 (1.07%) JSON
5 3 (1.07%) Node.js
5 3 (1.07%) Playwright
6 2 (0.71%) Kafka
6 2 (0.71%) Middleware
6 2 (0.71%) Nuxt
6 2 (0.71%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.36%) NumPy
7 1 (0.36%) OAuth
7 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.36%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.36%) Pandas
7 1 (0.36%) pytest
7 1 (0.36%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.36%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.03%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.47%) Replication
4 20 (7.12%) Cloud Native
4 20 (7.12%) Enterprise Storage
4 20 (7.12%) Management Information System
5 17 (6.05%) Driving Licence
6 14 (4.98%) CMDB
6 14 (4.98%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.63%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.91%) iSeries
8 11 (3.91%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.56%) Public Cloud
10 9 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.85%) Virtual Team
12 6 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (2.14%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.14%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 88 (31.32%) Windows
2 59 (21.00%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.54%) Linux
4 8 (2.85%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.49%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.49%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.07%) Unix
9 1 (0.36%) AIX
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Solaris
9 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.52%) Business Continuity
2 90 (32.03%) Cybersecurity
3 84 (29.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 83 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (25.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (19.22%) Incident Response
7 53 (18.86%) Service Delivery
8 46 (16.37%) ITIL
9 44 (15.66%) CI/CD
9 44 (15.66%) DevOps
10 42 (14.95%) Information Security
11 37 (13.17%) Vulnerability Management
12 36 (12.81%) Cloud Security
12 36 (12.81%) High Availability
13 35 (12.46%) Infrastructure as Code
14 34 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (11.39%) Mentoring
15 32 (11.39%) Risk Management
16 30 (10.68%) Service Management
17 29 (10.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.98%) PowerShell
2 45 (16.01%) Python
3 22 (7.83%) SQL
4 8 (2.85%) Bicep
5 7 (2.49%) Java
6 6 (2.14%) Scala
7 5 (1.78%) Bash
8 3 (1.07%) Go
8 3 (1.07%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.71%) Ruby
10 1 (0.36%) C#
10 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (14.23%) Degree
2 27 (9.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.76%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (6.05%) Security Cleared
5 16 (5.69%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.98%) CCNA
7 13 (4.63%) CEH
7 13 (4.63%) CISSP
7 13 (4.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (3.91%) CCNP
9 10 (3.56%) CISM
9 10 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (3.20%) VCAP
10 9 (3.20%) VCDX
11 7 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (2.49%) CISA
12 6 (2.14%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.78%) ISACA
14 4 (1.42%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (23.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (14.95%) NIST
3 35 (12.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (11.39%) GDPR
5 22 (7.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 21 (7.47%) PCI DSS
7 17 (6.05%) PMO
8 14 (4.98%) ISO 22301
9 13 (4.63%) SLA
10 10 (3.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (3.56%) Data Quality
10 10 (3.56%) GRC
10 10 (3.56%) SOC 2
11 7 (2.49%) COBIT
12 4 (1.42%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.71%) NCSC
14 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 73 (25.98%) Active Directory
2 70 (24.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (14.23%) Hyper-V
4 23 (8.19%) vSphere
5 16 (5.69%) Firmware
6 9 (3.20%) vCloud
6 9 (3.20%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.85%) Docker
8 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.36%) KVM
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (16.01%) Terraform
2 43 (15.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (7.83%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.27%) Ansible
5 9 (3.20%) Packer
6 7 (2.49%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.14%) Avamar
7 6 (2.14%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (2.14%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (2.14%) VxRail
8 5 (1.78%) Grafana
8 5 (1.78%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.78%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.07%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.07%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.71%) SCCM
10 2 (0.71%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.71%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.36%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 150 (53.38%) Microsoft
2 96 (34.16%) VMware
3 36 (12.81%) Cisco
4 33 (11.74%) Veeam
5 22 (7.83%) Commvault
6 19 (6.76%) EMC
7 17 (6.05%) Dell
8 16 (5.69%) Meraki
9 15 (5.34%) Fortinet
9 15 (5.34%) NetApp
9 15 (5.34%) Nimble Storage
10 12 (4.27%) IBM
11 11 (3.91%) Broadcom
11 11 (3.91%) HP
11 11 (3.91%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.91%) Sophos
12 9 (3.20%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.85%) Splunk
14 6 (2.14%) 3PAR
14 6 (2.14%) Isilon