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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 243 197
Rank change year-on-year +84 -46 +38
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 354 196 536
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.19% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.27% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 244 147 409
10th Percentile £40,860 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,188 £40,925 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -3.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,875 £95,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,475 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.47% +11.77% -5.98%

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 17,659 15,399 28,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.69% 93.29% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,868 9,127 21,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

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 July 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 34 (9.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (9.32%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.82%) IIS
4 5 (1.41%) Apache
5 3 (0.85%) nginx
5 3 (0.85%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 229 (64.69%) Azure
2 103 (29.10%) AWS
3 94 (26.55%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (19.77%) SaaS
5 51 (14.41%) Entra ID
6 24 (6.78%) Nutanix
7 19 (5.37%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.80%) GCP
9 15 (4.24%) IaaS
9 15 (4.24%) PaaS
10 11 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.82%) Mimecast
12 9 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (2.54%) GitHub
13 8 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 101 (28.53%) Firewall
2 63 (17.80%) VPN
3 61 (17.23%) DNS
4 46 (12.99%) DHCP
5 39 (11.02%) WAN
6 33 (9.32%) TCP/IP
7 29 (8.19%) LAN
8 25 (7.06%) Network Security
9 17 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (4.52%) VLAN
11 9 (2.54%) VSAN
12 8 (2.26%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.98%) NGFW
14 6 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (1.69%) iSCSI
14 6 (1.69%) SAN
14 6 (1.69%) Wireless
15 4 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (2.54%) Power BI
3 7 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Git
2 6 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.13%) JIRA
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 118 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 54 (15.25%) Finance
3 50 (14.12%) Law
4 37 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.19%) Legal
6 25 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.50%) Banking
8 20 (5.65%) Retail
9 17 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (4.80%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.95%) Back Office
11 13 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.69%) Advertising
13 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.41%) Marketing
14 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 70 (19.77%) IT Manager
2 59 (16.67%) Senior
3 54 (15.25%) Service Manager
4 52 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 52 (14.69%) IT Services Manager
5 46 (12.99%) Resilience Manager
6 25 (7.06%) Architect
7 23 (6.50%) Lead
7 23 (6.50%) Support Engineer
8 22 (6.21%) IT Engineer
9 20 (5.65%) Consultant
9 20 (5.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
10 18 (5.08%) Security Manager
11 17 (4.80%) Technical Consultant
12 16 (4.52%) IT Support
12 16 (4.52%) Senior Architect
13 15 (4.24%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (4.24%) VMware Consultant
13 15 (4.24%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (14.69%) Middleware
2 12 (3.39%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.13%) RESTful
5 3 (0.85%) JSON
5 3 (0.85%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.85%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (0.85%) Web Services
6 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 1 (0.28%) .NET
7 1 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.28%) NumPy
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.28%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.28%) Pandas
7 1 (0.28%) pytest
7 1 (0.28%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.28%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (9.04%) Data Centre
3 26 (7.34%) Cloud Native
4 25 (7.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (6.78%) Management Information System
6 22 (6.21%) Replication
7 20 (5.65%) Enterprise Storage
8 18 (5.08%) Driving Licence
9 16 (4.52%) Onboarding
10 15 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (3.95%) Security Posture
12 13 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (3.39%) CMDB
13 12 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (3.11%) iSeries
15 10 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (2.82%) Public Cloud
16 8 (2.26%) Virtual Team
17 7 (1.98%) Freedom of Information
17 7 (1.98%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 96 (27.12%) Windows
2 68 (19.21%) Windows Server
3 27 (7.63%) Linux
4 8 (2.26%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.56%) CentOS
8 2 (0.56%) Solaris
8 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.56%) Unix
9 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (47.46%) Business Continuity
2 107 (30.23%) Cybersecurity
3 106 (29.94%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (27.40%) Information Security
5 92 (25.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (25.14%) ITIL
7 88 (24.86%) DevOps
8 79 (22.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 72 (20.34%) Agile
10 66 (18.64%) Incident Response
11 61 (17.23%) Service Delivery
12 58 (16.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (15.25%) Enterprise Architecture
14 53 (14.97%) Project Delivery
14 53 (14.97%) Runbook
14 53 (14.97%) Test Automation
15 52 (14.69%) Contract Negotiation
15 52 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (12.99%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 45 (12.71%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 81 (22.88%) PowerShell
2 41 (11.58%) Python
3 24 (6.78%) SQL
4 13 (3.67%) Bicep
5 5 (1.41%) Bash
5 5 (1.41%) Java
6 3 (0.85%) Go
6 3 (0.85%) Ruby
7 1 (0.28%) C#
7 1 (0.28%) Scala
7 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (18.93%) CISSP
2 63 (17.80%) CISM
3 44 (12.43%) ITIL Certification
4 36 (10.17%) Degree
5 28 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (6.78%) Azure Certification
7 21 (5.93%) Security Cleared
8 20 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (5.08%) SC Cleared
10 17 (4.80%) CCNA
11 16 (4.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 14 (3.95%) CCNP
12 14 (3.95%) CISA
13 13 (3.67%) CEH
14 12 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (2.54%) VCAP
15 9 (2.54%) VCDX
16 8 (2.26%) ISACA
17 7 (1.98%) CRISC
18 6 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (26.84%) NIST
2 76 (21.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (17.80%) ISO 22301
4 44 (12.43%) GDPR
5 37 (10.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (7.34%) PCI DSS
7 19 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (4.80%) PMO
8 17 (4.80%) SLA
9 15 (4.24%) SOC 2
10 12 (3.39%) GRC
11 11 (3.11%) COBIT
12 10 (2.82%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.98%) SOC 1
14 5 (1.41%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.85%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.56%) NCSC
17 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
17 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 77 (21.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (19.77%) Active Directory
3 50 (14.12%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.78%) vSphere
5 15 (4.24%) Firmware
6 11 (3.11%) Docker
7 9 (2.54%) vCloud
7 9 (2.54%) VMware NSX
8 8 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.85%) Squid
11 2 (0.56%) KVM
11 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (13.56%) Terraform
2 41 (11.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (7.34%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.67%) Ansible
5 7 (1.98%) Dell DRAC
5 7 (1.98%) Packer
5 7 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.69%) Avamar
6 6 (1.69%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.69%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.69%) VxRail
7 5 (1.41%) Grafana
7 5 (1.41%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.41%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.13%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.13%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.85%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.56%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 169 (47.74%) Microsoft
2 99 (27.97%) VMware
3 39 (11.02%) Cisco
3 39 (11.02%) Veeam
4 19 (5.37%) Commvault
4 19 (5.37%) EMC
5 18 (5.08%) Fortinet
6 17 (4.80%) Dell
7 15 (4.24%) Meraki
7 15 (4.24%) NetApp
7 15 (4.24%) Nimble Storage
7 15 (4.24%) Palo Alto
8 11 (3.11%) Broadcom
8 11 (3.11%) HP
8 11 (3.11%) IBM
8 11 (3.11%) Sophos
9 10 (2.82%) Splunk
10 9 (2.54%) iManage
10 9 (2.54%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.98%) Oracle