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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 262 203
Rank change year-on-year +88 -59 +54
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 261 188 508
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 1.25% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.31% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 201 141 457
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -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 15,505 14,349 29,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,008 8,690 23,384
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

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 19 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 37 (14.18%) SharePoint
2 36 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.77%) Apache
3 2 (0.77%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.77%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 160 (61.30%) Azure
2 81 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (18.01%) Entra ID
4 42 (16.09%) AWS
5 27 (10.34%) Nutanix
6 17 (6.51%) GitHub
7 16 (6.13%) SaaS
8 15 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (5.36%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.98%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.98%) GCP
11 11 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.21%) IaaS
11 11 (4.21%) Mimecast
11 11 (4.21%) PaaS
11 11 (4.21%) Power Platform
12 10 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (27.97%) Firewall
2 52 (19.92%) VPN
3 43 (16.48%) WAN
4 41 (15.71%) DNS
5 29 (11.11%) DHCP
6 27 (10.34%) TCP/IP
7 25 (9.58%) LAN
8 17 (6.51%) Network Security
9 14 (5.36%) SD-WAN
10 13 (4.98%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (3.83%) VLAN
12 9 (3.45%) VSAN
13 6 (2.30%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (2.30%) NGFW
14 5 (1.92%) SAN
14 5 (1.92%) Wireless
15 4 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.53%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (1.53%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.75%) Amazon RDS
1 15 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.45%) Delta Lake
4 7 (2.68%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.15%) Power BI
7 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (7.28%) Git
2 6 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.15%) Maven
3 3 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.77%) Selenium
5 1 (0.38%) JIRA
5 1 (0.38%) MLflow
5 1 (0.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 88 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.99%) Finance
3 37 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (7.66%) Banking
6 19 (7.28%) Law
7 14 (5.36%) Retail
8 13 (4.98%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.21%) Back Office
9 11 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.83%) Legal
11 7 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.30%) Marketing
13 4 (1.53%) Advertising
13 4 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.53%) Social Housing
14 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.15%) Local Government
15 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (20.31%) Senior
2 52 (19.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (9.96%) IT Manager
4 21 (8.05%) Platform Engineer
5 20 (7.66%) IT Engineer
6 18 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.51%) Security Specialist
8 16 (6.13%) Consultant
8 16 (6.13%) Lead
8 16 (6.13%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.75%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (5.36%) Architect
11 13 (4.98%) Security Manager
11 13 (4.98%) Senior Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) Senior VMware Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) Technical Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) VMware Consultant
11 13 (4.98%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.45%) PySpark
2 7 (2.68%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.68%) Loki
3 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.53%) RESTful
5 3 (1.15%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.15%) RAML
5 3 (1.15%) REST
5 3 (1.15%) SOAP
6 2 (0.77%) JSON
6 2 (0.77%) Kafka
6 2 (0.77%) Node.js
6 2 (0.77%) Playwright
7 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.38%) AWS SAM
7 1 (0.38%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.38%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.38%) JWT
7 1 (0.38%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.38%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.73%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 20 (7.66%) Cloud Native
4 19 (7.28%) Management Information System
5 16 (6.13%) Driving Licence
6 15 (5.75%) Enterprise Storage
6 15 (5.75%) Onboarding
7 14 (5.36%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (4.98%) Replication
9 12 (4.60%) CMDB
10 11 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (3.45%) iSeries
12 8 (3.07%) Public Cloud
12 8 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (2.68%) Private Cloud
14 6 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (2.30%) Security Posture
15 4 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
15 4 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (30.27%) Windows
2 49 (18.77%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.96%) Linux
4 11 (4.21%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.83%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.92%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.15%) Unix
8 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.38%) AIX
9 1 (0.38%) CentOS
9 1 (0.38%) Solaris
9 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.03%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (29.50%) Business Continuity
2 77 (29.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 72 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (21.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (21.07%) Service Delivery
6 53 (20.31%) DevOps
7 46 (17.62%) ITIL
8 45 (17.24%) CI/CD
9 39 (14.94%) Incident Response
10 37 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (13.41%) Vulnerability Management
12 34 (13.03%) Information Security
13 33 (12.64%) Cloud Security
14 32 (12.26%) High Availability
15 31 (11.88%) Migration
16 30 (11.49%) Platform Engineering
17 29 (11.11%) Mentoring
18 28 (10.73%) Service Management
19 26 (9.96%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (26.44%) PowerShell
2 52 (19.92%) Python
3 23 (8.81%) SQL
4 9 (3.45%) Bash
4 9 (3.45%) Java
4 9 (3.45%) Scala
5 8 (3.07%) Bicep
6 4 (1.53%) Go
7 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.38%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (16.48%) Degree
2 25 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (7.66%) Azure Certification
4 15 (5.75%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.36%) CEH
5 14 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.36%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.45%) CCNA
8 9 (3.45%) VCAP
8 9 (3.45%) VCDX
9 8 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.07%) CCNP
9 8 (3.07%) CISSP
10 5 (1.92%) CISM
11 4 (1.53%) Dell Certification
11 4 (1.53%) ISACA
11 4 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (14.56%) NIST
3 34 (13.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (9.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 22 (8.43%) GDPR
6 17 (6.51%) PCI DSS
7 13 (4.98%) Data Quality
7 13 (4.98%) ISO 22301
7 13 (4.98%) PMO
8 10 (3.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (3.45%) GRC
10 8 (3.07%) SLA
10 8 (3.07%) SOC 2
11 6 (2.30%) COBIT
12 3 (1.15%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.38%) Basel III
14 1 (0.38%) MiFID
14 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 66 (25.29%) Active Directory
2 57 (21.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.51%) Firmware
4 17 (6.51%) vSphere
5 9 (3.45%) Docker
5 9 (3.45%) vCloud
5 9 (3.45%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.38%) KVM
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 46 (17.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (16.86%) Terraform
3 24 (9.20%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.83%) Ansible
5 9 (3.45%) Grafana
6 8 (3.07%) Packer
6 8 (3.07%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.30%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (1.53%) Avamar
8 4 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (1.53%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (1.53%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.53%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.53%) VxRail
9 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.77%) SCCM
11 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.38%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 139 (53.26%) Microsoft
2 82 (31.42%) VMware
3 29 (11.11%) Cisco
4 22 (8.43%) Commvault
5 21 (8.05%) Veeam
6 16 (6.13%) Dell
7 15 (5.75%) EMC
8 14 (5.36%) Fortinet
9 13 (4.98%) IBM
9 13 (4.98%) NetApp
9 13 (4.98%) Nimble Storage
10 12 (4.60%) Meraki
11 10 (3.83%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.45%) Broadcom
12 9 (3.45%) Databricks
12 9 (3.45%) HP
13 8 (3.07%) Palo Alto
13 8 (3.07%) Sophos
14 7 (2.68%) Oracle
14 7 (2.68%) Splunk