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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 255 195
Rank change year-on-year +74 -60 +44
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 281 178 568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.41% 1.16% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.23% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 223 133 440
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.95% +0.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,425
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 16,294 14,504 30,743
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 94.61% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,745 8,418 23,751
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £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% -8.00%
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% -9.54%

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 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 5 (1.78%) 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
1 168 (59.79%) Azure
2 89 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (18.15%) AWS
4 49 (17.44%) Entra ID
5 26 (9.25%) 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 8 (2.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 87 (30.96%) Firewall
2 55 (19.57%) VPN
3 53 (18.86%) DNS
4 42 (14.95%) WAN
5 40 (14.23%) DHCP
6 30 (10.68%) TCP/IP
7 28 (9.96%) LAN
8 22 (7.83%) Network Security
9 17 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (4.27%) VLAN
11 11 (3.91%) SD-WAN
12 9 (3.20%) VSAN
13 7 (2.49%) NGFW
14 6 (2.14%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (2.14%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.14%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.14%) SAN
15 5 (1.78%) Wireless
16 4 (1.42%) Cisco Nexus
16 4 (1.42%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.05%) 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%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 103 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.79%) Finance
3 37 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (7.12%) Banking
5 20 (7.12%) Law
6 19 (6.76%) Legal
7 16 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.98%) Retail
9 12 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.91%) Back Office
11 10 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.14%) Advertising
12 6 (2.14%) Marketing
13 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.07%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.71%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.36%) Aviation
16 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 21 (7.47%) Support Engineer
6 20 (7.12%) Lead
6 20 (7.12%) Platform Engineer
6 20 (7.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (6.76%) Architect
8 18 (6.41%) Consultant
9 16 (5.69%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.69%) Security Manager
9 16 (5.69%) Security Specialist
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%) Middleware
5 3 (1.07%) Node.js
5 3 (1.07%) Playwright
6 2 (0.71%) Kafka
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 24 (8.54%) 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 89 (31.67%) Windows
2 60 (21.35%) 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 89 (31.67%) Cybersecurity
3 85 (30.25%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (29.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 72 (25.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (19.22%) Incident Response
7 53 (18.86%) Service Delivery
8 46 (16.37%) ITIL
9 45 (16.01%) CI/CD
9 45 (16.01%) DevOps
10 42 (14.95%) Information Security
11 38 (13.52%) High Availability
12 36 (12.81%) Cloud Security
12 36 (12.81%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (12.81%) Vulnerability Management
13 34 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (11.39%) Mentoring
14 32 (11.39%) Risk Management
15 30 (10.68%) Service Management
16 29 (10.32%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.98%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.66%) Python
3 23 (8.19%) 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%) CISSP
7 13 (4.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (4.27%) CEH
9 11 (3.91%) CCNP
10 10 (3.56%) CISM
10 10 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.20%) VCAP
11 9 (3.20%) VCDX
12 7 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (2.49%) CISA
13 6 (2.14%) Dell Certification
14 5 (1.78%) ISACA
15 4 (1.42%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (23.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (14.59%) NIST
3 35 (12.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (11.39%) GDPR
5 22 (7.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 20 (7.12%) PCI DSS
7 17 (6.05%) PMO
8 13 (4.63%) ISO 22301
8 13 (4.63%) SLA
9 10 (3.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (3.56%) Data Quality
9 10 (3.56%) GRC
9 10 (3.56%) SOC 2
10 7 (2.49%) COBIT
11 4 (1.42%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.71%) NCSC
13 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 72 (25.62%) Active Directory
2 71 (25.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (14.59%) Hyper-V
4 23 (8.19%) vSphere
5 16 (5.69%) Firmware
6 9 (3.20%) Docker
6 9 (3.20%) vCloud
6 9 (3.20%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.36%) KVM
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (16.37%) Terraform
2 42 (14.95%) 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%) Grafana
7 6 (2.14%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.14%) VxRail
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
1 151 (53.74%) Microsoft
2 96 (34.16%) VMware
3 36 (12.81%) Cisco
4 33 (11.74%) Veeam
5 21 (7.47%) Commvault
6 19 (6.76%) EMC
7 17 (6.05%) Dell
8 15 (5.34%) Fortinet
8 15 (5.34%) Meraki
8 15 (5.34%) NetApp
8 15 (5.34%) Nimble Storage
9 12 (4.27%) IBM
10 11 (3.91%) Broadcom
10 11 (3.91%) HP
10 11 (3.91%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.91%) Sophos
11 9 (3.20%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.85%) Splunk
13 6 (2.14%) 3PAR
13 6 (2.14%) Isilon