Disaster Recovery Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Disaster Recovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 222 268
Rank change year-on-year -34 +46 +70
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 198 508 520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.50% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.64% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 151 460 439
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,229 £39,950
25th Percentile £43,125 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £73,125 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,150
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.27% -4.09%

All Process and 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 15,858 30,902 39,630
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.81% 91.40% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,902 23,451 27,583
10th Percentile £29,444 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Disaster Recovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Disaster Recovery trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Disaster Recovery salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.58%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.03%) IIS
4 5 (2.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 98 (49.49%) Azure
2 62 (31.31%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (29.29%) AWS
4 21 (10.61%) GCP
5 14 (7.07%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (7.07%) Entra ID
6 12 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (6.06%) SaaS
7 9 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (4.04%) IaaS
8 8 (4.04%) PaaS
9 7 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.54%) GitHub
10 6 (3.03%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.53%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.53%) Route 53
12 4 (2.02%) AWS Control Tower
12 4 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.02%) OneDrive
12 4 (2.02%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (25.76%) Firewall
2 43 (21.72%) DNS
3 42 (21.21%) DHCP
4 34 (17.17%) VPN
5 28 (14.14%) TCP/IP
6 23 (11.62%) WAN
7 22 (11.11%) SAN
7 22 (11.11%) VLAN
8 15 (7.58%) NAS
9 14 (7.07%) LAN
10 11 (5.56%) Network Security
11 9 (4.55%) Wireless
12 8 (4.04%) SD-WAN
12 8 (4.04%) VoIP
13 7 (3.54%) VSAN
14 6 (3.03%) ADSL
15 5 (2.53%) BGP
15 5 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
16 4 (2.02%) Intrusion Detection
16 4 (2.02%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (16.16%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.59%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.03%) Tableau
5 5 (2.53%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.53%) MySQL
5 5 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (2.53%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.52%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.52%) Power BI
6 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.01%) ClickHouse
7 2 (1.01%) Cloud Spanner
7 2 (1.01%) Couchbase
7 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 7 (3.54%) JIRA
2 5 (2.53%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.02%) Git
3 4 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 70 (35.35%) Finance
2 56 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 26 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.10%) Banking
5 10 (5.05%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.54%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.03%) Retail
9 5 (2.53%) Games
10 3 (1.52%) Automotive
10 3 (1.52%) Law
10 3 (1.52%) Legal
10 3 (1.52%) Marketing
10 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.01%) Electronics
11 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 36 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (13.64%) Analyst
3 23 (11.62%) Senior
4 21 (10.61%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (9.09%) IT Analyst
5 18 (9.09%) IT Support
5 18 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 16 (8.08%) Administrator
6 16 (8.08%) Lead
7 15 (7.58%) Support Analyst
8 13 (6.57%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (6.06%) AWS DevOps
9 12 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (5.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (5.56%) Senior DevOps
11 10 (5.05%) DBA
11 10 (5.05%) IT Support Analyst
12 9 (4.55%) Architect
12 9 (4.55%) Server Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.06%) Middleware
2 7 (3.54%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (3.03%) .NET
3 6 (3.03%) React
3 6 (3.03%) RESTful
4 5 (2.53%) REST
5 3 (1.52%) AWS SAM
5 3 (1.52%) JSON
5 3 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.01%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.01%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.01%) HTML
7 1 (0.51%) boto
7 1 (0.51%) CSS
7 1 (0.51%) Django
7 1 (0.51%) Flask
7 1 (0.51%) Kafka
7 1 (0.51%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.51%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.51%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.14%) Management Information System
2 22 (11.11%) Clustering
2 22 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (4.55%) Replication
5 8 (4.04%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.52%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.01%) FMCG
9 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.01%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 86 (43.43%) Windows
2 63 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 61 (30.81%) Linux
4 21 (10.61%) Unix
5 13 (6.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (5.05%) Windows 10
7 9 (4.55%) AIX
8 7 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (2.53%) Solaris
11 4 (2.02%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.52%) Debian
12 3 (1.52%) Mac OS
13 2 (1.01%) SUSE
13 2 (1.01%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.51%) Android
14 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.26%) ITIL
1 52 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (23.23%) DevOps
3 44 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (21.72%) High Availability
5 31 (15.66%) CI/CD
6 28 (14.14%) Business Continuity
7 27 (13.64%) Mentoring
8 21 (10.61%) Project Delivery
9 20 (10.10%) Agile
10 18 (9.09%) Computer Science
10 18 (9.09%) Containerisation
11 17 (8.59%) Change Management
11 17 (8.59%) Problem Management
12 16 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (8.08%) Data Security
13 15 (7.58%) Incident Response
13 15 (7.58%) Process Improvement
14 14 (7.07%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 40 (20.20%) SQL
3 30 (15.15%) Python
4 13 (6.57%) C#
4 13 (6.57%) Java
4 13 (6.57%) T-SQL
5 11 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.55%) Bash
7 6 (3.03%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.53%) Perl
9 4 (2.02%) Go
10 3 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.01%) C++
11 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) SAPscript
12 1 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (12.63%) AWS Certification
2 24 (12.12%) Azure Certification
3 18 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (7.58%) Degree
4 15 (7.58%) Security Cleared
5 12 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (5.05%) A+ Certification
7 10 (5.05%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (4.04%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.54%) CISSP
10 6 (3.03%) CCNA
10 6 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.03%) IBM AIX Certification
10 6 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (2.02%) CISM
11 4 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.61%) GDPR
2 20 (10.10%) SLA
3 17 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (6.06%) NIST
5 9 (4.55%) HIPAA
6 7 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.03%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.01%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.51%) GRC
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 72 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 50 (25.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.07%) Docker
5 13 (6.57%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 5 (2.53%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.02%) vSphere
9 2 (1.01%) Firmware
9 2 (1.01%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.51%) pfSense
10 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.51%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (13.13%) Ansible
2 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.60%) Kubernetes
4 14 (7.07%) SCCM
5 12 (6.06%) Terraform
6 10 (5.05%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.03%) Grafana
8 5 (2.53%) Puppet
8 5 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.52%) SCOM
10 2 (1.01%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.01%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.51%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.51%) Nagios
11 1 (0.51%) Nessus
11 1 (0.51%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle ZFS
11 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 95 (47.98%) Microsoft
2 62 (31.31%) VMware
3 22 (11.11%) Cisco
4 18 (9.09%) Google
4 18 (9.09%) Oracle
5 14 (7.07%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.56%) Citrix
7 10 (5.05%) ServiceNow
7 10 (5.05%) Veeam
8 8 (4.04%) Symantec
9 7 (3.54%) EMC
10 6 (3.03%) Dell
11 5 (2.53%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.53%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.53%) Veritas
12 4 (2.02%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.02%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.52%) Avaya
13 3 (1.52%) HP
13 3 (1.52%) Remedy