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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 225 202
Rank change year-on-year +33 -23 +83
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 195 254 323
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 1.45% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.57% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 144 163 306
10th Percentile £43,375 £37,500 £34,380
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,881 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% -2.00% +16.82%
75th Percentile £91,563 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,500 £80,563
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +13.96%

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 13,578 16,190 18,834
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.06% 92.72% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,689 9,805 15,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

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 18 December 2025.

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 31 (15.90%) SharePoint
2 30 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.08%) IIS
3 6 (3.08%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.08%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.08%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.03%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.59%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.51%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 117 (60.00%) Azure
2 66 (33.85%) AWS
3 53 (27.18%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (18.97%) Entra ID
5 19 (9.74%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (8.72%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (8.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (7.18%) OneDrive
10 14 (7.18%) Serverless
11 13 (6.67%) Nutanix
12 12 (6.15%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (6.15%) GCP
12 12 (6.15%) IaaS
12 12 (6.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (5.64%) PaaS
14 10 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (5.13%) Power Automate
15 9 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 45 (23.08%) VPN
2 36 (18.46%) DNS
2 36 (18.46%) WAN
3 35 (17.95%) Firewall
4 27 (13.85%) DHCP
5 25 (12.82%) SD-WAN
6 18 (9.23%) LAN
7 14 (7.18%) TCP/IP
8 13 (6.67%) SSL
9 11 (5.64%) VoIP
10 10 (5.13%) VLAN
10 10 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.62%) Unified Communications
12 6 (3.08%) Wireless
13 4 (2.05%) BGP
13 4 (2.05%) Network Security
13 4 (2.05%) SAN
14 3 (1.54%) PuTTY
15 2 (1.03%) NAS
16 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.18%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (7.18%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.08%) DB2
4 6 (3.08%) MySQL
4 6 (3.08%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.56%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.56%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.56%) Oracle Database 12c
5 5 (2.56%) Power BI
6 4 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (2.05%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.05%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.05%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (2.05%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.69%) Git
2 7 (3.59%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.08%) Maven
4 3 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.54%) GitLab
4 3 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.54%) Subversion
5 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 61 (31.28%) Finance
2 53 (27.18%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.21%) Banking
5 15 (7.69%) Law
6 11 (5.64%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.08%) Back Office
8 6 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.05%) Retail
10 3 (1.54%) Aviation
10 3 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.54%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.03%) Advertising
11 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Local Government
11 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (16.41%) Senior
2 31 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (12.31%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (8.72%) Support Engineer
5 14 (7.18%) DBA
6 13 (6.67%) Administrator
7 12 (6.15%) Head of IT
7 12 (6.15%) Lead
7 12 (6.15%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (5.64%) AWS DevOps
8 11 (5.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (5.13%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.13%) Infrastructure Support
9 10 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (4.62%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.62%) Applications Support Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.62%) Infrastructure Manager
11 8 (4.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.10%) REST
2 7 (3.59%) LDAP
3 6 (3.08%) LAPP Stack
3 6 (3.08%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (2.05%) AWS SAM
4 4 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.05%) PySpark
5 3 (1.54%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.54%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.54%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.54%) LAMP
5 3 (1.54%) Loki
5 3 (1.54%) RAML
5 3 (1.54%) RESTful
5 3 (1.54%) SOAP
5 3 (1.54%) Spring
5 3 (1.54%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.03%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.03%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.03%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 19 (9.74%) Management Information System
3 18 (9.23%) Cloud Native
4 12 (6.15%) Data Centre
4 12 (6.15%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (5.13%) CMDB
7 9 (4.62%) Replication
8 7 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (3.59%) Operational Technology
9 6 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (3.08%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.56%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.05%) AI Agents
11 4 (2.05%) iPad
11 4 (2.05%) iPhone
11 4 (2.05%) Security Posture
11 4 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (31.79%) Windows
2 39 (20.00%) Linux
3 34 (17.44%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.67%) Unix
5 7 (3.59%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.56%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.54%) CentOS
8 3 (1.54%) Rocky
8 3 (1.54%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.51%) Solaris
10 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.79%) DevOps
2 54 (27.69%) ITIL
3 52 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (25.64%) CI/CD
5 48 (24.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 47 (24.10%) High Availability
6 47 (24.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 42 (21.54%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (18.97%) Business Continuity
9 35 (17.95%) Migration
10 34 (17.44%) Service Delivery
11 30 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (13.85%) Performance Tuning
13 24 (12.31%) Observability
13 24 (12.31%) Service Management
14 21 (10.77%) Computer Science
14 21 (10.77%) Mentoring
14 21 (10.77%) Vulnerability Management
15 19 (9.74%) Collaborative Culture
15 19 (9.74%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.18%) Python
2 48 (24.62%) PowerShell
3 33 (16.92%) SQL
4 17 (8.72%) Java
5 10 (5.13%) Go
6 8 (4.10%) Bash
7 7 (3.59%) Shell Script
7 7 (3.59%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.08%) Bicep
9 4 (2.05%) C#
9 4 (2.05%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.05%) Scala
10 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.51%) Perl
11 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.46%) Degree
2 33 (16.92%) Azure Certification
3 26 (13.33%) AWS Certification
4 19 (9.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (9.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (5.64%) CCNP
7 11 (5.64%) Master's Degree
7 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (5.13%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (5.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (4.10%) CEH
10 7 (3.59%) PMI Certification
10 7 (3.59%) PMP
11 6 (3.08%) DBS Check
11 6 (3.08%) SC Cleared
12 5 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (12.82%) NIST
3 20 (10.26%) SLA
4 12 (6.15%) GDPR
5 9 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (4.10%) ISO 22301
7 6 (3.08%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.05%) Data Quality
8 4 (2.05%) HIPAA
8 4 (2.05%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.03%) GRC
9 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.03%) NCSC
10 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.51%) Basel III
10 1 (0.51%) COBIT
10 1 (0.51%) MiFID
10 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (18.46%) Active Directory
2 22 (11.28%) Hyper-V
3 19 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (9.23%) Docker
5 12 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.62%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.54%) Firmware
8 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.03%) vSphere
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.51%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 52 (26.67%) Terraform
2 33 (16.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (14.87%) Ansible
4 27 (13.85%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.15%) Grafana
6 9 (4.62%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.08%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.05%) Nagios
9 3 (1.54%) Nessus
9 3 (1.54%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.54%) SCOM
10 1 (0.51%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 97 (49.74%) Microsoft
2 32 (16.41%) VMware
3 13 (6.67%) Cisco
4 12 (6.15%) IBM
5 11 (5.64%) Commvault
6 10 (5.13%) Oracle
7 9 (4.62%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.59%) Google
8 7 (3.59%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.59%) Red Hat
9 6 (3.08%) SonicWALL
9 6 (3.08%) Veeam
10 4 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (2.05%) Databricks
10 4 (2.05%) Foundry
10 4 (2.05%) Mitel
11 3 (1.54%) Ab Initio
11 3 (1.54%) Dell
11 3 (1.54%) MuleSoft
12 2 (1.03%) Informatica