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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 258 190
Rank change year-on-year +99 -68 +8
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 410 169 371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.00% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.07% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 269 131 196
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,600 £38,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,125 £86,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +0.80%

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 20,204 15,782 19,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.97% 93.81% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 8,452 11,768
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,243
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%

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 1 October 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 44 (10.73%) SharePoint
2 42 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.93%) IIS
4 8 (1.95%) nginx
5 6 (1.46%) Apache
6 3 (0.73%) WordPress
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 267 (65.12%) Azure
2 130 (31.71%) AWS
3 115 (28.05%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (23.66%) SaaS
5 83 (20.24%) Entra ID
6 34 (8.29%) GCP
7 33 (8.05%) IaaS
8 31 (7.56%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (6.10%) PaaS
10 24 (5.85%) Power Platform
11 23 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (4.88%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.41%) Nutanix
14 12 (2.93%) GitHub
15 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
17 8 (1.95%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 96 (23.41%) Firewall
2 93 (22.68%) DNS
3 75 (18.29%) DHCP
4 61 (14.88%) VPN
5 42 (10.24%) TCP/IP
6 31 (7.56%) WAN
7 29 (7.07%) VLAN
8 25 (6.10%) LAN
8 25 (6.10%) Network Security
9 14 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.68%) SD-WAN
11 10 (2.44%) Wireless
12 8 (1.95%) Fibre Channel
12 8 (1.95%) SAN
13 7 (1.71%) NGFW
13 7 (1.71%) VSAN
14 6 (1.46%) iSCSI
15 5 (1.22%) Internet
16 4 (0.98%) Broadband
16 4 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.44%) Power BI
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.49%) Metadata
7 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) MySQL
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) Redis
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.24%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 6 (1.46%) GitLab
1 6 (1.46%) JIRA
2 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.49%) Git
3 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.49%) Terragrunt
3 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.24%) Flyway
4 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 133 (32.44%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.78%) Finance
3 57 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.95%) Law
5 34 (8.29%) Legal
6 30 (7.32%) Retail
7 24 (5.85%) Banking
7 24 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (5.85%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.90%) Back Office
10 11 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.95%) Police
12 6 (1.46%) Advertising
13 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.98%) Aviation
14 4 (0.98%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 72 (17.56%) Senior
2 64 (15.61%) IT Manager
3 58 (14.15%) Service Manager
4 52 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (12.44%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (12.44%) Resilience Manager
6 36 (8.78%) Architect
7 31 (7.56%) Consultant
8 30 (7.32%) IT Engineer
9 26 (6.34%) Lead
9 26 (6.34%) Support Engineer
10 24 (5.85%) Analyst
10 24 (5.85%) Senior Architect
11 22 (5.37%) Technical Consultant
12 20 (4.88%) IT Support
12 20 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (4.39%) Technical Architect
14 17 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (3.90%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (17.56%) Terraform
2 67 (16.34%) Middleware
3 13 (3.17%) ARM Templates
4 9 (2.20%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (1.71%) REST
6 6 (1.46%) Web Services
7 4 (0.98%) .NET
7 4 (0.98%) JSON
8 3 (0.73%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.73%) LDAP
8 3 (0.73%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.73%) RESTful
8 3 (0.73%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (0.49%) Kafka
9 2 (0.49%) React
9 2 (0.49%) YAML
10 1 (0.24%) OAuth
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.41%) Cyber Threat
2 37 (9.02%) Replication
3 34 (8.29%) Data Centre
4 28 (6.83%) Cloud Native
5 27 (6.59%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.85%) Onboarding
7 23 (5.61%) Enterprise Storage
7 23 (5.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (3.66%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.93%) Blog
10 12 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (2.44%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.44%) iSeries
13 8 (1.95%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.71%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 139 (33.90%) Windows
2 107 (26.10%) Windows Server
3 45 (10.98%) Linux
4 9 (2.20%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.71%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.71%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.22%) Unix
8 4 (0.98%) Debian
9 3 (0.73%) VMS
10 2 (0.49%) AIX
10 2 (0.49%) CentOS
10 2 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (50.73%) Business Continuity
2 137 (33.41%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (31.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (25.85%) Cybersecurity
4 106 (25.85%) Information Security
5 103 (25.12%) DevOps
6 98 (23.90%) ITIL
7 91 (22.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 82 (20.00%) Agile
9 74 (18.05%) High Availability
9 74 (18.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 68 (16.59%) Project Delivery
11 66 (16.10%) Service Delivery
12 64 (15.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 61 (14.88%) Enterprise Architecture
14 59 (14.39%) Infrastructure as Code
15 58 (14.15%) Runbook
16 56 (13.66%) Waterfall
17 55 (13.41%) Mentoring
18 54 (13.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 39 (9.51%) Python
3 34 (8.29%) SQL
4 26 (6.34%) Bicep
5 12 (2.93%) Bash
6 11 (2.68%) Java
7 6 (1.46%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.22%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.73%) C#
9 3 (0.73%) Go
9 3 (0.73%) Ruby
10 2 (0.49%) Groovy
10 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (17.07%) CISSP
2 68 (16.59%) CISM
3 56 (13.66%) ITIL Certification
4 35 (8.54%) Azure Certification
4 35 (8.54%) Security Cleared
5 31 (7.56%) SC Cleared
6 24 (5.85%) Degree
6 24 (5.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (4.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 14 (3.41%) CISA
8 14 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (3.17%) CCNA
10 11 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.20%) CCNP
12 8 (1.95%) ISACA
12 8 (1.95%) VCAP
13 7 (1.71%) CRISC
13 7 (1.71%) VCDX
14 6 (1.46%) Dell Certification
14 6 (1.46%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (21.22%) NIST
2 72 (17.56%) ISO 22301
3 59 (14.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (9.76%) GDPR
5 27 (6.59%) SLA
6 25 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (5.61%) PCI DSS
8 16 (3.90%) PMO
9 14 (3.41%) SOC 2
10 11 (2.68%) COBIT
11 7 (1.71%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.46%) NCSC
13 5 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.98%) GRC
14 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.49%) ITGC
16 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 109 (26.59%) Active Directory
2 89 (21.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (17.56%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.61%) vSphere
5 19 (4.63%) Docker
6 16 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (3.17%) Firmware
8 10 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.95%) VMware NSX
10 7 (1.71%) vCloud
11 6 (1.46%) Squid
12 1 (0.24%) KVM
12 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (10.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (9.51%) Kubernetes
3 20 (4.88%) Grafana
4 16 (3.90%) Ansible
5 15 (3.66%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.46%) Avamar
7 6 (1.46%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.46%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.46%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.46%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.46%) VxRail
8 5 (1.22%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.22%) SCCM
9 3 (0.73%) Kibana
9 3 (0.73%) Packer
9 3 (0.73%) WSUS
9 3 (0.73%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.49%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 214 (52.20%) Microsoft
2 112 (27.32%) VMware
3 62 (15.12%) Veeam
4 30 (7.32%) Cisco
5 22 (5.37%) Palo Alto
6 21 (5.12%) Fortinet
7 20 (4.88%) Dell
8 19 (4.63%) Google
9 15 (3.66%) NetApp
10 14 (3.41%) EMC
10 14 (3.41%) WatchGuard
11 13 (3.17%) Nimble Storage
11 13 (3.17%) Oracle
12 12 (2.93%) Commvault
13 11 (2.68%) SonicWALL
14 10 (2.44%) HP
14 10 (2.44%) IBM
14 10 (2.44%) Meraki
14 10 (2.44%) N-able
15 9 (2.20%) Broadcom