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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 252 196
Rank change year-on-year +85 -56 +36
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 358 192 476
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.65% 1.16% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.25% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 244 144 349
10th Percentile £40,590 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,600 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £80,806 £75,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,375 £99,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -6.80%

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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 July 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 32 (8.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 32 (8.94%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.79%) IIS
3 7 (1.96%) Apache
4 5 (1.40%) nginx
5 3 (0.84%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.28%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 233 (65.08%) Azure
2 110 (30.73%) AWS
3 94 (26.26%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (20.95%) SaaS
5 51 (14.25%) Entra ID
6 23 (6.42%) Nutanix
7 19 (5.31%) GCP
7 19 (5.31%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.19%) IaaS
8 15 (4.19%) PaaS
9 10 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.79%) Mimecast
10 9 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (2.23%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.23%) GitHub
12 7 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (1.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 103 (28.77%) Firewall
2 61 (17.04%) DNS
2 61 (17.04%) VPN
3 44 (12.29%) DHCP
4 36 (10.06%) WAN
5 32 (8.94%) TCP/IP
6 27 (7.54%) LAN
7 26 (7.26%) Network Security
8 16 (4.47%) VLAN
9 14 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (2.51%) VSAN
11 7 (1.96%) NGFW
11 7 (1.96%) SD-WAN
11 7 (1.96%) Wireless
12 6 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (1.68%) iSCSI
12 6 (1.68%) SAN
13 4 (1.12%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (1.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.51%) Power BI
3 8 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Git
2 6 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.12%) JIRA
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 117 (32.68%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.20%) Finance
3 48 (13.41%) Law
4 39 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.10%) Legal
6 22 (6.15%) Banking
6 22 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (6.15%) Retail
7 16 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.35%) Back Office
10 6 (1.68%) Advertising
10 6 (1.68%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Marketing
12 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.56%) Local Government
13 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 75 (20.95%) IT Manager
2 60 (16.76%) Senior
3 57 (15.92%) Service Manager
4 55 (15.36%) IT Services Manager
5 50 (13.97%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (6.98%) Architect
8 23 (6.42%) Lead
8 23 (6.42%) Support Engineer
9 20 (5.59%) Consultant
9 20 (5.59%) IT Engineer
9 20 (5.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.03%) Azure Engineer
11 17 (4.75%) Security Manager
11 17 (4.75%) Technical Consultant
12 16 (4.47%) Analyst
12 16 (4.47%) IT Support
12 16 (4.47%) Senior Architect
13 15 (4.19%) Senior Consultant
13 15 (4.19%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (15.64%) Middleware
2 12 (3.35%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (1.40%) Web Services
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.84%) RESTful
5 3 (0.84%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 1 (0.28%) Loki
7 1 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.28%) NumPy
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.28%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.28%) Pandas
7 1 (0.28%) pytest
7 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.28%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.28%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (17.32%) Cyber Threat
2 31 (8.66%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.98%) Cloud Native
3 25 (6.98%) Management Information System
4 24 (6.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (6.70%) Replication
5 20 (5.59%) Enterprise Storage
6 18 (5.03%) Driving Licence
7 16 (4.47%) Onboarding
8 15 (4.19%) Security Posture
8 15 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.35%) CMDB
9 12 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (3.07%) iSeries
11 10 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.23%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.96%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 99 (27.65%) Windows
2 70 (19.55%) Windows Server
3 31 (8.66%) Linux
4 8 (2.23%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.56%) CentOS
9 2 (0.56%) Solaris
9 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.56%) Unix
10 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (49.72%) Business Continuity
2 109 (30.45%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (29.89%) Cybersecurity
4 100 (27.93%) Information Security
5 96 (26.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (26.26%) DevOps
7 90 (25.14%) ITIL
8 76 (21.23%) Agile
8 76 (21.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 66 (18.44%) Incident Response
10 62 (17.32%) Service Delivery
11 61 (17.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 58 (16.20%) Enterprise Architecture
13 56 (15.64%) Runbook
13 56 (15.64%) Test Automation
14 55 (15.36%) Contract Negotiation
14 55 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
15 54 (15.08%) Project Delivery
16 52 (14.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 48 (13.41%) Contingency Planning
Programming Languages
1 80 (22.35%) PowerShell
2 41 (11.45%) Python
3 23 (6.42%) SQL
4 13 (3.63%) Bicep
5 6 (1.68%) Bash
6 4 (1.12%) Java
7 3 (0.84%) Ruby
7 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.56%) Go
9 1 (0.28%) C#
9 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (19.83%) CISSP
2 67 (18.72%) CISM
3 49 (13.69%) ITIL Certification
4 38 (10.61%) Degree
5 27 (7.54%) Azure Certification
5 27 (7.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (5.59%) Security Cleared
7 18 (5.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 17 (4.75%) CCNA
8 17 (4.75%) SC Cleared
9 14 (3.91%) CCNP
9 14 (3.91%) CISA
10 12 (3.35%) CEH
10 12 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.51%) VCAP
11 9 (2.51%) VCDX
12 8 (2.23%) ISACA
13 7 (1.96%) CRISC
14 6 (1.68%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (27.37%) NIST
2 72 (20.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (18.72%) ISO 22301
4 44 (12.29%) GDPR
5 35 (9.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (6.98%) PCI DSS
7 17 (4.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 17 (4.75%) PMO
7 17 (4.75%) SLA
8 14 (3.91%) SOC 2
9 12 (3.35%) GRC
10 11 (3.07%) COBIT
11 9 (2.51%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (1.96%) SOC 1
13 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.84%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (22.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (19.83%) Active Directory
3 51 (14.25%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.70%) vSphere
5 15 (4.19%) Firmware
6 12 (3.35%) Docker
7 10 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.51%) vCloud
8 9 (2.51%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.40%) Squid
9 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.56%) KVM
10 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (13.69%) Terraform
2 42 (11.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (7.82%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.19%) Ansible
5 7 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
5 7 (1.96%) Packer
5 7 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.68%) Avamar
6 6 (1.68%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.68%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.68%) Grafana
6 6 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.68%) VxRail
7 5 (1.40%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.12%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.84%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.56%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 172 (48.04%) Microsoft
2 102 (28.49%) VMware
3 41 (11.45%) Veeam
4 37 (10.34%) Cisco
5 19 (5.31%) EMC
6 18 (5.03%) Commvault
6 18 (5.03%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.75%) Dell
8 15 (4.19%) NetApp
8 15 (4.19%) Nimble Storage
8 15 (4.19%) Palo Alto
9 12 (3.35%) Meraki
10 11 (3.07%) Broadcom
10 11 (3.07%) HP
10 11 (3.07%) IBM
10 11 (3.07%) Sophos
11 10 (2.79%) Splunk
12 9 (2.51%) iManage
12 9 (2.51%) Oracle
13 8 (2.23%) ServiceNow