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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 257 203
Rank change year-on-year +101 -54 +3
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 432 166 354
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.73% 1.01% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.07% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 277 132 181
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,690 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,343 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,437 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,350 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.42% - +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 20,151 15,479 18,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.63% 93.83% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14,312 8,360 11,026
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 13 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 48 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (10.19%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.78%) IIS
4 9 (2.08%) nginx
5 6 (1.39%) Apache
6 3 (0.69%) WordPress
7 1 (0.23%) Confluence
7 1 (0.23%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.23%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 277 (64.12%) Azure
2 133 (30.79%) AWS
3 123 (28.47%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (24.31%) SaaS
5 93 (21.53%) Entra ID
6 38 (8.80%) GCP
7 36 (8.33%) IaaS
8 32 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (6.25%) Power Platform
10 26 (6.02%) PaaS
11 23 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (4.63%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.24%) Google Workspace
13 14 (3.24%) Nutanix
14 13 (3.01%) GitHub
15 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 100 (23.15%) DNS
2 96 (22.22%) Firewall
3 83 (19.21%) DHCP
4 69 (15.97%) VPN
5 47 (10.88%) TCP/IP
6 36 (8.33%) VLAN
7 29 (6.71%) WAN
8 25 (5.79%) Network Security
9 23 (5.32%) LAN
10 14 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.78%) SAN
11 12 (2.78%) SD-WAN
12 10 (2.31%) Wireless
13 9 (2.08%) BGP
14 8 (1.85%) Fibre Channel
15 7 (1.62%) NGFW
15 7 (1.62%) VSAN
16 6 (1.39%) iSCSI
16 6 (1.39%) NAS
17 5 (1.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (2.31%) Power BI
6 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.69%) MySQL
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.46%) Metadata
8 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.23%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 9 (2.08%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.62%) GitLab
2 7 (1.62%) JIRA
3 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.46%) Git
4 2 (0.46%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.23%) Flyway
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 140 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.91%) Finance
3 66 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (12.50%) Law
5 35 (8.10%) Retail
6 33 (7.64%) Legal
7 32 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (7.41%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.25%) Banking
9 21 (4.86%) Back Office
10 19 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.55%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.31%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.31%) Police
14 6 (1.39%) Advertising
14 6 (1.39%) Aviation
15 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.69%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.46%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 73 (16.90%) Senior
2 62 (14.35%) IT Manager
3 61 (14.12%) Service Manager
4 60 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (11.81%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (11.81%) Resilience Manager
6 35 (8.10%) Architect
7 30 (6.94%) Consultant
8 29 (6.71%) IT Engineer
9 27 (6.25%) Analyst
9 27 (6.25%) Lead
9 27 (6.25%) Support Engineer
10 24 (5.56%) Senior Architect
11 23 (5.32%) Technical Consultant
12 22 (5.09%) Azure Engineer
13 21 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (4.63%) IT Support
15 19 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
16 18 (4.17%) Technical Architect
17 16 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (18.75%) Terraform
2 68 (15.74%) Middleware
3 15 (3.47%) OpenTelemetry
4 13 (3.01%) ARM Templates
5 9 (2.08%) RESTful
6 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (1.62%) REST
6 7 (1.62%) Web Services
7 6 (1.39%) .NET
8 5 (1.16%) SAML
9 4 (0.93%) JSON
10 3 (0.69%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.69%) LDAP
10 3 (0.69%) Nuxt
10 3 (0.69%) React
10 3 (0.69%) Ruby on Rails
11 2 (0.46%) Kafka
11 2 (0.46%) YAML
12 1 (0.23%) OAuth
12 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.96%) Cyber Threat
2 39 (9.03%) Replication
3 34 (7.87%) Cloud Native
4 31 (7.18%) Data Centre
5 28 (6.48%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.56%) Onboarding
7 21 (4.86%) Enterprise Storage
7 21 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (4.17%) Blog
8 18 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (3.94%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.78%) Driving Licence
11 11 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.85%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.62%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (1.39%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 145 (33.56%) Windows
2 116 (26.85%) Windows Server
3 45 (10.42%) Linux
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.08%) macOS
6 8 (1.85%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.62%) Windows 10
8 6 (1.39%) Unix
9 4 (0.93%) Debian
9 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.69%) VMS
11 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.23%) AIX
12 1 (0.23%) CentOS
12 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (51.85%) Business Continuity
2 150 (34.72%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (31.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 111 (25.69%) Cybersecurity
5 108 (25.00%) Information Security
6 107 (24.77%) DevOps
6 107 (24.77%) ITIL
7 98 (22.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 85 (19.68%) Agile
9 79 (18.29%) High Availability
10 78 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 71 (16.44%) Project Delivery
11 71 (16.44%) Runbook
12 70 (16.20%) Service Delivery
13 65 (15.05%) CI/CD
14 64 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 62 (14.35%) Enterprise Architecture
16 61 (14.12%) Infrastructure as Code
17 56 (12.96%) Waterfall
18 55 (12.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.30%) PowerShell
2 45 (10.42%) Python
3 42 (9.72%) SQL
4 30 (6.94%) Bicep
5 17 (3.94%) Bash
5 17 (3.94%) Java
6 9 (2.08%) Go
7 7 (1.62%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.39%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.93%) C#
10 3 (0.69%) Ruby
11 2 (0.46%) Groovy
11 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (17.59%) CISSP
2 67 (15.51%) CISM
3 58 (13.43%) ITIL Certification
4 45 (10.42%) Azure Certification
5 42 (9.72%) Security Cleared
6 36 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 28 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (5.79%) Degree
9 16 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (3.01%) CISA
10 13 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (2.78%) CCNA
11 12 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.85%) CCNP
12 8 (1.85%) VCAP
13 7 (1.62%) ISACA
13 7 (1.62%) VCDX
14 6 (1.39%) CRISC
14 6 (1.39%) Dell Certification
14 6 (1.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (20.14%) NIST
2 74 (17.13%) ISO 22301
3 70 (16.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (7.87%) GDPR
5 29 (6.71%) PCI DSS
6 28 (6.48%) SLA
7 25 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (4.40%) SOC 2
9 16 (3.70%) PMO
10 10 (2.31%) COBIT
11 7 (1.62%) NCSC
12 6 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (1.39%) SOC 1
13 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.69%) GRC
14 3 (0.69%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.46%) ITGC
15 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 117 (27.08%) Active Directory
2 88 (20.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (17.59%) Hyper-V
4 22 (5.09%) Docker
4 22 (5.09%) vSphere
5 20 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.85%) Firmware
8 8 (1.85%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.62%) vCloud
10 6 (1.39%) Squid
11 2 (0.46%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.23%) KVM
12 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 52 (12.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (10.88%) Kubernetes
3 27 (6.25%) Grafana
4 21 (4.86%) Prometheus
4 21 (4.86%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (3.94%) Ansible
6 9 (2.08%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.62%) SCCM
8 6 (1.39%) Avamar
8 6 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (1.39%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (1.39%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (1.39%) VxRail
9 5 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.16%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.93%) Kibana
11 3 (0.69%) Packer
11 3 (0.69%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.69%) WSUS
11 3 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 219 (50.69%) Microsoft
2 110 (25.46%) VMware
3 55 (12.73%) Veeam
4 32 (7.41%) Cisco
5 25 (5.79%) Google
6 23 (5.32%) Palo Alto
7 21 (4.86%) Fortinet
8 19 (4.40%) Dell
9 15 (3.47%) NetApp
9 15 (3.47%) Oracle
9 15 (3.47%) WatchGuard
10 13 (3.01%) Nimble Storage
11 12 (2.78%) SolarWinds
11 12 (2.78%) SonicWALL
12 10 (2.31%) Aruba
12 10 (2.31%) Meraki
13 9 (2.08%) Adobe
13 9 (2.08%) Broadcom
13 9 (2.08%) Dynatrace
13 9 (2.08%) N-able