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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 261 210
Rank change year-on-year +94 -51 +13
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 365 183 376
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.11% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.19% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 248 138 250
10th Percentile £40,350 £31,775 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,650 £49,414
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £87,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%

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 18,460 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,367 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 4 August 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 33 (9.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (8.77%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.29%) IIS
4 8 (2.19%) Apache
5 6 (1.64%) nginx
6 3 (0.82%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 241 (66.03%) Azure
2 113 (30.96%) AWS
3 99 (27.12%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (21.10%) SaaS
5 59 (16.16%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.75%) GCP
7 20 (5.48%) Nutanix
7 20 (5.48%) Power Platform
8 17 (4.66%) IaaS
9 16 (4.38%) PaaS
10 12 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.47%) Mimecast
14 8 (2.19%) GitHub
15 7 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 7 (1.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 104 (28.49%) Firewall
2 69 (18.90%) DNS
3 56 (15.34%) VPN
4 49 (13.42%) DHCP
5 33 (9.04%) WAN
6 31 (8.49%) TCP/IP
7 28 (7.67%) Network Security
8 27 (7.40%) LAN
9 15 (4.11%) VLAN
9 15 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (2.47%) VSAN
11 8 (2.19%) Wireless
12 7 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (1.92%) NGFW
13 6 (1.64%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (1.64%) iSCSI
13 6 (1.64%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (1.37%) SAN
15 4 (1.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.74%) Power BI
3 9 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.27%) MySQL
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Git
2 6 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.37%) JIRA
4 4 (1.10%) GitLab
5 2 (0.55%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.27%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 116 (31.78%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.62%) Finance
3 45 (12.33%) Law
4 43 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (9.32%) Legal
6 22 (6.03%) Retail
7 21 (5.75%) Banking
8 19 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.29%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.74%) Back Office
13 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.64%) Advertising
15 5 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.37%) Marketing
16 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.82%) Local Government
18 2 (0.55%) Social Housing
19 1 (0.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 71 (19.45%) IT Manager
2 58 (15.89%) Senior
3 52 (14.25%) Service Manager
4 50 (13.70%) IT Services Manager
4 50 (13.70%) Resilience Manager
5 47 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.85%) Architect
6 25 (6.85%) Lead
7 23 (6.30%) Consultant
8 22 (6.03%) Support Engineer
9 21 (5.75%) IT Engineer
10 20 (5.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (5.21%) Analyst
11 19 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (5.21%) Technical Consultant
12 16 (4.38%) IT Support
12 16 (4.38%) Senior Architect
13 15 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (4.11%) Senior VMware Consultant
13 15 (4.11%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (15.34%) Middleware
2 11 (3.01%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.64%) Web Services
5 3 (0.82%) JSON
5 3 (0.82%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.82%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.55%) .NET
6 2 (0.55%) Kafka
7 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.27%) Node.js
7 1 (0.27%) NumPy
7 1 (0.27%) OAuth
7 1 (0.27%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.27%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.27%) Pandas
7 1 (0.27%) pytest
7 1 (0.27%) RESTful
7 1 (0.27%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.27%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.16%) Cyber Threat
2 31 (8.49%) Data Centre
3 29 (7.95%) Replication
4 26 (7.12%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (6.85%) Management Information System
6 22 (6.03%) Cloud Native
7 21 (5.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 21 (5.75%) Onboarding
8 17 (4.66%) Driving Licence
9 15 (4.11%) Security Posture
9 15 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (3.01%) iSeries
11 11 (3.01%) Public Cloud
12 10 (2.74%) CMDB
13 8 (2.19%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.92%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.92%) Freedom of Information Act
15 6 (1.64%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (29.86%) Windows
2 80 (21.92%) Windows Server
3 36 (9.86%) Linux
4 8 (2.19%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.10%) Unix
9 2 (0.55%) CentOS
9 2 (0.55%) Solaris
10 1 (0.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (51.78%) Business Continuity
2 116 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (29.86%) Cybersecurity
4 101 (27.67%) Information Security
5 99 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 95 (26.03%) DevOps
7 89 (24.38%) ITIL
8 77 (21.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 73 (20.00%) Agile
10 63 (17.26%) Service Delivery
11 62 (16.99%) Incident Response
11 62 (16.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 57 (15.62%) Enterprise Architecture
12 57 (15.62%) Project Delivery
13 56 (15.34%) High Availability
13 56 (15.34%) Runbook
13 56 (15.34%) Stakeholder Management
14 54 (14.79%) Test Automation
15 53 (14.52%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 52 (14.25%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.47%) PowerShell
2 40 (10.96%) Python
3 24 (6.58%) SQL
4 16 (4.38%) Bicep
5 7 (1.92%) Bash
6 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.82%) Ruby
8 2 (0.55%) C#
8 2 (0.55%) Java
8 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (19.45%) CISSP
2 67 (18.36%) CISM
3 50 (13.70%) ITIL Certification
4 35 (9.59%) Degree
5 32 (8.77%) Azure Certification
6 30 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (6.30%) Security Cleared
8 20 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (5.48%) SC Cleared
9 19 (5.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (4.66%) CCNA
11 14 (3.84%) CCNP
11 14 (3.84%) CISA
12 11 (3.01%) CEH
12 11 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.47%) VCAP
13 9 (2.47%) VCDX
14 8 (2.19%) ISACA
15 7 (1.92%) CRISC
16 6 (1.64%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (26.03%) NIST
2 68 (18.63%) ISO 22301
3 66 (18.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (11.51%) GDPR
5 31 (8.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (6.03%) PCI DSS
7 19 (5.21%) SLA
8 17 (4.66%) PMO
9 12 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (3.29%) GRC
9 12 (3.29%) SOC 2
10 11 (3.01%) COBIT
11 7 (1.92%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
13 4 (1.10%) NCSC
14 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 84 (23.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 77 (21.10%) Active Directory
3 56 (15.34%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.30%) vSphere
5 15 (4.11%) Docker
6 14 (3.84%) Firmware
7 10 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.47%) vCloud
8 9 (2.47%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.64%) Squid
9 6 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.27%) KVM
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 53 (14.52%) Terraform
2 42 (11.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (7.95%) Kubernetes
4 17 (4.66%) Ansible
5 7 (1.92%) Packer
5 7 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.64%) Avamar
6 6 (1.64%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.64%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.64%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.64%) Grafana
6 6 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.64%) VxRail
7 5 (1.37%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.10%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.82%) SCCM
9 3 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.82%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.55%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 183 (50.14%) Microsoft
2 104 (28.49%) VMware
3 48 (13.15%) Veeam
4 40 (10.96%) Cisco
5 19 (5.21%) EMC
6 18 (4.93%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.66%) Palo Alto
8 16 (4.38%) Commvault
8 16 (4.38%) Dell
9 15 (4.11%) NetApp
9 15 (4.11%) Nimble Storage
10 13 (3.56%) Meraki
11 11 (3.01%) Broadcom
11 11 (3.01%) HP
11 11 (3.01%) IBM
11 11 (3.01%) Sophos
12 10 (2.74%) iManage
12 10 (2.74%) Oracle
12 10 (2.74%) Splunk
13 9 (2.47%) ServiceNow