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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 261 205
Rank change year-on-year +98 -56 -6
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 393 172 361
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.06% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.14% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 269 134 207
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,450 £41,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,437 £82,500 £91,500
90th Percentile £85,250 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year -4.17% +1.48% +1.07%

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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 12 September 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 43 (10.94%) SharePoint
2 35 (8.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.05%) IIS
4 7 (1.78%) Apache
5 6 (1.53%) nginx
6 3 (0.76%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 263 (66.92%) Azure
2 125 (31.81%) AWS
3 115 (29.26%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (22.39%) SaaS
5 73 (18.58%) Entra ID
6 32 (8.14%) IaaS
7 29 (7.38%) GCP
8 24 (6.11%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (5.60%) PaaS
9 22 (5.60%) Power Platform
10 18 (4.58%) OneDrive
11 16 (4.07%) Nutanix
12 13 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (2.04%) GitHub
16 7 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 102 (25.95%) Firewall
2 84 (21.37%) DNS
3 65 (16.54%) DHCP
4 54 (13.74%) VPN
5 35 (8.91%) TCP/IP
6 32 (8.14%) WAN
7 28 (7.12%) Network Security
8 26 (6.62%) LAN
9 22 (5.60%) VLAN
10 13 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.54%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.29%) VSAN
12 9 (2.29%) Wireless
13 8 (2.04%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (2.04%) SAN
14 7 (1.78%) NGFW
15 6 (1.53%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
17 4 (1.02%) Broadband
17 4 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.54%) Power BI
5 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.25%) MySQL
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Git
1 6 (1.53%) JIRA
2 5 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.02%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.25%) MLflow
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 119 (30.28%) Social Skills
2 64 (16.28%) Finance
3 50 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.69%) Law
5 34 (8.65%) Legal
6 24 (6.11%) Retail
7 20 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (5.09%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.83%) Banking
9 18 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.54%) Back Office
11 10 (2.54%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.53%) Advertising
13 5 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.76%) Marketing
15 2 (0.51%) Local Government
15 2 (0.51%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (17.81%) IT Manager
2 66 (16.79%) Senior
3 53 (13.49%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.98%) Resilience Manager
5 50 (12.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 50 (12.72%) IT Services Manager
6 33 (8.40%) Architect
7 32 (8.14%) Consultant
8 26 (6.62%) IT Engineer
9 24 (6.11%) Support Engineer
9 24 (6.11%) Technical Consultant
10 22 (5.60%) Analyst
10 22 (5.60%) Lead
11 20 (5.09%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (5.09%) Senior Architect
12 19 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (4.58%) IT Support
14 16 (4.07%) Technical Architect
15 15 (3.82%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (16.54%) Middleware
2 60 (15.27%) Terraform
3 12 (3.05%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.53%) Web Services
6 3 (0.76%) JSON
6 3 (0.76%) Nuxt
6 3 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.76%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (0.51%) .NET
7 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.51%) Kafka
8 1 (0.25%) JWT
8 1 (0.25%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.25%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.25%) Pandas
8 1 (0.25%) Playwright
8 1 (0.25%) pytest
8 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.99%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (8.91%) Data Centre
3 34 (8.65%) Replication
4 24 (6.11%) Enterprise Storage
5 23 (5.85%) Cloud Native
5 23 (5.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 20 (5.09%) Management Information System
6 20 (5.09%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.07%) Security Posture
8 13 (3.31%) Driving Licence
8 13 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.80%) iSeries
10 11 (2.80%) Public Cloud
11 9 (2.29%) CMDB
12 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.78%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.53%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 131 (33.33%) Windows
2 102 (25.95%) Windows Server
3 45 (11.45%) Linux
4 9 (2.29%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.78%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.53%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.27%) Unix
9 4 (1.02%) Debian
10 2 (0.51%) AIX
10 2 (0.51%) CentOS
10 2 (0.51%) Solaris
10 2 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (53.44%) Business Continuity
2 130 (33.08%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (28.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 104 (26.46%) Information Security
5 103 (26.21%) Cybersecurity
6 93 (23.66%) DevOps
7 90 (22.90%) ITIL
8 86 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 79 (20.10%) Agile
10 69 (17.56%) Project Delivery
11 68 (17.30%) High Availability
12 65 (16.54%) Service Delivery
13 61 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
15 57 (14.50%) Enterprise Architecture
16 56 (14.25%) Waterfall
17 55 (13.99%) Mentoring
18 54 (13.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 53 (13.49%) Incident Response
19 53 (13.49%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.87%) PowerShell
2 39 (9.92%) Python
3 26 (6.62%) SQL
4 19 (4.83%) Bicep
5 9 (2.29%) Bash
6 6 (1.53%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.27%) Java
8 3 (0.76%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.76%) Ruby
9 2 (0.51%) C#
9 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (18.32%) CISSP
2 69 (17.56%) CISM
3 53 (13.49%) ITIL Certification
4 34 (8.65%) Azure Certification
5 30 (7.63%) Degree
6 25 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (5.60%) Security Cleared
8 19 (4.83%) SC Cleared
8 19 (4.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (3.56%) CCNA
10 14 (3.56%) CISA
11 12 (3.05%) CCNP
12 11 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.54%) VCAP
14 9 (2.29%) VCDX
15 8 (2.04%) CEH
15 8 (2.04%) ISACA
16 7 (1.78%) CRISC
17 6 (1.53%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (22.65%) NIST
2 69 (17.56%) ISO 22301
3 54 (13.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (9.67%) GDPR
5 26 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (6.36%) SLA
7 20 (5.09%) PCI DSS
8 17 (4.33%) PMO
9 11 (2.80%) COBIT
10 10 (2.54%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.78%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.53%) GRC
13 5 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (1.27%) NCSC
14 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.76%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.51%) ITGC
16 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 99 (25.19%) Active Directory
2 91 (23.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (17.30%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.85%) vSphere
5 16 (4.07%) Docker
6 13 (3.31%) Firmware
7 11 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (2.54%) VMware NSX
9 9 (2.29%) vCloud
9 9 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (1.53%) Squid
12 1 (0.25%) KVM
12 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (10.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (8.65%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.58%) Ansible
4 9 (2.29%) Grafana
4 9 (2.29%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.53%) Avamar
6 6 (1.53%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.53%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.53%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.53%) Packer
6 6 (1.53%) VxRail
7 5 (1.27%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.27%) SCCM
8 3 (0.76%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.51%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.51%) SCOM
9 2 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 211 (53.69%) Microsoft
2 111 (28.24%) VMware
3 57 (14.50%) Veeam
4 36 (9.16%) Cisco
5 22 (5.60%) Palo Alto
6 20 (5.09%) Dell
6 20 (5.09%) Fortinet
7 18 (4.58%) EMC
8 17 (4.33%) NetApp
9 16 (4.07%) Google
10 15 (3.82%) Nimble Storage
11 12 (3.05%) Commvault
11 12 (3.05%) Oracle
12 11 (2.80%) Broadcom
12 11 (2.80%) HP
12 11 (2.80%) IBM
12 11 (2.80%) N-able
13 10 (2.54%) Meraki
13 10 (2.54%) Sophos
13 10 (2.54%) WatchGuard