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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 210 203
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 +82
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 233 207 488
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.61% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.70% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 174 161 463
10th Percentile £42,250 £36,250 £41,036
25th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +0.92%

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 13,978 12,164 28,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.76% 94.81% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 8,801 23,226
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 31 March 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 31 (13.30%) SharePoint
2 29 (12.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.86%) Apache
3 2 (0.86%) IIS
3 2 (0.86%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.86%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.86%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 138 (59.23%) Azure
2 62 (26.61%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (19.31%) AWS
4 41 (17.60%) Entra ID
5 24 (10.30%) Nutanix
6 18 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
7 15 (6.44%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (6.44%) GitHub
7 15 (6.44%) OneDrive
7 15 (6.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 14 (6.01%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (5.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (5.58%) SaaS
10 12 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (4.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (4.29%) Mimecast
13 9 (3.86%) Amazon S3
13 9 (3.86%) IaaS
13 9 (3.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (23.18%) VPN
2 50 (21.46%) Firewall
3 40 (17.17%) DNS
4 35 (15.02%) WAN
5 30 (12.88%) DHCP
6 27 (11.59%) TCP/IP
7 18 (7.73%) LAN
8 15 (6.44%) SD-WAN
9 13 (5.58%) Network Security
10 11 (4.72%) VLAN
11 9 (3.86%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (2.58%) BGP
13 5 (2.15%) Wireless
14 4 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
14 4 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (1.72%) SAN
14 4 (1.72%) SSL
15 3 (1.29%) PuTTY
15 3 (1.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.01%) Amazon RDS
2 20 (8.58%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.86%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.86%) Delta Lake
5 8 (3.43%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.15%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.72%) MySQL
8 4 (1.72%) Oracle Database 10g
8 4 (1.72%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (1.72%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (1.29%) Power BI
10 2 (0.86%) DB2
11 1 (0.43%) Big Data
11 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (8.58%) Git
2 6 (2.58%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.29%) Maven
4 3 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.86%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) JIRA
6 1 (0.43%) MLflow
General
1 77 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 69 (29.61%) Finance
3 24 (10.30%) Law
4 23 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.58%) Banking
5 20 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.01%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.29%) Retail
8 9 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.43%) Back Office
10 7 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.58%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.58%) Marketing
12 4 (1.72%) Legal
12 4 (1.72%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.29%) Local Government
13 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 44 (18.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (18.03%) Senior
3 23 (9.87%) IT Manager
4 20 (8.58%) Lead
4 20 (8.58%) Platform Engineer
5 19 (8.15%) Security Specialist
6 15 (6.44%) AWS Engineer
6 15 (6.44%) IT Security Specialist
7 14 (6.01%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (6.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.58%) Security Manager
9 12 (5.15%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 12 (5.15%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (4.72%) IT Engineer
11 10 (4.29%) Applications Support
11 10 (4.29%) Data Engineer
11 10 (4.29%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (4.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.29%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.86%) PySpark
2 7 (3.00%) Loki
2 7 (3.00%) RESTful
3 4 (1.72%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.29%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (1.29%) AWS SAM
4 3 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.29%) LAMP
4 3 (1.29%) LDAP
4 3 (1.29%) RAML
4 3 (1.29%) REST
4 3 (1.29%) SOAP
5 2 (0.86%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.86%) LAPP Stack
5 2 (0.86%) Node.js
5 2 (0.86%) OAuth
5 2 (0.86%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.86%) Playwright
5 2 (0.86%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.43%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 19 (8.15%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.87%) Management Information System
4 15 (6.44%) Driving Licence
5 12 (5.15%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (5.15%) Data Centre
5 12 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (4.29%) CMDB
6 10 (4.29%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.86%) Replication
8 7 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.00%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.15%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.15%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.72%) iPad
10 4 (1.72%) iPhone
10 4 (1.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 63 (27.04%) Windows
2 39 (16.74%) Windows Server
3 31 (13.30%) Linux
4 14 (6.01%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.15%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.43%) Unix
7 4 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.29%) CentOS
8 3 (1.29%) Rocky
8 3 (1.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (28.76%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (25.32%) Business Continuity
4 55 (23.61%) DevOps
5 54 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (22.32%) ITIL
6 52 (22.32%) Service Delivery
7 50 (21.46%) CI/CD
8 43 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (18.03%) Infrastructure as Code
10 38 (16.31%) High Availability
10 38 (16.31%) Vulnerability Management
11 35 (15.02%) Migration
12 32 (13.73%) Incident Response
13 31 (13.30%) Cloud Security
13 31 (13.30%) Mentoring
13 31 (13.30%) Platform Engineering
14 27 (11.59%) Root Cause Analysis
15 26 (11.16%) Resilience Testing
15 26 (11.16%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (29.61%) PowerShell
1 69 (29.61%) Python
2 28 (12.02%) SQL
3 12 (5.15%) Java
4 10 (4.29%) Bash
5 9 (3.86%) Go
5 9 (3.86%) Scala
6 8 (3.43%) Bicep
7 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.29%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.43%) C#
8 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (17.17%) Degree
2 23 (9.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (8.15%) CEH
4 18 (7.73%) Azure Certification
5 16 (6.87%) Security Cleared
6 14 (6.01%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.58%) CCNP
10 6 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (2.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (2.15%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (2.15%) MCSE
12 4 (1.72%) CCNA
12 4 (1.72%) CISSP
13 3 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (1.29%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (22.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.30%) NIST
3 27 (11.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (10.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 16 (6.87%) ISO 22301
6 14 (6.01%) PCI DSS
7 12 (5.15%) Data Quality
8 10 (4.29%) GDPR
8 10 (4.29%) SLA
9 9 (3.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (3.86%) GRC
10 8 (3.43%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.86%) PMO
12 1 (0.43%) Basel III
12 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.43%) MiFID
12 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (21.03%) Active Directory
2 35 (15.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.30%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.72%) Docker
5 7 (3.00%) Firmware
6 6 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.15%) vSphere
8 4 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (1.29%) vCloud
9 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.86%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.43%) KVM
11 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (20.60%) Terraform
2 36 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (11.16%) Kubernetes
4 21 (9.01%) Ansible
5 11 (4.72%) Grafana
6 7 (3.00%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.58%) Packer
8 3 (1.29%) Nagios
8 3 (1.29%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.86%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 108 (46.35%) Microsoft
2 67 (28.76%) VMware
3 24 (10.30%) Cisco
4 22 (9.44%) Commvault
5 13 (5.58%) Fortinet
6 11 (4.72%) Oracle
7 10 (4.29%) Meraki
8 9 (3.86%) Databricks
9 7 (3.00%) IBM
9 7 (3.00%) Sophos
10 6 (2.58%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.58%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.15%) Apple
11 5 (2.15%) Dell
11 5 (2.15%) EMC
11 5 (2.15%) Splunk
12 4 (1.72%) Ab Initio
12 4 (1.72%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.72%) Mitel
12 4 (1.72%) Red Hat