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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 270 198
Rank change year-on-year +96 -72 +50
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 293 177 571
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 1.14% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.21% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 232 134 441
10th Percentile £41,025 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,763 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +0.80%
75th Percentile £83,125 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%

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 16,563 14,642 30,856
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.97% 94.49% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,008 8,523 23,828
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 21 June 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 37 (12.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (12.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.05%) IIS
4 3 (1.02%) WordPress
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.34%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 174 (59.39%) Azure
2 93 (31.74%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (18.43%) AWS
4 49 (16.72%) Entra ID
5 26 (8.87%) Nutanix
6 23 (7.85%) SaaS
7 17 (5.80%) Power Platform
8 16 (5.46%) GCP
9 14 (4.78%) GitHub
9 14 (4.78%) IaaS
10 13 (4.44%) PaaS
11 12 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.10%) Mimecast
12 11 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (3.07%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (2.73%) OneDrive
16 7 (2.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 90 (30.72%) Firewall
2 56 (19.11%) VPN
3 54 (18.43%) DNS
4 41 (13.99%) DHCP
4 41 (13.99%) WAN
5 30 (10.24%) TCP/IP
6 28 (9.56%) LAN
7 23 (7.85%) Network Security
8 17 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (4.78%) VLAN
10 10 (3.41%) SD-WAN
11 9 (3.07%) VSAN
12 7 (2.39%) NGFW
13 6 (2.05%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (2.05%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.05%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.05%) SAN
14 5 (1.71%) Wireless
15 4 (1.37%) Internet
15 4 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.48%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.39%) Power BI
4 6 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.71%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.71%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.10%) Git
2 6 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.02%) JIRA
3 3 (1.02%) Selenium
4 2 (0.68%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.34%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) MLflow
General
1 107 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 52 (17.75%) Finance
3 37 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.53%) Legal
5 24 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (7.51%) Banking
6 22 (7.51%) Law
7 16 (5.46%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.46%) Retail
8 13 (4.44%) Back Office
9 12 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.05%) Advertising
11 6 (2.05%) Marketing
12 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.68%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.34%) Police
15 1 (0.34%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 59 (20.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 58 (19.80%) Senior
3 25 (8.53%) IT Manager
4 23 (7.85%) Lead
5 22 (7.51%) IT Engineer
5 22 (7.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (7.17%) Support Engineer
7 20 (6.83%) Architect
7 20 (6.83%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (6.14%) Consultant
8 18 (6.14%) Security Manager
9 16 (5.46%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.46%) IT Support
9 16 (5.46%) Security Specialist
10 15 (5.12%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (5.12%) Senior Architect
10 15 (5.12%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 15 (5.12%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 15 (5.12%) VMware Consultant
10 15 (5.12%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.73%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (1.71%) PySpark
4 4 (1.37%) Loki
4 4 (1.37%) Middleware
4 4 (1.37%) RESTful
5 3 (1.02%) JSON
5 3 (1.02%) Node.js
5 3 (1.02%) Nuxt
5 3 (1.02%) Playwright
5 3 (1.02%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.68%) Kafka
7 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.34%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.34%) JWT
7 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.34%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.34%) Pandas
7 1 (0.34%) pytest
7 1 (0.34%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.58%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (7.51%) Management Information System
4 21 (7.17%) Cloud Native
4 21 (7.17%) Replication
5 20 (6.83%) Enterprise Storage
6 17 (5.80%) Driving Licence
7 15 (5.12%) CMDB
8 14 (4.78%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (4.44%) Onboarding
9 13 (4.44%) Security Posture
10 11 (3.75%) iSeries
10 11 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (3.41%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (2.73%) Virtual Team
13 6 (2.05%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (2.05%) Freedom of Information Act
13 6 (2.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 92 (31.40%) Windows
2 62 (21.16%) Windows Server
3 26 (8.87%) Linux
4 8 (2.73%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.05%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.02%) Unix
8 1 (0.34%) AIX
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (35.49%) Business Continuity
2 97 (33.11%) Cybersecurity
3 88 (30.03%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (29.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 78 (26.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (21.16%) Incident Response
7 55 (18.77%) Service Delivery
8 46 (15.70%) Information Security
8 46 (15.70%) ITIL
9 45 (15.36%) CI/CD
9 45 (15.36%) DevOps
10 39 (13.31%) Cloud Security
10 39 (13.31%) High Availability
11 38 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (12.97%) Vulnerability Management
12 36 (12.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (12.29%) Risk Management
13 34 (11.60%) Mentoring
14 33 (11.26%) SIEM
15 29 (9.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (26.28%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.02%) Python
3 24 (8.19%) SQL
4 8 (2.73%) Bicep
5 7 (2.39%) Java
6 5 (1.71%) Bash
6 5 (1.71%) Scala
7 3 (1.02%) Go
7 3 (1.02%) Ruby
7 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (13.31%) Degree
2 26 (8.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (6.14%) Azure Certification
3 18 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (6.14%) CISSP
4 17 (5.80%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.12%) CCNA
5 15 (5.12%) CISM
5 15 (5.12%) SC Cleared
6 13 (4.44%) CEH
6 13 (4.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (4.10%) CCNP
8 11 (3.75%) CISA
9 9 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.07%) VCAP
9 9 (3.07%) VCDX
10 7 (2.39%) ISACA
11 6 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.05%) CRISC
11 6 (2.05%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (23.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (15.36%) NIST
3 37 (12.63%) GDPR
4 36 (12.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (7.51%) PCI DSS
6 20 (6.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 17 (5.80%) PMO
8 15 (5.12%) SLA
9 14 (4.78%) ISO 22301
10 13 (4.44%) SOC 2
11 11 (3.75%) GRC
12 10 (3.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (3.07%) COBIT
13 9 (3.07%) Data Quality
14 6 (2.05%) SOC 1
15 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.68%) NCSC
16 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
16 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 73 (24.91%) Active Directory
2 72 (24.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (15.02%) Hyper-V
4 24 (8.19%) vSphere
5 16 (5.46%) Firmware
6 9 (3.07%) Docker
6 9 (3.07%) vCloud
6 9 (3.07%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.34%) KVM
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (16.04%) Terraform
2 42 (14.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (7.85%) Kubernetes
4 13 (4.44%) Ansible
5 9 (3.07%) Packer
6 7 (2.39%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.05%) Avamar
7 6 (2.05%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (2.05%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (2.05%) Grafana
7 6 (2.05%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.05%) VxRail
8 5 (1.71%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.37%) Proxmox
10 3 (1.02%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.02%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.68%) SCCM
11 2 (0.68%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.34%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 156 (53.24%) Microsoft
2 98 (33.45%) VMware
3 38 (12.97%) Cisco
4 34 (11.60%) Veeam
5 21 (7.17%) Commvault
6 19 (6.48%) EMC
7 17 (5.80%) Dell
8 16 (5.46%) Fortinet
9 15 (5.12%) Meraki
9 15 (5.12%) NetApp
9 15 (5.12%) Nimble Storage
10 12 (4.10%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.75%) Broadcom
11 11 (3.75%) HP
11 11 (3.75%) IBM
11 11 (3.75%) Sophos
12 9 (3.07%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.07%) Splunk
13 8 (2.73%) iManage
14 7 (2.39%) Oracle