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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 253 199
Rank change year-on-year +78 -54 +39
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 303 181 554
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.15% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.22% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 238 137 425
10th Percentile £41,175 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.84% -0.04%
75th Percentile £81,935 £75,750 £78,005
90th Percentile £91,625 £91,500 £96,250
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 16,995 14,837 29,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 93.93% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,422 8,708 22,912
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,250
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% -9.09%

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 30 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 36 (11.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (11.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.64%) IIS
4 3 (0.99%) Apache
4 3 (0.99%) WordPress
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.66%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 179 (59.08%) Azure
2 93 (30.69%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (19.14%) AWS
4 48 (15.84%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.25%) Nutanix
5 25 (8.25%) SaaS
6 19 (6.27%) Power Platform
7 16 (5.28%) GCP
8 15 (4.95%) IaaS
9 14 (4.62%) PaaS
10 13 (4.29%) GitHub
11 12 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.96%) Mimecast
12 11 (3.63%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (2.31%) Amazon ECS
15 7 (2.31%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 95 (31.35%) Firewall
2 58 (19.14%) VPN
3 57 (18.81%) DNS
4 43 (14.19%) DHCP
5 41 (13.53%) WAN
6 32 (10.56%) TCP/IP
7 29 (9.57%) LAN
8 24 (7.92%) Network Security
9 17 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (4.62%) VLAN
11 10 (3.30%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.97%) VSAN
13 7 (2.31%) NGFW
14 6 (1.98%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (1.98%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (1.98%) iSCSI
14 6 (1.98%) SAN
14 6 (1.98%) Wireless
15 4 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.97%) Power BI
5 6 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.32%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.33%) MySQL
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.63%) Git
2 6 (1.98%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.32%) JIRA
4 3 (0.99%) Selenium
5 2 (0.66%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.33%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.33%) GitLab
6 1 (0.33%) MLflow
General
1 113 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 54 (17.82%) Finance
3 39 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.91%) Legal
5 25 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (7.59%) Banking
7 20 (6.60%) Law
8 18 (5.94%) Retail
9 16 (5.28%) Public Sector
10 15 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (4.62%) Back Office
11 14 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.98%) Advertising
12 6 (1.98%) Marketing
13 5 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.66%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (19.80%) Senior
2 59 (19.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (8.25%) IT Manager
4 23 (7.59%) Lead
4 23 (7.59%) Support Engineer
5 22 (7.26%) Architect
5 22 (7.26%) IT Engineer
5 22 (7.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (6.27%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (5.94%) Consultant
8 17 (5.61%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (5.61%) Security Manager
9 16 (5.28%) IT Support
9 16 (5.28%) Senior Architect
10 15 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (4.95%) Security Specialist
10 15 (4.95%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 15 (4.95%) Senior VMware Consultant
10 15 (4.95%) VMware Consultant
10 15 (4.95%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.30%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (1.98%) Middleware
4 4 (1.32%) PySpark
4 4 (1.32%) RESTful
5 3 (0.99%) JSON
5 3 (0.99%) Loki
5 3 (0.99%) Node.js
5 3 (0.99%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.99%) Playwright
5 3 (0.99%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.66%) Kafka
7 1 (0.33%) NumPy
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.33%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.33%) Pandas
7 1 (0.33%) pytest
7 1 (0.33%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.23%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (7.59%) Cloud Native
3 23 (7.59%) Management Information System
4 22 (7.26%) Replication
5 20 (6.60%) Enterprise Storage
6 18 (5.94%) Driving Licence
7 16 (5.28%) Onboarding
8 15 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (4.62%) CMDB
9 14 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (4.29%) Security Posture
11 12 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (3.63%) iSeries
13 10 (3.30%) Public Cloud
14 8 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (2.64%) Virtual Team
15 7 (2.31%) Freedom of Information
15 7 (2.31%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 94 (31.02%) Windows
2 64 (21.12%) Windows Server
3 27 (8.91%) Linux
4 8 (2.64%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.98%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.65%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.99%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) AIX
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Solaris
8 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (37.62%) Business Continuity
2 101 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 96 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (28.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 84 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 64 (21.12%) Incident Response
7 58 (19.14%) Service Delivery
8 50 (16.50%) Information Security
9 47 (15.51%) ITIL
10 46 (15.18%) CI/CD
10 46 (15.18%) DevOps
11 44 (14.52%) High Availability
11 44 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (13.20%) Risk Management
13 39 (12.87%) Cloud Security
14 38 (12.54%) Infrastructure as Code
15 36 (11.88%) Vulnerability Management
16 35 (11.55%) Mentoring
17 33 (10.89%) SIEM
18 32 (10.56%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 79 (26.07%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.52%) Python
3 26 (8.58%) SQL
4 9 (2.97%) Bicep
5 7 (2.31%) Java
6 5 (1.65%) Bash
7 4 (1.32%) Scala
8 3 (0.99%) Go
8 3 (0.99%) Ruby
8 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.33%) C#
9 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (12.87%) Degree
2 27 (8.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (6.60%) Azure Certification
3 20 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (6.60%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.27%) CISSP
5 17 (5.61%) CCNA
5 17 (5.61%) SC Cleared
6 16 (5.28%) CISM
7 14 (4.62%) CCNP
7 14 (4.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (3.96%) CEH
8 12 (3.96%) CISA
9 10 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.97%) VCAP
10 9 (2.97%) VCDX
11 8 (2.64%) ISACA
12 7 (2.31%) CRISC
13 6 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.98%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (24.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (15.51%) NIST
3 43 (14.19%) GDPR
4 36 (11.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (7.92%) PCI DSS
6 19 (6.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 17 (5.61%) ISO 22301
7 17 (5.61%) PMO
8 15 (4.95%) SLA
8 15 (4.95%) SOC 2
9 12 (3.96%) GRC
10 10 (3.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (3.30%) COBIT
11 8 (2.64%) Data Quality
12 7 (2.31%) SOC 1
13 3 (0.99%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.66%) NCSC
15 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 73 (24.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (23.43%) Active Directory
3 46 (15.18%) Hyper-V
4 24 (7.92%) vSphere
5 16 (5.28%) Firmware
6 10 (3.30%) Docker
7 9 (2.97%) vCloud
7 9 (2.97%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.33%) KVM
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.33%) Squid
12 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (16.17%) Terraform
2 41 (13.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (7.59%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.62%) Ansible
5 9 (2.97%) Packer
6 7 (2.31%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.98%) Avamar
7 6 (1.98%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.98%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.98%) Grafana
7 6 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.98%) VxRail
8 5 (1.65%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.32%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.32%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.99%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.66%) SCCM
11 2 (0.66%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.33%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 161 (53.14%) Microsoft
2 97 (32.01%) VMware
3 39 (12.87%) Cisco
4 35 (11.55%) Veeam
5 20 (6.60%) Commvault
6 19 (6.27%) EMC
7 17 (5.61%) Dell
7 17 (5.61%) Fortinet
8 15 (4.95%) Meraki
8 15 (4.95%) NetApp
8 15 (4.95%) Nimble Storage
9 13 (4.29%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.63%) Broadcom
10 11 (3.63%) HP
10 11 (3.63%) IBM
10 11 (3.63%) Sophos
11 9 (2.97%) Oracle
11 9 (2.97%) ServiceNow
11 9 (2.97%) Splunk
12 8 (2.64%) iManage