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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 205 189
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 +88
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 209 245 472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 1.56% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.64% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 156 156 447
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,036
25th Percentile £54,468 £50,938 £52,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.21%

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 14,077 14,907 25,461
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.44% 94.73% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,964 8,917 21,050
10th Percentile £30,325 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +8.31% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 February 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 (17.22%) SharePoint
2 35 (16.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.87%) IIS
4 4 (1.91%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.91%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.91%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.87%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 127 (60.77%) Azure
2 60 (28.71%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (26.32%) AWS
4 46 (22.01%) Entra ID
5 20 (9.57%) Amazon EKS
5 20 (9.57%) Azure Monitor
6 18 (8.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 17 (8.13%) Amazon EC2
7 17 (8.13%) Nutanix
7 17 (8.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 16 (7.66%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (6.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (6.70%) IaaS
10 14 (6.70%) OneDrive
11 13 (6.22%) PaaS
11 13 (6.22%) SaaS
12 12 (5.74%) GitHub
13 10 (4.78%) Amazon S3
13 10 (4.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 59 (28.23%) VPN
2 45 (21.53%) DNS
3 43 (20.57%) WAN
4 39 (18.66%) Firewall
5 36 (17.22%) DHCP
6 26 (12.44%) TCP/IP
7 25 (11.96%) SD-WAN
8 19 (9.09%) LAN
9 14 (6.70%) VLAN
10 11 (5.26%) SSL
10 11 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (3.35%) BGP
11 7 (3.35%) Unified Communications
12 6 (2.87%) VoIP
13 5 (2.39%) Network Security
13 5 (2.39%) Wireless
14 4 (1.91%) SAN
15 3 (1.44%) PuTTY
16 2 (0.96%) DSL
17 1 (0.48%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.05%) Amazon RDS
2 19 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.31%) Data Lake
4 9 (4.31%) Delta Lake
5 8 (3.83%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (2.39%) MySQL
6 5 (2.39%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.91%) DB2
7 4 (1.91%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (1.91%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (1.91%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.48%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.48%) Big Data
8 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.66%) Git
2 7 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.44%) Maven
3 3 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.96%) Selenium
5 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 71 (33.97%) Finance
2 62 (29.67%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.00%) Law
4 19 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.13%) Banking
5 17 (8.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (6.22%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.31%) Retail
8 8 (3.83%) Back Office
9 7 (3.35%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.44%) Social Housing
12 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.96%) Local Government
13 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.48%) Advertising
14 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Marketing
14 1 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (23.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (20.57%) Senior
3 27 (12.92%) Cloud Engineer
4 18 (8.61%) Support Engineer
5 16 (7.66%) AWS Engineer
5 16 (7.66%) IT Manager
6 15 (7.18%) Platform Engineer
7 13 (6.22%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (6.22%) Lead
8 12 (5.74%) Infrastructure Support
8 12 (5.74%) Linux Engineer
8 12 (5.74%) Security Specialist
8 12 (5.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.26%) IT Security Specialist
9 11 (5.26%) Security Manager
10 10 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (4.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.78%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.78%) Infrastructure Manager
11 9 (4.31%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.31%) PySpark
2 7 (3.35%) Loki
3 6 (2.87%) RESTful
4 5 (2.39%) LDAP
5 4 (1.91%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.91%) AWS SAM
5 4 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.91%) LAPP Stack
5 4 (1.91%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (1.44%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (1.44%) LAMP
6 3 (1.44%) RAML
6 3 (1.44%) REST
6 3 (1.44%) SOAP
7 2 (0.96%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.96%) Node.js
7 2 (0.96%) Playwright
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.48%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.48%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.92%) Hybrid Cloud
2 18 (8.61%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.22%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.22%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.26%) CMDB
5 11 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (4.31%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.83%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.87%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.87%) Replication
10 5 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.39%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.91%) iPad
11 4 (1.91%) iPhone
11 4 (1.91%) PKI
11 4 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 65 (31.10%) Windows
2 40 (19.14%) Windows Server
3 36 (17.22%) Linux
4 14 (6.70%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.74%) Apple iOS
6 11 (5.26%) Unix
7 4 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.44%) CentOS
8 3 (1.44%) Rocky
8 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 63 (30.14%) DevOps
3 57 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 55 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 55 (26.32%) ITIL
5 50 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (23.44%) High Availability
7 45 (21.53%) Migration
8 43 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (20.57%) Cybersecurity
9 39 (18.66%) Business Continuity
9 39 (18.66%) Service Delivery
10 30 (14.35%) Observability
10 30 (14.35%) Service Management
11 28 (13.40%) Vulnerability Management
12 27 (12.92%) Root Cause Analysis
13 26 (12.44%) Cloud Security
13 26 (12.44%) Identity Access Management
13 26 (12.44%) Platform Engineering
14 25 (11.96%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (32.06%) Python
2 65 (31.10%) PowerShell
3 30 (14.35%) SQL
4 15 (7.18%) Java
5 12 (5.74%) Go
6 11 (5.26%) Bash
7 10 (4.78%) Bicep
8 9 (4.31%) Scala
9 4 (1.91%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.91%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.44%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (18.18%) Degree
2 24 (11.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (10.53%) Azure Certification
4 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 16 (7.66%) AWS Certification
6 14 (6.70%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (5.26%) CEH
9 10 (4.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.83%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (3.35%) CCNP
12 7 (3.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (3.35%) Master's Degree
13 5 (2.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (20.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (11.96%) NIST
3 20 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (6.70%) SLA
6 12 (5.74%) PCI DSS
7 11 (5.26%) GDPR
7 11 (5.26%) ISO 22301
8 9 (4.31%) Data Quality
9 8 (3.83%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.96%) GRC
11 2 (0.96%) NCSC
12 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.48%) Basel III
12 1 (0.48%) COBIT
12 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.48%) MiFID
System Software
1 51 (24.40%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 18 (8.61%) Docker
5 12 (5.74%) Virtual Servers
6 10 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.87%) Firmware
8 5 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.91%) vSphere
10 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.48%) KVM
11 1 (0.48%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 62 (29.67%) Terraform
2 42 (20.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (13.40%) Kubernetes
4 25 (11.96%) Ansible
5 15 (7.18%) Grafana
6 10 (4.78%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.39%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.44%) Nagios
8 3 (1.44%) Nessus
8 3 (1.44%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.44%) SCOM
9 2 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.96%) Packer
9 2 (0.96%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.48%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 93 (44.50%) Microsoft
2 50 (23.92%) VMware
3 16 (7.66%) Commvault
4 15 (7.18%) Cisco
5 11 (5.26%) IBM
5 11 (5.26%) Oracle
6 9 (4.31%) Databricks
7 8 (3.83%) Fortinet
7 8 (3.83%) Meraki
8 6 (2.87%) SonicWALL
9 4 (1.91%) Ab Initio
9 4 (1.91%) Mitel
9 4 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.91%) Veeam
10 3 (1.44%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.44%) Dell
10 3 (1.44%) Draytek
10 3 (1.44%) IFS
10 3 (1.44%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.96%) Foundry