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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 208 196
Rank change year-on-year -59 -12 +121
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 166 366 410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.57% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.79% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 128 207 380
10th Percentile £33,675 £40,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £54,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,813 £91,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £81,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +6.36%

All Process and 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 15,130 20,481 23,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 87.75% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8,605 12,629 19,503
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,950
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Disaster Recovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Disaster Recovery trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Disaster Recovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Disaster Recovery salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (15.06%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.61%) IIS
4 4 (2.41%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.41%) WebSphere
4 4 (2.41%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.81%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.61%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.60%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 93 (56.02%) Azure
2 60 (36.14%) AWS
3 49 (29.52%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (13.86%) GCP
5 18 (10.84%) Entra ID
6 17 (10.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (8.43%) OneDrive
8 14 (8.43%) Power Automate
8 14 (8.43%) Power Platform
9 13 (7.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (7.83%) GitHub
10 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (6.63%) PowerApps
10 11 (6.63%) Serverless
11 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (4.22%) PaaS
13 7 (4.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 39 (23.49%) Firewall
2 27 (16.27%) VPN
3 25 (15.06%) DNS
4 22 (13.25%) DHCP
5 19 (11.45%) WAN
6 15 (9.04%) SD-WAN
7 12 (7.23%) LAN
7 12 (7.23%) VoIP
8 9 (5.42%) VLAN
8 9 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (4.82%) SSL
10 7 (4.22%) SAN
10 7 (4.22%) TCP/IP
11 6 (3.61%) NAS
11 6 (3.61%) Unified Communications
11 6 (3.61%) Wireless
12 3 (1.81%) Network Security
13 2 (1.20%) ADSL
13 2 (1.20%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.60%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (19.28%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.83%) NoSQL
3 12 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (7.23%) Power BI
4 11 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (6.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (4.82%) MongoDB
7 5 (3.01%) MySQL
7 5 (3.01%) RDBMS
7 5 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.01%) Tableau
8 4 (2.41%) DB2
9 3 (1.81%) ClickHouse
10 2 (1.20%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.60%) Metadata
11 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Bitbucket
1 6 (3.61%) Git
2 5 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.41%) Maven
4 3 (1.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.81%) GitLab
4 3 (1.81%) Subversion
5 1 (0.60%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.60%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 50 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.49%) Finance
3 20 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.24%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.02%) Banking
6 9 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Law
8 4 (2.41%) Advertising
8 4 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.81%) Aviation
9 3 (1.81%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.81%) Legal
10 2 (1.20%) Back Office
10 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.20%) Retail
11 1 (0.60%) Electronics
11 1 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (16.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (15.66%) Senior
3 21 (12.65%) Senior DevOps
4 20 (12.05%) AWS DevOps
5 16 (9.64%) DBA
5 16 (9.64%) Lead
6 15 (9.04%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (8.43%) Administrator
7 14 (8.43%) SQL DBA
8 13 (7.83%) Architect
8 13 (7.83%) Cloud Engineer
8 13 (7.83%) IT Support
9 12 (7.23%) AWS Architect
9 12 (7.23%) AWS Solution Architect
9 12 (7.23%) DevOps Architect
9 12 (7.23%) Senior Architect
9 12 (7.23%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 12 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (7.23%) Support Engineer
9 12 (7.23%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.82%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (4.22%) REST
3 5 (3.01%) .NET
4 4 (2.41%) LAPP Stack
4 4 (2.41%) LDAP
4 4 (2.41%) React
4 4 (2.41%) RESTful
4 4 (2.41%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (1.81%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.81%) AWS CDK
5 3 (1.81%) AWS SAM
5 3 (1.81%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.81%) Spring
5 3 (1.81%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.60%) boto
6 1 (0.60%) HTML
6 1 (0.60%) JSON
6 1 (0.60%) OAuth
6 1 (0.60%) RFC 2544
6 1 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.24%) Management Information System
2 16 (9.64%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.42%) Clustering
4 8 (4.82%) CMDB
4 8 (4.82%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.22%) Replication
6 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.61%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.81%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.60%) Over-the-Top Content
10 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (36.14%) Windows
2 37 (22.29%) Windows Server
3 35 (21.08%) Linux
4 16 (9.64%) Unix
5 7 (4.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (3.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.81%) Solaris
10 1 (0.60%) Android
10 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.60%) Debian
10 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (36.75%) DevOps
2 52 (31.33%) CI/CD
3 46 (27.71%) High Availability
4 45 (27.11%) ITIL
5 44 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (23.49%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (21.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 26 (15.66%) Business Continuity
9 25 (15.06%) Infrastructure as Code
10 24 (14.46%) Migration
11 22 (13.25%) Roadmaps
11 22 (13.25%) Service Management
12 21 (12.65%) Configuration Management
13 20 (12.05%) Agile
13 20 (12.05%) Containerisation
13 20 (12.05%) Mentoring
13 20 (12.05%) Project Delivery
14 19 (11.45%) Service Delivery
14 19 (11.45%) Technology Roadmap
15 18 (10.84%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.10%) SQL
2 36 (21.69%) Python
3 31 (18.67%) PowerShell
4 21 (12.65%) Java
5 17 (10.24%) C#
5 17 (10.24%) T-SQL
6 11 (6.63%) Bash
6 11 (6.63%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.42%) Go
8 4 (2.41%) Perl
8 4 (2.41%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.81%) C++
9 3 (1.81%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.60%) Groovy
11 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (17.47%) AWS Certification
1 29 (17.47%) Azure Certification
2 21 (12.65%) Degree
3 20 (12.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 19 (11.45%) Security Cleared
5 10 (6.02%) DBS Check
6 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (4.82%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (4.22%) CCNP
8 7 (4.22%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.22%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.22%) SC Cleared
9 6 (3.61%) PMI Certification
9 6 (3.61%) PMP
10 5 (3.01%) A+ Certification
10 5 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (3.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (3.01%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.05%) GDPR
2 18 (10.84%) NIST
3 14 (8.43%) SLA
4 13 (7.83%) HIPAA
5 11 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.20%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.20%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.60%) COBIT
8 1 (0.60%) GRC
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (21.08%) Active Directory
2 27 (16.27%) Docker
3 16 (9.64%) Hyper-V
4 14 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (4.22%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.22%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.81%) vSphere
9 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.60%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 32 (19.28%) Kubernetes
2 29 (17.47%) Terraform
3 27 (16.27%) Ansible
4 26 (15.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (8.43%) Grafana
6 7 (4.22%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.20%) Data Guard
7 2 (1.20%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.20%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.20%) Puppet
7 2 (1.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.60%) Nagios
8 1 (0.60%) Nessus
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.60%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.60%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.05%) VMware
3 15 (9.04%) Cisco
3 15 (9.04%) Google
4 8 (4.82%) Red Hat
5 7 (4.22%) Oracle
5 7 (4.22%) Veeam
6 6 (3.61%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.01%) Datto
7 5 (3.01%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.01%) IBM
7 5 (3.01%) Informatica
7 5 (3.01%) RedGate
7 5 (3.01%) Sophos
7 5 (3.01%) Talend
8 4 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (2.41%) EMC
8 4 (2.41%) SonicWALL
8 4 (2.41%) TOWER Software
8 4 (2.41%) Ubiquiti