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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 260 200
Rank change year-on-year +95 -60 +3
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 393 169 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 1.04% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.12% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 263 130 210
10th Percentile £37,250 £33,750 £39,922
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,437 £83,750 £91,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £112,829
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +2.56%

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 19,841 15,111 20,359
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.24% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14,226 8,561 12,491
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 43 (10.94%) SharePoint
2 36 (9.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.05%) IIS
4 7 (1.78%) nginx
5 6 (1.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.76%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 260 (66.16%) Azure
2 124 (31.55%) AWS
3 111 (28.24%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (22.65%) SaaS
5 73 (18.58%) Entra ID
6 32 (8.14%) IaaS
7 30 (7.63%) GCP
8 24 (6.11%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (5.60%) PaaS
9 22 (5.60%) Power Platform
10 19 (4.83%) OneDrive
11 14 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (3.56%) Nutanix
12 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 7 (1.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 97 (24.68%) Firewall
2 87 (22.14%) DNS
3 69 (17.56%) DHCP
4 54 (13.74%) VPN
5 37 (9.41%) TCP/IP
6 31 (7.89%) WAN
7 26 (6.62%) Network Security
8 25 (6.36%) LAN
9 24 (6.11%) VLAN
10 13 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.54%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.29%) Wireless
13 8 (2.04%) Fibre Channel
13 8 (2.04%) SAN
14 7 (1.78%) NGFW
14 7 (1.78%) VSAN
15 6 (1.53%) iSCSI
16 4 (1.02%) Broadband
16 4 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
16 4 (1.02%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (2.29%) Power BI
5 5 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.25%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 6 (1.53%) JIRA
2 5 (1.27%) GitLab
3 4 (1.02%) Git
3 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.25%) Flyway
5 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 122 (31.04%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.05%) Finance
3 50 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.20%) Law
5 34 (8.65%) Legal
6 25 (6.36%) Retail
7 19 (4.83%) Banking
7 19 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.58%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.05%) Back Office
11 11 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.53%) Advertising
13 5 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.51%) Local Government
15 2 (0.51%) Police
16 1 (0.25%) Marketing
16 1 (0.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (17.05%) IT Manager
2 64 (16.28%) Senior
3 55 (13.99%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.98%) IT Services Manager
4 51 (12.98%) Resilience Manager
5 49 (12.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (8.14%) Architect
7 31 (7.89%) Consultant
8 26 (6.62%) IT Engineer
9 25 (6.36%) Support Engineer
10 24 (6.11%) Lead
11 23 (5.85%) Analyst
12 22 (5.60%) Technical Consultant
13 20 (5.09%) Senior Architect
14 19 (4.83%) Azure Engineer
14 19 (4.83%) IT Support
14 19 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
16 16 (4.07%) Technical Architect
17 15 (3.82%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (16.54%) Middleware
2 61 (15.52%) Terraform
3 13 (3.31%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.53%) Web Services
6 4 (1.02%) JSON
6 4 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.76%) .NET
7 3 (0.76%) Nuxt
7 3 (0.76%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.51%) Kafka
8 2 (0.51%) REST
9 1 (0.25%) LDAP
9 1 (0.25%) Node.js
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.25%) Playwright
9 1 (0.25%) React
9 1 (0.25%) XML
9 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.99%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (8.65%) Data Centre
2 34 (8.65%) Replication
3 24 (6.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 22 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 22 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (5.34%) Management Information System
5 21 (5.34%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.82%) Security Posture
7 12 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (3.05%) Driving Licence
7 12 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.80%) iSeries
9 10 (2.54%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.04%) CMDB
11 7 (1.78%) Blog
11 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.78%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 133 (33.84%) Windows
2 105 (26.72%) Windows Server
3 46 (11.70%) Linux
4 9 (2.29%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.78%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.53%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.27%) Unix
9 4 (1.02%) Debian
10 3 (0.76%) VMS
11 2 (0.51%) AIX
11 2 (0.51%) CentOS
11 2 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (52.67%) Business Continuity
2 132 (33.59%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (30.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 104 (26.46%) Information Security
5 99 (25.19%) Cybersecurity
6 93 (23.66%) DevOps
6 93 (23.66%) ITIL
7 85 (21.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 77 (19.59%) Agile
9 69 (17.56%) High Availability
9 69 (17.56%) Project Delivery
10 65 (16.54%) Service Delivery
11 63 (16.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 62 (15.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 58 (14.76%) Enterprise Architecture
14 56 (14.25%) Waterfall
15 54 (13.74%) Runbook
15 54 (13.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 53 (13.49%) Incident Response
16 53 (13.49%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.87%) PowerShell
2 37 (9.41%) Python
3 28 (7.12%) SQL
4 20 (5.09%) Bicep
5 9 (2.29%) Bash
6 6 (1.53%) Java
6 6 (1.53%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.02%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.76%) Ruby
9 2 (0.51%) C#
9 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Groovy
10 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (18.07%) CISSP
2 69 (17.56%) CISM
3 55 (13.99%) ITIL Certification
4 33 (8.40%) Azure Certification
5 27 (6.87%) Degree
6 25 (6.36%) Security Cleared
7 24 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (5.34%) SC Cleared
9 17 (4.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (3.56%) CISA
12 13 (3.31%) CCNA
13 11 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.54%) CCNP
15 8 (2.04%) ISACA
15 8 (2.04%) VCAP
16 7 (1.78%) CRISC
16 7 (1.78%) VCDX
17 6 (1.53%) CEH
17 6 (1.53%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (22.14%) NIST
2 69 (17.56%) ISO 22301
3 56 (14.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (10.18%) GDPR
5 26 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (6.62%) SLA
6 20 (5.09%) PCI DSS
7 16 (4.07%) PMO
8 11 (2.80%) COBIT
8 11 (2.80%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.78%) SOC 1
10 6 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.53%) NCSC
11 4 (1.02%) GRC
11 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.76%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.51%) ITGC
13 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 102 (25.95%) Active Directory
2 92 (23.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (17.81%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.85%) vSphere
5 16 (4.07%) Docker
6 14 (3.56%) Firmware
6 14 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.04%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.78%) vCloud
10 6 (1.53%) Squid
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (10.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (8.40%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.33%) Ansible
4 10 (2.54%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.29%) Grafana
6 7 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.53%) Avamar
7 6 (1.53%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.53%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.53%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.53%) VxRail
8 5 (1.27%) Packer
8 5 (1.27%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.27%) SCCM
9 3 (0.76%) WSUS
9 3 (0.76%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.51%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 208 (52.93%) Microsoft
2 112 (28.50%) VMware
3 60 (15.27%) Veeam
4 32 (8.14%) Cisco
5 22 (5.60%) Palo Alto
6 20 (5.09%) Fortinet
7 19 (4.83%) Dell
8 17 (4.33%) EMC
9 16 (4.07%) Google
10 15 (3.82%) NetApp
11 13 (3.31%) Commvault
11 13 (3.31%) Nimble Storage
12 12 (3.05%) Oracle
12 12 (3.05%) WatchGuard
13 11 (2.80%) HP
13 11 (2.80%) IBM
13 11 (2.80%) N-able
14 10 (2.54%) Meraki
14 10 (2.54%) SonicWALL
15 9 (2.29%) Broadcom