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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 224 198
Rank change year-on-year +45 -26 +87
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 199 253 322
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 1.46% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.57% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 147 163 305
10th Percentile £43,375 £37,500 £34,056
25th Percentile £51,563 £49,506 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - +15.74%
75th Percentile £92,500 £79,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +13.96%

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 13,580 16,082 18,763
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.75% 92.94% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,665 9,722 15,078
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,074 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,243
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +3.75% -3.61%
75th Percentile £79,157 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 24 December 2025.

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 33 (16.58%) SharePoint
2 32 (16.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.02%) IIS
3 6 (3.02%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.02%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.02%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.01%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.52%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.02%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.50%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 121 (60.80%) Azure
2 66 (33.17%) AWS
3 56 (28.14%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (20.10%) Entra ID
5 19 (9.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (9.05%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (8.54%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (8.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (7.54%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (7.54%) OneDrive
10 14 (7.04%) Nutanix
10 14 (7.04%) Serverless
11 12 (6.03%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (6.03%) GCP
11 12 (6.03%) IaaS
11 12 (6.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (5.53%) PaaS
13 10 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (5.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 48 (24.12%) VPN
2 39 (19.60%) WAN
3 38 (19.10%) DNS
4 36 (18.09%) Firewall
5 29 (14.57%) DHCP
6 26 (13.07%) SD-WAN
7 20 (10.05%) LAN
8 15 (7.54%) TCP/IP
9 13 (6.53%) SSL
10 11 (5.53%) VoIP
10 11 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (5.03%) VLAN
12 9 (4.52%) Unified Communications
13 6 (3.02%) Wireless
14 4 (2.01%) BGP
14 4 (2.01%) Network Security
14 4 (2.01%) SAN
15 3 (1.51%) PuTTY
16 2 (1.01%) NAS
17 1 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.04%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.02%) DB2
4 6 (3.02%) MySQL
4 6 (3.02%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.51%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.51%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.51%) Oracle Database 12c
5 5 (2.51%) Power BI
6 4 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (2.01%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.01%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.01%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (2.01%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.01%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.54%) Git
2 7 (3.52%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.02%) Maven
4 3 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.51%) GitLab
4 3 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.51%) Subversion
5 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 63 (31.66%) Finance
2 55 (27.64%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.54%) Law
5 16 (8.04%) Banking
6 11 (5.53%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.02%) Back Office
8 6 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.01%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.01%) Retail
10 3 (1.51%) Aviation
10 3 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.01%) Advertising
11 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Local Government
11 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (16.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 33 (16.58%) Senior
2 24 (12.06%) Cloud Engineer
3 18 (9.05%) Support Engineer
4 14 (7.04%) DBA
5 13 (6.53%) Administrator
6 12 (6.03%) Head of IT
6 12 (6.03%) Lead
6 12 (6.03%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (5.53%) AWS DevOps
7 11 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Applications Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Applications Support
8 10 (5.03%) Applications Support Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Infrastructure Manager
8 10 (5.03%) Infrastructure Support
8 10 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (4.52%) IT Security Specialist
9 9 (4.52%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.02%) REST
2 7 (3.52%) LDAP
3 6 (3.02%) LAPP Stack
3 6 (3.02%) WebSphere MQ
4 4 (2.01%) AWS SAM
4 4 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.01%) PySpark
5 3 (1.51%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.51%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.51%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.51%) LAMP
5 3 (1.51%) Loki
5 3 (1.51%) RAML
5 3 (1.51%) RESTful
5 3 (1.51%) SOAP
5 3 (1.51%) Spring
5 3 (1.51%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.01%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.01%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.01%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 19 (9.55%) Cloud Native
2 19 (9.55%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.03%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.53%) CMDB
4 11 (5.53%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.53%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.52%) Replication
6 7 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (3.52%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.02%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.51%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.01%) AI Agents
9 4 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 4 (2.01%) iPad
9 4 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.01%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 65 (32.66%) Windows
2 39 (19.60%) Linux
3 36 (18.09%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.53%) Unix
5 8 (4.02%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.02%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.51%) CentOS
7 3 (1.51%) Rocky
7 3 (1.51%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.50%) Solaris
9 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.66%) DevOps
2 54 (27.14%) ITIL
2 54 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (25.63%) CI/CD
3 51 (25.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 48 (24.12%) High Availability
5 47 (23.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 43 (21.61%) Cybersecurity
7 36 (18.09%) Business Continuity
7 36 (18.09%) Migration
7 36 (18.09%) Service Delivery
8 30 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (14.07%) Performance Tuning
10 25 (12.56%) Service Management
11 24 (12.06%) Observability
12 23 (11.56%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (10.55%) Computer Science
13 21 (10.55%) Mentoring
14 20 (10.05%) Cloud Security
15 19 (9.55%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 54 (27.14%) Python
2 51 (25.63%) PowerShell
3 34 (17.09%) SQL
4 17 (8.54%) Java
5 10 (5.03%) Go
6 8 (4.02%) Bash
7 7 (3.52%) Shell Script
7 7 (3.52%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.02%) Bicep
9 4 (2.01%) C#
9 4 (2.01%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.01%) Scala
10 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.50%) Perl
11 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.09%) Degree
2 33 (16.58%) Azure Certification
3 26 (13.07%) AWS Certification
4 20 (10.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (9.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (6.03%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (6.03%) Security Cleared
7 11 (5.53%) CCNP
7 11 (5.53%) Master's Degree
8 10 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (5.03%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (5.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (4.52%) CEH
10 7 (3.52%) PMI Certification
10 7 (3.52%) PMP
10 7 (3.52%) SC Cleared
11 6 (3.02%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (13.07%) NIST
3 20 (10.05%) SLA
4 12 (6.03%) GDPR
5 11 (5.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (4.52%) ISO 22301
8 6 (3.02%) PCI DSS
9 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
9 4 (2.01%) HIPAA
9 4 (2.01%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.01%) GRC
10 2 (1.01%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (1.01%) NCSC
11 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.50%) Basel III
11 1 (0.50%) COBIT
11 1 (0.50%) MiFID
11 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (19.60%) Active Directory
2 22 (11.06%) Hyper-V
3 21 (10.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (9.05%) Docker
5 12 (6.03%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.52%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (3.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.51%) Firmware
8 3 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.01%) vSphere
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.50%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 52 (26.13%) Terraform
2 36 (18.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (14.57%) Ansible
4 27 (13.57%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.03%) Grafana
6 9 (4.52%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.02%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.01%) Nagios
9 3 (1.51%) Nessus
9 3 (1.51%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.51%) SCOM
10 1 (0.50%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.50%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 101 (50.75%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.59%) VMware
3 14 (7.04%) Cisco
4 13 (6.53%) IBM
5 12 (6.03%) Commvault
6 10 (5.03%) Oracle
7 9 (4.52%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.52%) Google
8 7 (3.52%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.52%) Red Hat
9 6 (3.02%) SonicWALL
9 6 (3.02%) Veeam
10 4 (2.01%) Ab Initio
10 4 (2.01%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (2.01%) Databricks
10 4 (2.01%) Foundry
10 4 (2.01%) Mitel
11 3 (1.51%) Dell
11 3 (1.51%) Meraki
11 3 (1.51%) MuleSoft