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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 257 195
Rank change year-on-year +81 -62 +52
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 284 179 568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 1.17% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.23% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 224 134 440
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,188 £41,438 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.86% +0.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,425
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 16,346 14,518 30,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.57% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,794 8,418 23,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
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% -9.54%

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 17 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 38 (13.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (13.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.11%) IIS
4 2 (0.70%) Apache
4 2 (0.70%) WordPress
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.70%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.35%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 169 (59.51%) Azure
2 89 (31.34%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (18.31%) AWS
4 49 (17.25%) Entra ID
5 26 (9.15%) Nutanix
6 21 (7.39%) SaaS
7 16 (5.63%) GCP
7 16 (5.63%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.28%) GitHub
9 14 (4.93%) IaaS
10 13 (4.58%) PaaS
11 12 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (4.23%) Mimecast
12 10 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.17%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 88 (30.99%) Firewall
2 56 (19.72%) VPN
3 54 (19.01%) DNS
4 42 (14.79%) WAN
5 41 (14.44%) DHCP
6 31 (10.92%) TCP/IP
7 28 (9.86%) LAN
8 22 (7.75%) Network Security
9 17 (5.99%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (4.23%) VLAN
11 11 (3.87%) SD-WAN
12 9 (3.17%) VSAN
13 7 (2.46%) NGFW
14 6 (2.11%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (2.11%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.11%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.11%) SAN
15 5 (1.76%) Wireless
16 4 (1.41%) Cisco Nexus
16 4 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (2.11%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.11%) Delta Lake
3 6 (2.11%) Power BI
4 5 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.58%) Git
2 6 (2.11%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.06%) Selenium
4 2 (0.70%) JIRA
4 2 (0.70%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.35%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) MLflow
General
1 104 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.31%) Finance
3 37 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (7.39%) Banking
5 21 (7.39%) Law
5 21 (7.39%) Legal
6 16 (5.63%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.28%) Retail
8 12 (4.23%) Back Office
8 12 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.11%) Advertising
10 6 (2.11%) Marketing
11 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.70%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.35%) Aviation
14 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 58 (20.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (19.37%) Senior
3 24 (8.45%) IT Manager
4 23 (8.10%) IT Engineer
5 22 (7.75%) Support Engineer
6 20 (7.04%) Lead
6 20 (7.04%) Platform Engineer
6 20 (7.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (6.69%) Architect
8 18 (6.34%) Consultant
9 17 (5.99%) Security Manager
10 16 (5.63%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (5.63%) Security Specialist
11 15 (5.28%) IT Support
11 15 (5.28%) Senior Consultant
11 15 (5.28%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 15 (5.28%) Senior VMware Consultant
11 15 (5.28%) Technical Consultant
11 15 (5.28%) VMware Consultant
11 15 (5.28%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.82%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Graph
3 6 (2.11%) PySpark
4 4 (1.41%) Loki
4 4 (1.41%) Middleware
4 4 (1.41%) RESTful
5 3 (1.06%) JSON
5 3 (1.06%) Node.js
5 3 (1.06%) Playwright
6 2 (0.70%) Kafka
6 2 (0.70%) Nuxt
6 2 (0.70%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth
7 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.35%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.35%) Pandas
7 1 (0.35%) pytest
7 1 (0.35%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.35%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.92%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 21 (7.39%) Management Information System
3 21 (7.39%) Replication
4 20 (7.04%) Enterprise Storage
5 17 (5.99%) Driving Licence
6 14 (4.93%) CMDB
6 14 (4.93%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.58%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.87%) iSeries
8 11 (3.87%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.52%) Public Cloud
9 10 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.82%) Virtual Team
11 7 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (2.11%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.11%) VxBlock/Vblock
13 5 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 90 (31.69%) Windows
2 61 (21.48%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.45%) Linux
4 8 (2.82%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.46%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.46%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.06%) Unix
9 1 (0.35%) AIX
9 1 (0.35%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) Solaris
9 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (35.21%) Business Continuity
2 91 (32.04%) Cybersecurity
3 87 (30.63%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (29.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 74 (26.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (19.72%) Incident Response
7 54 (19.01%) Service Delivery
8 46 (16.20%) ITIL
9 45 (15.85%) CI/CD
9 45 (15.85%) DevOps
10 44 (15.49%) Information Security
11 39 (13.73%) High Availability
12 37 (13.03%) Cloud Security
12 37 (13.03%) Vulnerability Management
13 36 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
14 34 (11.97%) Risk Management
14 34 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (11.27%) Mentoring
16 30 (10.56%) Service Management
16 30 (10.56%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 74 (26.06%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.49%) Python
3 24 (8.45%) SQL
4 8 (2.82%) Bicep
5 7 (2.46%) Java
6 6 (2.11%) Scala
7 5 (1.76%) Bash
8 3 (1.06%) Go
8 3 (1.06%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.70%) Ruby
10 1 (0.35%) C#
10 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (14.08%) Degree
2 27 (9.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (6.69%) Azure Certification
4 17 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (5.99%) Security Cleared
5 16 (5.63%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.28%) CISSP
7 14 (4.93%) CCNA
8 13 (4.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (4.23%) CEH
9 12 (4.23%) CISM
10 11 (3.87%) CCNP
11 10 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.17%) CISA
12 9 (3.17%) VCAP
12 9 (3.17%) VCDX
13 7 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (2.11%) Dell Certification
14 6 (2.11%) ISACA
15 5 (1.76%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (23.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (14.79%) NIST
3 36 (12.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 34 (11.97%) GDPR
5 22 (7.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 21 (7.39%) PCI DSS
7 17 (5.99%) PMO
8 13 (4.58%) ISO 22301
8 13 (4.58%) SLA
9 11 (3.87%) SOC 2
10 10 (3.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (3.52%) Data Quality
10 10 (3.52%) GRC
11 8 (2.82%) COBIT
12 5 (1.76%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.70%) NCSC
14 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 72 (25.35%) Active Directory
1 72 (25.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (14.79%) Hyper-V
3 23 (8.10%) vSphere
4 16 (5.63%) Firmware
5 9 (3.17%) Docker
5 9 (3.17%) vCloud
5 9 (3.17%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.35%) KVM
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (16.20%) Terraform
2 42 (14.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (7.75%) Kubernetes
4 12 (4.23%) Ansible
5 9 (3.17%) Packer
6 7 (2.46%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.11%) Avamar
7 6 (2.11%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (2.11%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (2.11%) Grafana
7 6 (2.11%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.11%) VxRail
8 5 (1.76%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.06%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.70%) SCCM
10 2 (0.70%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.70%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.35%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 152 (53.52%) Microsoft
2 97 (34.15%) VMware
3 36 (12.68%) Cisco
4 33 (11.62%) Veeam
5 21 (7.39%) Commvault
6 19 (6.69%) EMC
7 17 (5.99%) Dell
8 15 (5.28%) Fortinet
8 15 (5.28%) Meraki
8 15 (5.28%) NetApp
8 15 (5.28%) Nimble Storage
9 12 (4.23%) IBM
10 11 (3.87%) Broadcom
10 11 (3.87%) HP
10 11 (3.87%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.87%) Sophos
11 9 (3.17%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.82%) Splunk
13 7 (2.46%) iManage
14 6 (2.11%) Databricks