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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 269 201
Rank change year-on-year +98 -68 +55
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 274 167 516
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.44% 1.15% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.21% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 213 125 453
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £78,005
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +15.91% -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 15,823 13,768 29,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.03% 94.85% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 8,032 23,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,826 £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 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 39 (14.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (13.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.73%) Apache
3 2 (0.73%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.73%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 170 (62.04%) Azure
2 86 (31.39%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (18.25%) Entra ID
4 45 (16.42%) AWS
5 28 (10.22%) Nutanix
6 17 (6.20%) GitHub
6 17 (6.20%) SaaS
7 16 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
8 15 (5.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (5.47%) GCP
9 13 (4.74%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (4.74%) IaaS
9 13 (4.74%) OneDrive
9 13 (4.74%) PaaS
9 13 (4.74%) Power Platform
10 12 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.01%) Mimecast
12 10 (3.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (28.10%) Firewall
2 52 (18.98%) VPN
3 46 (16.79%) DNS
4 45 (16.42%) WAN
5 32 (11.68%) DHCP
6 27 (9.85%) TCP/IP
7 26 (9.49%) LAN
8 18 (6.57%) Network Security
9 15 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (5.11%) SD-WAN
11 11 (4.01%) VLAN
12 9 (3.28%) VSAN
13 7 (2.55%) NGFW
13 7 (2.55%) SAN
14 6 (2.19%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (2.19%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.19%) iSCSI
14 6 (2.19%) Wireless
15 4 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.47%) Amazon RDS
1 15 (5.47%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (3.28%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.28%) Delta Lake
4 7 (2.55%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.46%) Power BI
6 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (6.57%) Git
2 6 (2.19%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.73%) JIRA
3 2 (0.73%) Maven
3 2 (0.73%) Selenium
3 2 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.73%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 94 (34.31%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.53%) Finance
3 41 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.93%) Banking
5 19 (6.93%) Law
6 14 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.11%) Retail
7 13 (4.74%) Legal
8 12 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (4.01%) Back Office
10 8 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.19%) Marketing
12 5 (1.82%) Advertising
13 4 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.46%) Social Housing
14 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.09%) Local Government
15 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 55 (20.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 55 (20.07%) Senior
2 24 (8.76%) IT Manager
3 22 (8.03%) IT Engineer
3 22 (8.03%) Platform Engineer
4 20 (7.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (6.57%) Consultant
5 18 (6.57%) Lead
5 18 (6.57%) Support Engineer
6 17 (6.20%) Architect
6 17 (6.20%) Security Specialist
7 16 (5.84%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (5.47%) Senior Consultant
8 15 (5.47%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 15 (5.47%) Senior VMware Consultant
8 15 (5.47%) Technical Consultant
8 15 (5.47%) VMware Consultant
8 15 (5.47%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 13 (4.74%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.28%) PySpark
2 8 (2.92%) ARM Templates
3 7 (2.55%) Loki
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.46%) RESTful
5 3 (1.09%) JSON
6 2 (0.73%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (0.73%) Kafka
6 2 (0.73%) Node.js
6 2 (0.73%) Playwright
6 2 (0.73%) RAML
6 2 (0.73%) REST
6 2 (0.73%) SOAP
7 1 (0.36%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.36%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.36%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.36%) JWT
7 1 (0.36%) Pandas
7 1 (0.36%) pytest
7 1 (0.36%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.95%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (8.03%) Cloud Native
4 19 (6.93%) Management Information System
5 18 (6.57%) Enterprise Storage
5 18 (6.57%) Replication
6 17 (6.20%) Driving Licence
7 16 (5.84%) Onboarding
8 15 (5.47%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (5.11%) CMDB
10 12 (4.38%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (3.65%) iSeries
12 9 (3.28%) Public Cloud
13 8 (2.92%) Security Posture
13 8 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (2.55%) Virtual Team
15 6 (2.19%) Private Cloud
15 6 (2.19%) VxBlock/Vblock
16 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 82 (29.93%) Windows
2 51 (18.61%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.12%) Linux
4 9 (3.28%) Apple iOS
4 9 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.19%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.73%) Unix
10 1 (0.36%) AIX
10 1 (0.36%) CentOS
10 1 (0.36%) Solaris
10 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.02%) Business Continuity
2 84 (30.66%) Cybersecurity
3 80 (29.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 79 (28.83%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 57 (20.80%) Service Delivery
7 52 (18.98%) DevOps
8 50 (18.25%) ITIL
9 47 (17.15%) CI/CD
10 44 (16.06%) Incident Response
11 38 (13.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (13.50%) Information Security
13 36 (13.14%) Cloud Security
14 35 (12.77%) High Availability
14 35 (12.77%) Vulnerability Management
15 33 (12.04%) Migration
16 32 (11.68%) Platform Engineering
17 31 (11.31%) Mentoring
18 30 (10.95%) Service Management
19 27 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (26.64%) PowerShell
2 51 (18.61%) Python
3 25 (9.12%) SQL
4 9 (3.28%) Scala
5 8 (2.92%) Bash
5 8 (2.92%) Bicep
5 8 (2.92%) Java
6 3 (1.09%) Go
7 2 (0.73%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.36%) C#
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (16.42%) Degree
2 29 (10.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (7.30%) Azure Certification
4 15 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.47%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.11%) CEH
5 14 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (4.01%) CCNA
8 9 (3.28%) CCNP
8 9 (3.28%) CISSP
8 9 (3.28%) VCAP
8 9 (3.28%) VCDX
9 8 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.19%) CISM
10 6 (2.19%) Dell Certification
11 4 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (20.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (14.60%) NIST
3 35 (12.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (8.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 24 (8.76%) GDPR
5 17 (6.20%) PCI DSS
6 16 (5.84%) PMO
7 13 (4.74%) Data Quality
7 13 (4.74%) ISO 22301
8 10 (3.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (3.65%) SLA
9 9 (3.28%) GRC
10 8 (2.92%) SOC 2
11 6 (2.19%) COBIT
12 3 (1.09%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (26.28%) Active Directory
2 62 (22.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (11.31%) Hyper-V
4 21 (7.66%) vSphere
5 18 (6.57%) Firmware
6 9 (3.28%) vCloud
6 9 (3.28%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.92%) Docker
8 6 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.36%) KVM
12 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 47 (17.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (16.79%) Terraform
3 25 (9.12%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.28%) Ansible
5 8 (2.92%) Dell DRAC
5 8 (2.92%) Grafana
5 8 (2.92%) Packer
5 8 (2.92%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.19%) Avamar
6 6 (2.19%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.19%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.19%) VxRail
7 4 (1.46%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.46%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.73%) SCCM
8 2 (0.73%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.36%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.36%) QRadar
Vendors
1 149 (54.38%) Microsoft
2 87 (31.75%) VMware
3 34 (12.41%) Cisco
4 27 (9.85%) Veeam
5 22 (8.03%) Commvault
6 18 (6.57%) Dell
6 18 (6.57%) EMC
7 16 (5.84%) Meraki
8 15 (5.47%) Fortinet
8 15 (5.47%) NetApp
8 15 (5.47%) Nimble Storage
9 14 (5.11%) IBM
10 11 (4.01%) Broadcom
11 10 (3.65%) HP
11 10 (3.65%) ServiceNow
11 10 (3.65%) Sophos
12 9 (3.28%) Databricks
12 9 (3.28%) Palo Alto
13 8 (2.92%) Splunk
14 6 (2.19%) Isilon