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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 252 195
Rank change year-on-year +91 -57 +46
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 356 193 526
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.17% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.25% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 245 144 399
10th Percentile £40,880 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,600 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £96,375 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%

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 17,722 15,381 27,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.27% 88.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,904 9,107 20,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%

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 17 July 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 33 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (8.99%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.81%) IIS
4 6 (1.69%) Apache
5 4 (1.12%) nginx
6 3 (0.84%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.28%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 231 (64.89%) Azure
2 105 (29.49%) AWS
3 93 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (19.66%) SaaS
5 50 (14.04%) Entra ID
6 24 (6.74%) Nutanix
7 19 (5.34%) GCP
7 19 (5.34%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.21%) IaaS
8 15 (4.21%) PaaS
9 11 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.81%) Mimecast
11 9 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (2.53%) GitHub
12 8 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 102 (28.65%) Firewall
2 62 (17.42%) VPN
3 61 (17.13%) DNS
4 45 (12.64%) DHCP
5 38 (10.67%) WAN
6 32 (8.99%) TCP/IP
7 29 (8.15%) LAN
8 25 (7.02%) Network Security
9 17 (4.78%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (4.49%) VLAN
11 9 (2.53%) VSAN
12 7 (1.97%) NGFW
12 7 (1.97%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (1.69%) iSCSI
13 6 (1.69%) SAN
13 6 (1.69%) Wireless
14 4 (1.12%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (2.53%) Power BI
3 8 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.28%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.25%) Git
2 6 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.12%) JIRA
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 118 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.73%) Finance
3 50 (14.04%) Law
4 37 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.15%) Legal
6 25 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.46%) Banking
8 21 (5.90%) Retail
9 17 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (4.78%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.93%) Back Office
11 13 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.69%) Advertising
13 5 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.40%) Marketing
14 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.56%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 70 (19.66%) IT Manager
2 60 (16.85%) Senior
3 54 (15.17%) Service Manager
4 52 (14.61%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (14.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 46 (12.92%) Resilience Manager
7 25 (7.02%) Architect
8 23 (6.46%) Lead
8 23 (6.46%) Support Engineer
9 22 (6.18%) IT Engineer
10 20 (5.62%) Consultant
11 19 (5.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (5.06%) Security Manager
13 17 (4.78%) Technical Consultant
14 16 (4.49%) IT Support
14 16 (4.49%) Senior Architect
15 15 (4.21%) Senior VMware Consultant
15 15 (4.21%) VMware Consultant
15 15 (4.21%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (14.61%) Middleware
2 12 (3.37%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (1.12%) RESTful
4 4 (1.12%) Web Services
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.84%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 1 (0.28%) Loki
7 1 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.28%) NumPy
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.28%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.28%) Pandas
7 1 (0.28%) pytest
7 1 (0.28%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.28%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.57%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (8.99%) Data Centre
3 26 (7.30%) Cloud Native
4 25 (7.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (6.74%) Management Information System
5 24 (6.74%) Replication
6 20 (5.62%) Enterprise Storage
7 19 (5.34%) Driving Licence
8 16 (4.49%) Onboarding
9 15 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (3.93%) Security Posture
11 13 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (3.37%) CMDB
12 12 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (3.09%) iSeries
14 10 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (2.81%) Public Cloud
15 8 (2.25%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.97%) Freedom of Information
16 7 (1.97%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 96 (26.97%) Windows
2 68 (19.10%) Windows Server
3 30 (8.43%) Linux
4 8 (2.25%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.56%) CentOS
8 2 (0.56%) Solaris
8 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.56%) Unix
9 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (47.75%) Business Continuity
2 107 (30.06%) Cybersecurity
2 107 (30.06%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (27.25%) Information Security
4 93 (26.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 90 (25.28%) DevOps
6 89 (25.00%) ITIL
7 78 (21.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 72 (20.22%) Agile
9 68 (19.10%) Incident Response
10 60 (16.85%) Service Delivery
11 58 (16.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 54 (15.17%) Enterprise Architecture
13 53 (14.89%) Project Delivery
13 53 (14.89%) Runbook
13 53 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 53 (14.89%) Test Automation
14 52 (14.61%) Contract Negotiation
15 48 (13.48%) High Availability
15 48 (13.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 81 (22.75%) PowerShell
2 43 (12.08%) Python
3 24 (6.74%) SQL
4 13 (3.65%) Bicep
5 5 (1.40%) Bash
5 5 (1.40%) Java
6 3 (0.84%) Go
6 3 (0.84%) Ruby
6 3 (0.84%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.28%) C#
7 1 (0.28%) Scala
7 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 67 (18.82%) CISSP
2 63 (17.70%) CISM
3 44 (12.36%) ITIL Certification
4 38 (10.67%) Degree
5 29 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (7.02%) Azure Certification
7 22 (6.18%) Security Cleared
8 20 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (5.34%) SC Cleared
10 17 (4.78%) CCNA
10 17 (4.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (3.93%) CCNP
11 14 (3.93%) CISA
12 13 (3.65%) CEH
13 12 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (2.53%) VCAP
14 9 (2.53%) VCDX
15 8 (2.25%) ISACA
16 7 (1.97%) CRISC
17 6 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (26.69%) NIST
2 76 (21.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 63 (17.70%) ISO 22301
4 44 (12.36%) GDPR
5 37 (10.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (7.30%) PCI DSS
7 19 (5.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (4.78%) PMO
8 17 (4.78%) SLA
9 15 (4.21%) SOC 2
10 12 (3.37%) GRC
11 11 (3.09%) COBIT
12 10 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (1.97%) SOC 1
14 5 (1.40%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.84%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.56%) NCSC
17 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
17 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 77 (21.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (19.38%) Active Directory
3 50 (14.04%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.74%) vSphere
5 15 (4.21%) Firmware
6 11 (3.09%) Docker
7 9 (2.53%) vCloud
7 9 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.53%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.12%) Squid
10 2 (0.56%) KVM
10 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (14.04%) Terraform
2 41 (11.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (7.87%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.21%) Ansible
5 7 (1.97%) Dell DRAC
5 7 (1.97%) Packer
5 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.69%) Avamar
6 6 (1.69%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.69%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.69%) VxRail
7 5 (1.40%) Grafana
7 5 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.40%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.12%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.84%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.56%) SCCM
10 2 (0.56%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 169 (47.47%) Microsoft
2 99 (27.81%) VMware
3 40 (11.24%) Veeam
4 39 (10.96%) Cisco
5 19 (5.34%) Commvault
5 19 (5.34%) EMC
6 18 (5.06%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.78%) Dell
8 15 (4.21%) Meraki
8 15 (4.21%) NetApp
8 15 (4.21%) Nimble Storage
8 15 (4.21%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.09%) Broadcom
9 11 (3.09%) HP
9 11 (3.09%) IBM
9 11 (3.09%) Sophos
10 10 (2.81%) Splunk
11 9 (2.53%) iManage
11 9 (2.53%) Oracle
11 9 (2.53%) ServiceNow