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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 262 199
Rank change year-on-year +103 -63 0
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 414 171 372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.01% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 1.08% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 272 133 197
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,600 £38,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +0.80%

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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 45 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 44 (10.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.90%) IIS
4 8 (1.93%) nginx
5 6 (1.45%) Apache
6 3 (0.72%) WordPress
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 270 (65.22%) Azure
2 129 (31.16%) AWS
3 116 (28.02%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (23.67%) SaaS
5 84 (20.29%) Entra ID
6 35 (8.45%) IaaS
7 34 (8.21%) GCP
8 31 (7.49%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (6.52%) PaaS
10 24 (5.80%) Power Platform
11 23 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (5.07%) OneDrive
13 14 (3.38%) Nutanix
14 12 (2.90%) GitHub
15 11 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Copilot
17 9 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
18 8 (1.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 98 (23.67%) Firewall
2 94 (22.71%) DNS
3 76 (18.36%) DHCP
4 64 (15.46%) VPN
5 42 (10.14%) TCP/IP
6 31 (7.49%) WAN
7 30 (7.25%) VLAN
8 25 (6.04%) LAN
8 25 (6.04%) Network Security
9 14 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (2.66%) SD-WAN
11 10 (2.42%) Wireless
12 8 (1.93%) Fibre Channel
12 8 (1.93%) SAN
13 7 (1.69%) NGFW
13 7 (1.69%) VSAN
14 6 (1.45%) iSCSI
15 5 (1.21%) Internet
16 4 (0.97%) Broadband
16 4 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.42%) Power BI
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.72%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata
7 2 (0.48%) MySQL
7 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) Redis
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.24%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 6 (1.45%) GitLab
1 6 (1.45%) JIRA
2 3 (0.72%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.48%) Git
3 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.48%) Terragrunt
3 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.24%) Flyway
4 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 134 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.84%) Finance
3 58 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.59%) Law
5 33 (7.97%) Legal
6 30 (7.25%) Retail
7 24 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (5.80%) Public Sector
8 23 (5.56%) Banking
9 19 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (3.86%) Back Office
11 12 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.66%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.93%) Police
14 6 (1.45%) Advertising
15 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.97%) Aviation
16 4 (0.97%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 2 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 73 (17.63%) Senior
2 63 (15.22%) IT Manager
3 58 (14.01%) Service Manager
4 52 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 51 (12.32%) IT Services Manager
5 51 (12.32%) Resilience Manager
6 36 (8.70%) Architect
7 32 (7.73%) Consultant
8 30 (7.25%) IT Engineer
9 27 (6.52%) Lead
9 27 (6.52%) Support Engineer
10 25 (6.04%) Analyst
11 24 (5.80%) Senior Architect
12 23 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
13 20 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (4.83%) IT Support
13 20 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.59%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (4.35%) Technical Architect
16 16 (3.86%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (17.87%) Terraform
2 67 (16.18%) Middleware
3 15 (3.62%) ARM Templates
4 9 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (1.69%) REST
6 6 (1.45%) Web Services
7 4 (0.97%) .NET
7 4 (0.97%) JSON
8 3 (0.72%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.72%) LDAP
8 3 (0.72%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.72%) RESTful
8 3 (0.72%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (0.48%) Kafka
9 2 (0.48%) React
9 2 (0.48%) YAML
10 1 (0.24%) Node.js
10 1 (0.24%) OAuth
10 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.29%) Cyber Threat
2 37 (8.94%) Replication
3 34 (8.21%) Data Centre
4 29 (7.00%) Cloud Native
5 27 (6.52%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.80%) Onboarding
7 23 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
7 23 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (3.62%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.90%) Blog
10 12 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (2.42%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.42%) iSeries
13 8 (1.93%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.69%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 140 (33.82%) Windows
2 109 (26.33%) Windows Server
3 45 (10.87%) Linux
4 9 (2.17%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.21%) Unix
7 4 (0.97%) Debian
8 3 (0.72%) VMS
9 2 (0.48%) AIX
9 2 (0.48%) CentOS
9 2 (0.48%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (50.72%) Business Continuity
2 141 (34.06%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (31.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (25.60%) Cybersecurity
4 106 (25.60%) Information Security
5 105 (25.36%) DevOps
6 97 (23.43%) ITIL
7 92 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 81 (19.57%) Agile
9 76 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 75 (18.12%) High Availability
11 69 (16.67%) Project Delivery
12 68 (16.43%) Service Delivery
13 64 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 63 (15.22%) Enterprise Architecture
15 61 (14.73%) Infrastructure as Code
16 58 (14.01%) Runbook
17 56 (13.53%) CI/CD
17 56 (13.53%) Mentoring
17 56 (13.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 85 (20.53%) PowerShell
2 41 (9.90%) Python
3 35 (8.45%) SQL
4 28 (6.76%) Bicep
5 12 (2.90%) Bash
6 11 (2.66%) Java
7 6 (1.45%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.21%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.72%) C#
9 3 (0.72%) Go
9 3 (0.72%) Ruby
10 2 (0.48%) Groovy
10 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (16.91%) CISSP
2 68 (16.43%) CISM
3 56 (13.53%) ITIL Certification
4 36 (8.70%) Azure Certification
5 35 (8.45%) Security Cleared
6 31 (7.49%) SC Cleared
7 26 (6.28%) Degree
8 24 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (4.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (3.38%) CISA
10 14 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (3.14%) CCNA
11 13 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.17%) CCNP
13 8 (1.93%) ISACA
13 8 (1.93%) VCAP
14 7 (1.69%) CRISC
14 7 (1.69%) VCDX
15 6 (1.45%) Dell Certification
15 6 (1.45%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (21.50%) NIST
2 72 (17.39%) ISO 22301
3 59 (14.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (9.42%) GDPR
5 27 (6.52%) SLA
6 25 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (6.04%) PCI DSS
7 16 (3.86%) PMO
8 14 (3.38%) SOC 2
9 11 (2.66%) COBIT
10 7 (1.69%) SOC 1
11 6 (1.45%) NCSC
12 5 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.97%) GRC
13 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.72%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.48%) ITGC
15 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 111 (26.81%) Active Directory
2 90 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (17.63%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.56%) vSphere
5 21 (5.07%) Docker
6 16 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (3.14%) Firmware
8 10 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.93%) VMware NSX
10 7 (1.69%) vCloud
11 6 (1.45%) Squid
12 1 (0.24%) KVM
12 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (10.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (9.90%) Kubernetes
3 20 (4.83%) Grafana
4 16 (3.86%) Ansible
5 15 (3.62%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.45%) Avamar
7 6 (1.45%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (1.45%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.45%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (1.45%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.45%) VxRail
8 5 (1.21%) Proxmox
8 5 (1.21%) SCCM
9 3 (0.72%) Kibana
9 3 (0.72%) Packer
9 3 (0.72%) WSUS
9 3 (0.72%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.48%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.48%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 217 (52.42%) Microsoft
2 114 (27.54%) VMware
3 62 (14.98%) Veeam
4 30 (7.25%) Cisco
5 23 (5.56%) Palo Alto
6 22 (5.31%) Fortinet
7 20 (4.83%) Dell
8 19 (4.59%) Google
9 15 (3.62%) NetApp
9 15 (3.62%) WatchGuard
10 14 (3.38%) EMC
10 14 (3.38%) Oracle
11 13 (3.14%) Nimble Storage
12 12 (2.90%) Commvault
12 12 (2.90%) SonicWALL
13 10 (2.42%) HP
13 10 (2.42%) IBM
13 10 (2.42%) Meraki
13 10 (2.42%) N-able
14 9 (2.17%) Dynatrace