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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 193 205
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 +80
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 181 321 349
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.17% 1.62% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.83% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 138 163 327
10th Percentile £41,500 £38,750 £33,043
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +7.44% +11.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% - +8.33%

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 14,167 17,552 20,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 88.61% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,736 10,480 16,832
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 16 November 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 (18.23%) SharePoint
2 30 (16.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.31%) IIS
3 6 (3.31%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.31%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.31%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.66%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.42%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 96 (53.04%) Azure
2 65 (35.91%) AWS
3 53 (29.28%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (16.57%) Entra ID
5 20 (11.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 16 (8.84%) GCP
6 16 (8.84%) Power Automate
7 14 (7.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 14 (7.73%) OneDrive
7 14 (7.73%) Power Platform
8 13 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (7.18%) Serverless
9 11 (6.08%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (6.08%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (6.08%) PowerApps
10 10 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
10 10 (5.52%) IaaS
11 9 (4.97%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (4.97%) PaaS
11 9 (4.97%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 37 (20.44%) Firewall
2 35 (19.34%) VPN
3 28 (15.47%) DNS
4 26 (14.36%) WAN
5 22 (12.15%) DHCP
6 19 (10.50%) SD-WAN
7 16 (8.84%) LAN
8 13 (7.18%) VoIP
9 12 (6.63%) SSL
10 11 (6.08%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (4.42%) Unified Communications
11 8 (4.42%) VLAN
12 7 (3.87%) TCP/IP
13 5 (2.76%) Wireless
14 4 (2.21%) BGP
15 3 (1.66%) Network Security
16 2 (1.10%) NAS
16 2 (1.10%) SAN
17 1 (0.55%) Intranet
17 1 (0.55%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.36%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.39%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (6.63%) Power BI
4 10 (5.52%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (4.97%) MySQL
5 9 (4.97%) NoSQL
6 8 (4.42%) MongoDB
6 8 (4.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (3.31%) DB2
8 6 (3.31%) Oracle Database
9 5 (2.76%) Oracle Database 12c
9 5 (2.76%) RDBMS
9 5 (2.76%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.21%) Oracle Database 10g
10 4 (2.21%) Oracle Database 11g
11 1 (0.55%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.55%) Big Data
11 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.97%) Git
2 6 (3.31%) Bitbucket
2 6 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.21%) Maven
4 3 (1.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.66%) GitLab
4 3 (1.66%) Subversion
5 1 (0.55%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 51 (28.18%) Finance
1 51 (28.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.84%) Banking
4 12 (6.63%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.08%) Law
6 9 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.76%) Back Office
7 5 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.76%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.76%) Retail
8 4 (2.21%) Advertising
8 4 (2.21%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.66%) Aviation
9 3 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.10%) Legal
10 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Games
11 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (16.57%) Senior
2 28 (15.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (10.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (10.50%) DBA
4 18 (9.94%) AWS DevOps
5 16 (8.84%) Administrator
5 16 (8.84%) Senior DevOps
5 16 (8.84%) Support Engineer
6 14 (7.73%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (7.18%) Lead
8 12 (6.63%) SQL DBA
9 10 (5.52%) Architect
9 10 (5.52%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.52%) Head of IT
10 9 (4.97%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.97%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (4.97%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) AWS Architect
11 8 (4.42%) DevOps Architect
11 8 (4.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.87%) LDAP
2 6 (3.31%) LAPP Stack
2 6 (3.31%) WebSphere MQ
3 5 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.76%) REST
4 3 (1.66%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.66%) AWS SAM
4 3 (1.66%) Ionic Framework
4 3 (1.66%) LAMP
4 3 (1.66%) RESTful
4 3 (1.66%) Spring
4 3 (1.66%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.10%) AWS CDK
5 2 (1.10%) OAuth
6 1 (0.55%) gRPC
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.55%) RFC 2544
6 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.94%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.84%) Management Information System
3 15 (8.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (7.18%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.52%) CMDB
6 9 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.97%) Replication
7 7 (3.87%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.87%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.31%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.31%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.21%) AI Agents
9 4 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.21%) Clustering
9 4 (2.21%) PKI
10 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (31.49%) Windows
2 34 (18.78%) Linux
3 31 (17.13%) Windows Server
4 15 (8.29%) Unix
5 6 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.66%) CentOS
6 3 (1.66%) Rocky
6 3 (1.66%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.55%) Solaris
8 1 (0.55%) VMS
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.28%) DevOps
2 52 (28.73%) ITIL
3 47 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (25.41%) CI/CD
5 44 (24.31%) High Availability
6 42 (23.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (21.55%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (18.23%) Business Continuity
8 33 (18.23%) Migration
9 32 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (14.36%) Performance Tuning
11 25 (13.81%) Service Management
12 24 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (12.71%) Service Delivery
14 20 (11.05%) Roadmaps
15 19 (10.50%) Observability
16 18 (9.94%) Mentoring
17 17 (9.39%) Budgeting
17 17 (9.39%) Computer Science
17 17 (9.39%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (25.97%) Python
2 36 (19.89%) PowerShell
3 35 (19.34%) SQL
4 18 (9.94%) Java
5 12 (6.63%) T-SQL
6 11 (6.08%) Go
7 9 (4.97%) C#
8 7 (3.87%) Bash
8 7 (3.87%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.31%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.21%) Bicep
11 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.55%) C++
12 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.55%) Perl
12 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (18.78%) Azure Certification
2 28 (15.47%) AWS Certification
2 28 (15.47%) Degree
3 20 (11.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 14 (7.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (7.73%) Security Cleared
5 12 (6.63%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (6.08%) CCNP
7 10 (5.52%) DBS Check
7 10 (5.52%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (5.52%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.97%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (3.87%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.87%) PMP
10 5 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (2.21%) CEH
11 4 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.66%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.71%) NIST
2 22 (12.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.05%) SLA
4 16 (8.84%) GDPR
5 9 (4.97%) HIPAA
6 6 (3.31%) ISO 22301
7 5 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.21%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.21%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.66%) GRC
10 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (1.10%) NCSC
11 1 (0.55%) COBIT
11 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (16.57%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.71%) Docker
3 20 (11.05%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.97%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.10%) vSphere
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 46 (25.41%) Terraform
2 30 (16.57%) Ansible
3 27 (14.92%) Kubernetes
4 26 (14.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (6.08%) Grafana
6 7 (3.87%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.76%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.21%) Nagios
9 3 (1.66%) Nessus
9 3 (1.66%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.66%) SCOM
10 1 (0.55%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.55%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 86 (47.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.60%) VMware
3 16 (8.84%) Cisco
4 11 (6.08%) Google
5 9 (4.97%) IBM
6 8 (4.42%) Veeam
7 7 (3.87%) Oracle
7 7 (3.87%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.87%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.31%) Commvault
8 6 (3.31%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.31%) SonicWALL
9 5 (2.76%) Informatica
9 5 (2.76%) RedGate
9 5 (2.76%) Talend
10 4 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (2.21%) Foundry
10 4 (2.21%) Mitel
10 4 (2.21%) Sophos
11 3 (1.66%) Datto