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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 261 198
Rank change year-on-year +80 -63 +52
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 275 177 546
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.41% 1.17% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.24% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 217 132 444
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,600 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £78,005
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £58,598 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.24% +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 15,967 14,283 30,442
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.63% 89.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,428 8,372 23,637
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 9 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 (13.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (13.45%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.45%) IIS
4 2 (0.73%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) Site Server
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.73%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.73%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 169 (61.45%) Azure
2 88 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (17.45%) AWS
3 48 (17.45%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.82%) Nutanix
5 18 (6.55%) SaaS
6 16 (5.82%) GCP
6 16 (5.82%) GitHub
6 16 (5.82%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (5.09%) IaaS
8 13 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.73%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (4.73%) PaaS
9 12 (4.36%) Mimecast
10 10 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.64%) OneDrive
11 9 (3.27%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (29.82%) Firewall
2 53 (19.27%) VPN
3 52 (18.91%) DNS
4 43 (15.64%) WAN
5 37 (13.45%) DHCP
6 28 (10.18%) LAN
6 28 (10.18%) TCP/IP
7 19 (6.91%) Network Security
8 17 (6.18%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (4.36%) SD-WAN
10 11 (4.00%) VLAN
11 9 (3.27%) VSAN
12 7 (2.55%) NGFW
12 7 (2.55%) SAN
13 6 (2.18%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (2.18%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.18%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.18%) Wireless
14 4 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.45%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (4.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.55%) Data Lake
3 7 (2.55%) Delta Lake
4 6 (2.18%) Power BI
5 4 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
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 15 (5.45%) Git
2 6 (2.18%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.09%) Selenium
4 2 (0.73%) JIRA
4 2 (0.73%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) Maven
5 1 (0.36%) MLflow
5 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 95 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.18%) Finance
3 39 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (7.27%) Law
6 19 (6.91%) Banking
7 15 (5.45%) Legal
7 15 (5.45%) Public Sector
8 14 (5.09%) Retail
9 13 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.00%) Back Office
11 10 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.18%) Advertising
12 6 (2.18%) Marketing
13 4 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.09%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.73%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.36%) Aviation
16 1 (0.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (21.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (19.64%) Senior
3 23 (8.36%) IT Engineer
3 23 (8.36%) IT Manager
4 20 (7.27%) Platform Engineer
4 20 (7.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (7.27%) Support Engineer
5 18 (6.55%) Architect
5 18 (6.55%) Consultant
5 18 (6.55%) Lead
6 17 (6.18%) Security Specialist
7 16 (5.82%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (5.45%) Security Manager
8 15 (5.45%) Senior Consultant
8 15 (5.45%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 15 (5.45%) Senior VMware Consultant
8 15 (5.45%) Technical Consultant
8 15 (5.45%) VMware Consultant
8 15 (5.45%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 14 (5.09%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.91%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Graph
2 7 (2.55%) PySpark
3 4 (1.45%) Loki
3 4 (1.45%) RESTful
4 3 (1.09%) JSON
4 3 (1.09%) Node.js
4 3 (1.09%) Playwright
5 2 (0.73%) Kafka
5 2 (0.73%) Middleware
6 1 (0.36%) NumPy
6 1 (0.36%) OAuth
6 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.36%) OpenCV
6 1 (0.36%) Pandas
6 1 (0.36%) pytest
6 1 (0.36%) RAML
6 1 (0.36%) REST
6 1 (0.36%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.36%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.27%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.36%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.64%) Replication
4 20 (7.27%) Cloud Native
4 20 (7.27%) Enterprise Storage
5 18 (6.55%) Management Information System
6 17 (6.18%) Driving Licence
7 15 (5.45%) Onboarding
8 14 (5.09%) CMDB
8 14 (5.09%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (4.36%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (4.00%) iSeries
11 10 (3.64%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.91%) Security Posture
12 8 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (2.91%) Virtual Team
13 6 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (2.18%) Private Cloud
13 6 (2.18%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 87 (31.64%) Windows
2 58 (21.09%) Windows Server
3 24 (8.73%) Linux
4 8 (2.91%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.91%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.55%) Mac OS
6 6 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.09%) Unix
9 1 (0.36%) AIX
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Solaris
9 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (33.82%) Business Continuity
2 84 (30.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 83 (30.18%) Cybersecurity
4 78 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (22.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (18.91%) Service Delivery
7 47 (17.09%) Incident Response
7 47 (17.09%) ITIL
8 46 (16.73%) DevOps
9 45 (16.36%) CI/CD
10 39 (14.18%) Information Security
11 37 (13.45%) High Availability
12 36 (13.09%) Cloud Security
13 35 (12.73%) Infrastructure as Code
13 35 (12.73%) Vulnerability Management
14 32 (11.64%) Mentoring
15 31 (11.27%) Migration
15 31 (11.27%) Service Management
16 30 (10.91%) Risk Management
16 30 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (26.91%) PowerShell
2 46 (16.73%) Python
3 24 (8.73%) SQL
4 8 (2.91%) Bicep
4 8 (2.91%) Java
5 7 (2.55%) Scala
6 5 (1.82%) Bash
7 3 (1.09%) Go
7 3 (1.09%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.36%) C#
8 1 (0.36%) Ruby
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (14.55%) Degree
2 30 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (7.27%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.18%) Security Cleared
5 16 (5.82%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (4.73%) CCNA
6 13 (4.73%) CEH
6 13 (4.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (4.00%) CISSP
9 10 (3.64%) CCNP
10 9 (3.27%) VCAP
10 9 (3.27%) VCDX
11 8 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (2.91%) CISM
12 6 (2.18%) Dell Certification
13 5 (1.82%) CISA
14 4 (1.45%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.45%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (22.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (14.55%) NIST
3 36 (13.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (9.82%) GDPR
5 24 (8.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 17 (6.18%) PCI DSS
6 17 (6.18%) PMO
7 13 (4.73%) ISO 22301
8 11 (4.00%) Data Quality
8 11 (4.00%) SLA
9 10 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (3.27%) GRC
11 8 (2.91%) SOC 2
12 6 (2.18%) COBIT
13 3 (1.09%) SOC 1
14 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 72 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 69 (25.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (13.45%) Hyper-V
4 22 (8.00%) vSphere
5 17 (6.18%) Firmware
6 9 (3.27%) vCloud
6 9 (3.27%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.91%) Docker
8 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.36%) KVM
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (16.36%) Terraform
2 44 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (8.00%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.00%) Ansible
5 9 (3.27%) Packer
6 7 (2.55%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.18%) Avamar
7 6 (2.18%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (2.18%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (2.18%) VxRail
8 5 (1.82%) Grafana
8 5 (1.82%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.82%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.73%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.73%) SCCM
10 2 (0.73%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.36%) QRadar
Vendors
1 150 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 94 (34.18%) VMware
3 35 (12.73%) Cisco
4 32 (11.64%) Veeam
5 22 (8.00%) Commvault
6 19 (6.91%) EMC
7 17 (6.18%) Dell
7 17 (6.18%) Meraki
8 15 (5.45%) Fortinet
8 15 (5.45%) NetApp
8 15 (5.45%) Nimble Storage
9 13 (4.73%) IBM
10 11 (4.00%) Broadcom
10 11 (4.00%) HP
10 11 (4.00%) Sophos
11 10 (3.64%) Palo Alto
12 9 (3.27%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.91%) Splunk
14 7 (2.55%) Databricks
15 6 (2.18%) 3PAR