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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 194 208
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +74
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 185 329 338
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.21% 1.66% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.84% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 140 177 318
10th Percentile £41,500 £38,250 £32,682
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year +4.35% -3.40% +11.26%

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 13,874 17,882 19,977
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.99% 89.98% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,773 10,763 16,162
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 26 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 34 (18.38%) SharePoint
2 31 (16.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.24%) IIS
3 6 (3.24%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.24%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.24%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.62%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.32%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (0.54%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 102 (55.14%) Azure
2 64 (34.59%) AWS
3 55 (29.73%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (17.30%) Entra ID
5 19 (10.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (8.11%) GCP
6 15 (8.11%) OneDrive
6 15 (8.11%) Power Automate
7 14 (7.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 14 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (7.57%) Serverless
8 13 (7.03%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (7.03%) Power Platform
9 12 (6.49%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (5.95%) IaaS
10 11 (5.95%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (5.95%) Nutanix
10 11 (5.95%) PowerApps
11 10 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (5.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (21.08%) Firewall
2 38 (20.54%) VPN
3 32 (17.30%) DNS
4 29 (15.68%) WAN
5 25 (13.51%) DHCP
6 22 (11.89%) SD-WAN
7 17 (9.19%) LAN
8 13 (7.03%) VoIP
9 12 (6.49%) SSL
10 11 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (5.41%) TCP/IP
12 8 (4.32%) Unified Communications
12 8 (4.32%) VLAN
13 7 (3.78%) Wireless
14 4 (2.16%) BGP
14 4 (2.16%) Network Security
15 2 (1.08%) NAS
15 2 (1.08%) SAN
16 1 (0.54%) Intranet
16 1 (0.54%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.05%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (5.95%) Power BI
4 10 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.32%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.78%) MySQL
7 6 (3.24%) DB2
7 6 (3.24%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.24%) Oracle Database
7 6 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.70%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (2.16%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (2.16%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (1.62%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.62%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.54%) Metadata
11 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.41%) Git
2 6 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.70%) Maven
4 3 (1.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.62%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.62%) GitLab
4 3 (1.62%) Subversion
5 1 (0.54%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 53 (28.65%) Finance
2 52 (28.11%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.65%) Banking
5 13 (7.03%) Law
6 12 (6.49%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.70%) Back Office
8 5 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.70%) Retail
9 4 (2.16%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.62%) Advertising
10 3 (1.62%) Aviation
10 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.08%) Legal
11 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 32 (17.30%) Senior
2 28 (15.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (10.27%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (9.19%) DBA
5 16 (8.65%) Support Engineer
6 15 (8.11%) Administrator
6 15 (8.11%) AWS DevOps
6 15 (8.11%) Senior DevOps
7 14 (7.57%) Lead
8 13 (7.03%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (5.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.41%) Head of IT
9 10 (5.41%) SQL DBA
10 9 (4.86%) Architect
10 9 (4.86%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (4.86%) Infrastructure Support
10 9 (4.86%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (4.32%) Head of Operations
11 8 (4.32%) Linux Support
11 8 (4.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.78%) LDAP
2 6 (3.24%) LAPP Stack
2 6 (3.24%) REST
2 6 (3.24%) WebSphere MQ
3 5 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.16%) AWS SAM
5 3 (1.62%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.62%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.62%) LAMP
5 3 (1.62%) RESTful
5 3 (1.62%) Spring
5 3 (1.62%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.08%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.08%) OAuth
7 1 (0.54%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.54%) gRPC
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.54%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.54%) RAML
7 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (9.19%) Cloud Native
3 16 (8.65%) Management Information System
4 13 (7.03%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (5.41%) CMDB
7 9 (4.86%) Replication
8 8 (4.32%) Onboarding
9 7 (3.78%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (3.78%) Operational Technology
9 7 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (3.24%) Driving Licence
10 6 (3.24%) Public Cloud
11 4 (2.16%) AI Agents
11 4 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (2.16%) PKI
12 3 (1.62%) Clustering
12 3 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (33.51%) Windows
2 35 (18.92%) Linux
3 34 (18.38%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.57%) Unix
5 6 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.70%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.62%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.62%) CentOS
7 3 (1.62%) Rocky
7 3 (1.62%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.54%) Solaris
8 1 (0.54%) VMS
8 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (29.19%) ITIL
2 53 (28.65%) DevOps
3 46 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (23.78%) CI/CD
4 44 (23.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (22.16%) High Availability
6 39 (21.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (19.46%) Cybersecurity
8 35 (18.92%) Business Continuity
9 31 (16.76%) Migration
10 26 (14.05%) Performance Tuning
11 25 (13.51%) Service Delivery
12 24 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (12.97%) Service Management
13 20 (10.81%) Observability
14 19 (10.27%) Mentoring
15 18 (9.73%) Infrastructure Management
15 18 (9.73%) Roadmaps
16 17 (9.19%) Computer Science
16 17 (9.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (25.95%) Python
2 41 (22.16%) PowerShell
3 33 (17.84%) SQL
4 18 (9.73%) Java
5 11 (5.95%) Go
6 10 (5.41%) T-SQL
7 8 (4.32%) C#
8 7 (3.78%) Bash
8 7 (3.78%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.24%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.70%) Bicep
11 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.54%) Perl
12 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (17.84%) Azure Certification
2 28 (15.14%) Degree
3 27 (14.59%) AWS Certification
4 19 (10.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (6.49%) Security Cleared
7 11 (5.95%) CCNP
8 10 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (4.86%) Master's Degree
10 8 (4.32%) DBS Check
11 7 (3.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (3.78%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.78%) PMP
11 7 (3.78%) SC Cleared
12 6 (3.24%) CEH
13 5 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (1.62%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (13.51%) NIST
2 22 (11.89%) SLA
3 15 (8.11%) GDPR
4 8 (4.32%) HIPAA
5 7 (3.78%) ISO 22301
6 5 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.16%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.62%) GRC
9 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.08%) NCSC
10 1 (0.54%) Basel III
10 1 (0.54%) COBIT
10 1 (0.54%) MiFID
10 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (16.76%) Active Directory
2 24 (12.97%) Hyper-V
3 21 (11.35%) Docker
4 17 (9.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.86%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.08%) vSphere
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.54%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 46 (24.86%) Terraform
2 30 (16.22%) Ansible
3 28 (15.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (14.59%) Kubernetes
5 10 (5.41%) Grafana
6 6 (3.24%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.70%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.16%) Nagios
9 3 (1.62%) Nessus
9 3 (1.62%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.62%) SCOM
10 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.54%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 90 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 28 (15.14%) VMware
3 15 (8.11%) Cisco
4 10 (5.41%) Google
5 9 (4.86%) Commvault
5 9 (4.86%) IBM
6 8 (4.32%) Oracle
6 8 (4.32%) Veeam
7 7 (3.78%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.78%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.24%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.24%) SonicWALL
9 4 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.16%) Foundry
9 4 (2.16%) Mitel
9 4 (2.16%) Sophos
10 3 (1.62%) Datto
10 3 (1.62%) Dell
10 3 (1.62%) ESET
10 3 (1.62%) Informatica