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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 251 212
Rank change year-on-year +92 -39 -8
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 398 181 370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.70% 1.10% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.19% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 277 138 225
10th Percentile £38,900 £31,775 £38,850
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -14.81% +13.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,188 £89,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -5.98%

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 19,145 15,240 21,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 92.98% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13,809 8,865 14,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%

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 2 September 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 43 (10.80%) SharePoint
2 34 (8.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.27%) IIS
4 7 (1.76%) Apache
5 6 (1.51%) nginx
6 3 (0.75%) WordPress
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 264 (66.33%) Azure
2 127 (31.91%) AWS
3 117 (29.40%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (22.11%) SaaS
5 71 (17.84%) Entra ID
6 32 (8.04%) IaaS
7 28 (7.04%) GCP
8 24 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (5.53%) PaaS
9 22 (5.53%) Power Platform
10 18 (4.52%) OneDrive
11 17 (4.27%) Nutanix
12 13 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (2.26%) GitHub
14 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 103 (25.88%) Firewall
2 79 (19.85%) DNS
3 60 (15.08%) DHCP
4 53 (13.32%) VPN
5 34 (8.54%) TCP/IP
6 32 (8.04%) WAN
7 28 (7.04%) Network Security
8 26 (6.53%) LAN
9 20 (5.03%) VLAN
10 13 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (2.51%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.26%) VSAN
12 9 (2.26%) Wireless
13 8 (2.01%) SAN
14 7 (1.76%) Fibre Channel
14 7 (1.76%) NGFW
15 6 (1.51%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
17 4 (1.01%) Broadband
17 4 (1.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.51%) Power BI
5 4 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Git
2 6 (1.51%) JIRA
2 6 (1.51%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (1.01%) GitLab
4 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.25%) MLflow
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 121 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.09%) Finance
3 50 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (10.55%) Law
5 34 (8.54%) Legal
6 23 (5.78%) Retail
7 22 (5.53%) Banking
8 21 (5.28%) Public Sector
9 19 (4.77%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.51%) Back Office
12 10 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.76%) Advertising
14 5 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.26%) Marketing
14 5 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.75%) Local Government
16 2 (0.50%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.25%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 72 (18.09%) IT Manager
2 65 (16.33%) Senior
3 54 (13.57%) Service Manager
4 51 (12.81%) Resilience Manager
5 50 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 50 (12.56%) IT Services Manager
6 33 (8.29%) Architect
7 30 (7.54%) Consultant
8 24 (6.03%) IT Engineer
9 23 (5.78%) Technical Consultant
10 22 (5.53%) Lead
10 22 (5.53%) Support Engineer
11 21 (5.28%) Analyst
11 21 (5.28%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (5.03%) Senior Architect
13 19 (4.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (4.02%) IT Support
15 16 (4.02%) Technical Architect
16 15 (3.77%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (16.33%) Middleware
2 60 (15.08%) Terraform
3 12 (3.02%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.51%) Web Services
6 3 (0.75%) JSON
6 3 (0.75%) Nuxt
6 3 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (0.50%) .NET
7 2 (0.50%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.50%) Kafka
7 2 (0.50%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.25%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.25%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.25%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.25%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.25%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.25%) Pandas
8 1 (0.25%) pytest
8 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (14.07%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (8.54%) Data Centre
3 33 (8.29%) Replication
4 24 (6.03%) Cloud Native
4 24 (6.03%) Enterprise Storage
4 24 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (5.28%) Management Information System
6 20 (5.03%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.02%) Security Posture
8 13 (3.27%) Driving Licence
8 13 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (3.02%) Public Cloud
10 11 (2.76%) iSeries
11 10 (2.51%) CMDB
12 8 (2.01%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.76%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.76%) Freedom of Information Act
13 7 (1.76%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (32.41%) Windows
2 98 (24.62%) Windows Server
3 45 (11.31%) Linux
4 9 (2.26%) Ubuntu
5 7 (1.76%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.51%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.26%) Unix
8 4 (1.01%) Debian
9 2 (0.50%) AIX
9 2 (0.50%) CentOS
9 2 (0.50%) Solaris
10 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (53.77%) Business Continuity
2 127 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (28.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 111 (27.89%) Cybersecurity
5 105 (26.38%) Information Security
6 94 (23.62%) DevOps
7 93 (23.37%) ITIL
8 86 (21.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 82 (20.60%) Agile
10 70 (17.59%) Service Delivery
11 69 (17.34%) Project Delivery
12 66 (16.58%) High Availability
13 62 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 61 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 57 (14.32%) Enterprise Architecture
15 57 (14.32%) Mentoring
16 56 (14.07%) Waterfall
17 55 (13.82%) Incident Response
18 54 (13.57%) Runbook
18 54 (13.57%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (21.36%) PowerShell
2 41 (10.30%) Python
3 26 (6.53%) SQL
4 19 (4.77%) Bicep
5 9 (2.26%) Bash
6 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.01%) Java
8 3 (0.75%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.75%) Ruby
9 2 (0.50%) C#
9 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (18.09%) CISSP
2 69 (17.34%) CISM
3 53 (13.32%) ITIL Certification
4 35 (8.79%) Azure Certification
5 33 (8.29%) Degree
6 25 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (5.53%) Security Cleared
8 19 (4.77%) SC Cleared
8 19 (4.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (3.52%) CCNA
10 14 (3.52%) CISA
11 12 (3.02%) CCNP
11 12 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.51%) VCAP
13 9 (2.26%) CEH
13 9 (2.26%) VCDX
14 8 (2.01%) ISACA
15 7 (1.76%) CRISC
16 6 (1.51%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (22.61%) NIST
2 70 (17.59%) ISO 22301
3 56 (14.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (9.80%) GDPR
5 27 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (6.03%) SLA
7 21 (5.28%) PCI DSS
8 17 (4.27%) PMO
9 11 (2.76%) COBIT
10 10 (2.51%) GRC
10 10 (2.51%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.76%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (1.26%) NCSC
14 4 (1.01%) Data Quality
14 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 3 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.50%) ITGC
System Software
1 98 (24.62%) Active Directory
2 90 (22.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (16.58%) Hyper-V
4 23 (5.78%) vSphere
5 16 (4.02%) Docker
6 13 (3.27%) Firmware
7 10 (2.51%) VMware NSX
8 9 (2.26%) vCloud
8 9 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (1.51%) Squid
11 1 (0.25%) KVM
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (10.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (8.54%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.77%) Ansible
4 8 (2.01%) Grafana
4 8 (2.01%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.76%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.76%) Packer
5 7 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.51%) Avamar
6 6 (1.51%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.51%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.51%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.51%) VxRail
7 5 (1.26%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.26%) SCCM
8 3 (0.75%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.50%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.50%) SCOM
9 2 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 211 (53.02%) Microsoft
2 108 (27.14%) VMware
3 54 (13.57%) Veeam
4 38 (9.55%) Cisco
5 20 (5.03%) Palo Alto
6 19 (4.77%) EMC
7 17 (4.27%) Dell
7 17 (4.27%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.27%) NetApp
8 16 (4.02%) Google
9 15 (3.77%) Nimble Storage
10 12 (3.02%) Commvault
10 12 (3.02%) Oracle
11 11 (2.76%) Broadcom
11 11 (2.76%) HP
11 11 (2.76%) IBM
12 10 (2.51%) Meraki
12 10 (2.51%) N-able
13 9 (2.26%) iManage
13 9 (2.26%) ServiceNow