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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 255 213
Rank change year-on-year +86 -42 +2
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 379 183 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.67% 1.11% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.20% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 260 138 244
10th Percentile £40,450 £31,775 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,650 £49,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +9.20%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £88,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -6.80%

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 18,770 15,275 21,889
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 92.90% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,576 8,969 15,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.09%

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 11 August 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 34 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 34 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.43%) IIS
3 8 (2.11%) Apache
4 6 (1.58%) nginx
5 3 (0.79%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 251 (66.23%) Azure
2 114 (30.08%) AWS
3 103 (27.18%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (21.11%) SaaS
5 65 (17.15%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.54%) Power Platform
7 20 (5.28%) GCP
7 20 (5.28%) IaaS
7 20 (5.28%) Nutanix
8 18 (4.75%) PaaS
9 13 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.11%) GitHub
13 8 (2.11%) Mimecast
13 8 (2.11%) OneDrive
14 7 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 104 (27.44%) Firewall
2 75 (19.79%) DNS
3 55 (14.51%) VPN
4 54 (14.25%) DHCP
5 33 (8.71%) TCP/IP
6 32 (8.44%) WAN
7 27 (7.12%) Network Security
8 26 (6.86%) LAN
9 16 (4.22%) VLAN
10 15 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (2.37%) VSAN
12 8 (2.11%) Wireless
13 7 (1.85%) NGFW
14 6 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (1.58%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (1.58%) iSCSI
14 6 (1.58%) SAN
14 6 (1.58%) SD-WAN
15 4 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (1.06%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (2.64%) Power BI
3 9 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.85%) Git
2 6 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.32%) JIRA
4 4 (1.06%) GitLab
5 2 (0.53%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.26%) MLflow
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 120 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.36%) Finance
3 48 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.61%) Law
5 35 (9.23%) Legal
6 22 (5.80%) Retail
7 21 (5.54%) Banking
8 18 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.64%) Back Office
13 7 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.58%) Advertising
14 6 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.32%) Marketing
16 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.79%) Local Government
18 2 (0.53%) Social Housing
19 1 (0.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (19.26%) IT Manager
2 60 (15.83%) Senior
3 52 (13.72%) Service Manager
4 50 (13.19%) IT Services Manager
4 50 (13.19%) Resilience Manager
5 49 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (6.86%) Architect
6 26 (6.86%) Lead
7 24 (6.33%) Consultant
8 23 (6.07%) IT Engineer
9 22 (5.80%) Support Engineer
10 21 (5.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (5.28%) Analyst
12 19 (5.01%) Azure Engineer
12 19 (5.01%) Technical Consultant
13 16 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (4.22%) IT Support
13 16 (4.22%) Senior Architect
14 15 (3.96%) Senior VMware Consultant
14 15 (3.96%) VMware Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (14.78%) Middleware
2 11 (2.90%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.58%) Web Services
5 3 (0.79%) JSON
5 3 (0.79%) Nuxt
5 3 (0.79%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.53%) .NET
6 2 (0.53%) Kafka
7 1 (0.26%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.26%) Node.js
7 1 (0.26%) NumPy
7 1 (0.26%) OAuth
7 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.26%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.26%) Pandas
7 1 (0.26%) pytest
7 1 (0.26%) RESTful
7 1 (0.26%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (0.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.57%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (8.44%) Data Centre
3 30 (7.92%) Replication
4 26 (6.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (6.33%) Management Information System
6 23 (6.07%) Cloud Native
6 23 (6.07%) Enterprise Storage
7 21 (5.54%) Onboarding
8 16 (4.22%) Driving Licence
8 16 (4.22%) Security Posture
9 14 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (3.17%) Public Cloud
11 11 (2.90%) iSeries
12 10 (2.64%) CMDB
13 8 (2.11%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.85%) Freedom of Information Act
15 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (31.13%) Windows
2 86 (22.69%) Windows Server
3 40 (10.55%) Linux
4 8 (2.11%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.58%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.32%) Unix
8 2 (0.53%) CentOS
8 2 (0.53%) Solaris
9 1 (0.26%) AIX
9 1 (0.26%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (52.24%) Business Continuity
2 121 (31.93%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (29.29%) Cybersecurity
4 109 (28.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (26.91%) Information Security
6 97 (25.59%) DevOps
7 93 (24.54%) ITIL
8 82 (21.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 74 (19.53%) Agile
10 66 (17.41%) Service Delivery
11 63 (16.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 62 (16.36%) Incident Response
13 61 (16.09%) Project Delivery
14 58 (15.30%) High Availability
14 58 (15.30%) Stakeholder Management
15 57 (15.04%) Enterprise Architecture
16 56 (14.78%) Runbook
17 54 (14.25%) Test Automation
18 53 (13.98%) Contract Negotiation
18 53 (13.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (22.43%) PowerShell
2 42 (11.08%) Python
3 25 (6.60%) SQL
4 17 (4.49%) Bicep
5 7 (1.85%) Bash
6 6 (1.58%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.79%) Ruby
8 2 (0.53%) C#
8 2 (0.53%) Java
8 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (19.00%) CISSP
2 68 (17.94%) CISM
3 52 (13.72%) ITIL Certification
4 35 (9.23%) Degree
5 34 (8.97%) Azure Certification
6 29 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (6.07%) Security Cleared
8 20 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (5.28%) SC Cleared
8 20 (5.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 16 (4.22%) CCNA
10 14 (3.69%) CCNP
10 14 (3.69%) CISA
11 12 (3.17%) CEH
11 12 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.64%) VCAP
13 9 (2.37%) VCDX
14 8 (2.11%) ISACA
15 7 (1.85%) CRISC
16 6 (1.58%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (25.07%) NIST
2 69 (18.21%) ISO 22301
3 66 (17.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (11.08%) GDPR
5 31 (8.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (5.80%) PCI DSS
7 21 (5.54%) SLA
8 17 (4.49%) PMO
9 12 (3.17%) GRC
10 11 (2.90%) COBIT
10 11 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (2.90%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.85%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
13 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (1.06%) NCSC
14 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 87 (22.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 84 (22.16%) Active Directory
3 58 (15.30%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.33%) vSphere
5 15 (3.96%) Docker
6 13 (3.43%) Firmware
7 10 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.64%) VMware NSX
8 9 (2.37%) vCloud
9 6 (1.58%) Squid
9 6 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.26%) KVM
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 56 (14.78%) Terraform
2 42 (11.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (8.18%) Kubernetes
4 19 (5.01%) Ansible
5 7 (1.85%) Packer
5 7 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.58%) Avamar
6 6 (1.58%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (1.58%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (1.58%) Grafana
6 6 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.58%) VxRail
7 5 (1.32%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.06%) Proxmox
8 4 (1.06%) SCCM
9 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.79%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.53%) SCOM
10 2 (0.53%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 193 (50.92%) Microsoft
2 109 (28.76%) VMware
3 50 (13.19%) Veeam
4 41 (10.82%) Cisco
5 19 (5.01%) EMC
6 18 (4.75%) Palo Alto
7 17 (4.49%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.49%) NetApp
8 16 (4.22%) Commvault
8 16 (4.22%) Dell
9 15 (3.96%) Nimble Storage
10 12 (3.17%) Meraki
11 11 (2.90%) Broadcom
11 11 (2.90%) HP
11 11 (2.90%) IBM
11 11 (2.90%) Oracle
12 10 (2.64%) iManage
12 10 (2.64%) Red Hat
12 10 (2.64%) Sophos
12 10 (2.64%) Splunk