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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 257 192
Rank change year-on-year +83 -65 +56
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 266 167 518
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.15% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.21% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 205 125 455
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,717 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,886 £78,005
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £92,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 15,706 13,805 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 94.87% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,181 8,074 23,429
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%

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 May 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 36 (13.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 36 (13.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.75%) Apache
2 2 (0.75%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Markit EDM
2 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.75%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 163 (61.28%) Azure
2 83 (31.20%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (17.67%) Entra ID
4 43 (16.17%) AWS
5 28 (10.53%) Nutanix
6 17 (6.39%) GitHub
6 17 (6.39%) SaaS
7 15 (5.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (5.64%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (5.64%) GCP
8 14 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (4.89%) OneDrive
10 12 (4.51%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (4.51%) IaaS
10 12 (4.51%) PaaS
10 12 (4.51%) Power Platform
11 11 (4.14%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.14%) Mimecast
12 10 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 9 (3.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 73 (27.44%) Firewall
2 51 (19.17%) VPN
3 42 (15.79%) DNS
3 42 (15.79%) WAN
4 29 (10.90%) DHCP
5 26 (9.77%) TCP/IP
6 24 (9.02%) LAN
7 17 (6.39%) Network Security
8 13 (4.89%) SD-WAN
8 13 (4.89%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (3.76%) VLAN
10 9 (3.38%) VSAN
11 7 (2.63%) NGFW
12 6 (2.26%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (2.26%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.26%) iSCSI
12 6 (2.26%) SAN
13 5 (1.88%) Wireless
14 4 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.64%) Amazon RDS
1 15 (5.64%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (3.38%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.38%) Delta Lake
4 7 (2.63%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.50%) Power BI
6 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (6.77%) Git
2 6 (2.26%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.75%) JIRA
3 2 (0.75%) Maven
3 2 (0.75%) Selenium
3 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) MLflow
4 1 (0.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 91 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.18%) Finance
3 39 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.14%) Banking
5 19 (7.14%) Law
6 14 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.26%) Retail
7 12 (4.51%) Legal
8 11 (4.14%) Back Office
8 11 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.26%) Marketing
11 5 (1.88%) Advertising
12 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.50%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.13%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.13%) Local Government
14 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (20.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 54 (20.30%) Senior
2 25 (9.40%) IT Manager
3 22 (8.27%) Platform Engineer
4 20 (7.52%) IT Engineer
5 19 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (6.77%) Consultant
7 17 (6.39%) Architect
7 17 (6.39%) Security Specialist
8 16 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (6.02%) Lead
8 16 (6.02%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.64%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (5.64%) Senior Consultant
9 15 (5.64%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 15 (5.64%) Senior VMware Consultant
9 15 (5.64%) Technical Consultant
9 15 (5.64%) VMware Consultant
9 15 (5.64%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 13 (4.89%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.38%) PySpark
2 7 (2.63%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.63%) Loki
2 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (1.50%) RESTful
4 3 (1.13%) JSON
5 2 (0.75%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (0.75%) Kafka
5 2 (0.75%) Node.js
5 2 (0.75%) Playwright
5 2 (0.75%) RAML
5 2 (0.75%) REST
5 2 (0.75%) SOAP
6 1 (0.38%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.38%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.38%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.38%) JWT
6 1 (0.38%) Pandas
6 1 (0.38%) pytest
6 1 (0.38%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.90%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.89%) Cloud Native
4 20 (7.52%) Management Information System
5 17 (6.39%) Enterprise Storage
6 16 (6.02%) Driving Licence
6 16 (6.02%) Replication
7 15 (5.64%) Onboarding
8 14 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (4.51%) CMDB
9 12 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (3.38%) iSeries
10 9 (3.38%) Public Cloud
11 8 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (2.63%) Security Posture
13 6 (2.26%) Private Cloud
13 6 (2.26%) Virtual Team
13 6 (2.26%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 5 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 80 (30.08%) Windows
2 49 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.40%) Linux
4 9 (3.38%) Apple iOS
4 9 (3.38%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.88%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.75%) Unix
9 1 (0.38%) AIX
9 1 (0.38%) CentOS
9 1 (0.38%) Solaris
9 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.83%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (30.45%) Business Continuity
3 78 (29.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 75 (28.20%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (21.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (20.68%) Service Delivery
7 51 (19.17%) DevOps
8 46 (17.29%) CI/CD
8 46 (17.29%) ITIL
9 41 (15.41%) Incident Response
10 38 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
11 36 (13.53%) Information Security
12 35 (13.16%) Cloud Security
12 35 (13.16%) Vulnerability Management
13 33 (12.41%) High Availability
14 32 (12.03%) Migration
14 32 (12.03%) Platform Engineering
15 30 (11.28%) Mentoring
16 28 (10.53%) Risk Management
16 28 (10.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (26.69%) PowerShell
2 51 (19.17%) Python
3 25 (9.40%) SQL
4 9 (3.38%) Scala
5 8 (3.01%) Bash
5 8 (3.01%) Bicep
5 8 (3.01%) Java
6 3 (1.13%) Go
7 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.38%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (15.79%) Degree
2 26 (9.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (7.52%) Azure Certification
4 15 (5.64%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.64%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.26%) CEH
6 13 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.38%) CCNA
8 9 (3.38%) CISSP
8 9 (3.38%) VCAP
8 9 (3.38%) VCDX
9 8 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.01%) CCNP
10 6 (2.26%) CISM
10 6 (2.26%) Dell Certification
11 4 (1.50%) ISACA
11 4 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (21.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (15.04%) NIST
3 35 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (9.40%) GDPR
5 24 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 17 (6.39%) PCI DSS
7 15 (5.64%) PMO
8 13 (4.89%) Data Quality
8 13 (4.89%) ISO 22301
9 10 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (3.38%) GRC
11 8 (3.01%) SOC 2
12 7 (2.63%) SLA
13 6 (2.26%) COBIT
14 3 (1.13%) SOC 1
15 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 67 (25.19%) Active Directory
2 59 (22.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 20 (7.52%) vSphere
5 17 (6.39%) Firmware
6 9 (3.38%) vCloud
6 9 (3.38%) VMware NSX
7 8 (3.01%) Docker
8 5 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.38%) KVM
12 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 46 (17.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (16.92%) Terraform
3 25 (9.40%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.38%) Ansible
5 8 (3.01%) Dell DRAC
5 8 (3.01%) Grafana
5 8 (3.01%) Packer
5 8 (3.01%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.26%) Avamar
6 6 (2.26%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (2.26%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (2.26%) VxRail
7 5 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.50%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.50%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.75%) SCCM
10 1 (0.38%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 143 (53.76%) Microsoft
2 83 (31.20%) VMware
3 30 (11.28%) Cisco
4 24 (9.02%) Veeam
5 21 (7.89%) Commvault
6 18 (6.77%) Dell
7 16 (6.02%) EMC
8 15 (5.64%) NetApp
8 15 (5.64%) Nimble Storage
9 14 (5.26%) Fortinet
10 13 (4.89%) IBM
10 13 (4.89%) Meraki
11 10 (3.76%) Broadcom
11 10 (3.76%) ServiceNow
12 9 (3.38%) Databricks
12 9 (3.38%) HP
12 9 (3.38%) Sophos
13 8 (3.01%) Palo Alto
13 8 (3.01%) Splunk
14 6 (2.26%) F5