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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 196 213
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 +65
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 183 330 340
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 1.63% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.83% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 139 181 319
10th Percentile £41,500 £38,750 £33,138
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 £71,250
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% +10.23%

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 13,868 18,074 20,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 89.24% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,727 10,941 16,424
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 £80,070
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 23 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 33 (18.03%) SharePoint
2 30 (16.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.28%) IIS
3 6 (3.28%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.28%) WebSphere
3 6 (3.28%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.64%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.37%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
1 1 (0.55%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 99 (54.10%) Azure
2 64 (34.97%) AWS
3 54 (29.51%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (16.94%) Entra ID
5 19 (10.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (8.20%) GCP
6 15 (8.20%) Power Automate
7 14 (7.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 14 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (7.65%) OneDrive
7 14 (7.65%) Serverless
8 13 (7.10%) Power Platform
9 12 (6.56%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (6.56%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (6.01%) IaaS
10 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (6.01%) PowerApps
11 10 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (5.46%) Nutanix
11 10 (5.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (21.86%) Firewall
2 37 (20.22%) VPN
3 31 (16.94%) DNS
4 28 (15.30%) WAN
5 24 (13.11%) DHCP
6 21 (11.48%) SD-WAN
7 17 (9.29%) LAN
8 13 (7.10%) VoIP
9 12 (6.56%) SSL
10 11 (6.01%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (4.92%) TCP/IP
12 8 (4.37%) Unified Communications
12 8 (4.37%) VLAN
13 6 (3.28%) Wireless
14 4 (2.19%) BGP
14 4 (2.19%) Network Security
15 2 (1.09%) NAS
15 2 (1.09%) SAN
16 1 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
16 1 (0.55%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.66%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (6.01%) Power BI
4 10 (5.46%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (4.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.37%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.83%) MySQL
7 6 (3.28%) DB2
7 6 (3.28%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.28%) Oracle Database
7 6 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.73%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (2.19%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (2.19%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (1.64%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.64%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.55%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.55%) Big Data
11 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.92%) Git
2 5 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.19%) Maven
4 3 (1.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.64%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.64%) GitLab
4 3 (1.64%) Subversion
5 1 (0.55%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (28.42%) Finance
2 51 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 18 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.74%) Banking
5 12 (6.56%) Law
5 12 (6.56%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.73%) Back Office
7 5 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.73%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.73%) Retail
8 4 (2.19%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.64%) Advertising
9 3 (1.64%) Aviation
9 3 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.09%) Legal
10 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Games
11 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (16.39%) Senior
2 28 (15.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (10.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 17 (9.29%) DBA
5 16 (8.74%) Support Engineer
6 15 (8.20%) Administrator
6 15 (8.20%) AWS DevOps
6 15 (8.20%) Senior DevOps
7 14 (7.65%) Lead
8 13 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (5.46%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.46%) Head of IT
9 10 (5.46%) SQL DBA
10 9 (4.92%) Architect
10 9 (4.92%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (4.92%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (4.37%) Head of Operations
11 8 (4.37%) IT Manager
11 8 (4.37%) Linux Support
11 8 (4.37%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.83%) LDAP
2 6 (3.28%) LAPP Stack
2 6 (3.28%) WebSphere MQ
3 5 (2.73%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.73%) REST
4 4 (2.19%) AWS SAM
5 3 (1.64%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.64%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.64%) LAMP
5 3 (1.64%) RESTful
5 3 (1.64%) Spring
5 3 (1.64%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.09%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.09%) OAuth
7 1 (0.55%) .NET
7 1 (0.55%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.55%) JDBC
7 1 (0.55%) ODBC
7 1 (0.55%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.84%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (9.29%) Cloud Native
3 15 (8.20%) Management Information System
4 14 (7.65%) Data Centre
5 10 (5.46%) CMDB
5 10 (5.46%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.92%) Replication
7 7 (3.83%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.83%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.83%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.28%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.28%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.19%) AI Agents
9 4 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.19%) PKI
10 3 (1.64%) Clustering
10 3 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.09%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 61 (33.33%) Windows
2 34 (18.58%) Linux
3 33 (18.03%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.65%) Unix
5 6 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.64%) CentOS
7 3 (1.64%) Rocky
7 3 (1.64%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.55%) Solaris
9 1 (0.55%) VMS
9 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.96%) ITIL
2 52 (28.42%) DevOps
3 46 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (24.04%) CI/CD
5 43 (23.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 41 (22.40%) High Availability
7 39 (21.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 35 (19.13%) Business Continuity
8 35 (19.13%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (16.94%) Migration
10 26 (14.21%) Performance Tuning
11 25 (13.66%) Service Management
12 24 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (13.11%) Service Delivery
13 20 (10.93%) Observability
14 18 (9.84%) Mentoring
14 18 (9.84%) Roadmaps
15 17 (9.29%) Configuration Management
15 17 (9.29%) Infrastructure Management
16 16 (8.74%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 47 (25.68%) Python
2 40 (21.86%) PowerShell
3 33 (18.03%) SQL
4 17 (9.29%) Java
5 11 (6.01%) Go
6 10 (5.46%) T-SQL
7 8 (4.37%) C#
8 7 (3.83%) Bash
8 7 (3.83%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.28%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.73%) Bicep
11 2 (1.09%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.55%) Perl
12 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (18.03%) Azure Certification
2 27 (14.75%) AWS Certification
2 27 (14.75%) Degree
3 19 (10.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 14 (7.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (7.10%) Security Cleared
6 12 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (6.01%) CCNP
8 10 (5.46%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (4.92%) Master's Degree
10 8 (4.37%) DBS Check
10 8 (4.37%) SC Cleared
11 7 (3.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (3.83%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.83%) PMP
12 5 (2.73%) CEH
12 5 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.64%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (13.11%) NIST
2 21 (11.48%) SLA
3 15 (8.20%) GDPR
4 8 (4.37%) HIPAA
5 6 (3.28%) ISO 22301
6 5 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.19%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.19%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.64%) GRC
9 2 (1.09%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.09%) NCSC
10 1 (0.55%) Basel III
10 1 (0.55%) COBIT
10 1 (0.55%) MiFID
10 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (16.39%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.57%) Hyper-V
3 21 (11.48%) Docker
4 16 (8.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (4.92%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.09%) vSphere
9 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.55%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 46 (25.14%) Terraform
2 30 (16.39%) Ansible
3 27 (14.75%) Kubernetes
3 27 (14.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.46%) Grafana
5 6 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.73%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.19%) Nagios
8 3 (1.64%) Nessus
8 3 (1.64%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.64%) SCOM
9 1 (0.55%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.55%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 88 (48.09%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.21%) VMware
3 16 (8.74%) Cisco
4 10 (5.46%) Google
5 9 (4.92%) IBM
6 8 (4.37%) Commvault
6 8 (4.37%) Veeam
7 7 (3.83%) Oracle
7 7 (3.83%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.83%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.28%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.28%) SonicWALL
9 4 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.19%) Foundry
9 4 (2.19%) Mitel
9 4 (2.19%) Sophos
10 3 (1.64%) ConnectWise
10 3 (1.64%) Datto
10 3 (1.64%) ESET
10 3 (1.64%) RedGate