Disaster Recovery Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Disaster Recovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 222 247
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 +93
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 294 377 446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.44% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.63% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 139 249 400
10th Percentile £31,850 £41,650 £38,725
25th Percentile £39,300 £49,762 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.76% +3.94%
75th Percentile £76,250 £87,500 £73,375
90th Percentile £98,000 £102,500 £85,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +8.23%

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 20,042 23,177 30,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.77% 88.26% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,444 16,004 22,790
10th Percentile £25,313 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £43,329 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,888 £58,700 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -6.08% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £99,800 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Disaster Recovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Disaster Recovery trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Disaster Recovery
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Disaster Recovery salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (12.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (9.52%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.04%) IIS
4 3 (1.02%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (36.05%) Azure
2 60 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (19.73%) AWS
4 23 (7.82%) GCP
5 20 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (6.12%) Entra ID
7 16 (5.44%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.10%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.76%) GitHub
10 13 (4.42%) Power Automate
11 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (3.74%) PowerApps
12 10 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (2.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.38%) IaaS
14 7 (2.38%) PaaS
14 7 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 109 (37.07%) Broadband
2 47 (15.99%) Firewall
3 35 (11.90%) DNS
4 32 (10.88%) DHCP
5 29 (9.86%) VPN
6 19 (6.46%) VLAN
7 18 (6.12%) WAN
8 15 (5.10%) VoIP
9 14 (4.76%) TCP/IP
10 12 (4.08%) LAN
10 12 (4.08%) SAN
11 11 (3.74%) NAS
12 10 (3.40%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.40%) Wireless
13 8 (2.72%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.04%) ADSL
15 5 (1.70%) Network Security
16 4 (1.36%) HTTPS
17 3 (1.02%) Unified Communications
18 2 (0.68%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (39.12%) Tableau
2 109 (37.07%) Metadata
3 33 (11.22%) SQL Server
4 15 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (5.10%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (4.08%) Power BI
7 10 (3.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.38%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.04%) MySQL
9 6 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.36%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.36%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.02%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.34%) DB2
13 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Git
2 5 (1.70%) Bitbucket
2 5 (1.70%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.36%) Maven
3 4 (1.36%) Subversion
4 3 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.02%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 168 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 114 (38.78%) Games
3 45 (15.31%) Finance
4 24 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.74%) Banking
7 8 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.70%) Legal
8 5 (1.70%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.02%) Advertising
10 3 (1.02%) Aviation
10 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.02%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Law
11 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 109 (37.07%) Incident Manager
2 29 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (8.84%) Senior
4 22 (7.48%) AWS DevOps
5 21 (7.14%) Senior DevOps
6 20 (6.80%) Analyst
7 19 (6.46%) IT Support
8 17 (5.78%) IT Analyst
8 17 (5.78%) Support Engineer
9 16 (5.44%) Architect
9 16 (5.44%) DBA
9 16 (5.44%) Lead
10 15 (5.10%) AWS Architect
10 15 (5.10%) AWS Solution Architect
10 15 (5.10%) DevOps Architect
10 15 (5.10%) Senior Architect
10 15 (5.10%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 15 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (5.10%) TOGAF Architect
11 14 (4.76%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.72%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (2.72%) REST
2 7 (2.38%) .NET
3 6 (2.04%) React
3 6 (2.04%) RESTful
4 4 (1.36%) Middleware
5 3 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.02%) Ionic Framework
5 3 (1.02%) JSON
5 3 (1.02%) Spring
5 3 (1.02%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.68%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.68%) AWS SAM
7 1 (0.34%) boto
7 1 (0.34%) Flask
7 1 (0.34%) Kafka
7 1 (0.34%) OAuth
7 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.34%) RFC 2544
7 1 (0.34%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 109 (37.07%) Over-the-Top Content
2 21 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.12%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.78%) Clustering
5 9 (3.06%) Replication
5 9 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.02%) CMDB
10 3 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.02%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.68%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.34%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 73 (24.83%) Windows
2 50 (17.01%) Windows Server
3 36 (12.24%) Linux
4 13 (4.42%) Unix
5 9 (3.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.36%) Solaris
9 3 (1.02%) Debian
10 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.68%) SUSE
10 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.68%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.34%) Android
11 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (53.74%) High Availability
2 157 (53.40%) Problem-Solving
3 154 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
4 121 (41.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 120 (40.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 120 (40.82%) Service Management
6 118 (40.14%) Incident Response
7 117 (39.80%) Incident Management
8 112 (38.10%) Machine Learning
9 111 (37.76%) Actionable Insight
9 111 (37.76%) Customer Experience
10 109 (37.07%) Cloud Operations
10 109 (37.07%) Contingency Planning
11 60 (20.41%) DevOps
12 48 (16.33%) CI/CD
13 44 (14.97%) ITIL
14 38 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 27 (9.18%) Agile
15 27 (9.18%) Project Delivery
16 24 (8.16%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.63%) SQL
2 42 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 38 (12.93%) Python
4 24 (8.16%) Java
5 22 (7.48%) C#
6 17 (5.78%) T-SQL
7 12 (4.08%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.74%) Bash
9 5 (1.70%) Go
9 5 (1.70%) Perl
9 5 (1.70%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.02%) C++
11 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.34%) SAPscript
12 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (11.22%) Azure Certification
2 27 (9.18%) AWS Certification
3 20 (6.80%) Degree
4 18 (6.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (5.44%) Security Cleared
6 14 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.40%) A+ Certification
7 10 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.06%) DBS Check
9 7 (2.38%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.38%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.36%) CCNP
11 4 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.52%) GDPR
2 18 (6.12%) NIST
3 16 (5.44%) HIPAA
4 14 (4.76%) SLA
5 9 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.34%) GRC
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 56 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (8.16%) Docker
4 20 (6.80%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.36%) vSphere
8 3 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.34%) Firmware
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.34%) pfSense
9 1 (0.34%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 29 (9.86%) Kubernetes
2 27 (9.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (8.50%) Ansible
4 17 (5.78%) Terraform
5 9 (3.06%) Grafana
6 6 (2.04%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.68%) Puppet
8 2 (0.68%) SCOM
8 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.34%) Nagios
9 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.34%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 115 (39.12%) ServiceNow
2 99 (33.67%) Microsoft
3 34 (11.56%) VMware
4 19 (6.46%) Google
5 13 (4.42%) Cisco
6 8 (2.72%) Oracle
6 8 (2.72%) Veeam
7 7 (2.38%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.04%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.70%) Datto
9 5 (1.70%) HP
9 5 (1.70%) Sophos
10 4 (1.36%) ConnectWise
10 4 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.36%) Dell
10 4 (1.36%) EMC
10 4 (1.36%) ESET
10 4 (1.36%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.36%) Informatica
10 4 (1.36%) Zscaler