Disaster Recovery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Disaster Recovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 213 234
Rank change year-on-year +32 +21 -32
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 224 265 308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 1.15% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.29% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 205 204
10th Percentile £325 £325 £288
25th Percentile £411 £413 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £566
90th Percentile £661 £669 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 9
10th Percentile £49.34 £16.85 £34.23
25th Percentile - £19.14 £42.33
Median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £55.45
Median % change year-on-year +52.42% -27.11% +117.45%
75th Percentile £63.08 £57.02 £69.05
90th Percentile £69.75 £57.33 £69.24
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £54.83 £55.45
% change year-on-year +12.35% -1.12% +94.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +58 79 £575 +4.55% 44
North of England +40 60 £534 +33.50% 54
North West +25 40 £540 +13.68% 31
South West -38 32 £550 -8.33% 17
Scotland +24 28 £475 -5.00% 10
Midlands +9 18 £400 - 32
Yorkshire +14 16 £465 +17.72% 16
West Midlands +16 12 £425 +6.25% 15
East of England +3 8 £442 -19.64% 16
East Midlands +2 6 £400 +6.67% 17
North East - 4 £475 - 7
Disaster Recovery
UK

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.13%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.13%) Confluence
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.89%) SAS
5 1 (0.45%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
1 7 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
1 7 (3.13%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.45%) MFGPRO
2 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.45%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 70 (31.25%) Azure
2 30 (13.39%) Serverless
3 29 (12.95%) AWS
4 20 (8.93%) GCP
5 17 (7.59%) Amazon S3
5 17 (7.59%) OCI
6 12 (5.36%) GitHub
7 8 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.57%) PaaS
8 7 (3.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (3.13%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
8 7 (3.13%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.68%) IaaS
9 6 (2.68%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.05%) Firewall
1 27 (12.05%) SAN
2 23 (10.27%) DNS
3 19 (8.48%) DHCP
4 13 (5.80%) WAN
5 10 (4.46%) LAN
6 6 (2.68%) VPN
7 4 (1.79%) Network Security
7 4 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.79%) Wireless
8 3 (1.34%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (1.34%) Intranet
8 3 (1.34%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.89%) BGP
9 2 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.89%) Internet
9 2 (0.89%) NAS
9 2 (0.89%) OSPF
9 2 (0.89%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (18.30%) SQL Server
2 35 (15.63%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (14.73%) MongoDB
4 21 (9.38%) Oracle Database
5 15 (6.70%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (5.36%) RDBMS
6 12 (5.36%) Relational Database
7 11 (4.91%) NoSQL
8 10 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (4.02%) BigQuery
10 8 (3.57%) Data Lake
10 8 (3.57%) Hadoop
11 7 (3.13%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (3.13%) Big Data
11 7 (3.13%) SAP HANA
12 6 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (2.68%) Informix
13 5 (2.23%) Power BI
14 3 (1.34%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.02%) Git
2 8 (3.57%) GitLab
3 7 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.13%) JIRA
4 2 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.45%) Hudson
5 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.45%) Postman
5 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
General
1 72 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 22 (9.82%) Finance
4 14 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.46%) Banking
6 7 (3.13%) Military
7 5 (2.23%) Marketing
7 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.34%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.89%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.45%) Advertising
10 1 (0.45%) Automotive
10 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Electronics
10 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.45%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Police
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (17.41%) DBA
2 35 (15.63%) Architect
3 21 (9.38%) SQL DBA
4 20 (8.93%) Analyst
4 20 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (8.93%) Senior
5 18 (8.04%) Administrator
6 13 (5.80%) Database Specialist
6 13 (5.80%) Lead
7 12 (5.36%) Consultant
7 12 (5.36%) PostgreSQL DBA
7 12 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (4.91%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (4.02%) SQL Server DBA
9 9 (4.02%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.13%) SAP Basis Consultant
10 7 (3.13%) SAP Consultant
10 7 (3.13%) Server Engineer
10 7 (3.13%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.27%) Kafka
2 12 (5.36%) JSON
3 11 (4.91%) XML
4 8 (3.57%) AWS CDK
5 7 (3.13%) SAP Basis
5 7 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.79%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.79%) Middleware
7 3 (1.34%) .NET
7 3 (1.34%) J2EE
7 3 (1.34%) Web Services
8 2 (0.89%) Flash
8 2 (0.89%) ISPF
8 2 (0.89%) YAML
9 1 (0.45%) CSS
9 1 (0.45%) HTML
9 1 (0.45%) HTML5 Canvas
9 1 (0.45%) LDAP
9 1 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.30%) Replication
2 21 (9.38%) Data Centre
3 17 (7.59%) Clustering
4 10 (4.46%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (4.02%) Blog
6 8 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.68%) CMDB
7 6 (2.68%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.23%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.79%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.34%) N-Tier
10 3 (1.34%) PKI
11 2 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.89%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.89%) IoT
11 2 (0.89%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 61 (27.23%) Windows
2 50 (22.32%) Linux
3 35 (15.63%) Windows Server
4 20 (8.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (8.04%) Windows 10
6 17 (7.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (7.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (6.25%) Windows XP
8 11 (4.91%) Unix
9 8 (3.57%) zOS
10 7 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.89%) Solaris
11 2 (0.89%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.45%) Android
12 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.45%) HPUX
12 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.45%) VMS
12 1 (0.45%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.25%) High Availability
2 53 (23.66%) Performance Tuning
3 51 (22.77%) ITIL
3 51 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (20.98%) Business Continuity
5 45 (20.09%) Agile
6 32 (14.29%) Project Management
7 29 (12.95%) Roadmaps
8 28 (12.50%) Migration
9 26 (11.61%) Storage Management
10 25 (11.16%) DevOps
10 25 (11.16%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (10.71%) Mentoring
11 24 (10.71%) Proactive Monitoring
12 23 (10.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (9.82%) Cybersecurity
13 22 (9.82%) Data Protection
13 22 (9.82%) Task Automation
14 21 (9.38%) Capacity Management
15 20 (8.93%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 45 (20.09%) SQL
2 36 (16.07%) PowerShell
3 20 (8.93%) Python
4 17 (7.59%) Bash
5 8 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.13%) Java
6 7 (3.13%) PL/SQL
7 6 (2.68%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.79%) Bicep
8 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.34%) Perl
10 2 (0.89%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.89%) AWK
10 2 (0.89%) Bourne shell
10 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.89%) JCL
10 2 (0.89%) Korn
10 2 (0.89%) REXX
11 1 (0.45%) C
Qualifications
1 75 (33.48%) Security Cleared
2 63 (28.13%) SC Cleared
3 34 (15.18%) Degree
4 24 (10.71%) DV Cleared
5 15 (6.70%) CCNA
5 15 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (6.25%) CCNP
7 13 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.57%) MCSE
9 5 (2.23%) MCITP
9 5 (2.23%) MCTS
9 5 (2.23%) SAP Certification
10 3 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.34%) RHCE
11 2 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.89%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.89%) PMP
11 2 (0.89%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.46%) NIST
1 10 (4.46%) SLA
2 5 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.34%) IASME
4 2 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.89%) GDPR
4 2 (0.89%) GRC
4 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.45%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 48 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 37 (16.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.38%) Hyper-V
4 18 (8.04%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (4.91%) vSphere
6 3 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.89%) ACF2
7 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.89%) RACF
7 2 (0.89%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) Docker
8 1 (0.45%) Firmware
8 1 (0.45%) HDFS
8 1 (0.45%) NFS
8 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (11.61%) Terraform
2 22 (9.82%) NetBackup
3 20 (8.93%) Ansible
4 18 (8.04%) vCenter Server
5 17 (7.59%) SCCM
5 17 (7.59%) WSUS
6 16 (7.14%) SCOM
7 14 (6.25%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (3.57%) Grafana
9 7 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (3.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (2.23%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.34%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.89%) Nessus
12 2 (0.89%) OPNET
12 2 (0.89%) Oracle ZFS
12 2 (0.89%) yum
13 1 (0.45%) Kibana
13 1 (0.45%) Packer
13 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 64 (28.57%) Oracle
2 61 (27.23%) Microsoft
3 37 (16.52%) VMware
4 19 (8.48%) Red Hat
5 18 (8.04%) Cisco
5 18 (8.04%) HP
5 18 (8.04%) Palo Alto
6 17 (7.59%) EMC
7 16 (7.14%) Dell
7 16 (7.14%) Juniper
8 15 (6.70%) 3PAR
8 15 (6.70%) SAP
8 15 (6.70%) Veeam
9 14 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (6.25%) SolarWinds
9 14 (6.25%) Symantec
10 8 (3.57%) F5
10 8 (3.57%) Google
11 7 (3.13%) Remedy
12 5 (2.23%) Veritas