Disaster Recovery Contracts with Work from Home Options

Disaster Recovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 240 290
Rank change year-on-year +65 +50 -9
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 182 250 390
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 1.01% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.13% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 188 263
10th Percentile £340 £385 £320
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £568 £558 £595
90th Percentile £688 £691 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £491
% change year-on-year -2.72% +4.74% +3.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £29.09 - £27.50
25th Percentile £41.62 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +188.89%
75th Percentile £71.25 - £67.50
90th Percentile £73.50 - £80.50
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Disaster Recovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Disaster Recovery trend for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Disaster Recovery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Disaster Recovery hourly rate 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 14 (7.69%) Confluence
2 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.40%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.65%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (1.10%) Apache
4 2 (1.10%) CICS
4 2 (1.10%) nginx
5 1 (0.55%) IIS
5 1 (0.55%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.55%) SAS
5 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.85%) Teamcenter
2 6 (3.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.55%) MFGPRO
3 1 (0.55%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 46 (25.27%) Azure
2 39 (21.43%) AWS
3 27 (14.84%) Serverless
4 19 (10.44%) PaaS
5 17 (9.34%) GCP
6 16 (8.79%) SaaS
7 10 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (5.49%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (4.95%) Amazon S3
8 9 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (4.40%) IaaS
10 7 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (3.85%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (3.30%) Azure API Management
11 6 (3.30%) Nutanix
11 6 (3.30%) Rubrik
12 5 (2.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.19%) Firewall
2 14 (7.69%) SAN
3 9 (4.95%) DNS
4 7 (3.85%) DHCP
4 7 (3.85%) FTP
5 6 (3.30%) Kerberos
5 6 (3.30%) NAS
5 6 (3.30%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.30%) VLAN
6 4 (2.20%) WAN
7 3 (1.65%) LAN
7 3 (1.65%) SSH
8 2 (1.10%) BGP
8 2 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.10%) OSPF
8 2 (1.10%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.10%) VPN
8 2 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 26 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (13.19%) MongoDB
4 13 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (6.59%) NoSQL
6 11 (6.04%) Oracle Database
6 11 (6.04%) Relational Database
7 10 (5.49%) Hadoop
7 10 (5.49%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (5.49%) RDBMS
8 6 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (3.30%) Power BI
9 5 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (2.75%) Informix
9 5 (2.75%) MySQL
9 5 (2.75%) OLTP
10 4 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.65%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.65%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (9.34%) Git
2 16 (8.79%) Jenkins
3 14 (7.69%) JIRA
4 6 (3.30%) TeamCity
5 4 (2.20%) Artifactory
5 4 (2.20%) Subversion
6 2 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.55%) Postman
7 1 (0.55%) SoapUI
General
1 49 (26.92%) Finance
2 42 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 24 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 21 (11.54%) Banking
5 15 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.30%) Police
10 4 (2.20%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.20%) Marketing
11 3 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.10%) Advertising
12 2 (1.10%) Electronics
13 1 (0.55%) Automotive
13 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.55%) Law
13 1 (0.55%) Retail
13 1 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (20.33%) DBA
2 26 (14.29%) Senior
3 25 (13.74%) Architect
4 22 (12.09%) SQL DBA
5 13 (7.14%) Analyst
6 11 (6.04%) Lead
7 10 (5.49%) PostgreSQL DBA
7 10 (5.49%) Senior DBA
7 10 (5.49%) Senior SQL DBA
8 9 (4.95%) Administrator
9 8 (4.40%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (4.40%) Consultant
9 8 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (4.40%) SQL Server DBA
9 8 (4.40%) Support Engineer
10 7 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 7 (3.85%) Implementation Specialist
10 7 (3.85%) Oracle Architect
11 6 (3.30%) AWS DevOps
11 6 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.89%) Kafka
2 14 (7.69%) LDAP
3 10 (5.49%) JSON
3 10 (5.49%) XML
4 9 (4.95%) .NET
5 7 (3.85%) Middleware
6 6 (3.30%) AWS CDK
6 6 (3.30%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (2.75%) AWS SAM
8 4 (2.20%) ARM Templates
8 4 (2.20%) REST
8 4 (2.20%) SOAP
8 4 (2.20%) YAML
9 3 (1.65%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.65%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.65%) SailPoint
10 2 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (1.10%) LAPP Stack
10 2 (1.10%) OpenID
10 2 (1.10%) React
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.23%) Replication
2 17 (9.34%) Data Centre
3 14 (7.69%) Clustering
4 11 (6.04%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.40%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (3.85%) Blog
6 7 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.30%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.65%) CMDB
8 3 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.65%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.10%) Equities
9 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.55%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 58 (31.87%) Windows
2 47 (25.82%) Linux
3 27 (14.84%) Windows Server
4 18 (9.89%) Unix
5 11 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (4.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (3.30%) Oracle Linux
7 6 (3.30%) Solaris
8 4 (2.20%) Windows 10
8 4 (2.20%) zOS
9 3 (1.65%) CentOS
10 2 (1.10%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.10%) VMS
11 1 (0.55%) HPUX
11 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.97%) High Availability
2 44 (24.18%) DevOps
3 39 (21.43%) Agile
4 36 (19.78%) Business Continuity
5 32 (17.58%) ITIL
6 30 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (14.84%) Migration
8 27 (14.84%) Roadmaps
9 23 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (12.09%) Performance Tuning
11 18 (9.89%) Analytics
11 18 (9.89%) Capacity Management
11 18 (9.89%) Service Management
12 16 (8.79%) Problem Management
13 15 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (8.24%) Mentoring
13 15 (8.24%) Time Management
14 13 (7.14%) Business Strategy
14 13 (7.14%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 45 (24.73%) SQL
2 34 (18.68%) Python
3 30 (16.48%) PowerShell
4 18 (9.89%) Bash
5 9 (4.95%) PL/SQL
6 8 (4.40%) C#
7 7 (3.85%) Java
7 7 (3.85%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.30%) Bicep
8 6 (3.30%) Go
8 6 (3.30%) JavaScript
8 6 (3.30%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.20%) C++
10 2 (1.10%) COBOL
10 2 (1.10%) Perl
10 2 (1.10%) REXX
11 1 (0.55%) VB
11 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (18.68%) Security Cleared
2 26 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.24%) Degree
4 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.75%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (2.20%) MCSE
8 3 (1.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.65%) MCITP
8 3 (1.65%) MCTS
8 3 (1.65%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.55%) CCNA
9 1 (0.55%) CISSP
9 1 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.55%) PMP
9 1 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.95%) SLA
2 8 (4.40%) GDPR
2 8 (4.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (3.30%) NIST
4 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.65%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.10%) QA
7 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.55%) GRC
7 1 (0.55%) IASME
7 1 (0.55%) IFRS
7 1 (0.55%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 41 (22.53%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.49%) Docker
4 8 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (3.85%) HDFS
5 7 (3.85%) NFS
6 6 (3.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (13.74%) Ansible
2 24 (13.19%) Terraform
3 17 (9.34%) SCCM
4 13 (7.14%) Kubernetes
5 11 (6.04%) Grafana
6 6 (3.30%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (3.30%) Netcool
6 6 (3.30%) Tivoli
6 6 (3.30%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (2.20%) BladeLogic
7 4 (2.20%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (1.65%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.10%) Data Guard
9 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (1.10%) Puppet
9 2 (1.10%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.55%) Nessus
10 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (19.78%) Microsoft
2 34 (18.68%) Oracle
3 18 (9.89%) ServiceNow
3 18 (9.89%) VMware
4 17 (9.34%) Citrix
5 16 (8.79%) Cisco
6 15 (8.24%) Dell
6 15 (8.24%) HP
7 14 (7.69%) EMC
8 13 (7.14%) Isilon
9 12 (6.59%) Qualys
10 11 (6.04%) CheckPoint
11 10 (5.49%) Splunk
12 9 (4.95%) CyberArk
12 9 (4.95%) SAP
13 8 (4.40%) Avaya
13 8 (4.40%) IBM
14 6 (3.30%) Google
14 6 (3.30%) Remedy
14 6 (3.30%) Serena