Disaster Recovery Contracts

Disaster Recovery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 253 287
Rank change year-on-year +62 +34 +12
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 518 581 837
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.20% 1.04% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.16% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 423 551
10th Percentile £300 £363 £325
25th Percentile £385 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -3.43% +8.25% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 15
10th Percentile £23.80 £16.85 £21.88
25th Percentile £25.35 £21.43 £37.41
Median hourly rate £61.60 £54.83 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -2.52% +97.37%
75th Percentile - £57.33 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.73 £58.40 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £53.11
% change year-on-year +52.42% -23.90% +108.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Disaster Recovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disaster Recovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Daily rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Disaster Recovery.

Hourly rate trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +66 460 £500 -4.76% 278
London +72 238 £475 -5.00% 87
UK excluding London +27 237 £507 -3.43% 209
Work from Home +51 177 £500 - 142
South East +56 84 £575 +4.55% 48
North of England +36 59 £534 +35.19% 60
North West +26 38 £550 +27.17% 32
South West -25 33 £550 -8.33% 21
Scotland +19 27 £475 -4.62% 21
Midlands +4 20 £400 - 36
Yorkshire +22 17 £445 +12.66% 20
East of England +9 17 £420 -23.64% 27
West Midlands +7 14 £425 +6.25% 19
East Midlands +1 6 £400 +6.67% 17
North East - 4 £475 - 9

Disaster Recovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 24 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.09%) IIS
4 10 (1.93%) Confluence
5 8 (1.54%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.35%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.97%) CICS
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.58%) SAS
9 2 (0.39%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.12%) Teamcenter
2 10 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 140 (27.03%) Azure
2 79 (15.25%) AWS
3 48 (9.27%) GCP
4 35 (6.76%) PaaS
5 34 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (6.37%) Serverless
7 21 (4.05%) SaaS
8 20 (3.86%) Amazon S3
8 20 (3.86%) GitHub
8 20 (3.86%) OCI
9 17 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (3.28%) Entra ID
10 15 (2.90%) IaaS
11 14 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.32%) Power Platform
13 11 (2.12%) Nutanix
14 10 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.74%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 87 (16.80%) Firewall
2 56 (10.81%) SAN
3 43 (8.30%) DNS
4 30 (5.79%) DHCP
5 28 (5.41%) WAN
6 26 (5.02%) LAN
7 22 (4.25%) Internet
8 16 (3.09%) FTP
8 16 (3.09%) Network Security
9 15 (2.90%) NAS
9 15 (2.90%) VPN
10 14 (2.70%) TCP/IP
11 12 (2.32%) Wireless
12 10 (1.93%) OSPF
13 8 (1.54%) BGP
13 8 (1.54%) Extranet
14 7 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (1.35%) MPLS
14 7 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.16%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (17.76%) SQL Server
2 55 (10.62%) Oracle Database
3 40 (7.72%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (6.37%) MongoDB
5 24 (4.63%) Hadoop
6 21 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (2.70%) MySQL
8 11 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (2.12%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.12%) SAP HANA
9 10 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (1.93%) OLTP
10 9 (1.74%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (1.74%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (1.54%) Big Data
11 8 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (4.44%) Git
1 23 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.32%) JIRA
3 10 (1.93%) GitLab
4 7 (1.35%) Artifactory
4 7 (1.35%) Subversion
5 5 (0.97%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.39%) Gatling
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Hudson
8 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 140 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.08%) Finance
3 52 (10.04%) Public Sector
4 46 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.72%) Banking
6 16 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.32%) Marketing
9 11 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.12%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.93%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.74%) Military
12 7 (1.35%) Electronics
13 6 (1.16%) Police
14 4 (0.77%) Billing
15 3 (0.58%) French Language
15 3 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.58%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 78 (15.06%) Architect
2 56 (10.81%) DBA
3 51 (9.85%) Senior
4 46 (8.88%) Analyst
5 41 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (6.76%) SQL DBA
7 32 (6.18%) Administrator
8 29 (5.60%) Support Engineer
9 28 (5.41%) Developer
10 26 (5.02%) Consultant
11 25 (4.83%) Lead
12 23 (4.44%) Technical Architect
13 19 (3.67%) C# Developer
14 17 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (3.09%) Implementation Specialist
15 16 (3.09%) Oracle Architect
16 14 (2.70%) Database Specialist
17 13 (2.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 13 (2.51%) Infrastructure Support
17 13 (2.51%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.14%) .NET
2 29 (5.60%) Kafka
3 24 (4.63%) LDAP
4 17 (3.28%) .NET Framework
5 16 (3.09%) Middleware
6 12 (2.32%) WinForms
6 12 (2.32%) WPF
7 11 (2.12%) REST
7 11 (2.12%) WCF
7 11 (2.12%) YAML
8 10 (1.93%) SAP Basis
9 9 (1.74%) JSON
9 9 (1.74%) SAP Fiori
10 8 (1.54%) AWS CDK
10 8 (1.54%) XML
11 7 (1.35%) SAML
12 6 (1.16%) OpenID
12 6 (1.16%) SOAP
13 5 (0.97%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 83 (16.02%) Replication
2 51 (9.85%) Data Centre
3 38 (7.34%) Clustering
4 30 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.90%) PKI
6 13 (2.51%) Blog
7 12 (2.32%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.32%) Video Conferencing
8 11 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.93%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.74%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.16%) CMDB
14 5 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.77%) Fat Client
15 4 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 162 (31.27%) Windows
2 117 (22.59%) Linux
3 72 (13.90%) Windows Server
4 39 (7.53%) Unix
5 33 (6.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (5.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 24 (4.63%) Windows 10
8 17 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (2.90%) Windows XP
10 14 (2.70%) zOS
11 13 (2.51%) Solaris
12 12 (2.32%) Oracle Linux
13 8 (1.54%) VMS
14 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.19%) AIX
15 1 (0.19%) Android
15 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.19%) CentOS
15 1 (0.19%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (27.80%) High Availability
2 114 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (21.04%) Business Continuity
4 102 (19.69%) ITIL
5 82 (15.83%) Migration
6 79 (15.25%) Performance Tuning
7 72 (13.90%) Cybersecurity
8 66 (12.74%) Agile
9 64 (12.36%) DevOps
10 58 (11.20%) Roadmaps
11 50 (9.65%) Capacity Management
11 50 (9.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 46 (8.88%) Data Protection
12 46 (8.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 42 (8.11%) Project Management
14 41 (7.92%) Analytics
15 38 (7.34%) Business Strategy
15 38 (7.34%) Computer Science
16 36 (6.95%) Storage Management
16 36 (6.95%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 110 (21.24%) SQL
2 80 (15.44%) PowerShell
3 64 (12.36%) Python
4 37 (7.14%) Bash
5 35 (6.76%) C#
6 31 (5.98%) PL/SQL
7 24 (4.63%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.47%) Java
9 17 (3.28%) VB
9 17 (3.28%) VBA
10 12 (2.32%) JavaScript
11 9 (1.74%) Bicep
12 8 (1.54%) Go
12 8 (1.54%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.35%) C++
13 7 (1.35%) REXX
14 6 (1.16%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.97%) COBOL
15 5 (0.97%) Perl
15 5 (0.97%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 75 (14.48%) Degree
4 25 (4.83%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (3.67%) CCNP
9 17 (3.28%) CCNA
10 14 (2.70%) MCSE
11 8 (1.54%) MCITP
11 8 (1.54%) MCTS
12 6 (1.16%) CISSP
13 5 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
13 5 (0.97%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.77%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.83%) NIST
2 24 (4.63%) SLA
3 21 (4.05%) QA
4 14 (2.70%) GDPR
5 9 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.97%) GRC
8 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.58%) IASME
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.19%) COBIT
12 1 (0.19%) IFRS
12 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 111 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 71 (13.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.41%) Hyper-V
4 23 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (3.67%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (3.28%) Docker
7 16 (3.09%) HDFS
7 16 (3.09%) NFS
7 16 (3.09%) vSphere
8 9 (1.74%) Firmware
9 8 (1.54%) KVM
10 6 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.97%) vCloud
12 3 (0.58%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.58%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.39%) ACF2
13 2 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 55 (10.62%) Terraform
2 45 (8.69%) Ansible
3 41 (7.92%) SCCM
4 30 (5.79%) Kubernetes
5 25 (4.83%) NetBackup
6 21 (4.05%) SCOM
7 20 (3.86%) vCenter Server
8 19 (3.67%) EMC NetWorker
9 17 (3.28%) WSUS
10 15 (2.90%) Grafana
11 11 (2.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 7 (1.35%) BladeLogic
14 7 (1.35%) ITRS Geneos
15 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (1.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
16 5 (0.97%) Netcool
16 5 (0.97%) Tivoli
17 4 (0.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 123 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 112 (21.62%) Oracle
3 82 (15.83%) VMware
4 59 (11.39%) Cisco
5 56 (10.81%) Citrix
6 42 (8.11%) Dell
7 40 (7.72%) EMC
8 38 (7.34%) HP
9 31 (5.98%) Palo Alto
10 29 (5.60%) SAP
11 25 (4.83%) CheckPoint
12 23 (4.44%) Red Hat
13 22 (4.25%) Isilon
14 21 (4.05%) SolarWinds
15 20 (3.86%) ServiceNow
16 19 (3.67%) Juniper
17 17 (3.28%) F5
17 17 (3.28%) Google
18 16 (3.09%) Veeam
19 15 (2.90%) 3PAR