Disaster Recovery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Disaster Recovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 210 241
Rank change year-on-year +22 +31 -15
Contract jobs citing Disaster Recovery 235 241 305
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 1.06% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.19% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 184 202
10th Percentile £325 £316 £290
25th Percentile £410 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £483
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +8.81% +8.73%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £572
90th Percentile £650 £680 £651
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 6
10th Percentile £29.07 £16.85 £26.75
25th Percentile - £19.14 £44.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £40.42 £53.11
Median % change year-on-year +52.42% -23.90% +108.27%
75th Percentile - £57.02 £64.80
90th Percentile £68.25 £57.33 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £54.83 £60.63
% change year-on-year +12.35% -9.56% +137.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Disaster Recovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
South East +52 77 £575 +4.55% 45
North of England +35 63 £527 +31.75% 55
North West +21 38 £550 +27.17% 34
South West -27 34 £505 -15.92% 23
Scotland +34 25 £475 -5.00% 16
Yorkshire +22 21 £445 +11.25% 16
Midlands 0 20 £400 - 39
East of England +11 19 £420 -20.00% 29
West Midlands +12 14 £425 +6.25% 23
East Midlands -3 6 £400 +6.67% 16
North East - 4 £475 - 6
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 12 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.83%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.13%) Confluence
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.85%) SAS
6 1 (0.43%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.98%) Teamcenter
3 6 (2.55%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.43%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 68 (28.94%) Azure
2 32 (13.62%) AWS
3 27 (11.49%) Serverless
4 23 (9.79%) GCP
5 20 (8.51%) Amazon S3
6 17 (7.23%) OCI
7 12 (5.11%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.68%) GitHub
8 11 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (3.83%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
11 8 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (3.40%) PaaS
12 7 (2.98%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.98%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.55%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.19%) Firewall
2 28 (11.91%) SAN
3 22 (9.36%) DNS
4 18 (7.66%) DHCP
5 13 (5.53%) WAN
6 10 (4.26%) LAN
6 10 (4.26%) VPN
7 6 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (2.13%) Extranet
8 5 (2.13%) Intranet
8 5 (2.13%) Network Security
9 4 (1.70%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (1.70%) Internet
9 4 (1.70%) Wireless
10 3 (1.28%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.85%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
11 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.17%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.49%) MongoDB
2 27 (11.49%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (8.09%) Oracle Database
4 17 (7.23%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (5.11%) BigQuery
6 10 (4.26%) Data Lake
6 10 (4.26%) Hadoop
7 9 (3.83%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (3.83%) Big Data
8 8 (3.40%) SAP HANA
9 7 (2.98%) Informix
9 7 (2.98%) RDBMS
9 7 (2.98%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (2.55%) NoSQL
10 6 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (2.55%) Power BI
11 3 (1.28%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 11 (4.68%) Git
2 9 (3.83%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.98%) GitLab
4 4 (1.70%) JIRA
5 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Hudson
6 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.43%) MSI
6 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.43%) Postman
6 1 (0.43%) SoapUI
General
1 77 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.91%) Public Sector
3 25 (10.64%) Finance
4 18 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.11%) Banking
6 6 (2.55%) Military
6 6 (2.55%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.13%) Marketing
8 4 (1.70%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.85%) Automotive
9 2 (0.85%) French Language
10 1 (0.43%) Advertising
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.43%) Legal
10 1 (0.43%) Local Government
10 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Police
10 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (16.60%) Architect
2 29 (12.34%) DBA
3 26 (11.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (9.79%) Senior
5 20 (8.51%) Analyst
6 17 (7.23%) Administrator
6 17 (7.23%) Lead
6 17 (7.23%) SQL DBA
7 14 (5.96%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 13 (5.53%) Database Specialist
9 12 (5.11%) Consultant
10 11 (4.68%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) Test Analyst
12 8 (3.40%) Developer
12 8 (3.40%) SAP Basis Consultant
12 8 (3.40%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (3.40%) SAP Technical Consultant
12 8 (3.40%) Technical Consultant
13 7 (2.98%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.51%) Kafka
2 8 (3.40%) AWS CDK
2 8 (3.40%) SAP Basis
2 8 (3.40%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (2.98%) JSON
4 6 (2.55%) CSS
4 6 (2.55%) HTML
4 6 (2.55%) HTML5 Canvas
4 6 (2.55%) REST
4 6 (2.55%) XML
5 5 (2.13%) Middleware
6 4 (1.70%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.28%) .NET
7 3 (1.28%) J2EE
7 3 (1.28%) Web Services
8 2 (0.85%) ISPF
9 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.45%) Replication
2 22 (9.36%) Data Centre
3 17 (7.23%) Clustering
4 9 (3.83%) Blog
4 9 (3.83%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.98%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.55%) CMDB
8 5 (2.13%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.70%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.28%) Data Fabric
10 3 (1.28%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.85%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.85%) PKI
11 2 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (28.09%) Windows
2 51 (21.70%) Linux
3 35 (14.89%) Windows Server
4 20 (8.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (7.66%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (7.23%) Windows 10
7 14 (5.96%) Windows XP
8 12 (5.11%) Unix
9 9 (3.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (3.83%) zOS
10 2 (0.85%) Solaris
10 2 (0.85%) VMS
10 2 (0.85%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.43%) Android
11 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.43%) HPUX
11 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (31.49%) High Availability
2 55 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (21.70%) Business Continuity
3 51 (21.70%) Performance Tuning
4 50 (21.28%) ITIL
5 39 (16.60%) Agile
6 31 (13.19%) Project Management
7 30 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (12.34%) Migration
9 28 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (11.49%) Roadmaps
11 25 (10.64%) DevOps
11 25 (10.64%) Storage Management
12 24 (10.21%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (9.36%) Data Protection
13 22 (9.36%) Proactive Monitoring
14 21 (8.94%) Task Automation
15 19 (8.09%) Capacity Management
16 18 (7.66%) Analytics
16 18 (7.66%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.15%) SQL
2 32 (13.62%) PowerShell
3 21 (8.94%) Python
4 16 (6.81%) Bash
5 9 (3.83%) Java
6 8 (3.40%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.98%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.55%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.70%) Bicep
9 4 (1.70%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.28%) Perl
10 3 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.85%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.85%) AWK
11 2 (0.85%) Bourne shell
11 2 (0.85%) JCL
11 2 (0.85%) Korn
11 2 (0.85%) REXX
Qualifications
1 74 (31.49%) Security Cleared
2 60 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.47%) Degree
4 24 (10.21%) DV Cleared
5 17 (7.23%) CCNA
5 17 (7.23%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (5.96%) CCNP
8 10 (4.26%) MCSE
9 5 (2.13%) MCITP
9 5 (2.13%) MCTS
9 5 (2.13%) SAP Certification
10 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.28%) RHCE
10 3 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.85%) PMP
11 2 (0.85%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.26%) NIST
2 9 (3.83%) SLA
3 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.28%) IASME
5 2 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.85%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) GRC
5 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (20.43%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.94%) Hyper-V
4 20 (8.51%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (4.68%) vSphere
6 3 (1.28%) Firmware
6 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.85%) ACF2
7 2 (0.85%) RACF
7 2 (0.85%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.43%) HDFS
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.43%) NFS
8 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.43%) XenApp
8 1 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 25 (10.64%) Terraform
2 21 (8.94%) NetBackup
3 19 (8.09%) Ansible
3 19 (8.09%) vCenter Server
4 18 (7.66%) SCCM
5 17 (7.23%) WSUS
6 15 (6.38%) SCOM
7 14 (5.96%) EMC NetWorker
8 9 (3.83%) Grafana
9 6 (2.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.70%) Kubernetes
12 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.85%) Nessus
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle ZFS
13 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.85%) yum
14 1 (0.43%) Packer
14 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 61 (25.96%) Oracle
3 39 (16.60%) VMware
4 24 (10.21%) Cisco
5 23 (9.79%) Palo Alto
6 18 (7.66%) EMC
6 18 (7.66%) HP
6 18 (7.66%) Red Hat
7 16 (6.81%) Dell
7 16 (6.81%) Juniper
7 16 (6.81%) SAP
8 15 (6.38%) 3PAR
8 15 (6.38%) Veeam
9 14 (5.96%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (5.96%) Symantec
10 12 (5.11%) SolarWinds
11 11 (4.68%) Google
12 9 (3.83%) F5
13 6 (2.55%) Remedy
13 6 (2.55%) Veritas