Disaster Recovery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Disaster Recovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 300 324
Rank change year-on-year +70 +24 -11
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 1,329 1,139 2,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.16% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.22% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 829 1,184
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,950 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £56,125
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.45% +6.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,300 £93,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,141 93,563 159,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 95.54% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 60,433 55,405 83,263
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Disaster Recovery in the UK

Disaster Recovery
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disaster Recovery within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 1,204 £55,000 -4.35% 334
UK excluding London +44 906 £50,000 - 244
Work from Home +49 519 £60,000 +0.80% 123
London +113 381 £75,000 +15.38% 142
North of England +71 305 £46,066 +2.37% 55
North West +103 188 £47,000 +4.44% 26
Midlands +17 185 £46,500 -7.00% 29
South East +65 167 £57,500 - 93
West Midlands +38 111 £52,500 +5.00% 16
East of England +14 84 £50,000 -14.89% 29
East Midlands -20 74 £42,500 -14.20% 12
Yorkshire +11 71 £50,000 +25.00% 20
Scotland -26 65 £50,000 -13.04% 14
South West -72 65 £51,522 +14.49% 27
North East +24 48 £45,000 +12.50% 9
Wales +6 27 £32,500 -7.14% 3
Northern Ireland +16 5 £41,750 -42.41% 1
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

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
1 145 (10.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (7.83%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.66%) IIS
4 18 (1.35%) WebSphere
5 14 (1.05%) Apache
6 12 (0.90%) WebLogic
7 11 (0.83%) Tomcat
8 10 (0.75%) JBoss
9 8 (0.60%) Confluence
10 7 (0.53%) WildFly
11 5 (0.38%) GlassFish
12 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.30%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.30%) SAS
12 4 (0.30%) WordPress
13 3 (0.23%) MQSeries
13 3 (0.23%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 53 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.05%) Teamcenter
3 8 (0.60%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.23%) Maximo
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
7 2 (0.15%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.075%) Magento
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.075%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 619 (46.58%) Azure
2 299 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
3 222 (16.70%) AWS
4 128 (9.63%) Power Platform
5 100 (7.52%) Entra ID
6 84 (6.32%) GCP
7 69 (5.19%) IaaS
8 59 (4.44%) SaaS
9 47 (3.54%) PaaS
10 40 (3.01%) OneDrive
11 35 (2.63%) OCI
12 30 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 30 (2.26%) Nutanix
13 28 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (1.58%) Serverless
16 20 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
16 20 (1.50%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.35%) GitHub
17 18 (1.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 326 (24.53%) Firewall
2 206 (15.50%) DNS
3 161 (12.11%) WAN
4 152 (11.44%) DHCP
5 127 (9.56%) LAN
6 112 (8.43%) VPN
7 102 (7.67%) SAN
8 84 (6.32%) Broadband
9 77 (5.79%) TCP/IP
10 76 (5.72%) Network Security
11 60 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
12 52 (3.91%) SD-WAN
13 50 (3.76%) Internet
13 50 (3.76%) VLAN
13 50 (3.76%) Wireless
14 36 (2.71%) VoIP
15 28 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
16 27 (2.03%) NAS
17 24 (1.81%) SSL
18 19 (1.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (17.98%) SQL Server
2 109 (8.20%) Power BI
3 92 (6.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (3.24%) MySQL
5 33 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
6 31 (2.33%) MongoDB
7 25 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (1.35%) BigQuery
8 18 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.35%) Oracle Database
9 17 (1.28%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.20%) DB2
11 14 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (0.98%) Data Hub
12 13 (0.98%) NoSQL
13 12 (0.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (2.63%) Git
2 33 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.66%) JIRA
4 12 (0.90%) GitLab
4 12 (0.90%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
5 7 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.45%) JMeter
7 5 (0.38%) Gatling
7 5 (0.38%) JUnit
7 5 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.38%) Subversion
8 4 (0.30%) Selenium
8 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.23%) TestNG
9 3 (0.23%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.15%) git-flow
10 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 459 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 282 (21.22%) Finance
3 162 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.90%) Legal
5 72 (5.42%) Banking
6 66 (4.97%) Retail
6 66 (4.97%) Telecoms
7 49 (3.69%) Law
8 39 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 33 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (2.03%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.58%) Public Sector
15 13 (0.98%) Local Government
16 10 (0.75%) Back Office
17 7 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.53%) Investment Banking
17 7 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 181 (13.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 168 (12.64%) Senior
3 142 (10.68%) Analyst
4 137 (10.31%) DBA
5 111 (8.35%) IT Manager
6 105 (7.90%) Lead
7 99 (7.45%) SQL DBA
8 98 (7.37%) IT Engineer
9 66 (4.97%) Network Engineer
10 55 (4.14%) Administrator
10 55 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
11 54 (4.06%) IT Support
12 53 (3.99%) Architect
13 52 (3.91%) Support Engineer
14 43 (3.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 36 (2.71%) Infrastructure Manager
16 35 (2.63%) Security Analyst
16 35 (2.63%) Systems Engineer
17 34 (2.56%) Business Analyst
17 34 (2.56%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.96%) Middleware
2 21 (1.58%) 802.1X
2 21 (1.58%) YAML
3 19 (1.43%) LDAP
4 18 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
4 18 (1.35%) Kafka
5 12 (0.90%) .NET
5 12 (0.90%) ARM Templates
5 12 (0.90%) HTML
6 9 (0.68%) Web Services
7 8 (0.60%) SAML
8 7 (0.53%) Node.js
9 6 (0.45%) CSS
9 6 (0.45%) React
9 6 (0.45%) XML
10 5 (0.38%) BREW
10 5 (0.38%) Flash
10 5 (0.38%) Ruby on Rails
10 5 (0.38%) SAP Basis
10 5 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 153 (11.51%) Data Centre
2 152 (11.44%) Management Information System
3 100 (7.52%) Replication
4 60 (4.51%) Clustering
5 49 (3.69%) Public Cloud
6 46 (3.46%) Security Posture
7 44 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
8 41 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
10 28 (2.11%) Cyberattack
11 27 (2.03%) IoT
12 22 (1.66%) Cloud Native
12 22 (1.66%) Driving Licence
13 20 (1.50%) Data Fabric
13 20 (1.50%) PMI
14 19 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
15 17 (1.28%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
16 11 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 470 (35.36%) Windows
2 263 (19.79%) Linux
3 253 (19.04%) Windows Server
4 76 (5.72%) VMS
5 59 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (3.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 42 (3.16%) Windows 10
8 39 (2.93%) Unix
9 36 (2.71%) Solaris
10 33 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (1.88%) zOS
12 20 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.35%) CentOS
14 16 (1.20%) AIX
15 15 (1.13%) Ubuntu
16 14 (1.05%) Android
17 12 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
17 12 (0.90%) Windows XP
18 11 (0.83%) Windows 7
19 10 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (25.21%) Business Continuity
2 292 (21.97%) Cybersecurity
3 285 (21.44%) ITIL
4 263 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
5 223 (16.78%) High Availability
6 218 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 189 (14.22%) Performance Tuning
8 170 (12.79%) Information Security
9 144 (10.84%) DevOps
10 138 (10.38%) Project Management
11 134 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (9.33%) Collaborative Working
13 123 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
14 117 (8.80%) Data Protection
15 104 (7.83%) Agile
15 104 (7.83%) Mentoring
16 101 (7.60%) Migration
17 96 (7.22%) Customer Service
18 95 (7.15%) Capacity Planning
19 92 (6.92%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 248 (18.66%) SQL
2 163 (12.26%) PowerShell
3 114 (8.58%) T-SQL
4 87 (6.55%) Python
5 65 (4.89%) Bash
6 27 (2.03%) Perl
7 26 (1.96%) PL/SQL
8 24 (1.81%) C#
9 20 (1.50%) Java
10 12 (0.90%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.75%) RPG
12 9 (0.68%) JavaScript
13 8 (0.60%) PHP
14 5 (0.38%) ABAP
14 5 (0.38%) Bicep
14 5 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.30%) VBA
16 3 (0.23%) ActionScript
17 2 (0.15%) C++
17 2 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 250 (18.81%) Degree
2 140 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 98 (7.37%) Cisco Certification
4 79 (5.94%) CISSP
5 70 (5.27%) CCNA
6 61 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (4.14%) Security Cleared
8 46 (3.46%) CCNP
9 43 (3.24%) CISM
10 40 (3.01%) SC Cleared
11 33 (2.48%) MCSE
12 30 (2.26%) Azure Certification
12 30 (2.26%) CISA
13 26 (1.96%) PMI Certification
13 26 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 25 (1.88%) MCSA
15 22 (1.66%) GIAC
16 21 (1.58%) CompTIA Security+
16 21 (1.58%) DV Cleared
17 18 (1.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (4.97%) GDPR
3 44 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 43 (3.24%) PCI DSS
5 41 (3.09%) QA
6 40 (3.01%) SLA
7 36 (2.71%) Data Quality
8 30 (2.26%) NIST
9 23 (1.73%) ISO 22301
10 22 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 19 (1.43%) Accessibility
12 18 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 16 (1.20%) COBIT
14 12 (0.90%) NCSC
15 10 (0.75%) HIPAA
16 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.45%) GRC
17 6 (0.45%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.45%) PMO
18 4 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 364 (27.39%) Active Directory
2 225 (16.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (11.14%) Virtual Machines
4 111 (8.35%) Hyper-V
5 55 (4.14%) Docker
6 41 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
7 39 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (2.03%) Firmware
9 26 (1.96%) vSphere
10 23 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (1.13%) VMware NSX
12 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.30%) KVM
15 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
15 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.15%) Ceph
16 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
17 1 (0.075%) BitLocker
17 1 (0.075%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 89 (6.70%) Terraform
2 72 (5.42%) Ansible
3 67 (5.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 63 (4.74%) Kubernetes
5 35 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 34 (2.56%) SCCM
7 32 (2.41%) vCenter Server
8 31 (2.33%) SCOM
9 25 (1.88%) ZABBIX
10 24 (1.81%) FortiGate
11 23 (1.73%) Nagios
12 21 (1.58%) WSUS
13 20 (1.50%) Grafana
14 18 (1.35%) VxRail
15 16 (1.20%) NetBackup
16 14 (1.05%) Puppet
17 13 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
18 12 (0.90%) Graphite
18 12 (0.90%) HAProxy
18 12 (0.90%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 533 (40.11%) Microsoft
2 280 (21.07%) VMware
3 169 (12.72%) Cisco
4 105 (7.90%) Oracle
5 98 (7.37%) Veeam
6 56 (4.21%) Citrix
7 50 (3.76%) Dell
8 48 (3.61%) HP
9 45 (3.39%) NetApp
10 43 (3.24%) Google
11 42 (3.16%) IBM
11 42 (3.16%) SolarWinds
12 35 (2.63%) Splunk
13 33 (2.48%) Aruba
14 32 (2.41%) Juniper
15 30 (2.26%) F5
16 26 (1.96%) Commvault
16 26 (1.96%) Palo Alto
16 26 (1.96%) ServiceNow
17 25 (1.88%) Red Hat