Disaster Recovery Jobs with Work from Home Options

Disaster Recovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 266 339
Rank change year-on-year +53 +73 -4
Permanent jobs citing Disaster Recovery 521 511 733
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.53% 1.27% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.33% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 453 434 555
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £46,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% +11.11%
75th Percentile £78,005 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £89,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% +8.17%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,879 38,524 69,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.94% 96.06% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 23,365 26,722 41,465
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Disaster Recovery salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Disaster Recovery
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Disaster Recovery over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Disaster Recovery salary 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 41 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (6.91%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.50%) IIS
4 7 (1.34%) Apache
5 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.58%) Confluence
6 3 (0.58%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.58%) JBoss
6 3 (0.58%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.58%) WordPress
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Drupal
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.38%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.19%) Site Server
Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.54%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 270 (51.82%) Azure
2 115 (22.07%) Power Platform
3 104 (19.96%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (16.70%) AWS
5 63 (12.09%) GCP
6 33 (6.33%) Entra ID
7 28 (5.37%) IaaS
8 26 (4.99%) Amazon S3
9 19 (3.65%) OneDrive
9 19 (3.65%) SaaS
10 18 (3.45%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (2.88%) Serverless
12 14 (2.69%) PowerApps
13 13 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.92%) PaaS
16 9 (1.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 97 (18.62%) Firewall
2 74 (14.20%) Broadband
3 72 (13.82%) DNS
4 55 (10.56%) WAN
5 44 (8.45%) DHCP
6 39 (7.49%) LAN
7 32 (6.14%) SAN
8 29 (5.57%) VPN
9 27 (5.18%) Internet
10 26 (4.99%) TCP/IP
10 26 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (4.61%) SD-WAN
12 23 (4.41%) Network Security
13 17 (3.26%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (2.30%) BGP
14 12 (2.30%) iSCSI
15 11 (2.11%) SNMP
16 10 (1.92%) Wireless
17 9 (1.73%) OSPF
17 9 (1.73%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (29.75%) SQL Server
2 103 (19.77%) Power BI
3 75 (14.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 29 (5.57%) MongoDB
5 18 (3.45%) BigQuery
6 17 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 16 (3.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (2.50%) Data Hub
8 13 (2.50%) MySQL
9 12 (2.30%) DB2
9 12 (2.30%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.54%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.54%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.96%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.77%) Flink
13 4 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (4.61%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.41%) Git
3 10 (1.92%) TeamCity
4 5 (0.96%) JIRA
5 2 (0.38%) GitLab
5 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
General
1 208 (39.92%) Social Skills
2 149 (28.60%) Finance
3 61 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.52%) Legal
5 45 (8.64%) Banking
5 45 (8.64%) Retail
6 21 (4.03%) Law
7 20 (3.84%) Financial Institution
7 20 (3.84%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.15%) Advertising
10 6 (1.15%) Billing
10 6 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.96%) Back Office
11 5 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.96%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.38%) Electronics
12 2 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 106 (20.35%) DBA
2 91 (17.47%) SQL DBA
3 68 (13.05%) Senior
4 63 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 60 (11.52%) Analyst
6 52 (9.98%) Lead
7 34 (6.53%) Business Analyst
8 32 (6.14%) IT Manager
9 30 (5.76%) IT Engineer
10 22 (4.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (4.03%) Infrastructure Manager
12 19 (3.65%) Support Engineer
13 17 (3.26%) Administrator
14 16 (3.07%) Network Engineer
15 15 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
16 14 (2.69%) Consultant
16 14 (2.69%) Head of IT
16 14 (2.69%) Resilience Manager
16 14 (2.69%) Technical Support
17 13 (2.50%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.45%) Kafka
1 18 (3.45%) Middleware
2 10 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (1.92%) YAML
3 8 (1.54%) LDAP
4 5 (0.96%) .NET
4 5 (0.96%) CSS
4 5 (0.96%) HTML
4 5 (0.96%) React
5 4 (0.77%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.77%) Node.js
5 4 (0.77%) RESTful
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.58%) SAML
7 2 (0.38%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.38%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.38%) EDI
7 2 (0.38%) Web Services
7 2 (0.38%) WSH
8 1 (0.19%) AWS SAM
Miscellaneous
1 58 (11.13%) Data Centre
2 49 (9.40%) Replication
3 44 (8.45%) Management Information System
4 40 (7.68%) Clustering
5 24 (4.61%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (4.22%) Cyberattack
7 21 (4.03%) Public Cloud
8 20 (3.84%) Data Fabric
8 20 (3.84%) PMI
9 19 (3.65%) Cloud Native
10 16 (3.07%) Security Posture
11 14 (2.69%) IoT
12 11 (2.11%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.15%) Social Media
15 4 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
15 4 (0.77%) Fat Client
15 4 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 165 (31.67%) Windows
2 84 (16.12%) Linux
3 76 (14.59%) VMS
4 72 (13.82%) Windows Server
5 33 (6.33%) Solaris
5 33 (6.33%) Unix
6 24 (4.61%) zOS
7 22 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (3.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.88%) AIX
9 15 (2.88%) Windows 10
10 12 (2.30%) CentOS
10 12 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (2.30%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.92%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.38%) Android
13 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (27.64%) High Availability
2 120 (23.03%) Performance Tuning
3 112 (21.50%) ITIL
4 104 (19.96%) Business Intelligence
5 96 (18.43%) Business Continuity
6 89 (17.08%) Collaborative Working
7 86 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 73 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (13.63%) Cybersecurity
10 70 (13.44%) DevOps
11 63 (12.09%) Agile
12 62 (11.90%) Coaching
13 60 (11.52%) Capacity Planning
14 54 (10.36%) Mentoring
15 52 (9.98%) Information Security
15 52 (9.98%) Project Management
16 45 (8.64%) Decision-Making
17 42 (8.06%) ETL
18 40 (7.68%) Infrastructure as Code
19 39 (7.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 137 (26.30%) SQL
2 95 (18.23%) T-SQL
3 69 (13.24%) PowerShell
4 53 (10.17%) Python
5 48 (9.21%) Bash
6 23 (4.41%) Perl
7 17 (3.26%) C#
8 11 (2.11%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.15%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.96%) Bicep
10 5 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.77%) VBA
12 3 (0.58%) Java
12 3 (0.58%) PHP
13 2 (0.38%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.38%) VBScript
14 1 (0.19%) Delphi
14 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 102 (19.58%) Degree
2 93 (17.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (5.57%) CISSP
4 22 (4.22%) PMI Certification
5 21 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.07%) CCNA
7 12 (2.30%) GIAC
7 12 (2.30%) GSEC
7 12 (2.30%) SSCP
8 11 (2.11%) CISM
9 9 (1.73%) Security Cleared
10 8 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (1.54%) MCSE
10 8 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (1.34%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.15%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (5.57%) QA
3 25 (4.80%) GDPR
4 24 (4.61%) SLA
5 18 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (3.45%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.73%) NIST
6 9 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.15%) ISO 22301
8 5 (0.96%) GRC
8 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.58%) COBIT
10 2 (0.38%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.19%) PMO
11 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 127 (24.38%) Active Directory
2 118 (22.65%) Virtual Machines
3 81 (15.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (5.95%) Docker
5 29 (5.57%) Hyper-V
6 19 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (2.30%) Firmware
7 12 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.73%) vSphere
9 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.19%) Ceph
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 50 (9.60%) Terraform
2 42 (8.06%) Ansible
3 30 (5.76%) Kubernetes
4 28 (5.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (3.26%) Nagios
7 15 (2.88%) Grafana
8 12 (2.30%) HAProxy
8 12 (2.30%) Opsgenie
8 12 (2.30%) VxRail
8 12 (2.30%) ZABBIX
9 10 (1.92%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.73%) Graphite
10 9 (1.73%) Puppet
11 7 (1.34%) Foglight
11 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (1.34%) SCCM
12 6 (1.15%) Istio
13 5 (0.96%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 237 (45.49%) Microsoft
2 100 (19.19%) VMware
3 45 (8.64%) Oracle
4 38 (7.29%) Cisco
5 26 (4.99%) SolarWinds
6 23 (4.41%) ServiceNow
7 22 (4.22%) Google
8 19 (3.65%) Fortinet
8 19 (3.65%) NetApp
9 18 (3.45%) IBM
10 17 (3.26%) Splunk
11 16 (3.07%) Databricks
12 15 (2.88%) Citrix
12 15 (2.88%) F5
13 14 (2.69%) HP
13 14 (2.69%) Red Hat
14 12 (2.30%) Dell
15 10 (1.92%) Serena
16 9 (1.73%) ArcSight
16 9 (1.73%) Veeam