disaster recovery jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, disaster recovery appears in 1,320 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Database Administrator has the most postings mentioning disaster recovery, with demand share up 1.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
1,320
Demand vs prior month
up 1.3% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 7.4% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about disaster recovery

+Is disaster recovery in demand in 2026?

Yes. disaster recovery appears in 1,320 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Database Administrator accounts for the most postings mentioning disaster recovery (7.4% of all postings mentioning disaster recovery).

+What jobs require disaster recovery?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning disaster recovery are Database Reliability Engineer (36.8% of that role’s postings mention disaster recovery), Database Administrator (DBA) (20.7% of that role’s postings mention disaster recovery), IT Infrastructure Engineer (18.0% of that role’s postings mention disaster recovery).

+What skills are commonly paired with disaster recovery?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), disaster recovery most often appears alongside AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Python, observability.

+Where is disaster recovery most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring disaster recovery are New York City, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, San Francisco, Pune, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after disaster recovery?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring disaster recovery — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around disaster recovery

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before disaster recovery

Before disaster recoveryterraform → disaster recovery: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → disaster recovery: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → disaster recovery: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → disaster recovery: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → disaster recovery: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → disaster recovery: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairGit → disaster recovery: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairSplunk → disaster recovery: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisasterrecoveryterraform: 20 movesterraform20 movesJenkins: 18 movesJenkins18 movesAWS: 16 movesAWS16 movesdocker: 12 movesdocker12 movespython: 11 movespython11 movesAnsible: 11 movesAnsible11 movesGit: 10 movesGit10 movesSplunk: 9 movesSplunk9 moves

Skills after disaster recovery

After disaster recoverydisaster recovery → terraform: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → kubernetes: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → AWS: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → Ansible: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → Azure DevOps: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → python: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → Jenkins: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisaster recovery → CI/CD pipelines: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairdisasterrecoveryterraform: 15 movesterraform15 moveskubernetes: 11 moveskubernetes11 movesAWS: 10 movesAWS10 movesAnsible: 9 movesAnsible9 movesAzure DevOps: 8 movesAzure DevOps8 movespython: 8 movespython8 movesJenkins: 8 movesJenkins8 movesCI/CD pipelines: 7 movesCI/CD pipelines7 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: terraform20
Before: Jenkins18
Before: AWS16
Before: docker12
Before: python11
Before: Ansible11
Before: Git10
Before: Splunk9
After: terraform15
After: kubernetes11
After: AWS10
After: Ansible9
After: Azure DevOps8
After: python8
After: Jenkins8
After: CI/CD pipelines7

Roles most likely to require disaster recovery

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Database Reliability Engineer1436.8%
Database Administrator (DBA)620.7%
IT Infrastructure Engineer1118.0%
Storage Architect417.4%
Database Administrator9816.0%
Information Security Architect313.0%
Infrastructure Architect612.8%
Oracle Database Administrator412.5%
Database Engineer1011.1%
Cloud DevOps Engineer89.6%

Roles with the most disaster recovery postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Database Administrator987.4%
Site Reliability Engineer886.7%
Software Engineer846.4%
DevOps Engineer644.8%
Systems Engineer503.8%
Solutions Architect443.3%
Cloud Engineer382.9%
Infrastructure Engineer342.6%
Engineering Manager292.2%
Platform Engineer282.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring disaster recovery

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring disaster recovery
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Databricks31
NetLimiter25
Cisco12
Betsson Group10
SonarSource10
Inetum10
DXC Technology9
Oracle9
Esri8
Ivo-inc8

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for disaster recovery

NamePostingsShare
New York City282.1%
Bengaluru251.9%
Hyderabad251.9%
San Francisco231.7%
Pune201.5%
London181.4%
Singapore161.2%
Washington151.1%
Chicago110.8%

Skills commonly paired with disaster recovery

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning disaster recovery by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s disaster recovery postings by all disaster recovery postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.5% to 0.5%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
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window_days
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index