backup and recovery jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-11-05, backup and recovery appears in 403 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Database Administrator has the most postings mentioning backup and recovery, with demand share up 17.7% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05
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Frequently asked questions about backup and recovery
+Is backup and recovery in demand in 2026?
Yes. backup and recovery appears in 403 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. Database Administrator accounts for the most postings mentioning backup and recovery (31.8% of all postings mentioning backup and recovery).
+What jobs require backup and recovery?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning backup and recovery are Oracle Database Administrator (31.4% of that role’s postings mention backup and recovery), Database Administrator (20.1% of that role’s postings mention backup and recovery), Database Developer (16.1% of that role’s postings mention backup and recovery).
+What skills are commonly paired with backup and recovery?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), backup and recovery most often appears alongside disaster recovery, Performance tuning, SQL, PostgreSQL, Python.
+Where is backup and recovery most in demand?
As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring backup and recovery are Washington, Hyderabad, Reston, Singapore, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new backup and recovery content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning backup and recovery alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new backup and recovery content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after backup and 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 backup and recovery — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around backup and recovery
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before backup and recovery
Skills after backup and recovery
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: replication | 3 |
| Before: PostgreSQL | 2 |
| Before: sql | 2 |
| Before: C | 2 |
| Before: log shipping | 2 |
| Before: data replication | 1 |
| Before: O365 | 1 |
| Before: procedures | 1 |
| After: data warehouse | 2 |
| After: C | 2 |
| After: TSQL | 1 |
| After: firewall configuration | 1 |
| After: bastion hosts | 1 |
| After: Slack integration | 1 |
| After: data replication techniques | 1 |
| After: OpenShift | 1 |
Roles most likely to require backup and recovery
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database Administrator | 11 | 31.4% |
| Database Administrator | 128 | 20.1% |
| Database Developer | 5 | 16.1% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 3 | 15.0% |
| Database Engineer | 11 | 8.7% |
| Database Administrator (DBA) | 2 | 8.3% |
| Database Architect | 3 | 8.1% |
| Storage Engineer | 2 | 5.9% |
| IT Manager | 1 | 4.5% |
| Technical Support Engineer | 1 | 4.5% |
Roles with the most backup and recovery postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Database Administrator | 128 | 31.8% |
| Solutions Architect | 21 | 5.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 15 | 3.7% |
| Database Engineer | 11 | 2.7% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 11 | 2.7% |
| Oracle Database Administrator | 11 | 2.7% |
| Data Engineer | 8 | 2.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 8 | 2.0% |
| Platform Engineer | 7 | 1.7% |
| Cloud Engineer | 6 | 1.5% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring backup and recovery
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Databricks | 13 |
| Kyndryl | 10 |
| DXC Technology | 8 |
| Defense Unicorns | 7 |
| Artech Information Systems | 7 |
| Veeam | 6 |
| General Dynamics Information Technology | 6 |
| Elsevier | 5 |
| Inetum | 4 |
| Blackbaud | 3 |
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 backup and recovery
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 12 | 3.0% |
| Hyderabad | 8 | 2.0% |
| Reston | 7 | 1.7% |
| Singapore | 5 | 1.2% |
| London | 4 | 1.0% |
| Tokyo | 4 | 1.0% |
| Atlanta | 3 | 0.7% |
| Austin | 3 | 0.7% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 0.7% |
Skills commonly paired with backup and recovery
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. 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 backup and recovery by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s backup and recovery postings by all backup and 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: 0.1% to 0.1%. 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 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (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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