disaster recovery jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-22, disaster recovery appears in 1,256 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Database Administrator roles, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-22
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+Is disaster recovery in demand in 2026?
Yes. disaster recovery appears in 1,256 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Database Administrator roles (8% of Database Administrator postings list it).
+What jobs require disaster recovery?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-22, the job titles most likely to require disaster recovery are Database Administrator (8% of postings list disaster recovery), Site Reliability Engineer (7% of postings list disaster recovery), Software Engineer (6% of postings list disaster recovery).
+What skills are commonly paired with disaster recovery?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-22), disaster recovery most often appears alongside AWS, Kubernetes, Python, observability, CI/CD.
+Where is disaster recovery most in demand?
As of 2026-09-22, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring disaster recovery are New York City, Bengaluru, San Francisco, London, Pune, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring disaster recovery — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles with the most disaster recovery postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Database Administrator | 94 | 7.5% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 86 | 6.8% |
| Software Engineer | 78 | 6.2% |
| DevOps Engineer | 61 | 4.9% |
| Solutions Architect | 44 | 3.5% |
| Systems Engineer | 44 | 3.5% |
| Cloud Engineer | 33 | 2.6% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 33 | 2.6% |
| Platform Engineer | 29 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 25 | 2.0% |
Top metros hiring for disaster recovery
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 26 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 25 | 2.0% |
| San Francisco | 25 | 2.0% |
| London | 19 | 1.5% |
| Pune | 19 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 16 | 1.3% |
| Washington | 15 | 1.2% |
| Singapore | 14 | 1.1% |
| Toronto | 13 | 1.0% |
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 2026-09-22. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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