Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 681 847
Rank change year-on-year +96 +166 -148
Contract jobs citing LPIC 1 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.021% 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.008% 0.076% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £405 £410
25th Percentile - £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - £575 £619
90th Percentile - £613 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate - £550 £475
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

LPIC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,080 15,853 18,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 27.29% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,082 10,577 12,473
10th Percentile £305 £330 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £742 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,070 826 761
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.25 £13.75
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.22 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £61.58 £68.48 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.35 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
% change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LPIC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LPIC in the UK

LPIC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LPIC.

Daily rate trend for LPIC in the UK

LPIC
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 1 - - 2
UK excluding London +62 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -

LPIC
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Linux+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) RHCE
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware