The first table below looks at the demand for LPIC in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LPIC over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
Rank 529 577 -
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -
Contract jobs citing LPIC 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.002% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.012% 0.010% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £415 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

LPIC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LPIC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

LPIC Jobs Demand Trend

LPIC
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LPIC within the UK.

LPIC Daily Rate Trend

LPIC
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +48 1 £415 -
London +21 1 £415 -
City of London +12 1 £415 -

LPIC
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LPIC also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LPIC.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Kindle
1 1 (100.00%) WiX
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) MSBuild

LPIC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LPIC also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LPIC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) CruiseControl
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) WiX
1 1 (100.00%) MSBuild
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Integration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft