LPIC Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LPIC 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.40% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £559 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £610 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

LPIC falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 365 124 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 48.80% 43.97% 38.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 92 157
10th Percentile £400 £213 £351
25th Percentile £475 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -5.48% +14.13%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £619
90th Percentile £640 £630 £748
South East median daily rate £525 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -3.45% -1.14% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 15
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.95 £15.85
25th Percentile - £16.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -5.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile £18.32 £60.63 £25.04
90th Percentile £25.11 £67.50 £27.50
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.10% +9.24%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LPIC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

LPIC job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

LPIC
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 7 April 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 3 £610 - 2
LPIC
South East

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) LFCS
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
1 3 (100.00%) RHCSA
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat