LPIC Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 - 390
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Contract jobs citing LPIC 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% - 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.036% - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £559 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £610 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,257 4,547 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.35% 35.87% 36.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,291 2,801 4,300
10th Percentile £313 £205 £270
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £612 £600 £638
90th Percentile £705 £675 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £530
% change year-on-year +0.48% -1.42% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 402 924
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.81 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -20.62% -18.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.62 £63.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £77.47 £77.35
UK median hourly rate £48.05 £33.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +42.37% -15.63% -27.27%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

LPIC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

LPIC
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LPIC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LPIC

LPIC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South East - 3 £610 - 1
LPIC
UK

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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