LPIC Job Trends in Manchester

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.029% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.100% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,001 912 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 29.38% 36.08% 23.73%
Number of salaries quoted 369 403 643
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,300 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,100 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.10% +0.11% -9.09%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

LPIC job vacancy trend in Manchester

LPIC
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing LPIC

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible