LPIC Job Trends in the North West

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 193 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.014% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.035% - -
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 - - -
England median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,852 1,985 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 39.34% 42.60% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 743 871 1,148
10th Percentile £27,600 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,125 £40,620 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

LPIC job vacancy trend in the North West

LPIC
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing LPIC

LPIC
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 £35,000 -
LPIC
England

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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