LPIC Job Trends in the South East

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 320 -
Rank change year-on-year +48 - -
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.032% 0.027% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.076% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,243 3,969 3,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.31% 35.27% 41.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 1,915 1,899
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £36,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +2.68%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

LPIC job vacancy trend in the South East

LPIC
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LPIC

LPIC
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. 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
Oxfordshire +33 2 - -
Thames Valley +23 2 - -
West Sussex - 1 £60,000 - 3
LPIC
England

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) InfiniBand
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) RHCE
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) GPFS
1 2 (66.67%) Lustre
1 2 (66.67%) NFS
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Puppet
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform