LPIC Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 407 536
Rank change year-on-year -105 +129 -
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 1 162 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% 0.43% 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.007% 1.16% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,379 13,958 9,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.15% 36.81% 33.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,177 5,497 6,413
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,058
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,199 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.09% +2.95% -

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

LPIC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

LPIC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LPIC

LPIC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
South East +31 1 £60,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) OpenStack
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform