LPIC Job Trends

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 720 760
Rank change year-on-year +45 +40 +437
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 3 81 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.10% 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.018% 0.39% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £61,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,949 20,888 19,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.34% 26.83% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7,487 9,751 12,332
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,170 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £73,729 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LPIC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LPIC in the UK

LPIC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LPIC

LPIC
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the UK over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Work from Home +67 3 - - 1
South East +53 3 - -
UK excluding London +33 3 - -
England +21 3 - -

LPIC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) InfiniBand
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
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
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) RHCE
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) GPFS
1 3 (100.00%) Lustre
1 3 (100.00%) NFS