Hybrid/Remote LPIC Job Trends

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work 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 375 416 458
Rank change year-on-year +41 +42 -
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 2 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.013% 0.087% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.039% 0.31% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 -
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,072 4,785 5,531
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.19% 27.75% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 2,505 4,040
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,199 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.09% +2.95% -

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LPIC and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

LPIC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

LPIC
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing LPIC

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (50.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) RHCSA
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) VMware