LPIC Job Trends in England

Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for LPIC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 469 -
Rank change year-on-year -168 - -
Permanent jobs citing LPIC 8 170 0
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.012% 0.43% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.043% 1.07% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - -
75th Percentile £64,063 - -
90th Percentile £64,625 - -
UK median annual salary £61,250 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,436 15,928 20,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.27% 40.65% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7,565 6,923 14,705
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,138 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,590 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

LPIC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

LPIC job vacancy trend in England

LPIC
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing LPIC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing LPIC

LPIC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LPIC in England over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Salary histogram for LPIC in England

LPIC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LPIC within the England region over the 6 months to 13 March 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
London +12 4 - - 2
South East -17 3 £62,500 - 3
North of England - 1 £35,000 -
North West - 1 £35,000 -
LPIC
UK

LPIC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (37.50%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) SNMP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) GitLab
2 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
General
1 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) German Language
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Spanish Language
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Solutions Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Project Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Project Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Project Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (50.00%) Line Management
2 4 (50.00%) SOA
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Operations
3 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
3 3 (37.50%) Presales
3 3 (37.50%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCNA
1 4 (50.00%) CCNP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) MCSE
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (50.00%) RHCSA
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (37.50%) VCAP
3 2 (25.00%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (50.00%) vSphere
2 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Terraform
2 4 (50.00%) Ansible
3 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (37.50%) Puppet
4 1 (12.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft