[Survey of 110 High-Income Engineers] ~80% Recommend Juniors Learn "Linux/OS Infrastructure Tech", 87.0% Say "Basic Learning in Rookie Years Supports Current Career"

**LPI-Japan, a non-profit organization (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Atsuo Suzuki) providing open technology certifications such as the Linux certification "LinuC" (https://linuc.org/), announces the results of a survey on career formation for SREs and Infrastructure Architects. The survey targeted 110 infrastructure engineers in senior positions (SRE, Infrastructure Architect, Lead Engineer, Senior Engineer, etc. with an annual income of 7 million yen or more).**

- 01 | Approximately 90% of engineers answered that the technologies they learned during their rookie to junior years are useful in their current careers. - 02 | About 80% recommend that juniors learn Linux/OS infrastructure technologies, with the most common reason (54.1%) being "Because it becomes the foundation for troubleshooting abilities." - 03 | Approximately 80% feel that today's junior engineers have fewer opportunities to interact with OS/infrastructure technologies.

Download the full survey report here: https://linuc.org/forms/survey_report_202604/

■ Survey Overview - Survey Name: Fact-finding Survey on Career Formation of SREs and Infrastructure Architects - Survey Method: Internet survey planned by "ResearP®︎", a research marketing service provided by IDEATECH - Survey Period: January 15 to January 16, 2026 - Valid Responses: 110 infrastructure engineers in senior positions (SRE, Infrastructure Architect, Lead Engineer, Senior Engineer, etc.) earning 7 million yen or more annually.

* Note: Composition ratios are rounded to the nearest first decimal place, so the total may not always exactly equal 100.

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