Hybrid/Remote Lead Electronics Engineer Job Trends

Lead Electronic Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Electronic Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £68,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 - 493
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Electronics Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.008% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £63,563 - £59,100
25th Percentile £64,219 - £60,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,125 - £65,000
75th Percentile £71,719 - £67,500
90th Percentile £72,188 - -
UK median annual salary £68,125 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.37% -2.76% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 22,503 14,991 22,313
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 92.61% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 15,883 8,935 14,520
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -8.33%

Lead Electronics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Electronics Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Lead Electronics Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Lead Electronics Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Lead Electronics Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Lead Electronics Engineer job vacancies

Lead Electronics Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Lead Electronics Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Lead Electronics Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) DO-160
1 1 (50.00%) DO-254
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Validation

Lead Electronics Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) ASIC
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) DO-160
1 1 (50.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC