Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 76,086 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	73,641	96.79 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,608	2.11 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	837	1.10 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,463 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 6,341 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,415	6,137
Contract	47	203

The busiest month for new permanent Manufacturing Jobs in the UK is January, whilst the quietest month is November.

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is October, and the quietest month is also November.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Manufacturing Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
June 2024	220
May 2024	235
April 2024	2,067
March 2024	2,181
February 2024	3,200
January 2024	3,505
December 2023	831
November 2023	211
October 2023	481
September 2023	1,675
August 2023	1,568
July 2023	2,264

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
QA Manager	5	£78,750.00	£81,250.00	£83,750.00
Manufacturing Director	10	£73,060.00	£77,085.00	£81,110.00
Head of Technical	7	£69,165.00	£72,085.00	£75,000.00
Head of Production	49	£66,565.00	£71,110.00	£75,655.00
Automation Tester	14	£60,500.00	£63,125.00	£65,750.00
Production Manager	1,912	£54,240.00	£58,865.00	£63,485.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	34	£52,325.00	£56,540.00	£60,750.00
Automation Engineer	225	£50,635.00	£55,120.00	£59,600.00
QA Engineer	105	£49,350.00	£53,920.00	£58,495.00
Manufacturing Manager	303	£47,955.00	£52,130.00	£56,305.00
Forecast Analyst	8	£48,825.00	£51,525.00	£54,250.00
Quality Control Inspector	17	£48,315.00	£48,315.00	£48,315.00
Workshop Manager	125	£41,295.00	£44,625.00	£47,955.00
FMCG	383	£41,495.00	£44,565.00	£47,650.00
CNC Programmer	10	£41,000.00	£44,335.00	£47,665.00
QA Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£44,125.00	£48,750.00
Production Officer	4	£41,000.00	£44,000.00	£47,000.00
Technical Operator	47	£41,030.00	£43,965.00	£46,900.00
Production Shift Manager	92	£41,320.00	£43,095.00	£44,870.00
Technical Operative	45	£39,920.00	£42,720.00	£45,520.00
Lean Manufacturing	74	£39,165.00	£41,980.00	£44,790.00
Quality Assistant	237	£40,700.00	£41,930.00	£43,160.00
Manufacturing Operator	223	£39,235.00	£41,695.00	£44,155.00
Production Planning Manager	9	£38,415.00	£41,540.00	£44,665.00
Packaging Technologist	2	£40,000.00	£41,000.00	£42,000.00
Process Operator	221	£38,960.00	£40,955.00	£42,950.00
Technical Manager - Food	9	£38,335.00	£40,835.00	£43,335.00
Mechanical Inspector	5	£38,125.00	£40,625.00	£43,125.00
CNC Engineer	48	£37,265.00	£39,000.00	£40,720.00
CNC Service Engineer	29	£35,980.00	£38,575.00	£41,170.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	19	£35,400.00	£38,275.00	£41,150.00
Factory	637	£36,610.00	£38,230.00	£39,855.00
Design Team Leader	6	£37,335.00	£38,165.00	£39,000.00
Sewer	4	£36,275.00	£37,525.00	£38,775.00
Production Controller	78	£35,380.00	£37,510.00	£39,645.00
Workshop Foreman	3	£35,000.00	£37,500.00	£40,000.00
Quality Advisor	14	£34,475.00	£36,810.00	£39,140.00
CNC	1,645	£34,825.00	£36,725.00	£38,625.00
Workshop Controller	200	£34,170.00	£36,725.00	£39,285.00
CNC Miller	139	£33,490.00	£36,230.00	£38,965.00
Production Shift Leader	15	£34,500.00	£36,095.00	£37,690.00
CNC Turner	195	£32,900.00	£35,615.00	£38,315.00
Miller	169	£32,985.00	£35,545.00	£38,105.00
Miller Turner	8	£32,750.00	£35,250.00	£37,750.00
Technical Associate	2	£33,000.00	£35,250.00	£37,500.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	34	£34,110.00	£35,245.00	£36,385.00
Moulding Technician	23	£33,375.00	£35,170.00	£36,955.00
Furniture	435	£31,525.00	£35,120.00	£38,725.00
CNC Programming	33	£32,685.00	£34,880.00	£37,085.00
Demand Planner	47	£32,645.00	£34,825.00	£37,005.00
Workshop Fitter	34	£34,145.00	£34,670.00	£35,195.00
Assembly	1,228	£32,425.00	£34,665.00	£36,915.00
CNC Miller Setter	11	£30,890.00	£34,440.00	£38,000.00
Bench Joiner	20	£31,025.00	£34,370.00	£37,710.00
CNC Setter	41	£32,035.00	£34,065.00	£36,085.00
CNC Machinist	643	£32,265.00	£33,775.00	£35,285.00
Composite Laminator	2	£27,500.00	£33,750.00	£40,000.00
CNC Grinder	5	£30,500.00	£33,500.00	£36,500.00
Production Supervisor	204	£32,485.00	£33,365.00	£34,245.00
CNC Machine Operator	25	£30,985.00	£33,275.00	£35,585.00
FMCG Buyer	2	£29,000.00	£33,250.00	£37,500.00
Injection Moulding Setter	78	£31,385.00	£33,205.00	£35,025.00
Manual Turner	9	£31,525.00	£32,950.00	£34,400.00
Quality Inspector	199	£31,040.00	£32,635.00	£34,230.00
CNC Operator	201	£29,975.00	£32,570.00	£35,170.00
Production Team Leader	120	£30,930.00	£32,520.00	£34,110.00
Manual Machinist	80	£30,920.00	£32,510.00	£34,085.00
Grinder	25	£30,165.00	£32,445.00	£34,725.00
Production Coordinator	65	£29,820.00	£32,220.00	£34,615.00
Testing Operative	2	£32,000.00	£32,000.00	£32,000.00
Press Brake	48	£29,225.00	£31,155.00	£33,080.00
Quality Technician	63	£30,230.00	£31,000.00	£31,765.00
Moulding Operative	3	£30,325.00	£30,700.00	£31,075.00
Operations Supervisor	93	£29,850.00	£30,640.00	£31,425.00
Laminator	17	£27,780.00	£30,530.00	£33,280.00
Quality Coordinator	29	£29,045.00	£30,345.00	£31,640.00
Manufacturing Technician	137	£29,215.00	£30,195.00	£31,175.00
Machine Minder	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Skilled Operator	1,595	£29,180.00	£29,640.00	£30,110.00
Deburrer	2	£25,350.00	£29,400.00	£33,450.00
Production Operative	775	£28,125.00	£29,385.00	£30,650.00
Production Operator	775	£28,125.00	£29,385.00	£30,650.00
Assembly Technician	139	£26,945.00	£29,165.00	£31,380.00
Print Operator	343	£27,445.00	£29,020.00	£30,595.00
PCB Assembler	8	£26,390.00	£28,765.00	£31,140.00
Operations Coordinator	234	£27,295.00	£28,675.00	£30,055.00
Machine Operator	267	£27,050.00	£28,620.00	£30,195.00
Factory Operative	11	£27,910.00	£28,575.00	£29,240.00
Production Technician	304	£26,720.00	£28,505.00	£30,280.00
Assembly Fitter	13	£27,815.00	£28,500.00	£29,190.00
Production Assembler	23	£26,690.00	£28,390.00	£30,085.00
Furniture Technician	5	£23,500.00	£28,250.00	£33,000.00
Saw Operative	31	£27,295.00	£27,955.00	£28,620.00
Production Team Member	2	£26,500.00	£27,250.00	£28,000.00
Chemical Process Operator	7	£25,100.00	£26,915.00	£28,725.00
Finishing Operative	18	£25,095.00	£26,395.00	£27,695.00
Line Leader	2	£25,250.00	£26,250.00	£27,250.00
Production Assistant	57	£24,185.00	£26,095.00	£28,000.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	4	£24,875.00	£25,940.00	£27,000.00
Supply Chain Administrator	44	£25,045.00	£25,845.00	£26,645.00
Solderer	35	£24,215.00	£25,640.00	£27,065.00
Sewing Machinist	50	£24,105.00	£25,070.00	£26,045.00
Extrusion Operative	3	£24,875.00	£24,875.00	£24,875.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	12	£23,800.00	£24,740.00	£25,675.00
Assembly Operative	93	£23,890.00	£24,530.00	£25,170.00
Assembly Operator	93	£23,890.00	£24,530.00	£25,170.00
Tooling Operator	2	£23,025.00	£24,350.00	£25,675.00
Planning Assistant	12	£22,730.00	£23,855.00	£24,980.00
Trainee Production Operative	6	£21,915.00	£23,165.00	£24,415.00
Electronic Assembler	17	£22,140.00	£23,040.00	£23,965.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£21,750.00	£23,000.00	£24,250.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£21,125.00	£22,075.00	£23,000.00
Factory Cleaner	1	£15,600.00	£15,600.00	£15,600.00