Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 85,300 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	82,466	96.68 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,859	2.18 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	975	1.14 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,640 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,108 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,585	6,871
Contract	54	236

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

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

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 2025	278
May 2025	348
April 2025	498
March 2025	531
February 2025	391
January 2025	282
December 2024	131
November 2024	1,766
October 2024	3,990
September 2024	325
August 2024	243
July 2024	204

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	2	£75,000.00	£81,250.00	£87,500.00
Head of Production	36	£75,305.00	£79,830.00	£84,355.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	36	£58,125.00	£63,215.00	£68,305.00
Automation Engineer	166	£56,065.00	£60,375.00	£64,680.00
Production Manager	1,654	£55,460.00	£58,975.00	£62,490.00
QA Engineer	41	£50,030.00	£55,140.00	£60,240.00
Manufacturing Manager	199	£51,310.00	£54,560.00	£57,805.00
Manufacturing Operator	143	£50,090.00	£53,545.00	£57,000.00
Quality Assistant	82	£53,000.00	£53,000.00	£53,000.00
CNC Service Engineer	2	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
FMCG	202	£43,735.00	£46,115.00	£48,505.00
CNC Engineer	6	£43,250.00	£46,000.00	£48,750.00
Workshop Manager	85	£42,005.00	£45,940.00	£49,870.00
Milling Machinist	5	£43,275.00	£45,465.00	£47,650.00
Production Planning Manager	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Planning Assistant	32	£43,335.00	£44,000.00	£44,665.00
Lean Manufacturing	81	£41,165.00	£43,925.00	£46,695.00
Factory	545	£42,265.00	£43,740.00	£45,220.00
Line Leader	97	£42,275.00	£43,210.00	£44,145.00
Workshop Controller	135	£39,830.00	£42,900.00	£45,965.00
Technical Operator	24	£39,800.00	£42,535.00	£45,265.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	13	£41,000.00	£42,100.00	£43,190.00
Hygiene Manager	33	£40,360.00	£42,015.00	£43,675.00
Technical Operative	22	£38,465.00	£40,730.00	£42,995.00
Technical Manager - Food	1	£38,000.00	£40,500.00	£43,000.00
Senior Quality Officer	6	£40,375.00	£40,375.00	£40,375.00
QA Manager	26	£38,405.00	£40,020.00	£41,635.00
Sewer	4	£36,250.00	£40,000.00	£43,750.00
Production Shift Manager	58	£36,385.00	£39,910.00	£43,435.00
Quality Advisor	13	£38,340.00	£39,900.00	£41,465.00
CNC Programming	18	£36,850.00	£39,790.00	£42,740.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	12	£37,900.00	£39,350.00	£40,800.00
Grinder	8	£38,500.00	£39,140.00	£39,775.00
CNC Setter	25	£36,125.00	£38,195.00	£40,265.00
CNC Turner	54	£33,245.00	£37,790.00	£42,335.00
CNC Miller	66	£35,495.00	£37,470.00	£39,440.00
Miller	125	£36,260.00	£37,425.00	£38,590.00
Furniture	110	£35,085.00	£37,310.00	£39,535.00
CNC Machine Operator	4	£35,000.00	£37,250.00	£39,500.00
CNC Programmer	4	£34,750.00	£37,250.00	£39,750.00
CNC Miller Setter	6	£33,625.00	£36,940.00	£40,250.00
CNC	735	£34,630.00	£36,925.00	£39,220.00
Bench Joiner	10	£33,750.00	£36,250.00	£38,750.00
Production Controller	18	£33,665.00	£35,585.00	£37,500.00
CNC Machinist	240	£32,940.00	£35,440.00	£37,945.00
Operations Supervisor	18	£34,165.00	£35,045.00	£35,930.00
Mechanical Inspector	6	£32,950.00	£35,025.00	£37,125.00
CNC Operator	157	£32,665.00	£34,990.00	£37,305.00
Workshop Fitter	8	£32,375.00	£34,915.00	£37,460.00
Workshop Foreman	14	£32,375.00	£34,875.00	£37,375.00
Production Supervisor	139	£33,960.00	£34,765.00	£35,575.00
Production Team Leader	137	£33,445.00	£34,570.00	£35,685.00
Assembly	856	£32,915.00	£34,405.00	£35,905.00
Production Officer	2	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Moulding Technician	28	£32,490.00	£33,785.00	£35,085.00
Manufacturing Technician	102	£32,840.00	£33,665.00	£34,490.00
Injection Moulding Setter	6	£32,325.00	£33,500.00	£34,675.00
Process Operator	80	£32,000.00	£33,440.00	£34,875.00
Demand Planner	17	£31,035.00	£33,415.00	£35,800.00
Press Brake	27	£30,890.00	£32,710.00	£34,525.00
Quality Inspector	158	£30,795.00	£32,140.00	£33,480.00
Supply Chain Administrator	7	£30,000.00	£31,750.00	£33,500.00
Quality Coordinator	16	£28,750.00	£31,540.00	£34,315.00
Manual Machinist	37	£29,565.00	£31,315.00	£33,065.00
Operations Coordinator	34	£29,005.00	£31,070.00	£33,135.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	2	£28,000.00	£31,000.00	£34,000.00
Skilled Operator	28	£30,035.00	£30,825.00	£31,615.00
Production Technician	77	£29,280.00	£30,725.00	£32,160.00
Assembly Technician	42	£29,350.00	£30,695.00	£32,045.00
Quality Technician	47	£29,220.00	£30,150.00	£31,090.00
Assembly Fitter	15	£28,585.00	£29,535.00	£30,475.00
Laminator	11	£27,375.00	£28,940.00	£30,500.00
Production Assistant	35	£27,640.00	£28,915.00	£30,180.00
Production Operator	511	£28,340.00	£28,865.00	£29,395.00
PCB Assembler	10	£25,500.00	£28,715.00	£31,915.00
Finishing Operative	22	£26,610.00	£28,605.00	£30,600.00
Machine Operator	211	£27,635.00	£28,530.00	£29,410.00
Production Operative	507	£28,050.00	£28,505.00	£28,965.00
Sewing Machinist	12	£28,115.00	£28,475.00	£28,840.00
Print Operator	61	£26,680.00	£28,445.00	£30,215.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	12	£26,565.00	£28,345.00	£30,125.00
Testing Operative	2	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Quality Assurance Officer	16	£28,220.00	£28,220.00	£28,220.00
Saw Operative	9	£27,350.00	£27,625.00	£27,900.00
Extrusion Operative	1	£27,000.00	£27,500.00	£28,000.00
Electronic Assembler	11	£25,250.00	£27,440.00	£29,625.00
Production Assembler	35	£26,155.00	£27,405.00	£28,645.00
Assembly Operator	112	£25,910.00	£26,885.00	£27,855.00
Assembly Operative	101	£25,845.00	£26,685.00	£27,520.00
Solderer	17	£24,795.00	£25,965.00	£27,140.00
Factory Operative	14	£24,490.00	£25,150.00	£25,810.00
Moulding Operative	5	£24,290.00	£24,475.00	£24,665.00