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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 102,488 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	99,087	96.68 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,286	2.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,115	1.09 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,971 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,541 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,905	8,257
Contract	65	283

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Permanent Manufacturing Jobs

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

788

Down 28.9% vs last year

Average salary

£40,855.00

Up 2.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Up 17.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£595.00

Up 19.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Up 34.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Up 6.4% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Manufacturing Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
August 2026	788
July 2026	1,360
June 2026	760
May 2026	1,116
April 2026	1,916
March 2026	2,042
February 2026	1,320
January 2026	1,879
December 2025	231
November 2025	134
October 2025	789
September 2025	1,137

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	11	£99,165.00	£107,915.00	£116,665.00
Head of Production	12	£79,865.00	£83,090.00	£86,320.00
QA Manager	7	£64,000.00	£69,190.00	£74,375.00
Technical Associate	1	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
QA Engineer	34	£55,795.00	£62,925.00	£70,055.00
Design Team Leader	23	£59,000.00	£61,125.00	£63,250.00
Head of Technical	7	£54,525.00	£58,575.00	£62,625.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	43	£54,525.00	£58,515.00	£62,500.00
Automation Engineer	231	£51,825.00	£56,030.00	£60,230.00
Manufacturing Manager	453	£51,880.00	£55,165.00	£58,445.00
Production Manager	1,447	£50,605.00	£54,150.00	£57,695.00
Production Planning Manager	5	£48,335.00	£52,500.00	£56,665.00
Testing Operative	2	£47,500.00	£52,500.00	£57,500.00
FMCG	770	£48,665.00	£51,780.00	£54,900.00
Manufacturing Operator	324	£47,735.00	£51,345.00	£54,960.00
Automation Tester	2	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Lean Manufacturing	80	£46,515.00	£49,220.00	£51,935.00
Sewer	2	£47,500.00	£48,750.00	£50,000.00
Machine Fitter	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Workshop Manager	195	£44,260.00	£46,315.00	£48,360.00
Production Shift Manager	53	£44,525.00	£45,685.00	£46,850.00
Window Manufacturer	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Quality Advisor	4	£42,650.00	£44,650.00	£46,650.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	22	£42,700.00	£44,355.00	£46,015.00
CNC Service Engineer	21	£42,205.00	£44,250.00	£46,290.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
Workshop Controller	54	£40,990.00	£43,115.00	£45,240.00
Factory	393	£40,450.00	£42,255.00	£44,065.00
CNC Supervisor	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
Hygiene Manager	46	£39,460.00	£41,820.00	£44,180.00
CNC Engineer	57	£39,435.00	£41,630.00	£43,810.00
Technical Operative	21	£39,620.00	£41,420.00	£43,225.00
Technical Operator	27	£39,610.00	£41,335.00	£43,065.00
Workshop Fitter	47	£36,290.00	£40,290.00	£44,295.00
CNC Programming	14	£37,765.00	£40,225.00	£42,690.00
Demand Planner	38	£37,350.00	£40,040.00	£42,740.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Miller	244	£38,635.00	£39,950.00	£41,265.00
Process Operator	169	£38,070.00	£39,935.00	£41,795.00
Section Leader	15	£38,760.00	£39,175.00	£39,590.00
CNC	1,712	£36,475.00	£38,965.00	£41,450.00
CNC Turner	150	£36,480.00	£38,900.00	£41,325.00
Production Controller	6	£37,165.00	£38,500.00	£39,835.00
Production Team Leader	230	£37,595.00	£38,490.00	£39,380.00
Operations Supervisor	38	£36,255.00	£38,275.00	£40,295.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	15	£37,465.00	£38,200.00	£38,935.00
Injection Moulding Setter	47	£36,280.00	£38,155.00	£40,030.00
Production Supervisor	176	£36,365.00	£38,140.00	£39,915.00
CNC Machinist	327	£35,685.00	£38,120.00	£40,555.00
CNC Miller	174	£35,755.00	£37,650.00	£39,545.00
Mechanical Inspector	23	£34,325.00	£37,515.00	£40,700.00
Bench Joiner	10	£34,490.00	£36,950.00	£39,415.00
CNC Programmer	5	£36,140.00	£36,890.00	£37,640.00
Furniture	172	£34,160.00	£36,745.00	£39,325.00
Skilled Operator	141	£35,750.00	£36,365.00	£36,980.00
Grinder	32	£33,700.00	£36,330.00	£38,945.00
CNC Operator	344	£33,470.00	£36,175.00	£38,880.00
CNC Setter	64	£33,350.00	£35,955.00	£38,560.00
Manual Machinist	52	£33,025.00	£35,775.00	£38,520.00
CNC Grinder	5	£32,350.00	£35,675.00	£39,000.00
Manual Turner	3	£34,890.00	£35,640.00	£36,375.00
Moulding Technician	12	£33,495.00	£35,090.00	£36,680.00
Planning Assistant	11	£33,875.00	£35,000.00	£36,125.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Quality Inspector	407	£33,565.00	£34,955.00	£36,350.00
CNC Machine Operator	19	£32,330.00	£34,920.00	£37,515.00
Manufacturing Technician	131	£33,310.00	£34,675.00	£36,050.00
Press Brake	9	£32,715.00	£34,655.00	£36,600.00
Milling Machinist	6	£33,390.00	£34,475.00	£35,560.00
Assembly Fitter	35	£33,455.00	£34,360.00	£35,270.00
Laminator	34	£31,540.00	£34,090.00	£36,635.00
Production Assistant	56	£32,495.00	£33,755.00	£35,025.00
Composite Laminator	7	£31,465.00	£33,665.00	£35,875.00
Machine Operator	296	£32,260.00	£33,400.00	£34,540.00
Quality Assistant	5	£31,500.00	£33,250.00	£35,000.00
Assembly	1,831	£30,905.00	£32,915.00	£34,925.00
Production Operative	667	£31,080.00	£32,540.00	£34,000.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Production Operator	619	£31,005.00	£32,390.00	£33,790.00
Production Coordinator	66	£30,785.00	£31,995.00	£33,210.00
Finishing Operative	42	£30,810.00	£31,930.00	£33,050.00
Line Leader	28	£30,395.00	£31,785.00	£33,170.00
Quality Technician	76	£30,230.00	£31,745.00	£33,260.00
Production Technician	201	£29,845.00	£31,645.00	£33,450.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Assembly Technician	152	£29,045.00	£31,125.00	£33,210.00
Production Team Member	10	£30,950.00	£30,950.00	£30,950.00
Print Operator	107	£29,030.00	£30,480.00	£31,915.00
Electronic Assembler	90	£28,540.00	£30,250.00	£31,960.00
Operations Coordinator	378	£28,645.00	£30,125.00	£31,600.00
Quality Assurance Officer	1	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Factory Operative	19	£28,950.00	£29,555.00	£30,165.00
Assembly Operative	126	£28,645.00	£29,475.00	£30,315.00
PCB Assembler	22	£27,550.00	£29,455.00	£31,350.00
Solderer	65	£27,735.00	£29,280.00	£30,835.00
Production Assembler	25	£28,125.00	£29,265.00	£30,415.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	8	£28,000.00	£29,250.00	£30,500.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	19	£27,585.00	£29,200.00	£30,815.00
Assembly Operator	133	£28,280.00	£29,115.00	£29,955.00
Quality Coordinator	3	£27,565.00	£28,940.00	£30,315.00
Machine Minder	1	£28,825.00	£28,825.00	£28,825.00
Supply Chain Administrator	64	£27,200.00	£28,270.00	£29,345.00
Moulding Operative	40	£28,005.00	£28,005.00	£28,005.00
Sewing Machinist	16	£26,495.00	£26,600.00	£26,705.00