Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 83,179 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	80,471	96.74 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,783	2.14 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	925	1.11 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,600 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 6,932 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,547	6,706
Contract	52	225

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 February.

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
January 2025	282
December 2024	131
November 2024	1,766
October 2024	3,990
September 2024	325
August 2024	243
July 2024	204
June 2024	220
May 2024	235
April 2024	2,067
March 2024	2,181
February 2024	3,200

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	6	£76,250.00	£81,250.00	£86,250.00
Head of Production	56	£73,830.00	£76,955.00	£80,070.00
Automation Tester	6	£61,875.00	£63,125.00	£64,375.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	35	£55,065.00	£60,375.00	£65,690.00
Head of Technical	3	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Automation Engineer	219	£54,915.00	£59,840.00	£64,770.00
Production Manager	2,173	£55,705.00	£59,665.00	£63,615.00
QA Engineer	51	£47,660.00	£52,700.00	£57,745.00
Manufacturing Manager	350	£48,890.00	£52,220.00	£55,545.00
Quality Assistant	220	£46,665.00	£47,750.00	£48,835.00
Manufacturing Operator	217	£44,990.00	£47,415.00	£49,835.00
FMCG	347	£44,990.00	£47,290.00	£49,605.00
QA Manager	17	£43,815.00	£46,240.00	£48,655.00
Milling Machinist	5	£43,275.00	£45,465.00	£47,650.00
Design Team Leader	2	£42,000.00	£44,500.00	£47,000.00
Workshop Manager	148	£40,275.00	£44,135.00	£47,985.00
CNC Service Engineer	12	£40,335.00	£44,000.00	£47,665.00
QA Analyst	2	£40,000.00	£43,750.00	£47,500.00
CNC Engineer	22	£40,205.00	£43,115.00	£46,005.00
Lean Manufacturing	115	£39,460.00	£41,760.00	£44,060.00
Production Shift Manager	93	£39,890.00	£41,690.00	£43,485.00
Technical Operator	55	£39,130.00	£41,585.00	£44,045.00
Production Planning Manager	9	£38,415.00	£41,540.00	£44,665.00
Factory	753	£40,125.00	£41,450.00	£42,775.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	22	£39,500.00	£41,330.00	£43,155.00
Packaging Technologist	2	£40,000.00	£41,000.00	£42,000.00
Hygiene Manager	31	£39,200.00	£40,830.00	£42,470.00
Sewer	4	£36,250.00	£40,000.00	£43,750.00
Quality Advisor	13	£38,340.00	£39,900.00	£41,465.00
Technical Manager - Food	7	£37,000.00	£39,835.00	£42,665.00
Senior Quality Officer	4	£39,625.00	£39,625.00	£39,625.00
Technical Operative	55	£37,480.00	£39,515.00	£41,545.00
CNC	1,285	£35,740.00	£37,520.00	£39,295.00
CNC Programmer	4	£34,750.00	£37,250.00	£39,750.00
Workshop Controller	223	£34,840.00	£37,175.00	£39,515.00
Production Controller	42	£34,990.00	£37,065.00	£39,130.00
CNC Programming	33	£33,915.00	£36,970.00	£40,030.00
CNC Miller Setter	6	£33,625.00	£36,940.00	£40,250.00
Furniture	240	£33,820.00	£36,420.00	£39,015.00
CNC Miller	95	£33,855.00	£36,175.00	£38,475.00
CNC Turner	119	£33,225.00	£36,155.00	£39,080.00
CNC Setter	38	£33,575.00	£35,980.00	£38,380.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	32	£34,670.00	£35,965.00	£37,255.00
Miller	110	£33,340.00	£35,820.00	£38,295.00
Workshop Foreman	17	£33,250.00	£35,750.00	£38,250.00
Process Operator	186	£33,750.00	£35,505.00	£37,260.00
Technical Associate	2	£33,000.00	£35,250.00	£37,500.00
Assembly	1,095	£33,430.00	£35,230.00	£37,050.00
Demand Planner	45	£32,880.00	£35,200.00	£37,520.00
Grinder	19	£32,920.00	£34,955.00	£36,985.00
CNC Machinist	533	£33,205.00	£34,835.00	£36,460.00
Moulding Technician	44	£33,145.00	£34,805.00	£36,465.00
Bench Joiner	22	£31,750.00	£34,780.00	£37,810.00
Line Leader	6	£32,250.00	£34,750.00	£37,250.00
CNC Machine Operator	17	£32,595.00	£34,705.00	£36,825.00
Production Supervisor	205	£33,865.00	£34,670.00	£35,480.00
Manufacturing Technician	166	£33,585.00	£34,535.00	£35,485.00
Workshop Fitter	21	£33,190.00	£34,365.00	£35,540.00
Production Team Leader	173	£32,690.00	£34,165.00	£35,640.00
Production Shift Leader	13	£32,000.00	£34,125.00	£36,250.00
CNC Grinder	5	£30,500.00	£33,500.00	£36,500.00
Injection Moulding Setter	50	£31,740.00	£33,390.00	£35,040.00
FMCG Buyer	2	£29,000.00	£33,250.00	£37,500.00
CNC Operator	200	£30,565.00	£33,220.00	£35,875.00
Operations Supervisor	55	£32,075.00	£32,870.00	£33,665.00
Quality Coordinator	26	£29,590.00	£32,030.00	£34,465.00
Testing Operative	2	£32,000.00	£32,000.00	£32,000.00
Manual Machinist	80	£30,070.00	£31,725.00	£33,370.00
Press Brake	31	£29,575.00	£31,690.00	£33,805.00
Quality Inspector	210	£30,490.00	£31,405.00	£32,320.00
Quality Technician	65	£29,580.00	£30,575.00	£31,570.00
Production Officer	2	£27,000.00	£30,500.00	£34,000.00
Assembly Technician	83	£28,865.00	£30,445.00	£32,025.00
Skilled Operator	115	£29,595.00	£30,410.00	£31,230.00
Production Operative	756	£29,615.00	£30,345.00	£31,075.00
Production Operator	756	£29,615.00	£30,345.00	£31,075.00
Machine Minder	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
PCB Assembler	12	£26,750.00	£29,725.00	£32,690.00
Laminator	15	£27,940.00	£29,720.00	£31,500.00
Operations Coordinator	146	£27,980.00	£29,645.00	£31,315.00
Production Coordinator	20	£27,490.00	£29,270.00	£31,045.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	4	£27,125.00	£29,190.00	£31,250.00
Print Operator	121	£28,060.00	£29,120.00	£30,195.00
Furniture Technician	2	£22,000.00	£29,000.00	£36,000.00
Quality Assurance Officer	10	£28,875.00	£28,875.00	£28,875.00
Production Technician	171	£27,240.00	£28,810.00	£30,375.00
Machine Operator	265	£27,820.00	£28,695.00	£29,570.00
Saw Operative	25	£27,695.00	£28,225.00	£28,750.00
Finishing Operative	27	£26,355.00	£28,100.00	£29,845.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	12	£26,440.00	£27,815.00	£29,190.00
Extrusion Operative	3	£27,375.00	£27,625.00	£27,875.00
Solderer	27	£25,840.00	£27,510.00	£29,185.00
Supply Chain Administrator	36	£26,420.00	£27,425.00	£28,430.00
Production Assembler	27	£26,275.00	£27,315.00	£28,360.00
Factory Operative	23	£26,625.00	£27,205.00	£27,790.00
Assembly Fitter	15	£26,585.00	£27,200.00	£27,810.00
Sewing Machinist	35	£26,195.00	£27,105.00	£28,025.00
Electronic Assembler	14	£24,835.00	£26,460.00	£28,085.00
Production Assistant	58	£24,305.00	£25,850.00	£27,395.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£24,650.00	£25,650.00	£26,650.00
Assembly Operative	103	£24,840.00	£25,295.00	£25,750.00
Assembly Operator	103	£24,840.00	£25,295.00	£25,750.00
Planning Assistant	2	£24,575.00	£25,200.00	£25,825.00
Moulding Operative	5	£24,290.00	£24,475.00	£24,665.00
Tooling Operator	2	£23,025.00	£24,350.00	£25,675.00
Bench Hand Joiner	1	£22,000.00	£23,000.00	£24,000.00
Factory Cleaner	1	£15,600.00	£15,600.00	£15,600.00