Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 82,550 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	79,938	96.84 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,721	2.08 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	891	1.08 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,588 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 6,879 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,537	6,661
Contract	50	217

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

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is January, and the quietest month is 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
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
January 2024	3,505
December 2023	831
November 2023	211

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	12	£73,835.00	£78,750.00	£83,665.00
Head of Production	68	£64,885.00	£67,745.00	£70,600.00
Head of Technical	5	£61,250.00	£63,750.00	£66,250.00
Automation Tester	6	£61,875.00	£63,125.00	£64,375.00
Production Manager	2,461	£55,300.00	£59,700.00	£64,090.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	53	£53,000.00	£57,530.00	£62,055.00
Automation Engineer	247	£51,300.00	£56,160.00	£61,020.00
QA Engineer	73	£49,420.00	£54,280.00	£59,140.00
Manufacturing Manager	450	£48,550.00	£52,010.00	£55,470.00
Forecast Analyst	2	£48,825.00	£51,525.00	£54,250.00
Quality Control Inspector	4	£48,250.00	£48,250.00	£48,250.00
QA Manager	8	£44,665.00	£48,040.00	£51,415.00
FMCG	493	£43,605.00	£46,825.00	£50,060.00
Milling Machinist	5	£43,275.00	£45,465.00	£47,650.00
Manufacturing Operator	293	£42,455.00	£44,730.00	£47,010.00
Workshop Manager	184	£40,815.00	£44,515.00	£48,205.00
Design Team Leader	2	£42,000.00	£44,500.00	£47,000.00
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	61	£41,040.00	£43,430.00	£45,825.00
Production Shift Manager	137	£40,990.00	£42,675.00	£44,355.00
Technical Operative	59	£40,170.00	£42,460.00	£44,750.00
Production Planning Manager	11	£38,815.00	£42,405.00	£46,000.00
Quality Assistant	237	£40,700.00	£41,930.00	£43,160.00
CNC Engineer	51	£39,470.00	£41,835.00	£44,185.00
Lean Manufacturing	144	£39,165.00	£41,795.00	£44,430.00
CNC Service Engineer	28	£37,605.00	£41,140.00	£44,670.00
Packaging Technologist	2	£40,000.00	£41,000.00	£42,000.00
CNC Programmer	12	£38,000.00	£40,940.00	£43,875.00
Technical Manager - Food	10	£38,250.00	£40,750.00	£43,250.00
Hygiene Manager	21	£38,050.00	£40,700.00	£43,375.00
Mechanical Inspector	5	£38,125.00	£40,625.00	£43,125.00
Factory	947	£38,400.00	£39,680.00	£40,970.00
Senior Quality Officer	4	£39,625.00	£39,625.00	£39,625.00
Sewer	8	£36,260.00	£39,175.00	£42,090.00
Quality Advisor	18	£36,170.00	£38,700.00	£41,230.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	30	£36,500.00	£38,430.00	£40,355.00
CNC	2,006	£36,250.00	£37,815.00	£39,385.00
CNC Programming	49	£34,520.00	£37,040.00	£39,565.00
Workshop Controller	314	£34,515.00	£36,960.00	£39,400.00
CNC Miller	188	£33,710.00	£36,220.00	£38,715.00
Production Shift Leader	15	£34,500.00	£36,095.00	£37,690.00
CNC Turner	233	£33,290.00	£36,045.00	£38,800.00
Furniture	339	£33,085.00	£35,935.00	£38,785.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	46	£34,740.00	£35,930.00	£37,120.00
Miller	215	£33,185.00	£35,755.00	£38,320.00
Workshop Foreman	17	£33,250.00	£35,750.00	£38,250.00
CNC Setter	56	£33,330.00	£35,520.00	£37,705.00
Production Controller	68	£33,190.00	£35,495.00	£37,795.00
Bench Joiner	28	£32,270.00	£35,475.00	£38,675.00
CNC Miller Setter	17	£31,985.00	£35,440.00	£38,900.00
Demand Planner	61	£32,640.00	£35,315.00	£37,990.00
Miller Turner	8	£32,750.00	£35,250.00	£37,750.00
Technical Associate	2	£33,000.00	£35,250.00	£37,500.00
Assembly	1,592	£32,965.00	£35,025.00	£37,095.00
CNC Machine Operator	29	£32,590.00	£34,865.00	£37,150.00
CNC Machinist	779	£33,260.00	£34,785.00	£36,310.00
Line Leader	6	£32,250.00	£34,750.00	£37,250.00
Workshop Fitter	38	£33,605.00	£34,730.00	£35,855.00
Grinder	33	£32,940.00	£34,675.00	£36,410.00
Production Supervisor	305	£33,620.00	£34,510.00	£35,410.00
Moulding Technician	49	£32,870.00	£34,420.00	£35,970.00
Process Operator	243	£32,930.00	£34,420.00	£35,920.00
Production Team Leader	226	£32,520.00	£34,070.00	£35,610.00
CNC Grinder	5	£30,500.00	£33,500.00	£36,500.00
Injection Moulding Setter	84	£31,540.00	£33,255.00	£34,965.00
FMCG Buyer	2	£29,000.00	£33,250.00	£37,500.00
CNC Operator	287	£30,165.00	£33,005.00	£35,855.00
Manual Turner	9	£31,525.00	£32,950.00	£34,400.00
Manufacturing Technician	212	£31,690.00	£32,725.00	£33,760.00
Operations Supervisor	92	£31,335.00	£32,320.00	£33,305.00
Production Coordinator	57	£30,175.00	£32,125.00	£34,070.00
Manual Machinist	115	£30,520.00	£32,080.00	£33,625.00
Testing Operative	2	£32,000.00	£32,000.00	£32,000.00
Quality Coordinator	39	£29,600.00	£31,815.00	£34,030.00
Quality Technician	99	£30,705.00	£31,625.00	£32,545.00
Press Brake	71	£29,470.00	£31,415.00	£33,355.00
Quality Inspector	284	£30,140.00	£31,290.00	£32,440.00
Assembly Technician	163	£28,610.00	£30,280.00	£31,945.00
Production Operative	975	£29,325.00	£30,280.00	£31,235.00
Production Operator	975	£29,325.00	£30,280.00	£31,235.00
Machine Minder	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Quality Assurance Officer	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Laminator	24	£28,070.00	£29,965.00	£31,865.00
Operations Coordinator	232	£28,290.00	£29,650.00	£31,015.00
Print Operator	213	£27,840.00	£29,155.00	£30,470.00
Skilled Operator	178	£28,160.00	£28,930.00	£29,710.00
PCB Assembler	18	£25,945.00	£28,740.00	£31,525.00
Production Technician	345	£27,000.00	£28,655.00	£30,305.00
Machine Operator	387	£27,520.00	£28,565.00	£29,610.00
Assembly Fitter	26	£27,840.00	£28,520.00	£29,200.00
Furniture Technician	5	£23,500.00	£28,250.00	£33,000.00
Finishing Operative	27	£26,355.00	£28,100.00	£29,845.00
Saw Operative	38	£27,505.00	£28,040.00	£28,580.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	6	£25,915.00	£27,625.00	£29,335.00
Production Assembler	40	£25,965.00	£27,600.00	£29,235.00
Moulding Operative	8	£27,305.00	£27,590.00	£27,870.00
Production Team Member	2	£26,500.00	£27,250.00	£28,000.00
Factory Operative	23	£26,625.00	£27,205.00	£27,790.00
Solderer	47	£25,565.00	£27,205.00	£28,850.00
Supply Chain Administrator	51	£26,145.00	£27,160.00	£28,170.00
Chemical Process Operator	7	£25,100.00	£26,915.00	£28,725.00
Production Assistant	79	£24,940.00	£26,865.00	£28,790.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	18	£25,465.00	£26,715.00	£27,965.00
Sewing Machinist	60	£25,555.00	£26,400.00	£27,255.00
Planning Assistant	4	£24,790.00	£25,850.00	£26,915.00
Extrusion Operative	4	£25,585.00	£25,750.00	£25,915.00
Assembly Operative	140	£24,535.00	£25,090.00	£25,640.00
Assembly Operator	140	£24,535.00	£25,090.00	£25,640.00
Electronic Assembler	28	£23,385.00	£24,800.00	£26,230.00
Tooling Operator	2	£23,025.00	£24,350.00	£25,675.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£21,750.00	£23,000.00	£24,250.00
Trainee Production Operative	2	£21,825.00	£22,325.00	£22,825.00
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