Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 91,438 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	88,363	96.64 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,045	2.24 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,030	1.13 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,758 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,620 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,698	7,363
Contract	59	256

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 also January, 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
January 2026	1,879
December 2025	231
November 2025	134
October 2025	789
September 2025	1,137
August 2025	624
July 2025	428
June 2025	278
May 2025	348
April 2025	498
March 2025	531
February 2025	391

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	12	£115,000.00	£122,500.00	£130,000.00
Head of Technical	1	£85,000.00	£87,500.00	£90,000.00
Head of Production	4	£78,750.00	£84,375.00	£90,000.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	17	£59,800.00	£64,900.00	£70,000.00
Production Planning Manager	2	£55,000.00	£60,000.00	£65,000.00
Manufacturing Manager	196	£53,240.00	£56,525.00	£59,810.00
QA Engineer	26	£52,815.00	£56,475.00	£60,135.00
Production Manager	1,003	£52,025.00	£55,780.00	£59,530.00
Automation Engineer	104	£49,970.00	£55,540.00	£61,115.00
Design Team Leader	6	£50,000.00	£53,875.00	£57,750.00
Quality Assistant	77	£53,000.00	£53,000.00	£53,000.00
Manufacturing Operator	112	£46,940.00	£50,625.00	£54,310.00
FMCG	395	£45,710.00	£48,805.00	£51,895.00
Technical Operative	14	£43,435.00	£47,200.00	£50,975.00
Workshop Manager	98	£44,210.00	£46,910.00	£49,615.00
Lean Manufacturing	27	£44,280.00	£46,350.00	£48,415.00
Workshop Foreman	4	£43,350.00	£45,100.00	£46,850.00
Workshop Controller	32	£42,025.00	£45,000.00	£47,970.00
Quality Advisor	6	£41,960.00	£43,940.00	£45,935.00
Hygiene Manager	17	£41,150.00	£42,965.00	£44,775.00
Factory	231	£40,040.00	£42,155.00	£44,270.00
Technical Operator	14	£39,215.00	£41,875.00	£44,550.00
Production Shift Manager	43	£39,695.00	£41,845.00	£43,995.00
Senior Quality Officer	2	£41,125.00	£41,125.00	£41,125.00
Planning Assistant	26	£40,200.00	£40,700.00	£41,200.00
Section Leader	19	£39,615.00	£40,115.00	£40,615.00
Miller	156	£39,310.00	£39,910.00	£40,510.00
CNC Programming	4	£37,250.00	£39,750.00	£42,250.00
Workshop Fitter	12	£35,750.00	£39,710.00	£43,665.00
Line Leader	102	£38,765.00	£39,135.00	£39,500.00
Grinder	7	£37,390.00	£38,765.00	£40,140.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
CNC Engineer	14	£36,625.00	£38,685.00	£40,750.00
CNC Miller	63	£36,295.00	£38,270.00	£40,240.00
CNC Turner	63	£34,790.00	£37,940.00	£41,095.00
Demand Planner	22	£36,200.00	£37,925.00	£39,650.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	8	£36,335.00	£37,750.00	£39,165.00
CNC	887	£35,270.00	£37,650.00	£40,025.00
Production Team Leader	128	£36,380.00	£37,600.00	£38,825.00
Operations Supervisor	8	£35,465.00	£37,400.00	£39,340.00
CNC Machinist	187	£34,520.00	£37,200.00	£39,875.00
Production Officer	6	£34,750.00	£37,125.00	£39,500.00
Moulding Technician	4	£35,000.00	£36,750.00	£38,500.00
CNC Setter	33	£34,650.00	£36,605.00	£38,560.00
Production Controller	20	£35,250.00	£36,375.00	£37,500.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
Manual Machinist	14	£33,365.00	£36,100.00	£38,830.00
CNC Machine Operator	6	£33,650.00	£35,965.00	£38,275.00
Injection Moulding Setter	19	£33,955.00	£35,855.00	£37,750.00
Milling Machinist	2	£35,675.00	£35,675.00	£35,675.00
Production Supervisor	133	£33,740.00	£35,410.00	£37,085.00
Mechanical Inspector	17	£33,840.00	£35,355.00	£36,875.00
CNC Operator	146	£32,770.00	£35,330.00	£37,875.00
Process Operator	113	£33,530.00	£35,145.00	£36,760.00
Furniture	133	£32,040.00	£34,525.00	£37,015.00
Manufacturing Technician	27	£33,305.00	£34,440.00	£35,575.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	8	£31,300.00	£34,400.00	£37,500.00
Quality Inspector	147	£32,415.00	£34,090.00	£35,760.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Skilled Operator	80	£33,140.00	£33,865.00	£34,585.00
Laminator	8	£32,250.00	£33,540.00	£34,815.00
Quality Technician	44	£32,805.00	£33,445.00	£34,085.00
Manual Turner	2	£32,225.00	£33,225.00	£34,225.00
Bench Joiner	4	£31,075.00	£33,125.00	£35,175.00
Press Brake	7	£30,750.00	£32,500.00	£34,250.00
Assembly	926	£30,435.00	£32,140.00	£33,840.00
Production Coordinator	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Production Technician	83	£29,860.00	£31,635.00	£33,400.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Assembly Fitter	19	£28,985.00	£31,140.00	£33,305.00
Production Assistant	33	£29,220.00	£30,925.00	£32,625.00
Machine Operator	184	£29,390.00	£30,590.00	£31,775.00
Electronic Assembler	22	£28,815.00	£30,275.00	£31,735.00
Assembly Technician	75	£28,210.00	£29,915.00	£31,625.00
Production Operator	380	£28,880.00	£29,825.00	£30,780.00
Operations Coordinator	115	£27,805.00	£29,730.00	£31,660.00
Production Operative	372	£28,850.00	£29,690.00	£30,540.00
Print Operator	36	£27,995.00	£29,635.00	£31,270.00
Finishing Operative	33	£27,805.00	£29,095.00	£30,380.00
Supply Chain Administrator	17	£27,810.00	£28,975.00	£30,140.00
Factory Operative	14	£28,330.00	£28,865.00	£29,390.00
Production Team Member	18	£28,650.00	£28,650.00	£28,650.00
Assembly Operative	125	£27,540.00	£28,465.00	£29,390.00
Assembly Operator	139	£27,300.00	£28,335.00	£29,365.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	4	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Testing Operative	2	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	6	£26,000.00	£28,000.00	£30,000.00
Production Assembler	13	£26,515.00	£27,700.00	£28,875.00
QA Manager	5	£27,500.00	£27,500.00	£27,500.00
Quality Assurance Officer	4	£27,500.00	£27,500.00	£27,500.00
Moulding Operative	24	£26,600.00	£26,600.00	£26,600.00
Solderer	32	£25,620.00	£26,500.00	£27,380.00
Saw Operative	2	£26,200.00	£26,450.00	£26,700.00
Sewing Machinist	9	£25,925.00	£25,925.00	£25,925.00