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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 97,316 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	94,079	96.67 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,164	2.22 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,073	1.10 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,871 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,110 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,808	7,840
Contract	62	269

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 June.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Permanent Manufacturing Jobs

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

1,116

Up 20.4% vs last year

Average salary

£40,100.00

Up 1.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Up 36.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 7.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Down 16.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£415.00

Down 12.3% 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
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
August 2025	624
July 2025	428
June 2025	278

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 Production	6	£79,975.00	£88,925.00	£97,890.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	41	£58,690.00	£63,725.00	£68,750.00
Design Team Leader	12	£55,000.00	£57,940.00	£60,875.00
QA Engineer	29	£53,855.00	£57,315.00	£60,780.00
Manufacturing Manager	305	£53,665.00	£56,650.00	£59,625.00
Production Planning Manager	4	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
QA Manager	5	£53,000.00	£55,875.00	£58,750.00
Production Manager	1,310	£52,020.00	£55,865.00	£59,705.00
Head of Technical	5	£53,275.00	£54,825.00	£56,375.00
Automation Engineer	232	£48,675.00	£54,550.00	£60,430.00
Testing Operative	2	£47,500.00	£52,500.00	£57,500.00
FMCG	652	£48,840.00	£52,005.00	£55,175.00
Manufacturing Operator	201	£48,200.00	£51,555.00	£54,910.00
Workshop Manager	156	£43,905.00	£45,820.00	£47,735.00
Lean Manufacturing	48	£44,405.00	£45,715.00	£47,030.00
CNC Programmer	2	£45,275.00	£45,275.00	£45,275.00
Quality Advisor	6	£41,960.00	£43,940.00	£45,935.00
Workshop Controller	28	£41,400.00	£43,900.00	£46,400.00
Production Shift Manager	45	£41,850.00	£43,480.00	£45,110.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
CNC Service Engineer	9	£42,000.00	£43,340.00	£44,665.00
Factory	307	£40,150.00	£42,445.00	£44,740.00
Technical Operative	24	£40,400.00	£42,285.00	£44,170.00
Hygiene Manager	30	£39,445.00	£41,870.00	£44,300.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	16	£40,405.00	£41,780.00	£43,155.00
Workshop Fitter	31	£37,190.00	£41,345.00	£45,510.00
Technical Operator	22	£39,205.00	£40,980.00	£42,765.00
CNC Engineer	42	£38,970.00	£40,950.00	£42,930.00
CNC Programming	8	£38,390.00	£40,825.00	£43,260.00
Section Leader	19	£39,615.00	£40,115.00	£40,615.00
Miller	238	£39,030.00	£40,070.00	£41,100.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Demand Planner	40	£36,935.00	£39,105.00	£41,280.00
Production Team Leader	175	£37,610.00	£38,955.00	£40,300.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	15	£36,000.00	£38,300.00	£40,600.00
CNC Turner	98	£35,785.00	£37,770.00	£39,755.00
CNC	1,467	£35,400.00	£37,740.00	£40,075.00
CNC Machinist	296	£35,305.00	£37,730.00	£40,160.00
Grinder	27	£35,205.00	£37,560.00	£39,905.00
CNC Miller	152	£35,490.00	£37,485.00	£39,475.00
Production Controller	4	£36,250.00	£37,250.00	£38,250.00
Operations Supervisor	16	£35,070.00	£37,040.00	£39,005.00
Production Supervisor	159	£35,000.00	£36,770.00	£38,545.00
Skilled Operator	108	£35,695.00	£36,655.00	£37,615.00
Quality Assistant	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Process Operator	136	£34,700.00	£36,430.00	£38,165.00
CNC Setter	53	£34,025.00	£36,405.00	£38,790.00
Mechanical Inspector	33	£34,050.00	£36,325.00	£38,605.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
Manual Machinist	34	£33,535.00	£36,225.00	£38,910.00
Injection Moulding Setter	31	£34,465.00	£36,040.00	£37,615.00
Manufacturing Technician	88	£34,745.00	£35,905.00	£37,070.00
Manual Turner	3	£34,890.00	£35,640.00	£36,375.00
CNC Grinder	4	£31,135.00	£35,565.00	£40,000.00
Milling Machinist	4	£34,090.00	£35,465.00	£36,840.00
CNC Operator	249	£32,735.00	£35,200.00	£37,665.00
Moulding Technician	7	£33,910.00	£35,075.00	£36,240.00
Planning Assistant	6	£34,000.00	£35,000.00	£36,000.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Quality Inspector	310	£33,265.00	£34,850.00	£36,440.00
CNC Machine Operator	14	£32,845.00	£34,675.00	£36,515.00
Press Brake	8	£32,165.00	£34,165.00	£36,165.00
Furniture	159	£31,400.00	£34,015.00	£36,635.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Quality Technician	64	£32,595.00	£33,480.00	£34,360.00
Bench Joiner	4	£31,075.00	£33,125.00	£35,175.00
Laminator	22	£30,965.00	£32,660.00	£34,350.00
Assembly	1,520	£30,685.00	£32,535.00	£34,380.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Line Leader	28	£31,470.00	£32,480.00	£33,475.00
Assembly Fitter	37	£30,725.00	£32,445.00	£34,175.00
Machine Operator	274	£30,940.00	£32,285.00	£33,630.00
Production Technician	145	£29,865.00	£31,925.00	£33,985.00
Production Assistant	43	£29,635.00	£31,500.00	£33,370.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Production Operative	537	£30,040.00	£31,215.00	£32,390.00
Production Operator	545	£29,975.00	£31,215.00	£32,460.00
PCB Assembler	10	£28,460.00	£30,735.00	£33,000.00
Production Coordinator	43	£28,875.00	£30,455.00	£32,045.00
Assembly Technician	118	£28,550.00	£30,325.00	£32,100.00
Print Operator	65	£28,640.00	£30,200.00	£31,755.00
Electronic Assembler	63	£28,235.00	£29,710.00	£31,185.00
Factory Operative	13	£29,210.00	£29,700.00	£30,185.00
Operations Coordinator	268	£27,985.00	£29,650.00	£31,305.00
Finishing Operative	49	£28,725.00	£29,630.00	£30,540.00
Assembly Operative	125	£28,795.00	£29,490.00	£30,195.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£28,250.00	£29,250.00	£30,250.00
Assembly Operator	131	£28,380.00	£29,225.00	£30,070.00
Supply Chain Administrator	55	£27,580.00	£28,980.00	£30,385.00
Production Team Member	18	£28,650.00	£28,650.00	£28,650.00
Production Assembler	26	£27,415.00	£28,610.00	£29,800.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	8	£27,075.00	£28,325.00	£29,575.00
Solderer	57	£26,705.00	£27,965.00	£29,235.00
Moulding Operative	41	£27,680.00	£27,680.00	£27,680.00
Sewing Machinist	8	£25,935.00	£26,015.00	£26,100.00