Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 88,323 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	85,376	96.66 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,951	2.21 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	996	1.13 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,699 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,360 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,642	7,114
Contract	56	245

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

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is August, 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
October 2025	724
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
January 2025	282
December 2024	131
November 2024	1,766

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	6	£120,000.00	£125,000.00	£130,000.00
Head of Technical	1	£85,000.00	£87,500.00	£90,000.00
Head of Production	6	£67,085.00	£71,875.00	£76,665.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	19	£59,165.00	£64,375.00	£69,585.00
Automation Engineer	98	£52,360.00	£58,030.00	£63,695.00
Manufacturing Manager	145	£54,040.00	£57,300.00	£60,560.00
Production Manager	1,086	£53,300.00	£56,765.00	£60,230.00
QA Engineer	30	£52,195.00	£56,390.00	£60,585.00
Design Team Leader	6	£50,000.00	£53,875.00	£57,750.00
Quality Assistant	82	£53,000.00	£53,000.00	£53,000.00
Manufacturing Operator	84	£45,775.00	£49,025.00	£52,275.00
FMCG	223	£44,445.00	£47,215.00	£49,985.00
Workshop Manager	69	£43,075.00	£46,275.00	£49,475.00
CNC Service Engineer	2	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
Workshop Controller	54	£40,585.00	£43,915.00	£47,240.00
Lean Manufacturing	20	£41,600.00	£43,535.00	£45,465.00
Factory	291	£41,515.00	£43,400.00	£45,290.00
Technical Operator	16	£39,840.00	£43,205.00	£46,575.00
CNC Programming	6	£39,750.00	£42,875.00	£46,000.00
Hygiene Manager	22	£41,375.00	£42,790.00	£44,210.00
Planning Assistant	34	£42,125.00	£42,625.00	£43,125.00
Quality Advisor	2	£40,575.00	£42,525.00	£44,500.00
CNC Engineer	11	£38,290.00	£41,310.00	£44,335.00
Line Leader	107	£41,245.00	£41,305.00	£41,360.00
Senior Quality Officer	2	£41,125.00	£41,125.00	£41,125.00
Grinder	6	£40,050.00	£40,675.00	£41,300.00
Production Shift Manager	40	£37,595.00	£40,370.00	£43,150.00
Technical Operative	14	£37,595.00	£40,300.00	£43,005.00
QA Manager	24	£37,685.00	£38,925.00	£40,160.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
Workshop Fitter	8	£35,540.00	£38,585.00	£41,625.00
Miller	112	£37,420.00	£38,365.00	£39,305.00
CNC Miller	41	£36,260.00	£38,325.00	£40,390.00
CNC Turner	33	£34,790.00	£38,155.00	£41,525.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	4	£36,625.00	£38,125.00	£39,625.00
CNC Machine Operator	6	£34,750.00	£37,690.00	£40,625.00
CNC Setter	24	£35,565.00	£37,075.00	£38,585.00
Section Leader	9	£36,350.00	£37,015.00	£37,685.00
Furniture	120	£34,330.00	£37,010.00	£39,695.00
CNC Programmer	2	£33,500.00	£37,000.00	£40,500.00
CNC	672	£34,150.00	£36,725.00	£39,300.00
CNC Machinist	158	£33,505.00	£36,475.00	£39,445.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
Demand Planner	10	£34,335.00	£35,915.00	£37,500.00
Mechanical Inspector	12	£33,485.00	£35,590.00	£37,710.00
Production Controller	16	£34,250.00	£35,500.00	£36,750.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	2	£30,600.00	£35,300.00	£40,000.00
Production Team Leader	67	£33,520.00	£35,280.00	£37,045.00
Production Supervisor	84	£33,455.00	£35,045.00	£36,640.00
CNC Operator	125	£32,810.00	£34,950.00	£37,075.00
Injection Moulding Setter	5	£33,500.00	£34,875.00	£36,250.00
Workshop Foreman	3	£32,000.00	£34,500.00	£37,000.00
Manual Machinist	9	£32,000.00	£34,290.00	£36,585.00
Production Officer	2	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Process Operator	29	£32,140.00	£33,715.00	£35,290.00
Quality Inspector	123	£31,820.00	£33,320.00	£34,825.00
Quality Technician	35	£32,555.00	£33,085.00	£33,615.00
Bench Joiner	9	£30,540.00	£32,815.00	£35,090.00
Skilled Operator	74	£31,615.00	£32,490.00	£33,365.00
Moulding Technician	7	£31,050.00	£32,390.00	£33,740.00
Laminator	7	£31,250.00	£32,165.00	£33,065.00
Assembly	683	£30,445.00	£32,100.00	£33,755.00
Press Brake	12	£30,115.00	£32,035.00	£33,960.00
Production Coordinator	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Production Technician	70	£30,205.00	£31,815.00	£33,420.00
Quality Coordinator	2	£29,000.00	£31,250.00	£33,500.00
Manufacturing Technician	14	£28,420.00	£30,780.00	£33,140.00
Electronic Assembler	13	£29,040.00	£30,725.00	£32,415.00
Assembly Fitter	10	£28,255.00	£30,680.00	£33,115.00
Production Assistant	29	£28,865.00	£30,335.00	£31,800.00
Machine Operator	134	£28,675.00	£30,050.00	£31,420.00
Supply Chain Administrator	2	£28,000.00	£30,000.00	£32,000.00
Operations Coordinator	32	£27,455.00	£29,845.00	£32,240.00
Print Operator	25	£28,005.00	£29,555.00	£31,110.00
Assembly Technician	49	£27,800.00	£29,515.00	£31,230.00
PCB Assembler	2	£25,500.00	£29,500.00	£33,500.00
Production Operator	326	£28,085.00	£28,700.00	£29,315.00
Production Operative	315	£27,900.00	£28,405.00	£28,915.00
Testing Operative	2	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Production Assembler	18	£26,900.00	£28,225.00	£29,540.00
Quality Assurance Officer	16	£28,220.00	£28,220.00	£28,220.00
Finishing Operative	21	£27,005.00	£28,175.00	£29,345.00
Assembly Operative	95	£26,935.00	£27,900.00	£28,865.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	8	£26,335.00	£27,835.00	£29,335.00
Sewing Machinist	7	£27,660.00	£27,825.00	£27,990.00
Assembly Operator	105	£26,795.00	£27,820.00	£28,845.00
Extrusion Operative	1	£27,000.00	£27,500.00	£28,000.00
Factory Operative	9	£26,415.00	£26,895.00	£27,370.00
Solderer	27	£25,675.00	£26,660.00	£27,650.00
Moulding Operative	7	£26,600.00	£26,600.00	£26,600.00
Saw Operative	2	£26,200.00	£26,450.00	£26,700.00
Production Team Member	9	£26,350.00	£26,350.00	£26,350.00