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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 103,351 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	99,938	96.70 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,293	2.22 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,120	1.08 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,988 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,613 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,922	8,328
Contract	65	284

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

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is April, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Permanent Manufacturing Jobs

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

2,513

Up 123.8% vs last year

Average salary

£39,415.00

Down 1.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 14.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£545.00

Up 6.1% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 13.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£500.00

Up 3.9% 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
September 2026	2,513
August 2026	788
July 2026	1,360
June 2026	760
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

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	11	£99,165.00	£107,915.00	£116,665.00
Head of Production	12	£79,865.00	£83,090.00	£86,320.00
QA Manager	7	£64,000.00	£69,190.00	£74,375.00
Technical Associate	1	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
QA Engineer	41	£55,795.00	£62,925.00	£70,055.00
Design Team Leader	23	£59,000.00	£61,125.00	£63,250.00
Head of Technical	7	£54,525.00	£58,575.00	£62,625.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	43	£54,525.00	£58,515.00	£62,500.00
Automation Engineer	232	£52,960.00	£57,590.00	£62,210.00
Manufacturing Manager	482	£51,775.00	£55,065.00	£58,355.00
Production Manager	1,457	£50,735.00	£54,335.00	£57,935.00
Production Planning Manager	5	£48,335.00	£52,500.00	£56,665.00
Testing Operative	2	£47,500.00	£52,500.00	£57,500.00
Manufacturing Operator	337	£47,855.00	£51,540.00	£55,230.00
FMCG	791	£48,020.00	£51,125.00	£54,225.00
Automation Tester	2	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Lean Manufacturing	88	£46,875.00	£49,745.00	£52,615.00
Sewer	2	£47,500.00	£48,750.00	£50,000.00
Machine Fitter	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Workshop Manager	198	£44,460.00	£46,430.00	£48,395.00
Production Shift Manager	57	£45,130.00	£46,170.00	£47,215.00
Window Manufacturer	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Quality Advisor	4	£42,650.00	£44,650.00	£46,650.00
CNC Service Engineer	21	£42,205.00	£44,250.00	£46,290.00
Workshop Controller	58	£41,960.00	£44,085.00	£46,210.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
Factory	390	£41,065.00	£42,945.00	£44,820.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	24	£40,560.00	£42,335.00	£44,110.00
CNC Supervisor	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
CNC Engineer	55	£39,800.00	£41,990.00	£44,160.00
Hygiene Manager	46	£39,460.00	£41,820.00	£44,180.00
Technical Operative	21	£39,620.00	£41,420.00	£43,225.00
Technical Operator	36	£39,380.00	£40,875.00	£42,370.00
Workshop Fitter	47	£36,290.00	£40,290.00	£44,295.00
Process Operator	171	£38,465.00	£40,140.00	£41,820.00
CNC Programming	21	£38,000.00	£40,130.00	£42,270.00
Demand Planner	36	£37,240.00	£40,000.00	£42,765.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Miller	247	£38,655.00	£39,980.00	£41,300.00
Section Leader	15	£38,760.00	£39,175.00	£39,590.00
CNC Turner	165	£36,610.00	£39,095.00	£41,590.00
CNC	1,743	£36,405.00	£38,900.00	£41,390.00
Production Controller	6	£37,165.00	£38,500.00	£39,835.00
CNC Machinist	339	£35,750.00	£38,320.00	£40,890.00
Production Supervisor	205	£36,710.00	£38,310.00	£39,910.00
Operations Supervisor	38	£36,255.00	£38,275.00	£40,295.00
Production Team Leader	241	£37,215.00	£38,170.00	£39,125.00
Injection Moulding Setter	47	£36,280.00	£38,155.00	£40,030.00
Quality Assistant	9	£36,335.00	£37,790.00	£39,250.00
CNC Miller	176	£35,785.00	£37,690.00	£39,595.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	16	£37,100.00	£37,650.00	£38,200.00
Mechanical Inspector	23	£34,325.00	£37,515.00	£40,700.00
CNC Programmer	5	£36,140.00	£36,890.00	£37,640.00
Bench Joiner	17	£34,385.00	£36,690.00	£39,000.00
Furniture	183	£34,085.00	£36,690.00	£39,295.00
Skilled Operator	144	£35,905.00	£36,445.00	£36,985.00
Grinder	32	£33,700.00	£36,330.00	£38,945.00
CNC Operator	389	£33,665.00	£36,245.00	£38,825.00
CNC Setter	72	£33,595.00	£36,160.00	£38,720.00
Manual Machinist	55	£33,270.00	£35,835.00	£38,390.00
CNC Grinder	5	£32,350.00	£35,675.00	£39,000.00
Manual Turner	3	£34,890.00	£35,640.00	£36,375.00
Moulding Technician	13	£33,915.00	£35,540.00	£37,165.00
Press Brake	11	£33,565.00	£35,340.00	£37,115.00
Quality Inspector	432	£33,755.00	£35,235.00	£36,715.00
CNC Machine Operator	21	£32,525.00	£35,165.00	£37,805.00
Planning Assistant	11	£33,875.00	£35,000.00	£36,125.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Manufacturing Technician	134	£33,340.00	£34,675.00	£36,020.00
Milling Machinist	6	£33,390.00	£34,475.00	£35,560.00
Assembly Fitter	37	£33,145.00	£34,130.00	£35,120.00
Laminator	32	£31,540.00	£34,075.00	£36,610.00
Production Assistant	58	£32,480.00	£33,760.00	£35,045.00
Composite Laminator	7	£31,465.00	£33,665.00	£35,875.00
Assembly	1,886	£31,285.00	£33,315.00	£35,345.00
Machine Operator	300	£32,075.00	£33,220.00	£34,365.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Production Operative	779	£31,095.00	£32,460.00	£33,815.00
Production Operator	691	£31,085.00	£32,410.00	£33,740.00
Quality Technician	87	£30,535.00	£32,150.00	£33,760.00
Production Technician	203	£30,090.00	£32,000.00	£33,920.00
Production Coordinator	72	£30,740.00	£31,945.00	£33,155.00
Line Leader	22	£30,405.00	£31,835.00	£33,255.00
Finishing Operative	40	£30,480.00	£31,400.00	£32,320.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Assembly Technician	166	£29,070.00	£31,110.00	£33,150.00
Production Assembler	29	£29,845.00	£30,950.00	£32,065.00
Production Team Member	10	£30,950.00	£30,950.00	£30,950.00
Print Operator	106	£28,920.00	£30,415.00	£31,905.00
Electronic Assembler	84	£28,640.00	£30,345.00	£32,050.00
Operations Coordinator	396	£28,620.00	£30,110.00	£31,605.00
Quality Assurance Officer	1	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Factory Operative	17	£29,290.00	£29,835.00	£30,385.00
PCB Assembler	22	£27,550.00	£29,455.00	£31,350.00
Assembly Operative	125	£28,550.00	£29,300.00	£30,060.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	8	£28,000.00	£29,250.00	£30,500.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	19	£27,585.00	£29,200.00	£30,815.00
Assembly Operator	127	£28,295.00	£29,120.00	£29,950.00
Solderer	73	£27,605.00	£29,015.00	£30,435.00
Quality Coordinator	3	£27,565.00	£28,940.00	£30,315.00
Machine Minder	1	£28,825.00	£28,825.00	£28,825.00
Supply Chain Administrator	70	£27,175.00	£28,240.00	£29,305.00
Moulding Operative	40	£28,005.00	£28,005.00	£28,005.00
Trainee Production Operative	2	£26,500.00	£26,750.00	£27,000.00
Sewing Machinist	16	£26,495.00	£26,600.00	£26,705.00