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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 105,653 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	102,206	96.74 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,322	2.20 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,125	1.06 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,032 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,804 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,965	8,516
Contract	66	287

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	13	£95,000.00	£102,815.00	£110,625.00
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
Head of Technical	12	£63,850.00	£67,800.00	£71,750.00
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
Manufacturing Operations Manager	45	£55,895.00	£60,765.00	£65,625.00
Automation Engineer	260	£52,280.00	£56,725.00	£61,165.00
Production Manager	1,567	£51,565.00	£55,125.00	£58,690.00
Manufacturing Manager	521	£51,515.00	£54,980.00	£58,450.00
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
FMCG	784	£48,210.00	£51,475.00	£54,740.00
Manufacturing Operator	409	£47,680.00	£51,140.00	£54,610.00
Automation Tester	2	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Lean Manufacturing	116	£46,890.00	£49,670.00	£52,455.00
Sewer	2	£47,500.00	£48,750.00	£50,000.00
Machine Fitter	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Production Shift Manager	82	£45,270.00	£46,310.00	£47,350.00
Workshop Manager	213	£43,750.00	£45,710.00	£47,665.00
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	75	£41,540.00	£43,665.00	£45,790.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
Factory	419	£41,475.00	£43,285.00	£45,085.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	29	£41,225.00	£43,035.00	£44,845.00
CNC Engineer	61	£39,960.00	£42,185.00	£44,390.00
CNC Supervisor	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
Technical Operator	44	£40,050.00	£41,590.00	£43,130.00
Technical Operative	28	£39,495.00	£41,470.00	£43,445.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£40,450.00	£41,200.00	£41,950.00
Hygiene Manager	46	£38,615.00	£41,195.00	£43,775.00
CNC Programming	29	£38,420.00	£40,755.00	£43,100.00
Miller	275	£38,790.00	£40,255.00	£41,715.00
Process Operator	184	£38,255.00	£40,115.00	£41,980.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Demand Planner	34	£37,070.00	£39,750.00	£42,435.00
Workshop Fitter	51	£35,715.00	£39,645.00	£43,580.00
Section Leader	12	£38,950.00	£39,575.00	£40,200.00
CNC	2,038	£36,550.00	£39,010.00	£41,465.00
CNC Turner	213	£36,095.00	£38,585.00	£41,075.00
CNC Machinist	407	£36,070.00	£38,535.00	£41,010.00
CNC Programmer	13	£37,425.00	£38,525.00	£39,625.00
Production Controller	6	£37,165.00	£38,500.00	£39,835.00
Injection Moulding Setter	51	£36,545.00	£38,275.00	£40,005.00
Production Team Leader	242	£37,330.00	£38,235.00	£39,140.00
Production Supervisor	236	£36,475.00	£38,205.00	£39,935.00
Operations Supervisor	53	£35,840.00	£37,805.00	£39,765.00
Quality Assistant	9	£36,335.00	£37,790.00	£39,250.00
CNC Miller	202	£35,655.00	£37,535.00	£39,415.00
Mechanical Inspector	23	£34,325.00	£37,515.00	£40,700.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	24	£36,480.00	£37,445.00	£38,410.00
Furniture	191	£34,285.00	£37,025.00	£39,755.00
Bench Joiner	17	£34,385.00	£36,690.00	£39,000.00
Moulding Technician	19	£35,035.00	£36,630.00	£38,230.00
CNC Operator	452	£33,880.00	£36,505.00	£39,135.00
CNC Setter	99	£33,645.00	£36,370.00	£39,105.00
Skilled Operator	148	£35,750.00	£36,270.00	£36,790.00
Grinder	38	£33,650.00	£36,185.00	£38,705.00
Manual Turner	5	£34,090.00	£35,840.00	£37,585.00
CNC Grinder	7	£32,780.00	£35,590.00	£38,400.00
Manual Machinist	57	£33,050.00	£35,560.00	£38,065.00
Quality Inspector	496	£33,765.00	£35,250.00	£36,735.00
Press Brake	30	£33,375.00	£35,110.00	£36,845.00
Planning Assistant	11	£33,875.00	£35,000.00	£36,125.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
CNC Machine Operator	26	£32,220.00	£34,775.00	£37,335.00
Manufacturing Technician	143	£33,485.00	£34,740.00	£36,000.00
Milling Machinist	6	£33,390.00	£34,475.00	£35,560.00
Assembly Fitter	48	£33,365.00	£34,280.00	£35,195.00
Laminator	34	£30,940.00	£34,050.00	£37,160.00
Production Assistant	61	£32,245.00	£33,760.00	£35,280.00
Assembly	2,017	£31,525.00	£33,565.00	£35,600.00
Composite Laminator	9	£31,740.00	£33,560.00	£35,375.00
Machine Operator	338	£32,175.00	£33,310.00	£34,450.00
Production Operator	822	£31,290.00	£32,720.00	£34,160.00
Finishing Operative	41	£31,435.00	£32,605.00	£33,775.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Production Operative	858	£31,020.00	£32,480.00	£33,935.00
Production Technician	219	£30,445.00	£32,400.00	£34,355.00
Line Leader	22	£30,940.00	£32,295.00	£33,645.00
Production Coordinator	81	£30,930.00	£32,225.00	£33,525.00
Quality Technician	97	£30,285.00	£31,765.00	£33,245.00
Factory Operative	19	£30,220.00	£31,500.00	£32,790.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Assembly Technician	211	£29,085.00	£31,045.00	£33,010.00
Production Team Member	10	£30,950.00	£30,950.00	£30,950.00
Quality Coordinator	8	£29,375.00	£30,625.00	£31,875.00
Electronic Assembler	98	£28,725.00	£30,485.00	£32,245.00
Print Operator	108	£28,985.00	£30,395.00	£31,805.00
Production Assembler	47	£29,230.00	£30,340.00	£31,450.00
Operations Coordinator	439	£28,755.00	£30,125.00	£31,495.00
Quality Assurance Officer	1	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	31	£28,195.00	£29,945.00	£31,695.00
Assembly Operative	138	£28,740.00	£29,575.00	£30,415.00
PCB Assembler	29	£27,625.00	£29,535.00	£31,430.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	10	£27,875.00	£29,440.00	£31,000.00
Solderer	85	£27,860.00	£29,410.00	£30,965.00
Assembly Operator	132	£28,290.00	£29,130.00	£29,975.00
Machine Minder	1	£28,825.00	£28,825.00	£28,825.00
Moulding Operative	42	£28,560.00	£28,755.00	£28,945.00
Supply Chain Administrator	72	£26,585.00	£27,770.00	£28,960.00
Sewing Machinist	19	£26,795.00	£26,880.00	£26,965.00
Trainee Production Operative	2	£26,500.00	£26,750.00	£27,000.00