Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 75,498 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	73,166	96.91 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,531	2.03 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	801	1.06 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,452 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 6,292 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,407	6,097
Contract	44	194

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 October, and the quietest month is also November.

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
April 2024	2,067
March 2024	2,181
February 2024	3,200
January 2024	3,505
December 2023	831
November 2023	211
October 2023	481
September 2023	1,675
August 2023	1,568
July 2023	2,264
June 2023	3,221
May 2023	2,480

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	10	£73,060.00	£77,085.00	£81,110.00
Head of Technical	7	£69,165.00	£72,085.00	£75,000.00
Head of Production	63	£66,855.00	£71,335.00	£75,815.00
QA Manager	7	£65,835.00	£69,165.00	£72,500.00
Automation Tester	32	£53,980.00	£57,855.00	£61,730.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	51	£51,990.00	£56,605.00	£61,215.00
Production Manager	2,699	£50,395.00	£54,310.00	£58,225.00
QA Engineer	150	£49,210.00	£53,775.00	£58,340.00
Manufacturing Manager	404	£48,185.00	£52,590.00	£56,995.00
Senior Automation Tester	4	£45,000.00	£52,500.00	£60,000.00
Production Officer	11	£48,245.00	£51,930.00	£55,625.00
Forecast Analyst	8	£48,825.00	£51,525.00	£54,250.00
Automation Engineer	255	£47,350.00	£51,505.00	£55,665.00
Quality Control Inspector	30	£48,340.00	£48,340.00	£48,340.00
QA Analyst	7	£41,335.00	£45,250.00	£49,165.00
FMCG	506	£40,775.00	£45,060.00	£49,355.00
MRP Controller	2	£42,000.00	£45,000.00	£48,000.00
CNC Programmer	10	£41,000.00	£44,335.00	£47,665.00
Technical Operator	57	£39,585.00	£43,500.00	£47,415.00
Production Shift Manager	146	£41,285.00	£43,425.00	£45,565.00
Workshop Manager	194	£39,720.00	£42,975.00	£46,225.00
Lean Manufacturing	101	£39,835.00	£42,695.00	£45,560.00
Technical Operative	55	£38,715.00	£42,530.00	£46,340.00
Production Planning Manager	9	£38,415.00	£41,540.00	£44,665.00
Packaging Technologist	2	£40,000.00	£41,000.00	£42,000.00
Technical Manager - Food	9	£38,335.00	£40,835.00	£43,335.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	39	£37,360.00	£40,205.00	£43,045.00
GRP Finisher	2	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£35,000.00	£40,000.00	£45,000.00
CNC Service Engineer	33	£37,570.00	£39,590.00	£41,615.00
Process Operator	305	£37,390.00	£39,380.00	£41,380.00
Production Controller	101	£36,500.00	£39,285.00	£42,070.00
CNC Engineer	61	£35,990.00	£38,240.00	£40,485.00
Design Team Leader	6	£37,335.00	£38,165.00	£39,000.00
Quality Advisor	62	£35,370.00	£38,120.00	£40,870.00
Quality Assistant	191	£36,810.00	£37,685.00	£38,560.00
Mechanical Inspector	14	£35,660.00	£37,575.00	£39,490.00
Sewer	4	£36,275.00	£37,525.00	£38,775.00
Workshop Controller	299	£34,990.00	£37,370.00	£39,755.00
Factory	839	£35,195.00	£36,975.00	£38,765.00
Miller	366	£32,765.00	£36,040.00	£39,305.00
CNC Miller	272	£32,825.00	£35,995.00	£39,160.00
Production Shift Leader	17	£34,575.00	£35,850.00	£37,125.00
Technical Associate	2	£33,000.00	£35,250.00	£37,500.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	34	£34,110.00	£35,245.00	£36,385.00
CNC	2,424	£32,965.00	£35,240.00	£37,515.00
CNC Turner	322	£32,565.00	£35,185.00	£37,795.00
Bench Joiner	22	£31,190.00	£34,600.00	£38,010.00
CNC Programming	37	£32,320.00	£34,565.00	£36,820.00
Moulding Technician	27	£32,775.00	£34,510.00	£36,240.00
Demand Planner	58	£32,280.00	£34,430.00	£36,575.00
Miller Turner	11	£31,835.00	£34,335.00	£36,835.00
Milling Machinist	5	£30,100.00	£34,225.00	£38,350.00
Manual Turner	16	£32,295.00	£34,150.00	£36,015.00
Grinder	27	£31,730.00	£33,755.00	£35,780.00
Composite Laminator	2	£27,500.00	£33,750.00	£40,000.00
Furniture	698	£30,240.00	£33,745.00	£37,260.00
CNC Machinist	812	£31,620.00	£33,660.00	£35,695.00
CNC Setter	118	£31,355.00	£33,510.00	£35,665.00
CNC Grinder	5	£30,500.00	£33,500.00	£36,500.00
Injection Moulding Setter	107	£31,910.00	£33,420.00	£34,925.00
Production Supervisor	300	£32,120.00	£33,410.00	£34,700.00
FMCG Buyer	2	£29,000.00	£33,250.00	£37,500.00
Quality Inspector	255	£30,835.00	£32,930.00	£35,015.00
Workshop Fitter	34	£31,680.00	£32,620.00	£33,555.00
Manual Machinist	107	£30,820.00	£32,540.00	£34,255.00
Production Team Leader	154	£30,980.00	£32,475.00	£33,965.00
Production Coordinator	68	£29,975.00	£32,455.00	£34,935.00
CNC Machine Operator	38	£30,090.00	£32,335.00	£34,585.00
Assembly	1,797	£30,125.00	£32,275.00	£34,435.00
CNC Miller Setter	23	£29,240.00	£32,200.00	£35,165.00
Operations Supervisor	119	£31,180.00	£32,090.00	£32,990.00
Testing Operative	2	£32,000.00	£32,000.00	£32,000.00
CNC Operator	357	£29,585.00	£31,970.00	£34,355.00
Manufacturing Operator	287	£30,050.00	£31,880.00	£33,710.00
Laminator	33	£28,045.00	£31,105.00	£34,165.00
Assembly Fitter	18	£29,850.00	£30,780.00	£31,715.00
Moulding Operative	3	£30,325.00	£30,700.00	£31,075.00
Press Brake	74	£28,785.00	£30,405.00	£32,020.00
Quality Technician	78	£29,435.00	£30,130.00	£30,825.00
Skilled Operator	1,666	£29,140.00	£29,730.00	£30,330.00
Manufacturing Technician	178	£28,230.00	£29,630.00	£31,025.00
Deburrer	2	£25,350.00	£29,400.00	£33,450.00
Print Operator	393	£27,420.00	£28,990.00	£30,565.00
Assembly Technician	214	£26,480.00	£28,680.00	£30,880.00
Machine Operator	374	£27,115.00	£28,680.00	£30,245.00
Quality Coordinator	37	£26,895.00	£28,315.00	£29,730.00
Saw Operative	33	£27,535.00	£28,265.00	£28,995.00
Furniture Technician	5	£23,500.00	£28,250.00	£33,000.00
Production Technician	385	£26,300.00	£28,070.00	£29,825.00
Operations Coordinator	382	£26,795.00	£28,025.00	£29,255.00
Factory Operative	13	£26,900.00	£27,725.00	£28,550.00
Production Operative	1,129	£26,475.00	£27,705.00	£28,935.00
Production Operator	1,129	£26,475.00	£27,705.00	£28,935.00
Production Assembler	35	£26,055.00	£27,505.00	£28,945.00
Production Team Member	2	£26,500.00	£27,250.00	£28,000.00
Finishing Operative	28	£25,420.00	£26,920.00	£28,420.00
Chemical Process Operator	7	£25,100.00	£26,915.00	£28,725.00
Machine Minder	4	£26,625.00	£26,750.00	£26,875.00
PCB Assembler	14	£24,820.00	£26,665.00	£28,505.00
Production Assistant	92	£24,805.00	£26,455.00	£28,105.00
Electronic Assembler	37	£25,020.00	£26,340.00	£27,665.00
Supply Chain Administrator	55	£24,860.00	£26,060.00	£27,255.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	4	£24,875.00	£25,940.00	£27,000.00
Solderer	67	£23,970.00	£25,620.00	£27,265.00
Planning Assistant	22	£24,460.00	£25,615.00	£26,765.00
Window Operative	2	£25,575.00	£25,575.00	£25,575.00
Line Leader	10	£23,765.00	£25,340.00	£26,920.00
Sewing Machinist	50	£24,105.00	£25,070.00	£26,045.00
Extrusion Operative	3	£24,875.00	£24,875.00	£24,875.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	12	£23,800.00	£24,740.00	£25,675.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	8	£23,565.00	£24,540.00	£25,500.00
Tooling Operator	2	£23,025.00	£24,350.00	£25,675.00
Assembly Operative	130	£23,540.00	£24,195.00	£24,855.00
Assembly Operator	130	£23,540.00	£24,195.00	£24,855.00
Glass Processor	2	£23,425.00	£23,675.00	£23,925.00
Trainee Production Operative	6	£21,915.00	£23,165.00	£24,415.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£21,750.00	£23,000.00	£24,250.00
Factory Cleaner	1	£15,600.00	£15,600.00	£15,600.00