Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 79,013 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	76,444	96.75 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,687	2.14 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	882	1.12 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,519 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 6,584 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,469	6,369
Contract	49	214

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

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is October, and the quietest month is 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
September 2024	325
August 2024	243
July 2024	204
June 2024	220
May 2024	235
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

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 Production	64	£70,150.00	£73,675.00	£77,195.00
Automation Tester	8	£63,750.00	£65,000.00	£66,250.00
Head of Technical	5	£61,250.00	£63,750.00	£66,250.00
Production Manager	2,036	£53,985.00	£58,445.00	£62,900.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	39	£54,020.00	£58,265.00	£62,500.00
Automation Engineer	225	£50,515.00	£55,100.00	£59,685.00
QA Engineer	70	£49,215.00	£53,865.00	£58,515.00
Manufacturing Manager	357	£48,140.00	£51,840.00	£55,540.00
Forecast Analyst	8	£48,825.00	£51,525.00	£54,250.00
Quality Control Inspector	4	£48,250.00	£48,250.00	£48,250.00
FMCG	399	£42,535.00	£45,695.00	£48,870.00
Technical Operator	50	£43,030.00	£45,610.00	£48,195.00
Manufacturing Operator	237	£43,330.00	£45,585.00	£47,845.00
Workshop Manager	136	£41,150.00	£45,185.00	£49,225.00
Technical Operative	48	£42,055.00	£44,520.00	£46,985.00
Design Team Leader	2	£42,000.00	£44,500.00	£47,000.00
QA Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£44,125.00	£48,750.00
Production Officer	4	£41,000.00	£44,000.00	£47,000.00
Production Shift Manager	101	£41,145.00	£42,765.00	£44,380.00
CNC Programmer	12	£39,750.00	£42,625.00	£45,500.00
Production Planning Manager	11	£38,815.00	£42,405.00	£46,000.00
Process Operator	210	£40,000.00	£42,005.00	£44,015.00
Quality Assistant	237	£40,700.00	£41,930.00	£43,160.00
Lean Manufacturing	93	£38,885.00	£41,500.00	£44,110.00
Packaging Technologist	2	£40,000.00	£41,000.00	£42,000.00
CNC Engineer	47	£38,865.00	£40,950.00	£43,020.00
Technical Manager - Food	9	£38,335.00	£40,835.00	£43,335.00
Mechanical Inspector	5	£38,125.00	£40,625.00	£43,125.00
Hygiene Manager	13	£38,700.00	£39,900.00	£41,100.00
Senior Quality Officer	2	£39,625.00	£39,625.00	£39,625.00
CNC Service Engineer	26	£35,975.00	£39,435.00	£42,890.00
Factory	817	£37,925.00	£39,365.00	£40,810.00
Quality Advisor	16	£35,230.00	£37,920.00	£40,605.00
Sewer	4	£36,275.00	£37,525.00	£38,775.00
Workshop Foreman	3	£35,000.00	£37,500.00	£40,000.00
CNC	1,708	£35,350.00	£37,085.00	£38,820.00
Workshop Controller	224	£34,385.00	£36,865.00	£39,345.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	21	£34,500.00	£36,625.00	£38,750.00
Production Shift Leader	15	£34,500.00	£36,095.00	£37,690.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	44	£34,820.00	£35,995.00	£37,175.00
Assembly	1,294	£34,095.00	£35,950.00	£37,810.00
CNC Miller	163	£33,725.00	£35,950.00	£38,170.00
Demand Planner	56	£33,220.00	£35,925.00	£38,630.00
Miller	185	£33,440.00	£35,610.00	£37,780.00
CNC Miller Setter	13	£32,420.00	£35,580.00	£38,750.00
CNC Turner	204	£32,900.00	£35,445.00	£37,990.00
Production Controller	66	£33,330.00	£35,445.00	£37,555.00
Milling Machinist	2	£34,650.00	£35,275.00	£35,875.00
Miller Turner	8	£32,750.00	£35,250.00	£37,750.00
Technical Associate	2	£33,000.00	£35,250.00	£37,500.00
CNC Programming	41	£32,885.00	£35,165.00	£37,450.00
Bench Joiner	18	£31,530.00	£35,090.00	£38,640.00
Moulding Technician	32	£33,350.00	£35,025.00	£36,690.00
Furniture	281	£32,055.00	£34,830.00	£37,615.00
CNC Setter	45	£32,680.00	£34,815.00	£36,935.00
CNC Machinist	664	£33,090.00	£34,440.00	£35,785.00
Production Supervisor	233	£33,335.00	£34,140.00	£34,945.00
Production Team Leader	160	£32,625.00	£33,970.00	£35,315.00
Grinder	30	£31,770.00	£33,850.00	£35,930.00
Workshop Fitter	36	£33,120.00	£33,725.00	£34,330.00
CNC Machine Operator	27	£31,740.00	£33,705.00	£35,690.00
CNC Grinder	5	£30,500.00	£33,500.00	£36,500.00
Injection Moulding Setter	84	£31,540.00	£33,255.00	£34,965.00
FMCG Buyer	2	£29,000.00	£33,250.00	£37,500.00
CNC Operator	234	£30,340.00	£33,190.00	£36,045.00
Manual Turner	9	£31,525.00	£32,950.00	£34,400.00
Manufacturing Technician	181	£31,985.00	£32,905.00	£33,820.00
Manual Machinist	100	£31,085.00	£32,550.00	£34,000.00
Production Coordinator	59	£30,505.00	£32,535.00	£34,560.00
Testing Operative	2	£32,000.00	£32,000.00	£32,000.00
Quality Coordinator	27	£29,915.00	£31,990.00	£34,070.00
Quality Technician	78	£30,730.00	£31,655.00	£32,570.00
Operations Supervisor	84	£30,570.00	£31,480.00	£32,390.00
Press Brake	54	£29,315.00	£31,280.00	£33,240.00
Quality Inspector	220	£29,670.00	£31,150.00	£32,625.00
Moulding Operative	3	£30,325.00	£30,700.00	£31,075.00
Assembly Technician	146	£28,770.00	£30,460.00	£32,145.00
Machine Minder	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Production Operative	766	£28,845.00	£29,930.00	£31,015.00
Production Operator	766	£28,845.00	£29,930.00	£31,015.00
Laminator	15	£27,835.00	£29,885.00	£31,935.00
Deburrer	2	£25,350.00	£29,400.00	£33,450.00
Print Operator	243	£27,825.00	£29,290.00	£30,755.00
Operations Coordinator	216	£27,695.00	£29,155.00	£30,610.00
Assembly Fitter	17	£28,080.00	£29,050.00	£30,020.00
Skilled Operator	211	£28,290.00	£28,920.00	£29,565.00
PCB Assembler	8	£26,390.00	£28,765.00	£31,140.00
Production Technician	304	£26,925.00	£28,555.00	£30,180.00
Furniture Technician	5	£23,500.00	£28,250.00	£33,000.00
Production Assembler	25	£26,915.00	£28,220.00	£29,520.00
Factory Operative	15	£27,450.00	£28,165.00	£28,885.00
Machine Operator	305	£27,090.00	£28,050.00	£29,015.00
Saw Operative	31	£27,295.00	£27,955.00	£28,620.00
Planning Assistant	6	£26,190.00	£27,735.00	£29,275.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	6	£25,915.00	£27,625.00	£29,335.00
Production Team Member	2	£26,500.00	£27,250.00	£28,000.00
Finishing Operative	18	£25,845.00	£27,220.00	£28,595.00
Solderer	38	£25,475.00	£27,005.00	£28,540.00
Chemical Process Operator	7	£25,100.00	£26,915.00	£28,725.00
Supply Chain Administrator	45	£25,665.00	£26,680.00	£27,690.00
Production Assistant	65	£24,585.00	£26,445.00	£28,300.00
Line Leader	2	£25,250.00	£26,250.00	£27,250.00
Sewing Machinist	54	£24,630.00	£25,640.00	£26,665.00
Assembly Operative	112	£24,680.00	£25,210.00	£25,740.00
Assembly Operator	112	£24,680.00	£25,210.00	£25,740.00
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
Tooling Operator	2	£23,025.00	£24,350.00	£25,675.00
Electronic Assembler	20	£22,855.00	£24,155.00	£25,475.00
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
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£21,125.00	£22,075.00	£23,000.00
Factory Cleaner	1	£15,600.00	£15,600.00	£15,600.00