Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 86,309 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	83,420	96.65 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,906	2.21 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	983	1.14 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,660 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,192 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,604	6,951
Contract	55	240

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

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is also October, 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
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
October 2024	3,990
September 2024	325
August 2024	243

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	8	£90,000.00	£95,835.00	£101,665.00
Head of Production	36	£75,305.00	£79,830.00	£84,355.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	36	£58,125.00	£63,215.00	£68,305.00
Automation Engineer	129	£55,510.00	£59,255.00	£63,000.00
Production Manager	1,712	£53,075.00	£56,220.00	£59,360.00
Manufacturing Manager	239	£52,715.00	£55,855.00	£58,995.00
Design Team Leader	2	£50,000.00	£54,000.00	£58,000.00
QA Engineer	38	£49,500.00	£53,550.00	£57,595.00
Quality Assistant	82	£53,000.00	£53,000.00	£53,000.00
Manufacturing Operator	159	£45,980.00	£48,790.00	£51,595.00
FMCG	244	£44,865.00	£47,495.00	£50,125.00
CNC Service Engineer	2	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
Workshop Manager	97	£42,835.00	£46,175.00	£49,510.00
CNC Engineer	6	£43,250.00	£46,000.00	£48,750.00
Milling Machinist	5	£43,275.00	£45,465.00	£47,650.00
Production Planning Manager	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Quality Advisor	4	£41,250.00	£44,375.00	£47,500.00
Lean Manufacturing	81	£41,165.00	£43,925.00	£46,695.00
Factory	489	£41,930.00	£43,495.00	£45,060.00
Line Leader	97	£42,275.00	£43,210.00	£44,145.00
Technical Operator	23	£40,160.00	£43,040.00	£45,920.00
Workshop Controller	137	£39,865.00	£43,020.00	£46,170.00
Planning Assistant	34	£42,125.00	£42,625.00	£43,125.00
Hygiene Manager	33	£40,360.00	£42,015.00	£43,675.00
Technical Operative	21	£38,580.00	£40,915.00	£43,245.00
Technical Manager - Food	1	£38,000.00	£40,500.00	£43,000.00
Senior Quality Officer	6	£40,375.00	£40,375.00	£40,375.00
Production Shift Manager	65	£37,275.00	£40,185.00	£43,095.00
QA Manager	26	£38,405.00	£40,020.00	£41,635.00
Sewer	4	£36,250.00	£40,000.00	£43,750.00
CNC Programming	18	£36,850.00	£39,790.00	£42,740.00
Section Leader	2	£37,750.00	£39,750.00	£41,750.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	12	£37,900.00	£39,350.00	£40,800.00
Grinder	8	£38,500.00	£39,140.00	£39,775.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	15	£37,000.00	£38,315.00	£39,625.00
CNC Setter	29	£35,900.00	£38,055.00	£40,210.00
Furniture	125	£35,215.00	£37,930.00	£40,645.00
CNC Miller	74	£35,620.00	£37,540.00	£39,455.00
CNC Miller Setter	8	£35,315.00	£37,525.00	£39,735.00
CNC Machine Operator	4	£35,000.00	£37,250.00	£39,500.00
CNC Programmer	4	£34,750.00	£37,250.00	£39,750.00
CNC Turner	63	£33,665.00	£37,155.00	£40,645.00
Miller	135	£35,935.00	£37,090.00	£38,245.00
CNC	838	£33,975.00	£36,455.00	£38,935.00
Bench Joiner	10	£33,750.00	£36,250.00	£38,750.00
Operations Supervisor	10	£34,950.00	£36,240.00	£37,540.00
CNC Machinist	249	£33,115.00	£35,950.00	£38,785.00
Production Controller	18	£33,665.00	£35,585.00	£37,500.00
Mechanical Inspector	6	£32,950.00	£35,025.00	£37,125.00
Production Team Leader	145	£32,980.00	£35,000.00	£37,020.00
CNC Operator	175	£32,750.00	£34,920.00	£37,080.00
Workshop Fitter	8	£32,375.00	£34,915.00	£37,460.00
Workshop Foreman	14	£32,375.00	£34,875.00	£37,375.00
Production Supervisor	145	£33,035.00	£34,270.00	£35,515.00
Production Officer	2	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Assembly	984	£32,825.00	£34,200.00	£35,580.00
Moulding Technician	28	£32,490.00	£33,785.00	£35,085.00
Process Operator	80	£32,000.00	£33,440.00	£34,875.00
Demand Planner	17	£31,035.00	£33,415.00	£35,800.00
Injection Moulding Setter	8	£32,165.00	£32,875.00	£33,590.00
Quality Inspector	174	£31,350.00	£32,750.00	£34,155.00
Press Brake	27	£30,890.00	£32,710.00	£34,525.00
Manufacturing Technician	76	£31,045.00	£32,275.00	£33,515.00
Skilled Operator	33	£30,815.00	£31,760.00	£32,705.00
Supply Chain Administrator	7	£30,000.00	£31,750.00	£33,500.00
Quality Technician	52	£30,980.00	£31,685.00	£32,390.00
Quality Coordinator	16	£28,750.00	£31,540.00	£34,315.00
Manual Machinist	37	£29,565.00	£31,315.00	£33,065.00
Production Technician	87	£29,910.00	£31,315.00	£32,705.00
Electrical Assembly Operative	2	£28,000.00	£31,000.00	£34,000.00
Operations Coordinator	39	£28,215.00	£30,560.00	£32,905.00
Assembly Fitter	19	£28,095.00	£29,465.00	£30,825.00
Machine Operator	207	£27,835.00	£29,090.00	£30,335.00
Laminator	11	£27,375.00	£28,940.00	£30,500.00
Assembly Technician	45	£27,435.00	£28,875.00	£30,320.00
Print Operator	63	£27,120.00	£28,845.00	£30,575.00
PCB Assembler	10	£25,500.00	£28,715.00	£31,915.00
Production Operator	556	£28,025.00	£28,655.00	£29,285.00
Sewing Machinist	12	£28,115.00	£28,475.00	£28,840.00
Finishing Operative	26	£26,590.00	£28,420.00	£30,250.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	12	£26,565.00	£28,345.00	£30,125.00
Production Assistant	40	£27,110.00	£28,330.00	£29,545.00
Testing Operative	2	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Production Operative	572	£27,680.00	£28,225.00	£28,775.00
Quality Assurance Officer	16	£28,220.00	£28,220.00	£28,220.00
Production Assembler	36	£26,725.00	£27,925.00	£29,115.00
Electronic Assembler	14	£26,165.00	£27,790.00	£29,415.00
Assembly Operator	123	£26,595.00	£27,680.00	£28,755.00
Assembly Operative	114	£26,690.00	£27,660.00	£28,620.00
Saw Operative	9	£27,350.00	£27,625.00	£27,900.00
Extrusion Operative	1	£27,000.00	£27,500.00	£28,000.00
Solderer	24	£25,280.00	£26,140.00	£27,010.00
Factory Operative	16	£25,440.00	£25,965.00	£26,480.00
Moulding Operative	5	£24,290.00	£24,475.00	£24,665.00