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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 97,684 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	94,436	96.67 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,174	2.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,074	1.10 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,879 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,140 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,816	7,869
Contract	62	270

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Permanent Manufacturing Jobs

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

1,116

Up 20.4% vs last year

Average salary

£40,100.00

Up 1.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Up 36.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 7.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Down 16.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£415.00

Down 12.3% 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
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
September 2025	1,137
August 2025	624
July 2025	428
June 2025	278

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	12	£115,000.00	£122,500.00	£130,000.00
Head of Production	7	£89,985.00	£95,950.00	£101,925.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	41	£58,690.00	£63,725.00	£68,750.00
Design Team Leader	17	£58,000.00	£60,350.00	£62,700.00
QA Engineer	29	£53,855.00	£57,315.00	£60,780.00
Manufacturing Manager	321	£53,090.00	£55,990.00	£58,885.00
QA Manager	5	£53,000.00	£55,875.00	£58,750.00
Production Manager	1,337	£51,775.00	£55,540.00	£59,300.00
Head of Technical	5	£53,275.00	£54,825.00	£56,375.00
Automation Engineer	228	£48,795.00	£54,625.00	£60,460.00
FMCG	670	£49,190.00	£52,670.00	£56,150.00
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	221	£48,310.00	£51,585.00	£54,855.00
Lean Manufacturing	48	£44,405.00	£45,715.00	£47,030.00
CNC Programmer	2	£45,275.00	£45,275.00	£45,275.00
Workshop Manager	163	£43,090.00	£45,125.00	£47,165.00
Production Shift Manager	43	£43,165.00	£44,420.00	£45,680.00
Quality Advisor	6	£41,960.00	£43,940.00	£45,935.00
Workshop Controller	28	£41,400.00	£43,900.00	£46,400.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
CNC Service Engineer	9	£42,000.00	£43,340.00	£44,665.00
Factory	310	£40,440.00	£42,675.00	£44,910.00
Technical Operative	24	£40,400.00	£42,285.00	£44,170.00
Hygiene Manager	30	£39,445.00	£41,870.00	£44,300.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	16	£40,405.00	£41,780.00	£43,155.00
Workshop Fitter	31	£37,190.00	£41,345.00	£45,510.00
Technical Operator	22	£39,205.00	£40,980.00	£42,765.00
CNC Engineer	42	£38,970.00	£40,950.00	£42,930.00
CNC Programming	8	£38,390.00	£40,825.00	£43,260.00
Section Leader	19	£39,615.00	£40,115.00	£40,615.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Miller	235	£38,865.00	£39,960.00	£41,050.00
Demand Planner	42	£37,015.00	£39,410.00	£41,810.00
Production Team Leader	177	£37,435.00	£38,750.00	£40,070.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
CNC Machinist	299	£35,730.00	£38,300.00	£40,870.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	15	£36,000.00	£38,300.00	£40,600.00
CNC	1,465	£35,570.00	£38,155.00	£40,730.00
CNC Turner	98	£35,785.00	£37,770.00	£39,755.00
Grinder	27	£35,205.00	£37,560.00	£39,905.00
CNC Miller	149	£35,310.00	£37,365.00	£39,420.00
Production Supervisor	161	£35,500.00	£37,290.00	£39,085.00
Production Controller	4	£36,250.00	£37,250.00	£38,250.00
Process Operator	134	£35,370.00	£36,995.00	£38,620.00
Operations Supervisor	21	£34,855.00	£36,530.00	£38,205.00
Quality Assistant	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
CNC Setter	53	£34,025.00	£36,405.00	£38,790.00
Mechanical Inspector	33	£34,050.00	£36,325.00	£38,605.00
CNC Operator	242	£33,765.00	£36,300.00	£38,825.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
Manual Machinist	34	£33,535.00	£36,225.00	£38,910.00
Injection Moulding Setter	31	£34,465.00	£36,040.00	£37,615.00
Skilled Operator	110	£35,155.00	£36,005.00	£36,860.00
Manual Turner	3	£34,890.00	£35,640.00	£36,375.00
Furniture	166	£32,890.00	£35,575.00	£38,260.00
CNC Grinder	4	£31,135.00	£35,565.00	£40,000.00
Milling Machinist	4	£34,090.00	£35,465.00	£36,840.00
Planning Assistant	6	£34,000.00	£35,000.00	£36,000.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Manufacturing Technician	90	£33,405.00	£34,915.00	£36,440.00
Moulding Technician	5	£33,990.00	£34,865.00	£35,740.00
Quality Inspector	308	£33,375.00	£34,850.00	£36,325.00
CNC Machine Operator	14	£32,845.00	£34,675.00	£36,515.00
Press Brake	4	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Quality Technician	62	£32,525.00	£33,410.00	£34,285.00
Bench Joiner	4	£31,075.00	£33,125.00	£35,175.00
Assembly	1,537	£30,860.00	£32,680.00	£34,500.00
Laminator	22	£30,965.00	£32,660.00	£34,350.00
Production Assistant	53	£31,045.00	£32,645.00	£34,245.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Line Leader	28	£31,470.00	£32,480.00	£33,475.00
Assembly Fitter	39	£30,570.00	£32,170.00	£33,780.00
Production Technician	154	£30,285.00	£32,115.00	£33,950.00
Machine Operator	273	£30,680.00	£31,985.00	£33,285.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Production Operator	559	£29,900.00	£31,060.00	£32,225.00
Production Operative	558	£29,890.00	£31,000.00	£32,110.00
PCB Assembler	10	£28,460.00	£30,735.00	£33,000.00
Assembly Technician	115	£28,925.00	£30,600.00	£32,280.00
Production Coordinator	56	£29,100.00	£30,365.00	£31,635.00
Finishing Operative	46	£29,180.00	£30,155.00	£31,130.00
Electronic Assembler	73	£28,710.00	£30,040.00	£31,365.00
Print Operator	66	£28,320.00	£29,705.00	£31,090.00
Factory Operative	13	£29,210.00	£29,700.00	£30,185.00
Operations Coordinator	282	£27,990.00	£29,640.00	£31,295.00
Assembly Operative	130	£28,750.00	£29,410.00	£30,075.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£28,250.00	£29,250.00	£30,250.00
Assembly Operator	134	£28,400.00	£29,090.00	£29,780.00
Production Team Member	18	£28,650.00	£28,650.00	£28,650.00
Production Assembler	26	£27,415.00	£28,610.00	£29,800.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	8	£27,075.00	£28,325.00	£29,575.00
Supply Chain Administrator	57	£27,150.00	£28,315.00	£29,490.00
Solderer	57	£26,705.00	£27,965.00	£29,235.00
Moulding Operative	46	£27,685.00	£27,685.00	£27,685.00
Sewing Machinist	8	£25,935.00	£26,015.00	£26,100.00