Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 89,280 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	86,251	96.61 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,013	2.25 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,016	1.14 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,717 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,440 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,658	7,187
Contract	58	252

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 August, 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
December 2025	231
November 2025	134
October 2025	789
September 2025	1,137
August 2025	624
July 2025	428
June 2025	278
May 2025	348
April 2025	498
March 2025	531
February 2025	391
January 2025	282

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	6	£120,000.00	£125,000.00	£130,000.00
Head of Technical	1	£85,000.00	£87,500.00	£90,000.00
Head of Production	4	£78,750.00	£84,375.00	£90,000.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	13	£61,250.00	£66,250.00	£71,250.00
Manufacturing Manager	135	£53,630.00	£57,010.00	£60,385.00
Production Manager	859	£53,380.00	£56,825.00	£60,265.00
Automation Engineer	95	£51,160.00	£56,755.00	£62,345.00
QA Engineer	22	£51,965.00	£55,650.00	£59,330.00
Design Team Leader	6	£50,000.00	£53,875.00	£57,750.00
Quality Assistant	82	£53,000.00	£53,000.00	£53,000.00
Manufacturing Operator	77	£47,580.00	£51,775.00	£55,975.00
FMCG	263	£45,520.00	£48,600.00	£51,680.00
Technical Operative	15	£43,805.00	£47,055.00	£50,310.00
Workshop Manager	78	£44,175.00	£47,030.00	£49,885.00
Technical Operator	15	£43,055.00	£46,500.00	£49,955.00
Workshop Controller	28	£42,210.00	£45,555.00	£48,895.00
Workshop Foreman	3	£43,350.00	£45,100.00	£46,850.00
Lean Manufacturing	14	£42,625.00	£44,545.00	£46,455.00
Factory	197	£42,225.00	£44,135.00	£46,045.00
Hygiene Manager	14	£41,540.00	£43,335.00	£45,125.00
Planning Assistant	34	£42,125.00	£42,625.00	£43,125.00
Grinder	3	£41,300.00	£42,550.00	£43,800.00
Quality Advisor	2	£40,575.00	£42,525.00	£44,500.00
CNC Programming	2	£39,500.00	£42,000.00	£44,500.00
Senior Quality Officer	2	£41,125.00	£41,125.00	£41,125.00
Production Shift Manager	32	£38,585.00	£40,905.00	£43,220.00
Line Leader	111	£39,855.00	£40,185.00	£40,505.00
Workshop Fitter	12	£35,750.00	£39,710.00	£43,665.00
Miller	113	£39,265.00	£39,690.00	£40,110.00
CNC Engineer	9	£36,190.00	£38,840.00	£41,500.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
CNC Turner	25	£34,930.00	£38,300.00	£41,670.00
CNC Miller	42	£35,535.00	£37,455.00	£39,375.00
CNC	637	£34,915.00	£37,290.00	£39,660.00
CNC Setter	24	£35,565.00	£37,075.00	£38,585.00
Section Leader	9	£36,350.00	£37,015.00	£37,685.00
Production Controller	18	£35,335.00	£36,835.00	£38,335.00
CNC Machinist	131	£33,825.00	£36,730.00	£39,635.00
Manual Machinist	6	£34,000.00	£36,690.00	£39,375.00
Laminator	4	£35,500.00	£36,325.00	£37,125.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
Production Team Leader	85	£34,560.00	£35,980.00	£37,400.00
CNC Machine Operator	4	£33,500.00	£35,875.00	£38,250.00
Injection Moulding Setter	8	£34,000.00	£35,750.00	£37,500.00
Milling Machinist	2	£35,675.00	£35,675.00	£35,675.00
Demand Planner	13	£34,060.00	£35,625.00	£37,190.00
Mechanical Inspector	12	£33,485.00	£35,590.00	£37,710.00
Furniture	108	£33,030.00	£35,570.00	£38,115.00
Moulding Technician	2	£33,750.00	£35,500.00	£37,250.00
Production Supervisor	90	£33,875.00	£35,460.00	£37,050.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	2	£30,600.00	£35,300.00	£40,000.00
CNC Operator	108	£32,605.00	£35,050.00	£37,475.00
Production Officer	2	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Quality Inspector	107	£32,290.00	£33,845.00	£35,395.00
Quality Technician	32	£32,770.00	£33,640.00	£34,505.00
Process Operator	81	£32,200.00	£33,575.00	£34,950.00
Bench Joiner	4	£31,075.00	£33,125.00	£35,175.00
Skilled Operator	72	£31,785.00	£32,610.00	£33,435.00
Press Brake	7	£30,750.00	£32,500.00	£34,250.00
Assembly	675	£30,495.00	£32,255.00	£34,015.00
Production Technician	65	£30,345.00	£32,165.00	£33,970.00
Production Coordinator	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Electronic Assembler	13	£29,665.00	£31,350.00	£33,040.00
Manufacturing Technician	17	£29,480.00	£31,180.00	£32,890.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	2	£29,000.00	£30,750.00	£32,500.00
Assembly Fitter	14	£28,380.00	£30,595.00	£32,815.00
Machine Operator	126	£29,245.00	£30,435.00	£31,620.00
Production Assistant	29	£28,865.00	£30,335.00	£31,800.00
Print Operator	21	£28,095.00	£29,995.00	£31,890.00
Assembly Technician	50	£28,140.00	£29,985.00	£31,830.00
Operations Coordinator	62	£27,690.00	£29,680.00	£31,675.00
Production Operator	296	£28,550.00	£29,555.00	£30,570.00
Production Operative	288	£28,515.00	£29,410.00	£30,310.00
Finishing Operative	21	£28,205.00	£29,345.00	£30,490.00
Supply Chain Administrator	7	£27,500.00	£29,000.00	£30,500.00
Production Team Member	18	£28,650.00	£28,650.00	£28,650.00
Testing Operative	2	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Assembly Operative	98	£27,065.00	£28,020.00	£28,975.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	6	£26,000.00	£28,000.00	£30,000.00
Assembly Operator	112	£26,845.00	£27,915.00	£28,985.00
Production Assembler	13	£26,515.00	£27,700.00	£28,875.00
QA Manager	9	£27,590.00	£27,590.00	£27,590.00
Quality Assurance Officer	6	£27,565.00	£27,565.00	£27,565.00
Factory Operative	7	£26,815.00	£27,205.00	£27,590.00
Moulding Operative	22	£26,600.00	£26,600.00	£26,600.00
Sewing Machinist	5	£26,490.00	£26,490.00	£26,490.00
Saw Operative	2	£26,200.00	£26,450.00	£26,700.00
Solderer	25	£25,040.00	£25,895.00	£26,760.00