Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 86,655 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	83,741	96.64 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,928	2.22 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	986	1.14 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,666 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,221 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,609	6,978
Contract	56	242

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
August 2025	624
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

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	30	£73,315.00	£78,785.00	£84,250.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	36	£58,125.00	£63,215.00	£68,305.00
Automation Engineer	131	£51,200.00	£58,555.00	£65,905.00
Production Manager	1,673	£53,775.00	£57,115.00	£60,455.00
Manufacturing Manager	246	£52,315.00	£55,850.00	£59,390.00
Design Team Leader	4	£50,000.00	£53,875.00	£57,750.00
Quality Assistant	82	£53,000.00	£53,000.00	£53,000.00
QA Engineer	31	£48,445.00	£52,100.00	£55,750.00
FMCG	265	£46,265.00	£48,885.00	£51,505.00
Manufacturing Operator	163	£44,390.00	£46,965.00	£49,540.00
CNC Service Engineer	2	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
CNC Engineer	6	£43,250.00	£46,000.00	£48,750.00
Workshop Manager	111	£42,535.00	£46,000.00	£49,465.00
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
Lean Manufacturing	83	£42,530.00	£44,740.00	£46,955.00
Quality Advisor	4	£41,250.00	£44,375.00	£47,500.00
Workshop Controller	138	£39,890.00	£43,350.00	£46,810.00
Line Leader	97	£42,275.00	£43,210.00	£44,145.00
Technical Operator	23	£40,160.00	£43,040.00	£45,920.00
Planning Assistant	34	£42,125.00	£42,625.00	£43,125.00
Factory	462	£40,990.00	£42,575.00	£44,160.00
Hygiene Manager	33	£40,360.00	£42,015.00	£43,675.00
Technical Operative	21	£38,580.00	£40,915.00	£43,245.00
Production Shift Manager	69	£38,115.00	£40,740.00	£43,365.00
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
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
Manufacturing Team Leader	12	£37,900.00	£39,350.00	£40,800.00
Grinder	8	£38,500.00	£39,140.00	£39,775.00
Miller	142	£37,735.00	£38,700.00	£39,665.00
CNC Setter	31	£36,365.00	£38,370.00	£40,375.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	15	£37,000.00	£38,315.00	£39,625.00
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
Section Leader	4	£36,200.00	£37,200.00	£38,200.00
CNC Turner	63	£33,665.00	£37,155.00	£40,645.00
Furniture	134	£34,430.00	£37,080.00	£39,735.00
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	842	£33,640.00	£36,130.00	£38,615.00
CNC Machinist	251	£33,050.00	£35,920.00	£38,790.00
Production Controller	18	£33,665.00	£35,585.00	£37,500.00
Packaging Technologist	3	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Workshop Fitter	8	£32,375.00	£34,915.00	£37,460.00
Production Supervisor	150	£33,255.00	£34,910.00	£36,565.00
Production Team Leader	152	£33,110.00	£34,905.00	£36,705.00
Workshop Foreman	14	£32,375.00	£34,875.00	£37,375.00
CNC Operator	181	£32,525.00	£34,775.00	£37,010.00
Demand Planner	19	£32,275.00	£34,250.00	£36,225.00
Production Officer	2	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Assembly	1,001	£32,325.00	£33,955.00	£35,590.00
Mechanical Inspector	8	£32,225.00	£33,890.00	£35,565.00
Moulding Technician	28	£32,490.00	£33,785.00	£35,085.00
Quality Inspector	176	£31,445.00	£33,000.00	£34,560.00
Injection Moulding Setter	8	£32,165.00	£32,875.00	£33,590.00
Quality Technician	57	£31,945.00	£32,510.00	£33,080.00
Skilled Operator	42	£31,275.00	£32,315.00	£33,355.00
Press Brake	30	£30,420.00	£32,280.00	£34,145.00
Manufacturing Technician	70	£31,045.00	£32,275.00	£33,515.00
Process Operator	83	£30,915.00	£32,240.00	£33,565.00
Production Coordinator	6	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Supply Chain Administrator	7	£30,000.00	£31,750.00	£33,500.00
Quality Coordinator	16	£28,750.00	£31,540.00	£34,315.00
Manual Machinist	37	£29,565.00	£31,315.00	£33,065.00
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
Production Technician	93	£29,215.00	£30,545.00	£31,880.00
Electronic Assembler	16	£28,375.00	£30,220.00	£32,065.00
Machine Operator	203	£28,325.00	£29,740.00	£31,140.00
Assembly Technician	47	£28,070.00	£29,390.00	£30,715.00
Print Operator	65	£27,545.00	£29,205.00	£30,865.00
Assembly Fitter	21	£27,555.00	£29,065.00	£30,575.00
Laminator	11	£27,375.00	£28,940.00	£30,500.00
Production Assistant	46	£27,260.00	£28,940.00	£30,620.00
PCB Assembler	10	£25,500.00	£28,715.00	£31,915.00
Production Operator	571	£27,925.00	£28,560.00	£29,195.00
Sewing Machinist	12	£28,115.00	£28,475.00	£28,840.00
Production Operative	584	£27,920.00	£28,460.00	£29,000.00
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
Testing Operative	2	£27,500.00	£28,250.00	£29,000.00
Quality Assurance Officer	16	£28,220.00	£28,220.00	£28,220.00
Assembly Operative	121	£27,130.00	£28,010.00	£28,885.00
Assembly Operator	128	£27,015.00	£27,995.00	£28,965.00
Production Assembler	38	£26,770.00	£27,980.00	£29,180.00
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	12	£25,445.00	£25,540.00	£25,630.00