Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 93,052 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	89,937	96.65 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,070	2.22 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,045	1.12 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,789 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,754 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,729	7,494
Contract	59	259

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

The busiest month for new contract Manufacturing Jobs is also January, 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
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
May 2025	348
April 2025	498
March 2025	531

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 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	8	£53,000.00	£58,165.00	£63,335.00
QA Engineer	26	£52,865.00	£56,290.00	£59,720.00
Production Planning Manager	4	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Production Manager	1,021	£52,160.00	£56,010.00	£59,855.00
Automation Engineer	141	£49,970.00	£55,190.00	£60,405.00
Manufacturing Manager	215	£51,685.00	£54,810.00	£57,930.00
Design Team Leader	6	£50,000.00	£53,875.00	£57,750.00
Manufacturing Operator	105	£47,640.00	£51,330.00	£55,020.00
FMCG	449	£47,060.00	£50,020.00	£52,975.00
Workshop Manager	110	£44,985.00	£47,345.00	£49,710.00
Lean Manufacturing	29	£45,310.00	£47,335.00	£49,355.00
Workshop Controller	32	£42,025.00	£45,000.00	£47,970.00
Quality Advisor	6	£41,960.00	£43,940.00	£45,935.00
Hygiene Manager	21	£41,605.00	£43,515.00	£45,435.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
Technical Operative	16	£40,395.00	£43,220.00	£46,050.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	12	£41,250.00	£42,625.00	£44,000.00
Factory	231	£40,505.00	£42,530.00	£44,560.00
Production Shift Manager	44	£40,270.00	£42,295.00	£44,320.00
QA Manager	7	£40,250.00	£41,690.00	£43,125.00
Senior Quality Officer	2	£41,125.00	£41,125.00	£41,125.00
CNC Programming	6	£37,625.00	£40,690.00	£43,750.00
Testing Operative	4	£37,500.00	£40,375.00	£43,250.00
Section Leader	19	£39,615.00	£40,115.00	£40,615.00
Technical Operator	16	£37,625.00	£39,755.00	£41,895.00
Workshop Fitter	20	£36,530.00	£39,720.00	£42,905.00
Miller	174	£38,975.00	£39,550.00	£40,115.00
CNC Engineer	26	£37,025.00	£39,160.00	£41,300.00
Line Leader	88	£38,765.00	£39,135.00	£39,500.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
CNC Service Engineer	7	£37,000.00	£38,675.00	£40,325.00
Operations Supervisor	12	£36,260.00	£37,885.00	£39,510.00
Production Team Leader	135	£36,285.00	£37,650.00	£39,020.00
CNC	1,049	£35,325.00	£37,630.00	£39,930.00
CNC Turner	70	£35,465.00	£37,570.00	£39,675.00
CNC Miller	74	£35,410.00	£37,345.00	£39,290.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	13	£34,975.00	£37,325.00	£39,665.00
Production Controller	18	£36,500.00	£37,165.00	£37,835.00
Demand Planner	32	£35,485.00	£37,160.00	£38,835.00
CNC Machinist	226	£34,535.00	£37,150.00	£39,765.00
Production Officer	6	£34,750.00	£37,125.00	£39,500.00
CNC Setter	39	£34,975.00	£37,015.00	£39,055.00
Grinder	14	£35,340.00	£36,885.00	£38,425.00
CNC Machine Operator	10	£34,790.00	£36,860.00	£38,935.00
Production Supervisor	134	£34,495.00	£36,635.00	£38,775.00
Manual Machinist	23	£33,690.00	£36,380.00	£39,065.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
Mechanical Inspector	21	£34,005.00	£35,770.00	£37,540.00
Manufacturing Technician	56	£34,435.00	£35,550.00	£36,670.00
Milling Machinist	4	£34,090.00	£35,465.00	£36,840.00
Injection Moulding Setter	23	£33,665.00	£35,385.00	£37,100.00
Process Operator	115	£33,680.00	£35,365.00	£37,055.00
CNC Operator	169	£32,930.00	£35,125.00	£37,315.00
Moulding Technician	7	£33,910.00	£35,075.00	£36,240.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Skilled Operator	85	£33,695.00	£34,525.00	£35,360.00
Quality Inspector	176	£32,750.00	£34,460.00	£36,170.00
Furniture	146	£32,005.00	£34,450.00	£36,900.00
CNC Grinder	1	£28,400.00	£34,200.00	£40,000.00
Press Brake	8	£32,165.00	£34,165.00	£36,165.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Laminator	12	£32,450.00	£33,740.00	£35,025.00
Planning Assistant	6	£32,835.00	£33,665.00	£34,500.00
Quality Technician	48	£32,360.00	£33,280.00	£34,200.00
Manual Turner	2	£32,225.00	£33,225.00	£34,225.00
Bench Joiner	4	£31,075.00	£33,125.00	£35,175.00
Assembly	1,149	£30,405.00	£32,315.00	£34,230.00
Production Technician	108	£30,290.00	£32,315.00	£34,340.00
Production Coordinator	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Assembly Fitter	29	£29,200.00	£31,290.00	£33,385.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Production Assistant	33	£29,290.00	£31,210.00	£33,125.00
Machine Operator	201	£29,885.00	£31,115.00	£32,345.00
Assembly Technician	97	£28,740.00	£30,385.00	£32,040.00
Production Operator	421	£28,970.00	£30,015.00	£31,070.00
Electronic Assembler	44	£28,455.00	£29,925.00	£31,395.00
Production Operative	413	£28,940.00	£29,880.00	£30,825.00
PCB Assembler	8	£27,690.00	£29,850.00	£32,000.00
Print Operator	45	£28,000.00	£29,645.00	£31,290.00
Operations Coordinator	159	£27,760.00	£29,520.00	£31,280.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£28,250.00	£29,250.00	£30,250.00
Supply Chain Administrator	21	£27,430.00	£28,895.00	£30,355.00
Factory Operative	14	£28,330.00	£28,865.00	£29,390.00
Production Team Member	18	£28,650.00	£28,650.00	£28,650.00
Finishing Operative	31	£27,860.00	£28,610.00	£29,360.00
Assembly Operative	123	£27,490.00	£28,485.00	£29,485.00
Assembly Operator	139	£27,380.00	£28,465.00	£29,550.00
Production Assembler	10	£27,220.00	£28,425.00	£29,625.00
Quality Assurance Officer	2	£27,500.00	£27,500.00	£27,500.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	4	£25,665.00	£26,790.00	£27,915.00
Moulding Operative	28	£26,600.00	£26,600.00	£26,600.00
Solderer	45	£25,635.00	£26,585.00	£27,545.00
Sewing Machinist	7	£25,900.00	£25,900.00	£25,900.00