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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 96,823 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	93,608	96.68 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,147	2.22 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,068	1.10 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,862 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,069 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,800	7,801
Contract	61	267

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: April 2026

Jobs listed

1,916

Up 136.8% vs last year

Average salary

£39,595.00

Up 0.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

Up 130.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 8.8% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

Up 45.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£435.00

Down 8.8% 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
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
May 2025	348

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	6	£79,975.00	£88,925.00	£97,890.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	42	£55,270.00	£60,295.00	£65,315.00
QA Engineer	27	£54,645.00	£58,070.00	£61,500.00
Design Team Leader	12	£55,000.00	£57,940.00	£60,875.00
Production Planning Manager	4	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Manufacturing Manager	308	£52,690.00	£55,900.00	£59,115.00
QA Manager	5	£53,000.00	£55,875.00	£58,750.00
Production Manager	1,279	£51,650.00	£55,375.00	£59,095.00
Head of Technical	5	£53,275.00	£54,825.00	£56,375.00
Automation Engineer	222	£49,175.00	£54,625.00	£60,075.00
Manufacturing Operator	194	£48,170.00	£51,635.00	£55,100.00
FMCG	628	£48,360.00	£51,505.00	£54,650.00
Lean Manufacturing	39	£44,490.00	£46,070.00	£47,645.00
Workshop Manager	136	£43,490.00	£45,530.00	£47,565.00
Workshop Controller	32	£42,270.00	£44,770.00	£47,270.00
Quality Advisor	6	£41,960.00	£43,940.00	£45,935.00
Technical Operative	22	£41,580.00	£43,840.00	£46,105.00
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
Production Shift Manager	49	£40,775.00	£42,710.00	£44,645.00
Technical Operator	20	£40,145.00	£42,275.00	£44,415.00
Hygiene Manager	25	£40,190.00	£42,185.00	£44,185.00
Factory	300	£40,025.00	£42,125.00	£44,225.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	16	£40,405.00	£41,780.00	£43,155.00
Workshop Fitter	31	£37,190.00	£41,345.00	£45,510.00
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
CNC Engineer	34	£38,410.00	£40,415.00	£42,415.00
Testing Operative	4	£37,500.00	£40,375.00	£43,250.00
Section Leader	19	£39,615.00	£40,115.00	£40,615.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Production Team Leader	174	£38,425.00	£39,620.00	£40,810.00
Demand Planner	40	£36,935.00	£39,105.00	£41,280.00
Miller	233	£38,075.00	£39,030.00	£39,975.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£38,700.00	£38,700.00	£38,700.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	15	£36,000.00	£38,300.00	£40,600.00
CNC	1,407	£35,640.00	£37,945.00	£40,240.00
CNC Turner	84	£35,890.00	£37,865.00	£39,845.00
Grinder	24	£35,255.00	£37,720.00	£40,180.00
CNC Machinist	290	£34,855.00	£37,560.00	£40,265.00
CNC Miller	151	£35,480.00	£37,530.00	£39,585.00
Production Controller	4	£36,250.00	£37,250.00	£38,250.00
Production Supervisor	158	£35,515.00	£37,190.00	£38,870.00
Operations Supervisor	16	£35,070.00	£37,040.00	£39,005.00
Skilled Operator	108	£35,695.00	£36,655.00	£37,615.00
CNC Setter	53	£34,120.00	£36,535.00	£38,945.00
Quality Assistant	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Mechanical Inspector	33	£34,050.00	£36,325.00	£38,605.00
Packaging Technologist	7	£36,250.00	£36,250.00	£36,250.00
CNC Machine Operator	12	£34,125.00	£36,235.00	£38,350.00
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
Process Operator	140	£34,180.00	£35,995.00	£37,815.00
Manufacturing Technician	88	£34,745.00	£35,905.00	£37,070.00
Manual Turner	3	£34,890.00	£35,640.00	£36,375.00
CNC Grinder	3	£31,135.00	£35,565.00	£40,000.00
Milling Machinist	4	£34,090.00	£35,465.00	£36,840.00
Moulding Technician	7	£33,910.00	£35,075.00	£36,240.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Quality Inspector	303	£33,235.00	£34,900.00	£36,565.00
CNC Operator	249	£32,590.00	£34,885.00	£37,175.00
Furniture	162	£31,725.00	£34,285.00	£36,850.00
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
Planning Assistant	8	£32,375.00	£33,625.00	£34,875.00
Quality Technician	64	£32,595.00	£33,480.00	£34,360.00
Bench Joiner	4	£31,075.00	£33,125.00	£35,175.00
Laminator	22	£30,965.00	£32,660.00	£34,350.00
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	37	£30,725.00	£32,445.00	£34,175.00
Assembly	1,504	£30,385.00	£32,290.00	£34,185.00
Production Technician	145	£30,115.00	£32,160.00	£34,205.00
Machine Operator	266	£30,730.00	£32,015.00	£33,300.00
Production Assistant	43	£29,635.00	£31,500.00	£33,370.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Production Operative	541	£29,525.00	£30,640.00	£31,755.00
Production Operator	542	£29,450.00	£30,610.00	£31,780.00
Production Coordinator	43	£28,875.00	£30,455.00	£32,045.00
Assembly Technician	115	£28,525.00	£30,325.00	£32,125.00
Print Operator	71	£28,345.00	£29,955.00	£31,560.00
PCB Assembler	8	£27,690.00	£29,850.00	£32,000.00
Factory Operative	13	£29,210.00	£29,700.00	£30,185.00
Operations Coordinator	262	£28,010.00	£29,695.00	£31,375.00
Electronic Assembler	55	£28,180.00	£29,565.00	£30,950.00
Finishing Operative	51	£28,445.00	£29,365.00	£30,285.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£28,250.00	£29,250.00	£30,250.00
Assembly Operative	141	£28,235.00	£29,075.00	£29,925.00
Supply Chain Administrator	55	£27,580.00	£28,980.00	£30,385.00
Assembly Operator	158	£27,885.00	£28,825.00	£29,755.00
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
Solderer	53	£26,695.00	£28,005.00	£29,315.00
Moulding Operative	41	£27,680.00	£27,680.00	£27,680.00
Sewing Machinist	8	£25,935.00	£26,015.00	£26,100.00