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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 105,788 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	102,338	96.74 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,323	2.20 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,127	1.07 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 2,034 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,816 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,967	8,528
Contract	66	287

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Permanent Manufacturing Jobs

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

2,824

Up 128.2% vs last year

Average salary

£38,590.00

Down 3.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Up 11.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£510.00

Down 2.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Down 23.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£495.00

Up 3.7% 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
October 2026	2,824
September 2026	2,513
August 2026	788
July 2026	1,360
June 2026	760
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

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	13	£95,000.00	£102,815.00	£110,625.00
Head of Production	12	£79,865.00	£83,090.00	£86,320.00
QA Manager	7	£64,000.00	£69,190.00	£74,375.00
Head of Technical	12	£63,850.00	£67,800.00	£71,750.00
Technical Associate	1	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
QA Engineer	41	£55,795.00	£62,925.00	£70,055.00
Design Team Leader	23	£59,000.00	£61,125.00	£63,250.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	45	£55,895.00	£60,765.00	£65,625.00
Automation Engineer	254	£51,880.00	£55,885.00	£59,885.00
Production Manager	1,563	£51,770.00	£55,320.00	£58,865.00
Manufacturing Manager	519	£51,650.00	£55,025.00	£58,405.00
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	405	£48,820.00	£52,405.00	£55,990.00
FMCG	779	£48,490.00	£51,605.00	£54,725.00
Automation Tester	2	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Lean Manufacturing	116	£46,890.00	£49,670.00	£52,455.00
Sewer	2	£47,500.00	£48,750.00	£50,000.00
Machine Fitter	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Production Shift Manager	79	£45,305.00	£46,475.00	£47,645.00
Workshop Manager	207	£43,520.00	£45,520.00	£47,515.00
Window Manufacturer	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Quality Advisor	4	£42,650.00	£44,650.00	£46,650.00
CNC Service Engineer	21	£42,205.00	£44,250.00	£46,290.00
Workshop Controller	75	£41,540.00	£43,665.00	£45,790.00
Workshop Foreman	4	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
Factory	416	£41,415.00	£43,350.00	£45,275.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	31	£40,690.00	£42,445.00	£44,205.00
CNC Engineer	61	£39,960.00	£42,185.00	£44,390.00
CNC Supervisor	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
Hygiene Manager	46	£39,240.00	£41,685.00	£44,135.00
CNC Miller Setter	2	£40,450.00	£41,200.00	£41,950.00
Demand Planner	31	£38,085.00	£40,900.00	£43,720.00
CNC Programming	29	£38,420.00	£40,755.00	£43,100.00
Workshop Fitter	47	£36,340.00	£40,320.00	£44,310.00
Process Operator	184	£38,255.00	£40,115.00	£41,980.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Section Leader	12	£38,950.00	£39,575.00	£40,200.00
Technical Operator	42	£38,495.00	£39,470.00	£40,445.00
Technical Operative	26	£37,850.00	£39,330.00	£40,810.00
Miller	277	£37,585.00	£38,935.00	£40,280.00
CNC	2,060	£36,380.00	£38,915.00	£41,450.00
CNC Turner	223	£36,225.00	£38,685.00	£41,155.00
CNC Machinist	407	£36,070.00	£38,535.00	£41,010.00
CNC Programmer	13	£37,425.00	£38,525.00	£39,625.00
Production Team Leader	231	£37,630.00	£38,510.00	£39,390.00
CNC Miller	198	£36,315.00	£38,455.00	£40,595.00
Injection Moulding Setter	52	£36,725.00	£38,350.00	£39,975.00
Production Supervisor	225	£36,745.00	£38,265.00	£39,785.00
Production Controller	4	£37,000.00	£38,000.00	£39,000.00
Operations Supervisor	53	£35,840.00	£37,805.00	£39,765.00
Quality Assistant	9	£36,335.00	£37,790.00	£39,250.00
Mechanical Inspector	23	£34,325.00	£37,515.00	£40,700.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	24	£36,480.00	£37,445.00	£38,410.00
Furniture	189	£34,725.00	£37,250.00	£39,770.00
Bench Joiner	17	£34,385.00	£36,690.00	£39,000.00
Moulding Technician	19	£35,035.00	£36,630.00	£38,230.00
CNC Operator	448	£33,685.00	£36,485.00	£39,280.00
CNC Setter	102	£33,645.00	£36,415.00	£39,185.00
Skilled Operator	148	£35,750.00	£36,270.00	£36,790.00
Grinder	38	£33,650.00	£36,185.00	£38,705.00
Manual Turner	5	£34,090.00	£35,840.00	£37,585.00
CNC Grinder	7	£32,780.00	£35,590.00	£38,400.00
Manual Machinist	60	£33,060.00	£35,550.00	£38,035.00
Quality Inspector	496	£33,765.00	£35,250.00	£36,735.00
Press Brake	30	£33,375.00	£35,110.00	£36,845.00
Planning Assistant	11	£33,875.00	£35,000.00	£36,125.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
CNC Machine Operator	26	£32,220.00	£34,775.00	£37,335.00
Manufacturing Technician	143	£33,485.00	£34,740.00	£36,000.00
Milling Machinist	6	£33,390.00	£34,475.00	£35,560.00
Assembly Fitter	48	£33,365.00	£34,280.00	£35,195.00
Laminator	34	£30,940.00	£34,050.00	£37,160.00
Production Assistant	61	£32,245.00	£33,760.00	£35,280.00
Composite Laminator	9	£31,740.00	£33,560.00	£35,375.00
Assembly	2,040	£31,510.00	£33,550.00	£35,580.00
Production Coordinator	83	£31,935.00	£33,365.00	£34,800.00
Machine Operator	338	£32,175.00	£33,310.00	£34,450.00
Production Operator	822	£31,290.00	£32,720.00	£34,160.00
Production Operative	866	£31,240.00	£32,705.00	£34,170.00
Finishing Operative	41	£31,435.00	£32,605.00	£33,775.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Line Leader	22	£30,940.00	£32,295.00	£33,645.00
Quality Technician	95	£30,605.00	£32,215.00	£33,825.00
Production Technician	213	£30,150.00	£31,715.00	£33,290.00
Factory Operative	19	£30,220.00	£31,500.00	£32,790.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Assembly Technician	205	£29,225.00	£31,205.00	£33,185.00
Production Team Member	10	£30,950.00	£30,950.00	£30,950.00
Quality Coordinator	8	£29,375.00	£30,625.00	£31,875.00
Electronic Assembler	98	£28,725.00	£30,485.00	£32,245.00
Print Operator	108	£28,985.00	£30,395.00	£31,805.00
Production Assembler	47	£29,230.00	£30,340.00	£31,450.00
Operations Coordinator	437	£28,815.00	£30,075.00	£31,325.00
Quality Assurance Officer	1	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	31	£28,195.00	£29,945.00	£31,695.00
Assembly Operative	138	£28,740.00	£29,575.00	£30,415.00
PCB Assembler	29	£27,625.00	£29,535.00	£31,430.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	10	£27,875.00	£29,440.00	£31,000.00
Solderer	85	£27,860.00	£29,410.00	£30,965.00
Assembly Operator	134	£28,500.00	£29,265.00	£30,030.00
Moulding Operative	38	£28,805.00	£29,020.00	£29,240.00
Machine Minder	1	£28,825.00	£28,825.00	£28,825.00
Supply Chain Administrator	72	£26,585.00	£27,770.00	£28,960.00
Sewing Machinist	19	£26,795.00	£26,880.00	£26,965.00
Trainee Production Operative	2	£26,500.00	£26,750.00	£27,000.00