Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 85,203 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	82,376	96.68 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,856	2.18 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	971	1.14 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,639 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 7,100 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,584	6,864
Contract	54	235

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 April.

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
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
August 2024	243
July 2024	204
June 2024	220

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	2	£75,000.00	£81,250.00	£87,500.00
Head of Production	34	£73,365.00	£76,795.00	£80,225.00
Automation Tester	2	£62,500.00	£63,750.00	£65,000.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	33	£57,815.00	£62,915.00	£68,020.00
Automation Engineer	175	£56,075.00	£60,690.00	£65,300.00
Production Manager	1,661	£55,820.00	£59,615.00	£63,410.00
QA Engineer	41	£50,030.00	£55,140.00	£60,240.00
Manufacturing Operator	141	£51,645.00	£55,015.00	£58,390.00
Manufacturing Manager	199	£51,310.00	£54,560.00	£57,805.00
Quality Assistant	96	£49,750.00	£50,375.00	£51,000.00
FMCG	194	£43,945.00	£46,340.00	£48,735.00
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	85	£42,005.00	£45,940.00	£49,870.00
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
Line Leader	94	£43,835.00	£44,915.00	£46,000.00
Planning Assistant	32	£43,335.00	£44,000.00	£44,665.00
Lean Manufacturing	81	£41,165.00	£43,925.00	£46,695.00
Factory	554	£42,175.00	£43,675.00	£45,170.00
Workshop Controller	135	£39,830.00	£42,900.00	£45,965.00
Technical Operator	24	£39,800.00	£42,535.00	£45,265.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	13	£41,000.00	£42,100.00	£43,190.00
Hygiene Manager	33	£40,360.00	£42,015.00	£43,675.00
Technical Operative	22	£38,465.00	£40,730.00	£42,995.00
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
Production Shift Manager	58	£36,385.00	£39,910.00	£43,435.00
Quality Advisor	13	£38,340.00	£39,900.00	£41,465.00
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
CNC Setter	25	£36,125.00	£38,195.00	£40,265.00
Furniture	105	£35,605.00	£37,860.00	£40,115.00
CNC Turner	54	£33,245.00	£37,790.00	£42,335.00
CNC	739	£35,375.00	£37,485.00	£39,595.00
CNC Miller	66	£35,495.00	£37,470.00	£39,440.00
Miller	125	£36,260.00	£37,425.00	£38,590.00
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
CNC Miller Setter	6	£33,625.00	£36,940.00	£40,250.00
Bench Joiner	10	£33,750.00	£36,250.00	£38,750.00
Workshop Fitter	10	£33,905.00	£35,815.00	£37,720.00
Production Controller	18	£33,665.00	£35,585.00	£37,500.00
Mechanical Inspector	4	£34,000.00	£35,250.00	£36,500.00
Assembly	861	£33,630.00	£35,245.00	£36,875.00
Operations Supervisor	18	£34,165.00	£35,045.00	£35,930.00
CNC Machinist	238	£32,685.00	£35,030.00	£37,375.00
CNC Operator	155	£32,715.00	£34,990.00	£37,245.00
Workshop Foreman	14	£32,375.00	£34,875.00	£37,375.00
Production Supervisor	139	£33,960.00	£34,765.00	£35,575.00
Production Team Leader	137	£33,445.00	£34,570.00	£35,685.00
Production Officer	2	£32,000.00	£34,250.00	£36,500.00
Moulding Technician	28	£32,490.00	£33,785.00	£35,085.00
Manufacturing Technician	102	£32,840.00	£33,665.00	£34,490.00
Injection Moulding Setter	6	£32,325.00	£33,500.00	£34,675.00
Demand Planner	17	£31,035.00	£33,415.00	£35,800.00
Press Brake	27	£30,890.00	£32,710.00	£34,525.00
Process Operator	82	£31,335.00	£32,700.00	£34,065.00
Quality Inspector	150	£30,855.00	£32,310.00	£33,765.00
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
Skilled Operator	28	£30,035.00	£30,825.00	£31,615.00
Assembly Technician	42	£29,350.00	£30,695.00	£32,045.00
Production Technician	74	£28,905.00	£30,480.00	£32,050.00
Quality Technician	44	£29,295.00	£30,225.00	£31,165.00
Operations Coordinator	39	£28,235.00	£30,090.00	£31,945.00
Assembly Fitter	15	£28,585.00	£29,535.00	£30,475.00
Supply Chain Administrator	9	£28,335.00	£29,500.00	£30,665.00
Production Operator	510	£28,780.00	£29,375.00	£29,970.00
Production Operative	505	£28,480.00	£29,015.00	£29,550.00
Laminator	11	£27,375.00	£28,940.00	£30,500.00
Production Assistant	35	£27,640.00	£28,915.00	£30,180.00
PCB Assembler	10	£25,500.00	£28,715.00	£31,915.00
Finishing Operative	22	£26,610.00	£28,605.00	£30,600.00
Machine Operator	205	£27,645.00	£28,535.00	£29,420.00
Sewing Machinist	12	£28,115.00	£28,475.00	£28,840.00
Print Operator	57	£26,725.00	£28,370.00	£30,020.00
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
Saw Operative	9	£27,350.00	£27,625.00	£27,900.00
Extrusion Operative	1	£27,000.00	£27,500.00	£28,000.00
Electronic Assembler	11	£25,250.00	£27,440.00	£29,625.00
Production Assembler	31	£25,915.00	£27,225.00	£28,525.00
Assembly Operator	112	£25,910.00	£26,885.00	£27,855.00
Assembly Operative	101	£25,845.00	£26,685.00	£27,520.00
Solderer	15	£24,225.00	£25,615.00	£27,015.00
Factory Operative	14	£24,490.00	£25,150.00	£25,810.00
Moulding Operative	5	£24,290.00	£24,475.00	£24,665.00