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Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Manufacturing Jobs Summary

There have been 101,312 listed Manufacturing Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	97,930	96.66 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	2,271	2.24 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	1,111	1.10 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 1,948 new Manufacturing Jobs posted each week, or 8,443 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	1,882	8,161
Contract	65	281

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 October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Manufacturing Jobs

Permanent Manufacturing Jobs

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

788

Down 28.9% vs last year

Average salary

£40,855.00

Up 2.5% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Manufacturing Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Up 17.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£595.00

Up 19.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

Up 34.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Up 6.4% 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
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
October 2025	789
September 2025	1,137

The Highest Paying Manufacturing Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Manufacturing Director	11	£99,165.00	£107,915.00	£116,665.00
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	7	£63,850.00	£66,550.00	£69,250.00
QA Engineer	30	£57,185.00	£61,620.00	£66,055.00
Design Team Leader	25	£57,500.00	£59,895.00	£62,290.00
Manufacturing Operations Manager	41	£53,690.00	£57,890.00	£62,085.00
Automation Engineer	236	£52,730.00	£56,735.00	£60,735.00
Production Manager	1,462	£51,930.00	£55,420.00	£58,910.00
Manufacturing Manager	391	£51,890.00	£55,115.00	£58,330.00
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	285	£48,805.00	£52,315.00	£55,835.00
FMCG	773	£48,150.00	£51,215.00	£54,275.00
Automation Tester	2	£35,000.00	£50,000.00	£65,000.00
Lean Manufacturing	77	£46,465.00	£48,925.00	£51,390.00
Sewer	2	£47,500.00	£48,750.00	£50,000.00
Machine Fitter	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Workshop Manager	193	£43,905.00	£46,000.00	£48,095.00
Manufacturing Supervisor	14	£44,210.00	£45,460.00	£46,710.00
Production Shift Manager	49	£44,115.00	£45,355.00	£46,600.00
CNC Programmer	2	£45,275.00	£45,275.00	£45,275.00
Quality Advisor	6	£41,960.00	£43,940.00	£45,935.00
Workshop Foreman	5	£42,235.00	£43,400.00	£44,565.00
Workshop Controller	47	£41,275.00	£43,390.00	£45,500.00
CNC Service Engineer	13	£41,000.00	£43,310.00	£45,610.00
Factory	411	£40,375.00	£42,325.00	£44,275.00
Technical Operative	24	£40,400.00	£42,285.00	£44,170.00
Hygiene Manager	42	£39,660.00	£42,170.00	£44,680.00
CNC Supervisor	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
CNC Engineer	62	£39,655.00	£41,865.00	£44,070.00
CNC Programming	14	£38,420.00	£41,055.00	£43,695.00
Workshop Fitter	47	£36,290.00	£40,290.00	£44,295.00
Miller	249	£38,635.00	£40,015.00	£41,390.00
Production Officer	4	£37,500.00	£40,000.00	£42,500.00
Technical Operator	24	£37,420.00	£39,425.00	£41,440.00
Demand Planner	40	£36,870.00	£39,250.00	£41,630.00
Production Supervisor	171	£37,040.00	£39,085.00	£41,135.00
Process Operator	165	£37,295.00	£38,985.00	£40,680.00
CNC	1,674	£36,445.00	£38,910.00	£41,370.00
CNC Turner	115	£36,335.00	£38,815.00	£41,295.00
Production Controller	6	£37,165.00	£38,500.00	£39,835.00
Operations Supervisor	36	£36,575.00	£38,495.00	£40,410.00
Production Team Leader	216	£37,375.00	£38,195.00	£39,010.00
Injection Moulding Setter	39	£36,205.00	£38,155.00	£40,105.00
CNC Machinist	390	£35,720.00	£38,100.00	£40,475.00
CNC Miller	167	£35,855.00	£37,785.00	£39,710.00
Mechanical Inspector	27	£34,565.00	£37,725.00	£40,885.00
Packaging Technologist	4	£37,500.00	£37,500.00	£37,500.00
Manufacturing Team Leader	17	£35,750.00	£37,475.00	£39,200.00
Section Leader	17	£36,870.00	£37,180.00	£37,495.00
Grinder	29	£34,920.00	£37,175.00	£39,420.00
Furniture	190	£33,940.00	£36,455.00	£38,965.00
CNC Operator	310	£33,540.00	£36,090.00	£38,635.00
Manual Machinist	45	£33,490.00	£36,085.00	£38,670.00
Skilled Operator	161	£35,375.00	£36,025.00	£36,675.00
CNC Setter	62	£33,550.00	£36,015.00	£38,485.00
CNC Machine Operator	16	£33,075.00	£35,640.00	£38,210.00
Manual Turner	3	£34,890.00	£35,640.00	£36,375.00
CNC Grinder	4	£31,135.00	£35,565.00	£40,000.00
Press Brake	5	£33,285.00	£35,210.00	£37,135.00
Planning Assistant	11	£33,875.00	£35,000.00	£36,125.00
UPVC Production	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Quality Inspector	384	£33,550.00	£34,915.00	£36,280.00
Bench Joiner	10	£32,575.00	£34,840.00	£37,110.00
Milling Machinist	6	£33,390.00	£34,475.00	£35,560.00
Manufacturing Technician	110	£32,860.00	£34,385.00	£35,915.00
Assembly Fitter	35	£32,835.00	£34,065.00	£35,295.00
Composite Laminator	4	£31,725.00	£34,050.00	£36,400.00
Bench Hand Joiner	2	£32,500.00	£34,000.00	£35,500.00
Production Assistant	56	£32,495.00	£33,755.00	£35,025.00
Moulding Technician	7	£32,325.00	£33,575.00	£34,825.00
Laminator	32	£31,550.00	£33,550.00	£35,545.00
Quality Assistant	5	£31,500.00	£33,250.00	£35,000.00
Quality Technician	69	£31,860.00	£33,170.00	£34,470.00
Machine Operator	312	£32,000.00	£33,145.00	£34,290.00
Assembly	1,730	£31,055.00	£32,990.00	£34,920.00
Chemical Process Operator	2	£32,500.00	£32,500.00	£32,500.00
Line Leader	34	£31,190.00	£32,380.00	£33,565.00
Production Operative	670	£30,985.00	£32,355.00	£33,735.00
Production Coordinator	78	£30,440.00	£31,995.00	£33,560.00
Production Operator	643	£30,550.00	£31,895.00	£33,250.00
Production Technician	209	£29,885.00	£31,745.00	£33,605.00
Finishing Operative	44	£30,390.00	£31,320.00	£32,255.00
Furniture Technician	2	£30,500.00	£31,250.00	£32,000.00
Assembly Technician	150	£28,850.00	£30,835.00	£32,820.00
Print Operator	105	£29,060.00	£30,525.00	£31,985.00
Electronic Assembler	78	£28,630.00	£30,365.00	£32,100.00
Quality Assurance Officer	1	£29,000.00	£30,000.00	£31,000.00
Operations Coordinator	368	£28,520.00	£29,965.00	£31,410.00
PCB Assembler	14	£27,775.00	£29,840.00	£31,900.00
Electro Mechanical Assembler	17	£28,025.00	£29,800.00	£31,565.00
Factory Operative	19	£28,950.00	£29,555.00	£30,165.00
Production Team Member	19	£29,415.00	£29,415.00	£29,415.00
Assembly Operative	127	£28,490.00	£29,395.00	£30,315.00
Electronic Assembly Technician	6	£28,250.00	£29,250.00	£30,250.00
Assembly Operator	142	£28,280.00	£29,165.00	£30,050.00
Solderer	63	£27,470.00	£29,035.00	£30,610.00
Quality Coordinator	3	£27,565.00	£28,940.00	£30,315.00
Machine Minder	1	£28,825.00	£28,825.00	£28,825.00
Production Assembler	23	£27,735.00	£28,740.00	£29,750.00
Supply Chain Administrator	66	£27,300.00	£28,490.00	£29,680.00
Moulding Operative	40	£28,005.00	£28,005.00	£28,005.00
Sewing Machinist	15	£26,540.00	£26,625.00	£26,710.00