UK Food Manufacturing Jobs
Salary Report 2023
b3 jobs is pleased to present our annual salary benchmark report for jobs in the UK food manufacturing industry.Our report is generated using b3 jobs' internal vacancy data (vacancies we have recruited for over the last 12 months), and includes the highest, lowest, and average for each role.
Sectors
Production & Operations
General / Factory Manager
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£60,000 £80,000 £71,250 Operations Manager
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£45,000 £80,000 £56,530 Health & Safety Manager
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£28,500 £57,000 £42,800 Health & Safety Officer
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£23,500 £40,000 £28,400 Continuous Improvement Manager
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£35,000 £70,000 £45,202 Manufacturing Manager
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£41,000 £75,000 £51,342 Production Manager
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£26,000 £48,000 £38,200 Production Supervisor
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£22,000 £39,000 £29,638 Production Operative
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£19,500 £27,000 £22,065 Machine Operator
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£20,700 £28,500 £23,742
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Planning & Supply Chain
Planning Manager
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£35,000 £28,000 £42,000 Production Planner
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£25,000 £45,000 £34,780 Demand Planner
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£28,000 £40,000 £34,085 Supply Chain Manager
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£35,000 £65,000 £43,500 Supply Chain Coordinator
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£23,000 £32,000 £27,237
See all Planning & Supply Chain JobsWarehouse & Logistics
Logistics Manager
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£27,000 £45,500 £35,980 Materials Controller
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£24,000 £42,000 £27,028 Stock Controller
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£21,500 £28,000 £21,857 Warehouse Manager
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£25,750 £43,000 £32,208 Warehouse Supervisor
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£22,000 £31,000 £25,515 Warehouse Operative
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£18,000 £24,000 £20,474
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Purchasing & Procurement
Procurement Manager
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£35,000 £65,000 £47,286 Buyer
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£27,000 £47,000 £34,387 Purchasing Manager
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£29,000 £58,500 £39,826 Purchasing Assistant
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£20,500 £26,000 £23,010
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Engineering
Engineering Manager
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£42,000 £70,000 £55,460 Electrical Engineer
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£31,000 £48,000 £39,750 Mechanical Engineer
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£29,000 £44,000 £37,947 Multi-Skilled Engineer
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£27,000 £45,000 £37,587 New Product Development (NPD)
R&D Manager
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£36,000 £66,500 £50,365 NPD Manager
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£34,500 £55,000 £43,711 Senior NPD Technologist
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£28,000 £44,000 £36,241 NPD Technologist
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£20,000 £34,000 £29,435 Food Technologist
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£25,000 £45,000 £29,063 Development Chef
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£24,000 £46,000 £34,067 Skilled Baker / Development Baker
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£23,000 £36,000 £30,333 Process Development Manager
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£35,000 £70,000 £48,982 Process Development Technologist
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£24,000 £40,000 £28,885
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Sales & Commercial
National/Key Account Manager
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£36,000 £66,500 £50,365 Business Development Manager
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£34,500 £55,000 £43,711 Customer Service Manager
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£28,000 £44,000 £36,241 Customer Service / Account Executive
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£20,000 £34,000 £29,435
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Marketing
Marketing Manager
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£30,000 £56,000 £37,566 Marketing Executive
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£24,000 £32,000 £26,921 Human Resources (HR)
HR Manager
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£31,000 £60,000 £39,895 HR Advisor/Coordinator
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£25,000 £35,000 £31,160 HR Assistant
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£22,000 £33,000 £24,864 Technical
Technical Manager
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£40,000 £70,000 £47,251 Technical Supervisor
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£25,550 £37,500 £33,292 Technical Assistant / Administrator
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£20,500 £30,000 £24,970 Specifications Technologist
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£28,000 £40,000 £34,782 Packaging Technologist
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£35,000 £47,500 £41,250 Laboratory Technician
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£20,000 £31,500 £23,245 Regulatory/Compliance Technologist
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£25,000 £43,000 £33,226 Food Safety Auditor
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£40,000 £56,000 £44,000 Quality Assurance & Hygiene
QA Manager
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£28,000 £55,000 £37,772 QA Supervisor
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24,000 £40,000 £28,678 QA Technician
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£23,000 £35,000 £24,257 Quality Controller
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£20,500 £28,000 £23,489 Hygiene Manager
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£32,000 £43,000 £37,405 Hygiene Supervisor
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£24,500 £38,000 £27,263 Hygiene Operative
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£19,000 £24,000 £20,333