As of April 22, 2025, the average annual salary for a Production Operator in the United Kingdom is £28,878, with an hourly rate of £14, according to Salary.com Global Salary IQ data. The average salary ranges from £26,640 to £30,447, influenced by factors like location, education, experience, and more.

Global Market Data
25TH   £26,640
50TH(Median)   £28,878
75TH   £30,447
Production Operator Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
25th Percentile Production Operator Salary £26,640 United Kingdom April 22, 2025
50th Percentile Production Operator Salary £28,878 United Kingdom April 22, 2025
75th Percentile Production Operator Salary £30,447 United Kingdom April 22, 2025

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How Much Does a Production Operator Make by Hour, Week, Month, and Year?

Last Updated on April 22, 2025

Salary.com provides you with accurate and diversified Production Operator salary data based on specialized databases to help you get a fairer salary. The average annual pay for a Production Operator is about £28,878 a year, this translates to an approximate hourly rate of £14, a monthly salary of about £2,407, and a weekly pay of around £555. Click the switch button below to see more details about Production Operator hourly pay, weekly pay, monthly pay, and so on.

How Much Do Production Operators Earn at Different Levels in 2025?

A Production Operator's salary varies significantly based on experience level. Entry typically earn £27,241 - £28,544, while Intermediate make £27,341 - £28,644, Senior earn £28,043 - £29,159, Specialist earn £28,878 - £29,768, Expert can reach £29,112 - £30,025 or more, depending on the company and location.

Levels Salary
Entry Level Production Operator £28,143
Intermediate Level Production Operator £28,210
Senior Level Production Operator £28,878
Specialist Level Production Operator £29,463
Expert Level Production Operator £29,698
£28,143 0 yr
£28,210 < 2 yrs
£28,878 2-4 yrs
£29,463 5-8 yrs
£29,698 > 8 yrs
Entry Level 3%
Intermediate Level 2%
Senior Level 0%
Specialist Level 2%
Expert Level 3%
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Last Updated on April 22, 2025

Skills to Boost a Production Operator Salary

Mastering key skills can significantly increase your earning potential as a Production Operator. According to Salary.com's Real-time Job Posting Data, expertise in Troubleshooting can lead to a 5% salary raise, while strong Continuous Improvement skills boost pay by a 3%. Even 5S can result in a 2% salary increase.

Skill Library evaluates talent skills across five levels, supported by 5-10 behavior indicators, delivering precise insights for data-driven hiring decisions.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes on a machine or a system. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem in order to solve it, and make the product or process operational again. Troubleshooting is needed to identify the symptoms. Determining the most likely cause is a process of elimination—eliminating potential causes of a problem. Finally, troubleshooting requires confirmation that the solution restores the product or process to its working state. In general, troubleshooting is the identification or diagnosis of "trouble" in the management flow of a system caused by a failure of some kind. The problem is initially described as symptoms of malfunction, and troubleshooting is the process of determining and remedying the causes of these symptoms. A system can be described in terms of its expected, desired or intended behavior (usually, for artificial systems, its purpose). Events or inputs to the system are expected to generate specific results or outputs. (For example, selecting the "print" option from various computer applications is intended to result in a hardcopy emerging from some specific device). Any unexpected or undesirable behavior is a symptom. Troubleshooting is the process of isolating the specific cause or causes of the symptom. Frequently the symptom is a failure of the product or process to produce any results. (Nothing was printed, for example). Corrective action can then be taken to prevent further failures of a similar kind.
Continuous Improvement
A continual improvement process, also often called a continuous improvement process (abbreviated as CIP or CI), is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. Delivery (customer valued) processes are constantly evaluated and improved in the light of their efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility. Some see CIPs as a meta-process for most management systems (such as business process management, quality management, project management, and program management). W. Edwards Deming, a pioneer of the field, saw it as part of the 'system' whereby feedback from the process and customer were evaluated against organisational goals. The fact that it can be called a management process does not mean that it needs to be executed by 'management'; but rather merely that it makes decisions about the implementation of the delivery process and the design of the delivery process itself.
5S
Stands for sort, sustain, set in order, standardized and shine. 5 tips that are designed to achieve clean, uncluttered, safe, and well organized workplace for a more systematized work flow.
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Based on recent job listings, in-demand skills in the Production Operator field include Troubleshooting (5%), Continuous Improvement (3%), 5S (2%), Material Handling (2%), and Manufacturing Processes (1%). These skills reflect current market needs.
Skills Salary Demand
Skill & Salary Demand
Troubleshooting £30,322
Troubleshooting
£30,322
5%
Continuous Improvement £29,744
Continuous Improvement
£29,744
3%
5S £29,456
5S
£29,456
2%
Material Handling £29,456
Material Handling
£29,456
2%
Manufacturing Processes £29,167
Manufacturing Processes
£29,167
1%
Troubleshooting
2.40%
Continuous Improvement
0.77%
5S
1.06%
Material Handling
3.89%
Manufacturing Processes
6.26%

What are the Highest Paying Cities in the United Kingdom for Production Operator?

The top 3 highest-paying cities in the United Kingdom for Production Operator are London, Brighton and Hove, and Manchester. In London, the average salary is £31,188 per year, while Brighton and Hove offers £29,093, and Manchester pays around £27,681 annually.

Which Job Pays More: Production Machine Operator I or Production Operator?

As of April 22, 2025 , a Production Machine Operator I makes less than a Production Operator. A Production Machine Operator I earns an average annual salary of £20,835. And a Production Operator earns an average annual salary of £28,878.

Job Title Salary Range in GBP
Production Machine Operator I
£16,425
£25,596
Production Machine Operator II
£17,250
£29,335
Machine Operator I
£16,469
£25,664
Machine Operator II
£17,244
£29,324

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Frequently Asked Questions about Production Operator Salaries

1. How much do production operators get paid in the UK?

Production Operator salaries in United Kingdom The estimated total pay for a Production Operator is £25,010 per year, with an average salary of £23,421 per year.

2. How much do operators get paid in the UK?

Operator salaries in United Kingdom The estimated total pay for a Operator is £28,209 per year, with an average salary of £26,193 per year. This number represents the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users.

3. How much do prod operators make?

What can I earn as a Production Operator? The average monthly salary for Production Operator jobs in the Philippines ranges from ₱13,000 to ₱17,000.

4. What is a good entry level salary in the UK?

The average salary for Entry Level jobs is £25,000. Read on to find out how much Entry Level jobs pay across various UK locations and industries. We have 125 jobs paying higher than the average Entry Level salary!

5. What is the highest paid operator salary?

How Much Does an Equipment Operator Make? Equipment Operators made a median salary of $56,160 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $72,970 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $46,270.

6. What is the minimum wage in the UK?

There are five rates of National Minimum Wage (NMW), as of 1 April 2024: For workers 21 and over – the National Living Wage: £11.44 per hour. For workers aged 18 to 20: £8.60 per hour. For workers under 18: £6.40 per hour.