consilium manufacturing salary survey 2014
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Established in 2001, Consilium has been a trusted recruitment partner to the UK manufacturing & engineering industry for over thirteen years. This is our annual salary report that presents salary levels of 125 separate roles across nine career disciplines, coupled with recruitment trends anticipated for the manufacturing sector during 2014 and beyond.TRANSCRIPT
consiliumGROUP
consiliumrecruit.com
2014
The
Salary Review
Manufacturing
Russell Tuck - Director, Consilium Group
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The job market for experienced manufacturing industry professionals has tightened
dramatically. It is therefore vital that companies offer competitive compensation
to attract top talent as well as encourage your best people to stay.
Welcome to The Review
Manufacturing By Region
Demand for Talent 2014
Market Insight
Salary Tables
Salary Conversion Guide
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Contents
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E
UK Manufacturing - Highlights
stablished in 2001, Consilium has been Since the end of the recession, the increase in
a trusted recruitment partner to the UK exports to BRIC economies has been 10 times
manufacturing & engineering industry for over the increase in exports to Germany, France,
thirteen years. Italy and Spain combined
This is our annual report that presents salary The source data is derived from a combination
levels of 125 separate roles across 9 career of job seekers disclosure of current salaries,
disciplines, coupled with recruitment trends advertised vacancy salaries and actual job
anticipated for the manufacturing sector in offers managed by Consilium over the past 12
2014 and beyond. months across the Midlands region.
The salaries included in this review exclude any
bonuses and benefits packages which can be
found to vary widely, so this publication is a There are approximately 133,000
guide to base salaries only.manufacturing companies in the UK
employing around 2.5m people and Consilium operates across a diverse range of
contributing upwards of £160bn to the manufacturing and engineering biased
economyautomotive organisations throughout the UK:
we are therefore experienced and qualified to Manufacturing makes up 10% of GVA and
reasonably forecast how remuneration over half of all UK exports
packages are likely to look in the coming year.
36,900 people started Engineering and The salary guidance is based on the Midlands
Manufacturing Apprenticeships in the last yearregion - the heartland of manufacturing
industry in the UK, and benchmark for The average earnings within manufacturing
remuneration guidance across the UK.are higher than the rest of the economy
However, the salary ranges can be customised One in seven manufacturers who have shipped
for each of the UK regions by using the local production offshore are bringing activity back
variance calculator - please see simple guide
on page 11Manufacturing is responsible for 72% of
business R&D invested by UK business
During 2013, productivity in UK
manufacturing grew 5.7% (compared with
1.4% for whole economy)
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OEM SITES (Original Equipment Manufacturer) by region
Percentage split by industry type
Manufacture of metal goods
Mechanical engineering
Manufacture of office/data processing equipment
Electrical & electronic engineering
Manufacture of motor vehicles & parts
Manufacture of transport equipment
Instrument engineering
Processing of rubber & plastics
Other manufacturing industries
NORTH EAST
16%
16%
8%
11%
14%
7%
9%
14%
13%
15%
16%
25%
26%
11%
19%
26%
17%
19%
SOUTH EAST
NORTH WEST
12%
12%
7%
9%
11%
11%
10%
13%
12%
13%
17%
28%
20%
15%
28%
20%
18%
15%
SOUTH WEST 36%
30%
24%
23%
38%
24%
22%
26%
31%
MIDLANDS
4%
4%
2%
4%
7%
5%
4%
6%
4%
WALES
Data provided by:
Infographic produced by: Totally Engineering Jobshttp:/www.totallyengineeringjobs.co.uk
The UK Engineeringand Manufacturing CencusFindlay Media Ltdhttp:/www.findlay.co.uk
By RegionManufacturing
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T he UK possesses one of the most diverse Advanced Manufacturing Growth Review
manufacturing sectors in the world, includes the introduction of a the £200m high
currently ranked as the 11th largest and makes value Manufacturing Technology Centres,
a substantial contribution to the economy. University Technical Colleges, and initiatives
Where it was once written off as part of our such as ‘Make it in GB!’ All of which are
past, now it is considered an essential element collectively attempting to place greater
of the future as the UK rebalances its economy emphasis on supporting manufacturing and
away from financial services. step closer to the government target of getting
100,000 more companies exporting and a As the manufacturing sector recorded a 5.7% doubling of exports to £1trillion by 2020.growth in productivity last year, outperforming
the rest of the UK economy three-fold, many But behind all the headlines lies a challenge
individual companies are enjoying record for the sector, and it concerns real fears of a
growth. growing skills gap. The need to attract,
educate and train the vast numbers of This renaissance builds upon the UK’s apprentices, technicians, and engineering reputation for manufacturing excellence, with graduates that are going to be required in the senior management teams in manufacturing future is becoming pressing - especially when companies across the UK now used to reacting set against a backdrop of an aging engineering swiftly and decisively to changing economic workforce that year on-year is seeing highly fortunes. In recent years especially, these qualified and experienced engineers leaving the companies have learnt how to compete sector through retirement.successfully on an increasingly global stage,
overcoming challenges such as international
labour cost differentials, foreign currency
exchange rate volatility and commodity price
inflation. The manufacturing businesses that
have survived these challenges are lean, well
organized and very clear about where their
competitive advantages lie.
Sitting high on the national political agenda,
The upshot is a profound 'war for talent' as the government has pledged to invest heavily
organisations compete for a limited pool of in this sector, with an emphasis towards high-
manufacturing based skill-sets and industry end manufacturing, design and engineering
specific experience; often resulting in excellence. Support advocated by the
Demandfor Talent 2014
...The UK economy will require more than
100,000 STEM graduates annually for the
period 2012 - 2020.
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candidates receiving multiple job offers. meet fluctuations in demand. The downside
Indeed, another prevalent trend is for customer however being that Contractors are all too
companies to poach staff directly from their often exponents of supply and demand, and
suppliers as a means of plugging skills gaps; can prove costly, particularly for the higher
again the knock-on effect culminating in wage demand skill sets.
inflation. This combined with the trend Looking to the future and on a positive note, counter-offers means that organisations are the trend particularly among larger increasingly forced to break budgets & salary organisations is to either increase or initiate parameters in order to secure their new apprenticeship and graduate intake schemes recruits. aided by significant government support,
This is a trend that is expected to continue into including a £150m pot for employers to create
2014 as the effect of skills scarcity really starts the training schemes required.
to bite. So far this has been felt particularly
within Engineering (Design, Production,
Process and Project based roles), Quality, and
Logistics / Supply Chain disciplines with
manufacturing and Operations also feeling the
strain more recently as production volumes and
new product introduction activity continues to
soar.
It may be that companies who have previously
been highly selective with their selection criteria
may have to widen their parameters - even
consider individuals from other manufacturing
as well as increasingly non-manufacturing Clearly this is a positive indication that firms
sectors in order to satisfy requirements. This is are now tackling the skills shortage within the
despite the requirement to provide training as industry, but may be considered too little, too
well as a period of adjustment for any converts.late to offer any real benefit in the short-term
In line with these resourcing pressures, we
have also witnessed a stronger demand for
Contracting and Interim staff which fortunately
can provide a flexible solution for companies to
Apprenticeship starts have topped half
a million, an increase of 14% on the
proceeding year with starts in the
engineering sector up an impressive
21.5% to 59,500
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O f
Manufacturing and Engineering industry, we were able to gain the following insight:
the 31 companies whom participated in this survey, representing a cross-section of the
How do you expect headcount numbers to change during 2015?
Do you expect your company to announce salary increases or bonus payments during 2015?
How does your company normallygo about resourcing?
What is your main tool to ensureemployee retention?
MarketInsight
Increase53%
Remainconstant33%
Decrease14%
Yes51%
No20%
Unsure29%
RecruitmentAgency54%Direct
Advertising21%
Social Media/Networking 17%
Other 8% Flexible Working / Conditions 10%
ImprovedSalary31%
CareerDevelopment25%
EnhancedBenefits22%
Training12%
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SalaryTables
consiliumGROUP
2014
7
2013Sample Size
2013Average (£)
RangeLow (£) High
Engineering & Design
Head of Engineering
Chief Engineer
Lead Engineer
Principle Engineer
Engineering Manager
Engineering Project Manager
Design Manager
CAD Manager
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Mechanical Design Engineer
Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Electrical Design Engineer
CAE Engineer (FEA, NVH, CAE)
CAD Technician
BOM Coordinator
Product Manager
Product Engineer
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Project Engineer
Development Manager
Development Engineer
Test Engineer
Validation Engineer
Senior Electronics Engineer
Electronics Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Software Engineer
VA/VE Engineer
Metallurgist
12
10
15
17
9
18
15
18
22
23
14
17
15
31
16
23
19
19
16
25
11
15
27
22
18
22
18
22
14
12
56,000
49,000
41,000
39,500
44,000
42,500
39,000
34,000
34,200
26,200
33,000
27,000
26,600
28,200
23,000
34,000
28,500
39,500
36,000
30,000
34,800
28,800
23,000
30,700
37,000
30,000
37,700
33,000
28,000
26,800
108,000
90,000
72,000
64,800
71,000
62,000
53,000
52,000
51,000
46,000
52,500
42,500
53,500
42,000
51,000
52,500
43,000
54,500
56,000
46,000
52,000
44,000
37,500
42,500
58,000
42,000
60,000
51,000
38,000
44,200
75,400
70,100
56,000
51,700
58,400
52,000
47,200
41,900
43,500
35,700
42,300
39,800
39,800
33,700
31,500
41,300
35,000
45,900
44,000
37,800
41,000
35,900
31,500
35,800
45,600
37,500
48,600
41,300
33,000
36,700
SalaryTables
8
2013Sample Size
2013Average (£)
RangeLow (£) High
Manufacturing
Maintenance
Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Team Leader
TPM coordinator
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Robotics Engineer
Contols and Autmotation Engineer
Maintenance Technician / Fitter
Service Manager
Service Engineer
19
18
15
29
26
21
17
18
22
24
17
30,400
27,900
27,000
25,600
25,000
24,000
28,500
32,000
23,000
30,000
24,000
51,000
48,000
44,000
43,900
44,500
40,000
50,000
55,500
33,000
41,000
40,000
40,800
39,500
38,700
34,500
37,300
34,000
42,900
45,800
29,000
35,000
31,500
Production Engineering Manager
Production Manager
Manufacturing Manager
Production Team Leader
Business Unit Manager
Production Shift Supervisor
Production Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Systems Engineer
Process Engineer
Tooling Engineer
Automation Engineer
Production Planner
Production Controller
Production Technician
Toolmaker
CNC Programmer
Setter
15
24
19
26
16
24
26
22
17
26
15
16
21
19
25
28
22
26
42,000
35,000
33,500
25,800
37,000
25,500
26,000
29,000
32,600
27,500
27,800
27,200
24,500
24,000
20,000
20,800
19,800
16,800
62,000
58,500
54,500
35,000
53,500
42,000
40,000
45,000
47,000
41,000
40,500
46,000
36,000
34,500
31,000
39,200
37,000
29,500
53,000
44,800
43,500
29,200
44,000
34,400
35,900
37,700
37,700
35,800
35,000
38,500
29,600
30,700
24,600
33,100
31,500
26,300
SalaryTables
9
2013Sample Size
2013Average (£)
RangeLow (£) High
Operations
Quality
Human Resources
Operations Manager
Facilities Manager
Enviornmental, H&S Manager
Lean Manager
Lean Coordinator
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Six Sigma Black Belt
Facilities Engineer
12
16
19
14
25
5
9
15
41,800
36,000
33,500
40,000
33,000
47,000
39,000
28,000
69,000
54,000
53,000
62,000
47,500
86,000
58,000
37,000
53,500
45,000
41,000
46,000
38,100
68,000
49,000
32,000
Quality Manager
Senior Quality Engineer
Project Quality Engineer
Quality Engineer
APQP Engineer
SQA Engineer
CMM Engineer
Calibration Engineer
Quality Auditor
Quality Technician
Quality Inspector
29
24
21
56
32
28
22
28
25
19
22
38,500
38,000
32,000
27,000
24,900
31,000
25,000
25,200
23,500
19,500
19,000
62,000
47,000
43,500
46,000
42,000
44,000
36,500
43,000
38,500
32,000
28,000
46,200
42,000
38,100
34,800
36,400
37,500
29,500
35,300
31,100
23,800
24,400
HR Manager
HR Business Partner
HR Officer
HR Administrator
Technical Trainer
17
9
13
15
8
37,000
34,000
24,000
20,000
25,000
58,000
49,500
34,000
33,000
40,500
47,500
40,100
33,000
23,800
33,000
SalaryTables
10
2013Sample Size
2013Average (£)
RangeLow (£) High
Logistics / Supply Chain
Sales / Commercial
Purchasing Manager
Supply Chain Manager
Logistics Manager
Materials Manager
Technical Buyer
Commodity Buyer
Project Buyer
Buyer
Cost Engineer
Cost Estimator
Logistics Coordinator
Materials Planner
Material Controller
Global Sales / BD Manager
European Sales / BD Manager
Export Sales Manager
National Sales / BD Manager
Regional Sales / BD manager
Account Manager
Commercial Manager
Pricing Manager
Technical Sales Engineer
Sales Engineer
Applications Engineer
Commercial Estimator
Customer Account Coordinator
18
24
26
19
15
18
8
25
19
11
23
18
24
6
4
9
19
21
24
16
12
34
12
17
13
14
38,000
38,600
35,000
37,000
30,000
29,200
31,000
27,200
25,000
23,500
23,800
25,000
24,000
64,000
51,000
38,000
37,200
33,800
29,000
35,000
34,000
24,500
22,000
25,000
24,500
23,000
68,000
63,000
76,000
51,800
44,000
42,000
44,000
44,500
41,000
38,000
44,000
36,500
35,000
106,000
76,000
57,000
60,000
53,000
50,000
57,000
52,000
42,000
44,000
41,000
39,100
38,000
52,500
52,300
51,000
47,100
38,000
37,900
37,000
37,600
33,900
34,400
32,300
31,000
29,500
87,000
66,000
48,000
49,500
44,200
43,100
49,000
45,000
33,700
31,900
34,000
31,300
29,000
SalaryTables
11
2013Sample Size
2013Average (£)
RangeLow (£) High
Executive
N.B. Salaries are rounded up/down to the nearest £100.
Customising Salaries for Local Markets
Midlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
North East . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
North West . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yorkshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
East England . . . . . . . . . . . .
South England . . . . . . . . . .
South West . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regional Variances
100%
96.2%
98.6%
94.3%
92.6%
103.0%
97.8%
91.5%
CEO
CFO
COO
CTO
General Manager
Managing Director
Finance Director
Plant Director
Technical Director
HR Director
Purchasing Director
Engineering Director
Sales Director
Operations Director
Logistics Director
3
2
3
5
7
8
4
9
8
4
4
6
4
7
6
134,000
125,000
90,000
88,000
65,000
85,000
58,700
67,000
55,000
57,000
60,000
62,000
72,000
55,800
53,000
240,000
220,000
169,000
162,000
109,500
168,000
123,000
98,000
89,000
92,000
96,700
92,500
105,000
86,000
81,000
186,000
184,300
116,300
112,000
86,100
118,000
92,400
81,000
70,700
72,000
77,600
79,200
84,000
66,200
64,000
SalaryTables
The salary information provided is specific for the Midlands
region and includes the following counties/locations;
Birmingham, Black Country, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire,
Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxon, Shropshire,
Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
However, to customise salary ranges for any regions outside
of the Midlands then please follow the simple guide
opposite. (Note - factors such as company size, employee
benefits, candidate skill set and current and/or local market
trends may affect actual starting salaries.)
To calculate the approximate salary range of a specific
position for other regions, multiply the salary shown in the
Midlands region by the percentage indicated for the
relevant region.
Notes
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