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Production manager jobs in Leeds
The 2021 census counted 6,732 residents working as production managers and directors living in Leeds.
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What the official data says about Leeds
The census in 2021 recorded that, 6,732 people living in Leeds were in work as production managers and directors. It was 1.8% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Leeds 2nd of 15 areas in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area recorded 2,989. North Yorkshire was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Leeds, every occupation counted together, had a median of £37,821. That is 2nd of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, against a regional middle of £34,966. Work of this kind pays £51,524 across the region, which is £13,703 more than the typical Leeds job, about 36% above it.
Manufacturing is the one sector where the work cannot move to the worker: Leeds had 15,100 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 503,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 3% of every job here, that ranks 3rd of 15 in the Yorkshire and The Humber, where the middle area sits at 2.73%.
- Residents in work as production managers (SOC 112)
- 6,732
- Median full-time pay for production managers across the Yorkshire and The Humber
- £51,524
- Employee jobs in the area in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing
- 15,100
- Architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing, share of all employee jobs in the area
- 3%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £37,821
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 374,059
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 503,000
The production manager role
Running a manufacturing operation: output, quality, safety, cost, and the shift teams delivering all four at once while something breaks.
Production manager jobs in Leeds: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Leeds?
6,732 residents of Leeds were in work as production managers at the 2021 census, which was 1.8% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around Leeds?
Across the Yorkshire and The Humber, £51,524 is the median for production managers. In Leeds itself the median across all occupations together is £37,821. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in Leeds?
15,100 of the 503,000 employee jobs in Leeds are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.