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Forklift operator jobs in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire has 600 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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What the official data says about Aberdeenshire
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 600 employee jobs in Aberdeenshire, from 102,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 1.38% of employment in Aberdeenshire.
Median full-time pay in Aberdeenshire was £40,032 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 40 warehousing and storage sites in Aberdeenshire at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 30 of them, 75%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Aberdeenshire, 75 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Aberdeenshire sits below it, 17th of 31 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Aberdeenshire picture: 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Aberdeenshire ranks 11th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 1,405 in Aberdeenshire. Next to Aberdeenshire in that order sit Edinburgh at 1,505 and Dumfries and Galloway at 1,380.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Aberdeenshire ranks 5th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 40 in Aberdeenshire. Next to Aberdeenshire in that order sit West Lothian at 50 and Renfrewshire at 35.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 600 jobs across 40 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Aberdeenshire, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 600
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 102,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £40,032
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 40
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 30
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 13%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 1.38%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Aberdeenshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Aberdeenshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Aberdeenshire and 600 in warehousing and storage, spread across 280 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a forklift operator earn in Aberdeenshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Aberdeenshire: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 40 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Aberdeenshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 13% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Aberdeenshire, 75 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Aberdeenshire?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Aberdeenshire sets out what that employer asks for.